Weekly Chat (Non-Osprey), 18 June 2017

Had difficulty getting the above to post....Hope things go right again. Yesterday I had to sign in again, but then had the whirligig appear when I posted.

Here's today's pic:

"I'm not magical, I just appear to be....."

Yesterday I was lazing after lunch when Dau phoned. Result: they came visiting after naptime & stayed for tea. I frantically scrabbled through freezer to find pumpkin soup (adults only as peppery), sausage rolls & quiche. Miss5 must have hollow legs judging by number of s-rolls she devoured. Earlier the OHs took Trio to playground (2 houses away). Later I took them outside to stomp in crabapple leaves. It is a weeping tree and they quickly discovered they could shake more leaves off – luckily my OH wasn’t watching! They helped me spread the leaves for mulch, not exactly where I intended in my veggie patch, but they had fun and the emerging spring bulbs look pretty amongst the yellow autumn leaves. Finally we played Hide & Seek. This consists of one child standing around by the side gate while the others counted according to their ability!

ANNETTE - wasn't the "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" in Oklahoma?  Nice that your GDaughter went to see her brother.

DIBNLIB - started with misty early morning, but another brilliant day now - possible showers this afternoon on forecast, but I have a feeling they will veer north into the hills away from our coastal area.

LINDA - I thought that was a Unicorn at first glance, then realised it was its left ear!  We get a lot of horses (and people) dressed as unicorns around here - there was a record-breaking crowd of them at a festival last month.

AQ - we also had unexpected visitors yesterday evening - OH was just starting to prepare dinner when niece and her daughter phoned from about 30 minutes away.  Luckily we were having a roast beef dinner, so we were able to stretch it with extra veg, and he turned the mixed berries into a very good fruit salad with the addition of tinned mandarin oranges.  We all agreed he had done very well!

I am having a quiet day as the visitors added to my tiredness from yesterday morning, but it was lovely to see them (on their extended way home to Yorkshire from the Highlands, where they had visited Dau#2).  We always get on well with this particular niece (OH's, I don't have siblings)- conversation flows easily as we seem to just pick up where we left off last time, however long it's been.

OH has taken the lounge curtains for cleaning (best time of year to be without and just draw the blinds) but cleaner is being refurbished, so will try again next week - luckily going that way for two hospital appointments.  He is also food shopping, and I think the afternoon will have to be a catching-up time - and must water the garden this evening.

OG: I thought and thought about Carousel vs. Oklahoma (did not apparently think to ask Google!).  My brain is scrambled by the evening what with so much chat during the day! I'm managing to get a few minutes to myself first thing in the morning but then it's nonstop until I fall into bed.

AQ: Loved the hide-and-seek game; wait until they're so big they have to hide in closets, cupboards, etc.  :-)  I have mulch to spread too but am reluctant to accept help as the last time (when I actually paid someone to do it), he buried the irrigation spray heads.  :-(

We are being saved from the high temps inland by our lovely coastal fog. Granddaughter is planning to drive home very late tomorrow night to avoid 115 degree temps in the desert around Palm Springs, etc.  It's supposed to reach 120 in Phoenix (she'll turn off the highway north of there) midweek and the airlines are warning that they may not be able to fly out of PHX in the heat of the day).

Have missed much of the news these last few days but what little I've seen doesn't look good.  Ghastly fires in Portugal and that terrible hulk of the burned building in London still looming - what a nightmare scene; more cars vs. people in London; plane down in Syria and Lord-knows-what going on in Washington DC....

Granddaughter is spending special time with OH today - some photography excursion and then a meal out for them while I have one-on-one time with Ms. D.

Alan please don't ...

:-))

I agree with Wendy whilst I have a lot of problems domestically and don't have time for posting very often - This is NOT funny

Me too, Alan;  This isn't funny.  I thought you had left this thread for good.