Yawn yawn, wakey wakey summer (or is it) 2017

Good morning @shiney and all my other friends on this bonus of a Sunday hope you are all well and looking forward to your day,its a little overcast here and a steady drizzle,but hey ho sunshine promised for later I have prepared the Sunday lunch and and taken breakfast up to Mrs Woo and Daughter(bless them)also have been out with Penny across the fields,fed the carp,its lovely when they all come to the surface to get their food,I have some concrete to lay for a neighbour ,the grandchildren always phone me up on Sundays,they are coming up from Dorset for a week sometime in August(very much looking forward to seeing them) I shall be going out with my camera later,anyway have a lovely Sunday and take care

 

Hi @Zigs my friend yes I do remember after it set

 

@wiseowl As it's very sunny here I've told some of it to go across the stream to you.

 

@Trunky You're not old enough to join the Grumpy Old Men's Club yet but I can make you a junior member if you wish.

 

Got it @shiney thank you my friend

 

Good morning everyone ,its another wonderful morning,have a great day and look after yourselves my friends

@shiney

 

Aloha everyone,

@wiseowl guess what song is now stuck in my head for the few days or so? Although I certainly can't go skipping down the road at the moment.

Our Cousins Day went very well but my back is really suffering now. All the careful planning paid off but our old friend Murphy stepped in! . The weather was good so we could set up tables and chairs outside in the garden . The cooking and serving of a three course meal (plus drinks and tea/coffee) to 21 guests went smoothly. Clearing up from lunch was tedious but expected and I wiped the plates etc. and put them in the dishwasher and washed up five baking dishes, six saucepans and all the serving bowls and plates.

Then I was able to settle down to mingling with the family.

A few hours later I went indoors to prepare for tea and cakes and to empty the dishwasher. The dishwasher was still chuntering on! So I turned the machine off, opened it up and nothing had happened - the motor had been running but no water had got through.

So, I wasn't able to stop to wash all the dishes and cutlery from 21 people and Mrs Shiney and I had to quickly see whether we had enough of both for supper later in the evening (tea and cakes were not a problem as we didn't give them any plates for the cake ). We found enough of both so supper went OK but then, afterwards, I needed to hand wash the pans and serving dishes from supper plus plates and cutlery from 42 people . I had two volunteer helpers from the cousins to do the wiping but now have a bad back from bending over the sink doing all that washing. Pain killers are helping .

No gardening for me for a few days

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning all my friends ,its certainly a lovely morning the sun is out and the sky is blue ,the dawn chorus is easy on the ears and my "12 Russian Giant" Sunflowers are almost 6ft high,what more could an Owl ask for,I have a very important Hb1Ac blood test this morning at 9.50am,its a fasting one(and I'm starving) have prepared breakfast for Mrs Woo and daughter,will take it up to them later,have a trip to Gravesham to day,that's a lovely drive through Charles Dickens country,anyway I digress have a lovely day and don't look back