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good evening all :) 4.7 yesterday and 4.4 today A very soggy day ;) thank you for your well wishes for mr gee, his wrist and hand are a colourful sight but at least he is more comfortable now with a proper wrist support. Hope your day is treating you kindly :)

good afternoon all :) 4.7 yesterday and 4.9 today Just dodging in and out at the moment, mr gee slipped on the gravel outside the house and his left wrist is damaged, they don't 'think' it's a fracture but it looks like he's chipped the bone in a couple of places so he is splinted up and it's...

good evening all :) 4.2 today shopping day today so off out early then dropped off mum's share of the goodies and did a bit of mowing since it was dry and sunny :) Back home it was 'smelly' bin day today and although it was a bank holiday on Monday today was still the day :) But lo a mystery...

good evening all :) 4.0 today cloudy but dry today, we went out to check out a new pet shop over the firth to see what range of doggy dinners and other things they sell ;) Not so many people about today in the village but we saw lots arriving for a big funeral whilst we were out, some very...

good evening all :) 4.3 today mostly very quiet here today for a Bank Holiday change, probably because the weather was cooler and cloudy ;) so quiet we could hear our 'sociable' newest neighbours across the road in their garden distantly chatting and laughing with friends. Mr gee and I spent...

good evening all :) 4.2 today turned out to be quite a cool and cloudy day so Sunday dinner inside at mum's today ;) The new ice cream recipe was voted a success (spiced rum and lemon), I served it with a small slice of almond and lemon lc sponge and a bit of plum and red gooseberry 'compote'...

good (late) evening all :) 4.4 today chilly mist his morning but it turned out to be a fine and sunny afternoon once the mist cleared :joyful: The village was full of people this afternoon so we thought it would be better to get our exercise in mum's garden ;) We did some raking and some bush...

good evening everyone :) 4.4 yesterday and 4.2 today fell asleep when we got back from the volunteering yesterday evening and forgot to post :sorry:, didn't do any art either . a sunny day today so we took Mum out for lunch at the local hall in the next village over again. The desert special...

good evening all :) 4.2 today up early and out shopping for the weekly list today and then dropped off Mum's share of the shopping. It was pretty quiet in the shops this morning thankfully :D Have been asked twice this week so far by visitors about the signs we still have displayed on quite a...

good evening all :) 4.1 today Every car park in the village was full today and a really hot day here so we went over to collect Mum's shopping list and took the makings of barbecue for our meal. Sausage and burgers with salad and some roasted sweet potato chips for mr gee and mum. We also...

good evening all :) 4.4 today Weather was quite warm here today if not actually sunny :) mr gee and I cut the grass outside the fence beside the house today and strimmed and raked, very hot going :sorry: A quiet day mainly here though there are still many visitors about. I did get manage to...

good evening all :) 4.7 yesterday and 4.2 today Sunday again :D Lunch at mum's as usual today, the morning was wet and the afternoon was hot and dry so we managed to eat in her garden. We've finished off the last of the home made mocha ice cream, so the next flavour I'm going to try making is...

good evening all :) 4.4 today Trying to stay fairly local since covid cases are on the rise in Scotland. An indulgent day in some ways, mr gee and I went out to lunch again :D the local village cafe in a nearby village having a 'pensioners special' and serving good food. With care I can manage...

good evening all :) 4.3 today we decided we would still go out to dine in the usual cafe even though we hadn't been volunteering ;) very tasty as usual :D followed it up with a village walk and then spent the earlier part of the evening on the next trial of LCish chutney. Mum had 4 or 5 plums...

good evening all :) 4.5 yesterday and 4.1 today I was convinced pressed 'post' yesterday but the forum says apparently not :sorry: never mind another shopping day managed ( Scotland still mandates masks), and the smelly bin has been emptied on schedule so that's progress, on the other hand...

good evening all :) 4.5 today turned into a lovely sunny day after a grey start :) We had already decided we would spend the day sorting 'stuff' out upstairs in. Like everyone else we have accumulated a lot :D Hope your day is treating you kindly :) @lindisfel - hope you feel more yourself...

good afternoon all :) 4.3 today beef stew for lunch with lc fruit fool and the remaining portion of homemade ice cream for pudding :) hope your day is treating you well :) @ianpspurs thank you Ian :) @gennepher - what a lovely butterfly on that buddleia :joyful: @dunelm - a handsome tree...

good afternoon all 4.4 today hope your day is treating you kindly :)

good evening all :) 4.5 today shopping day, out we went early to pick up the stuff, took Mum's share over to her ( ice cream included) and she informed us that mr gee's cousin phoned this morning and he and his wife are coming to stay with her on Sunday for a few days :banghead: now we need...

good evening all :) 4.5 today spent part of the day at mum's, mr gee and I chopped up some small logs from some tree trimmings that we had left lying to dry :) We bonfired the small trimmings and filled two trugs with small logs for Mum to put in her woodburner ;) We've picked up her...