Oh some folk up here will still be swimming in the sea no matter what. If you zoom in on this snap I took this tropical morning you will see them frolicking in the heatwave.Might be of use @dunelm ?
Up there in the D&DN...mmhh.
How to build an igloo
Climate change means the Greenland ice sheet is melting at a phenomenal rate, but hunter Julius Nielsen is still able to build an igloo.www.bbc.co.uk
Fascinating shorts , who knew wasps were so essential.
Great news about the lesions not being cancer so I hope they get treatment sorted quite quickly for her.A lot of frost coming out the ground and back roads treacherous. Same with garden so cold but not anywhere as cold as last week.
Daughter bought me from Amazon a tablet box for a week that I met with distain when I came out of hospital at end of May. But now we sort them every Saturday morning so we don't get mixed up in the week.
Relieved to find out lesions on Marjorie's leg not cancer but inflammation? That's no answer but should find out how they will treat it next week and what it is, and treatment, it was 10 weeks to biopsy.
The guy from church Alan Fearon took me to Penrith for my laser treatment. He is in 70s but very fit, He did the Pennine way not long ago and camped out in a one man tent and his wife picked him up and dropped Him off at different points ever few days.
In the Pandemic you couldn't go on the fells because of rescue being limited so he walked one day from Wigton to Kirkbride on the coast by back roads.
He looked at the Church at Kirkbride on a drumlin near the marsh, it had a plaque from two hundred years ago about the vicar. His wife and six children died in a smallpox plague, he died 10 years later in his 40's.
Medical science has made tremendous strides,
We sometimes grumble times have been difficult but we can't let these politicians ruin our health service.
D.
Great news about the lesions not being cancer so I hope they get treatment sorted quite quickly for her.
Nice I can drive with two eyes now and take her to Carlisle. We must go to John's Plaice on way back and have some fish and chips!She sees a locum Prof of dermatology at Carlisle Wednesday pm so I am hoping there are not too many unanswered questions.
Thank you Krystina its a great relief.Really good news that the lesions on Marjorie's leg are not cancerous.
Thank you.Wonderful memory. You need an insulated travel mug.
Thank you !What a smashing idea and theme. We are only sending out electronic cards this year from Jacquie Lawson Cards
That is great, the laughing with your sister @dunelmGood morning everyone from what might be a warm day here in the dark and dangerous north with a mahoosive 3 deg - not the pop group ogled by the current monarch when he were a lad. Smashing zoom call with my sister this morning who is in the palliative care ward of her local hospital in France. Only ten minutes as she is pretty tired due to the morphine but how we laughed. Art bit - doorway sketched out. Have the most wonderful day that you can have, we are planning on seeing ice sculptures - but not until after koffy.
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Thank you @ianpspurs for the Christmas card compliments.Morning everyone from a very cold, bright and clear, treacherous surfaced sub region of The Brecks. Definitely an acquired taste. Yesterday used to mark the start of the great O Antiphons (or simply) at Vespers which to me marks the real, serious run in to Christmas. These now start today since an even earlier Brexit style schism. Since my body seems to have reacted to the cold by forcing me into comfort breaks some nights getting back to sleep involves mulling things over. Today was a proper working over. Sub-optimal was the first theme. The weather, this dwelling and wider area were the starting point. Moved on to lifestyle which may be "working" according to a phone consultation with an oncologist yesterday. Bloods normal so 4 weekly tests. Jumped to manna V quail in the wilderness. JKP may think I need quail - not always salad - but that didn't end well either so carry on with the manna. Next stop dysfunctional: the failure of the Illuminati to accept the lessons of 2008, Pandemic and climate crisis leading me to be marooned here for the time being. Then I reflected on more OT , specifically Jacob. This may well be Leah: not my ideal/first choice but perfect in and of itself and ideal for someone else. I want Rachel because I believe that was always the plan for me. @gennepher that Christmas day with J sounds wonderful because like your cards it shows you knew J and know the recipients inside out. Thank you. @dunelm thank you for the art. I find the gradual development helps me understand clearly how they develop so thank you. I know the how of some art but the what and why are a mystery. Hug and winner for the chat with your sister. Christmas cards and e-cards?. I received an email last night too late to stop JKP E-cards but I see problems with this. Not all those she/we send to have the means to access these and some would be mortally offended. Advent poem and art. Have a great day even after virtually meeting this Rambling Man - gotta love the Allman Bros.
I rather like this twist to this idea @Krystyna23040 @SlimLizzy@SlimLizzy @gennepher's ideas are really good and I have another idea. Perhaps a rather mischievous idea.
What if you organise the do from France and ask everyone to bring a dish. It can be held at one of your siblings houses but you do the organising of who brings what. Would that be acceptable - probably not.
Actually your other siblings will perfectly understand if you say no because you cannot organise it from France and more than likely think that your sister is being unreasonable. Hopefully this is the case.
Your mention of frolocking put me in mind of the rather amusing hippopotamus poem. I can't seem to post it.Oh some folk up here will still be swimming in the sea no matter what. If you zoom in on this snap I took this tropical morning you will see them frolicking in the heatwave.
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Oh dear! I only do cards - I have looked at those advent calendars and decided that they would be very annoying - so glad that you have now convinced me that I was right.Thank you !
I am afraid I hate Jackie Lawson cards and advent cards with a passion.
When I had a netbook many many years ago, I had a friend who sent me a Jackie Lawson Advent Calendar. It came with a darn dog that ran around my computer screen. And I couldn't get rid of it, so she sent me some kind of file that only went and installed other beasties...she would ask me each day what I'd got under that number that day, because she had a different one. Isn't this so much fun, she said.
NOT...
It took me a few years to get through to her not to send another darn Jackie Lawson Advent Calendar...I don't know how much money she wasted on me. And that old netbook from 13 years ago...it still works, and that eternal wagging tailed doggy is still at it around that screen...
She doesn't sent me anything now for Xmas...yes we are still friends...
@gennepher - that is really brilliant and I agree that it could be made into something very different than they are used to, and memorable...I rather like this twist to this idea @Krystyna23040 @SlimLizzy
It is doable, and I am sure, with a bit of thought @SlimLizzy (or all of us!), can give it an extra memorable twist. I haven't got many ideas at the mo because I am tired, but SlimLizzy could send a parcel of French food over from France...some kind of a theme...as well as each person bringing the plate of food SlimLizzy chose for that person.
It could be made into something very different than they are used to, and memorable...
And, it could be they all eagerly look forward to when it is @SlimLizzy 's turn organising this long distance from France....
Thanks for the latest development of the art and good news on the 4 miles walking - all in one go or with rests? Pace kills not distance? Bacon butty is easy eh? High welfare pigs? What breed? Nitrites - may as well smoke while breaking up asbestos. Was a disgraced MP lobbying for the producer? That's before the provenace and carb count of the bread or roll. If used was the butter grass fed? Source of sauce and is the container fully recyclable? Grumpy Old Men passed its sell by date and became a political project called Nigel years agoGood morning everyone, only a slight dusting of snow here rather than the 12” up in Swaledale and now they have no electricity for the next few hours. Our morning wandering round the ice sculptures was very pleasant yesterday and I managed 4 miles of walking thanks to having the foresight to gobble down a couple of mind expanding drugs. This coming week we will need to focus on sprouts - will two each be sufficient? It used to be so easy - just another fancy Sunday lunch but these days people can get so picky - easiest solution - don’t invite anyone. Just copy images of over the top feasts from Hare and Hounds or The Bunty, post onto your facebook page and have a bacon butty. Art bit - more detail added to the steps. I hope you all have a wonderful day. I shall now make koffy and riddle the fire.
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