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Wonderful memories Dermot, thank you for sharing them. I bet you were a little imp at school though. Lol

I emjoyed that Dermot what a time you must have had growing up in Ireland, so many memories you have. keep them coming.
Nite all
Rita

Back from Granddaughters Birthday Celebration.

Fine time was had by all.

Gran and Grandad are taking them both out tomorrow for a special treat. I love to spoil them.....but not too much....they also know the values of Caring and Sharing.

Time for my beauty sleep. Badly needed in my case . ROFL

Hello all, hope everyone slept well.
Breakfast is ready for anyone who wants it.

\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ cereal or porridge

eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, tomatoes
allon hot[late.

\\\\\\\\ toast, (o) (o) (o) (o) bagels
marmalade or honey

tea or coffee.

looks like we are going to have a wet day here, so it will be a quick exercise ride for the horses this morning.
Hope you all have a good weekend.
Take care and stay safe.
Jeniwren xx

just a cup of coffee for me Jean
going back tp bed! x

Good morning everyone,
Mo I'm glad Lilly is keeping her bottles down better.
Dermot, more lovely memories, as others have said you really should consider writing a book.
Well I'm just having a very large cup of coffee before I venture into the ironing basket, lol. If I'm not back by this afternoon send a rescue party please.!!!!!
Hope you all have a good day

Cath xx

Morning All !

Nice Brekkie again Jean. Thanks.

Patricia........back to bed ! On a lovely dark miserable day what better place could you be. Wrap the duvet well up to the chin, cosy down, dream of lovely things.

Catherine.....What's an Ironing Basket ? ROFL 'Fluffy Paws' will come to the rescue if you don't appear.

Heading out later, going to spoil my wee lassies.

First though, I'm gonna make a start a shifting my extensive library of books to another part of the house. Time for the current Library to have a 'makeover'. I think it'll take more than '60 minutes'.

Mrs Stephen will be out all night tonight. It's her turn for the 'nightshift' at her Voluntary job. Tomorrow she will sleep until about noon but be lethargic for the rest of the day.

Better get my Teddy ready to cuddle into !!!!!!!!

Catch you later.

Have a good day ya all !

I've re-surfaced now! Got up about 8.30.I read in bed. I'm reading a book set in Italy during the late 50's. I've never been there.
I'll be going out soon to do some food shopping.
Catch you later x

where do you place your ironing then Stephen before you do it. ?or are you a good boy and do it straight away lol.

Lovely day here. I am busy trying to do my reseach on the road I was born in. what a job I have, how do you find why a road was named after someone have you ever tried to find out. it is a nightmare. I have spent three hours already searching. the trouble is I dont know where to go from hereon.
Pat did you watch The Island Priest last night I think the series is really great.. the island is called "Barra "not sure if I have spelt that right?
but the pople are so happy go lucky in that little place. I had to laughat the electrician he not only does all the repairs and is in charge of the electrics on Barra he also reads the metres.

hope everyone is well..

Rita
x

Hi Rita,
Yes I did watch The Island Parish last night. I'm enjoying the series.
My ironing is piled up by the kitchen waiting to be done! I iron stuff as I need it.
The first time I watch the Island Parish I wondered how some people ended up on an island and I ended up in a city street.! As nice as Barra is it would be no good for me in the winter because I don't like snow!
Round my way Rita streets have a theme to their name. ie Poets or Trees.

Dermot, enjoyed reading about school days in Ireland.

Pat
I wish the series was on for an hour instead of half. I like the way the priest played the bagpipes last night. I didnt understand why the Polish people came there for mass that was out of the blue for me. That American women who went there for a holiday and stayed and is getting her ooffical Scottish registration was not in it last night one shot we saw of her what is facinating is her doing the genes on the islands little cemetery. how well those headstones are kept and looked after. but I did have a giggle when the man who does the burying was using the long pole to see how many coffins were in the ground. so she could mark it down.

rita

Shelly someone has nudged up a Graveyard thread and old one, it has suddenly appeared has lots of people on it who were willing to look for grave stones and photograph them..
I added you did this. and had a thread going.

Rita

Rita,
A handful of the residents on Barra are Polish and the Polish priest and some of his friends had come over to say the mass in Polish for the Polish community.

Oh that's nice Pat when I was in Canada I went to the local Church for mass and it was in Polish, I never had a choice of masses as it was the only one !! But a Polish lady sat next to me wanted a conversation before mass started ....I was embarrassed because she thought I was Polish !!.

At least she smiled at me thought-out mass ..

Maddie ....What are you doing having a TATTOO .& Piercing !!!......
It wont make you any younger ...LOL

I have friends coming for a Chinese tonight from Morris*ns .. just a last minuet thought .on my behalf , cant be bothered to cook.
Wine chilling in the fridge......

Grand daughter did her marathon 3/4 mile ....... and said it was easy grandma ..LOL
But left her prized mobile on the coach so had to let the school know , so hoping its been found by the driver as it was hired by the school for the day .

Just got back from shops dying for a cuppa....

Marilyn
A couple of years ago I was in Germany visiting my niece. Luckily it was the feast of Peter and Paul becuase the mass was in German. My niece left me there because she doesn't go to mass.
I didn't know if Maddie was joking about the tattoo. Enjoy Chinese.
Going to get myself a cup of coffee.

where ever my sister and I went on holiday she always went to Mass never missed it if she could help. she went in France and in Brusslls and also in Italy and Switzeland as well as Belgian, as when we went to Iper. she also went to the DOM in Germany that one made me laugh she said they never sing the songs to the last verse only the first. she also went while we were in Paris as she speaks French Italian Spanish and some german she was Ok. she visits America a lot as her children were born there and her son still lives there she said I didnt go while I was in China or Japan..
Rita

I am still busy on this History of Willesden what a job this is.

Hello, I'm back, lol. no need to send Fluffy Paws to the rescue !!

Marilyn hope your grandaughter gets her mobile back and congratulations on her marathon efforts.
Maddie what tattoo are you having done?

Had a snooze after I finished ironing and I can't be bothered to cook so OH is getting a chinese takeaway.

Hope everyone is well

Cath xx

Afternoon everyone
Well it has been a day of variety here with the weather.
I walked to the papershop this morning for hubby as he is leaving at 5:00 this week, and does love his saturday paper..... it lasts him all week. It was overcast and had just stopped raining.
Then I had a bit of a tidy up, before reading a book I am half way through.
After lunch the sun was just about up. Well I found so many things growing in the garden I hadn't seen from the house. I cleared away some dead leaves and twigs from the trees and pine needles too. Filled a green bag for the recycling on Monday. I found Crocuses, Primroses, a type of hosta and so much else begining to shoot. Veronica, Clematis and Camelia oh and the rhododendrons. I have lemon balm really galloping ahead and that smells so nice when you crush it by accident.
Then it became rather dark and we had a storm with hail stones, sudden and short lived.
Well more reading before hubby came home.
Might do some cross stitch tonight or just keep on reading

Have a good evening

Linda :o) XxX

Evening All !

Rita/ Patricia,

The Isle of Barra is beautiful. The Church, 'Our Lady Star of The Sea' has a fantastic location.

Barra I think is named after St.Barr who was the first Bishop of Ireland,
I'm not too good with dates but I think it was around the year 600 when he came to the Island.

I've had my yacht to Barra a few times and like all the Hebridean Islands I find it fascinating and the people are wonderful.

The passenger planes take off and land on the beach. Great to watch.

Hello Stephen
It looks lovely on the island. they were saying that nearly everyone keep cattle as a second hobby in some cases because of the food they need. one made me laugh they enter in a show once a year and old Alice wins every year with her chickens. this year the old fellow is going to win so he said wih special chickens I have never seen chickens like it they look like they are off to a party with lovely coats on. and they lay loads of eggs.even the priest keep chickens and sheep.
It must be a hard life for them during the winter months.

Rita