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Nearly there ! :S :S :S :S :S :S

HAPPY 1500th Posting Stephen Lad. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Only another 18,500 to go ROFL :S :S :S :S :S :S :S

Hi Stephen
Yes it was a wonderful trip and this morning the kippers we ordered in Mallaig arrived, safe and sound............... not smelly, though the postman wondered what we had ordered !!!LOL

Our coach driver took us onto Skye too Pat .............. 3 times round the roundabout just so we knew we had been there.

Hubby bought back one bottle of whiskey and 5 minatures all different so he can seee what he likes.. Ummmm.

I bought an arran style jumper in pure wool, cheaper than if I had tried to make it myself.

Oh we got calendars for next year as gifts this time makes a change from fridge magnets. Hope they like them.

Linda :-) <3

Patricia,

Skye is a great Island........when you get good weather. The name from the Gaelic means Island of Mist. (Eilean a'Cheo).

It's not too far north, there is still a fair bit to go before you drop off the end..

Evening all, I am back from a lovely day at the caravan, Dad planted all the Geraniums in the swan planters, they look very colourful and there were loads of Ducklings everywhere, I think some must have only been a couple of days old, we only live an hour away, so we can nip down for a day, having the bank holiday down there though.
Hello Marilyn, Oscar is sitting on my bed, its a patchwork cover, but it does look white on the picture.
Keep going with the posts stephen.
I hope you enjoy yourself in Norfolk Rita.

Gosh! Stephen reached his 1,500th posting today & Prince Philip's 90th birthday tomorrow.

Quick! Hand me down the bottle!

Evening all,
been a busy bee today, catching up on housework etc. Even sent the OH up a ladder to clean gutters and wash upstairs windows for me :-)
Did a bit in the garden this afternoon, it was so warm. Fremontodendron is in full flower and drops about a hundred or more each day which need to be picked up and dumped in the compost bin. Lots of bees on the Ceanothus.
Linda nice to have you back, glad you had a lovely time.
Hope K is alright and we hear from Maddie soon.
~~~~~~~~~~~~madly at everyone,
<3 <3 <3

Cath xx

Gosh Cath...that's a mouthful of flower name :S...... never heard of that one before !
sounds a bit like my rhododendron that falls all over the place when its had its bloom of 3 weeks .

I cooked a lovely fish pie with haddock for a change, it was so good.

Oh dear I hope Maddie is all right , hmmm I haven't seen here for a while, we will have to have a search party out for her tonight.

Your never going to believe this , but my dear hubby thinks he's going away next week , we did book a hotel in North Devon, but I'm not bothered in the least I dont mind loosing the money but he's determined to go, I would rather he got back to normality in himself Ughhhhhh MEN
:S

Hi Dermot..~~~~~~~~~ for you .

:D
Congrats Stepehen on your 1500 posting!

Stephen I dont have sky TV either. I have a lot of DVD's the reason is my two sons and daughter buy them for me for birthdays and mothers day and at christmas I have not counted them for sometime but must have over 150. I like classical ones like Charles Dickens and Jane Austin I also have a large collection of Catherine Cooksons. I have many war films navel/army and airforce. my family know I am interested in the first world war so I have a large collection of those as well. at least when I have these I can pick and chose what to watch. I dont have to watch the same film withing a few days or a week.
I also like to read. I slowed down reading when I was so ill . but I have started back again. I have two large book cases of these as well. many are histoical books or books on old London. I enjoy books on the mdilands and Scotland and Devon.
I also write childrens stories well did I do now and again as well as poetry so I keep busy otherwise I would get so bored.


Rita.

Lol Marilyn, it is a bit of a mouthful isn't it. Its like a tree and has yellow flowers all over it. We had it as a silver wedding present. I thought it was a shrub (novice gardener) and according to the plant label it would reach a height of 2 metres or so after 5 years! 4 years on and its 4 metres tall and still growing, lol. OH is always threatening to take the shears to it. I'll be taking the shears to him if he so much as looks sideways at it!!
How is Pete? If he's determined to go away that must be a sign he's on the mend. Hope he takes it easy. Mmmm fish pie, the best thing my mother in law cooks, always look forward to it on our hols.
Evening Pat and Rita hope you are well

Cath xx

Hi Cath,
I'm ok. I'm listening to programme about Bob Dylan on radio 4. He's 70 on May 24th.
I'm sure you could get your money back Marilyn or change the date.i know Pete's ill but I thought it was you who liked the holidays but I think It's both of you! :D :D :D

We have a fantastic tree in our garden, it's in bloom with British Flowers all year. they are coloured Red. White and Blue.

The Latin name for it is.......

Italkacrapus

Catch you later. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Naughty, Naughty Stephen, Italkacrapus indeed LOL ;-) :-( :D

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Tea or Coffee,

Porridge or Cereals, Fresh Orange Juice, Poached Eggs, Smoked Salmon, Bacon Rolls.

An early breakfast. Get Feasting.

Lovely bright sunny morning here. Want to get a few chores out of the way before the days events take over.

I'm getting 'Washday Red Hands'........our new dishwashers, 6 months old,
has packed in A very expensive piece of junk. . The last one went for years without a hitch and was a much cheaper model.

Have good day ya all

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Am I the only one to notice that LindainBerkshire has reached 5000 postings? Congrats, Linda. Now Stephen, you need to get a wriggle on, cant have the ladies beating you.

Huia (who doesnt have that many).

Morning all
Thanks for the breakfast Stephen. I will ave a cup of tea please to go with my smoked kippers all the way from Mallaig !!! I'll let you know what they are like when I have eaten them.
Huia thanks for pointing out the number of postings, I hadn't noticed !!! But I have been a member for a long time now.
It rained overnight, so more to get on with this morning. Washing already on. Ironing to do. Hubby back to work this afternoon.
Be back later

Linda :-) <3

Morning everyone, I'll have the porridgeStephen, that will set me up for the day.

CONGRATULATION LINDA !

5,000 Not out ! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Are thes numbers an indication of a how much time we DONT give to other things ? Or, as I prefer to look at it, time spent in good company. :D

Morning all, it's bright and sunny here as well.

I hadn't noticed your number of posts either Linda, you must be pole position on this thread............ oh no you aren't, I forgot about Dermot, I did notice how many Dermot had.

Marilyn, have you asked if you can just postpone your holiday for a couple of weeks?

Rita, I always collect seeds from my flowers and grow them myself but I don't usually put the seeds straight onto the tubs. I just threw a handful of mixed seeds onto each tub this year. The poppies germinated first.