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Just had thunder and the skies now dark grey and its pouring with rain lashing against the windows.

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Boiled beef and carrots boiled beef and carrots. It just came into my head. We used to have it when I was young with pease pudding from a tin. I wonder if they still do pease pudding?

They do it in Sainsbury's and its still in the same tin, Foresight pease pudding. Now where on earth did that memory come from?

Morning Anng and all,

Quite bright here too this morning but its 9 degrees here and pc says cloudy and its a bit windy too. We have blue sky with white clouds but they are noving quickly across the sky.

Nothing planned here either so I shall do a bit of HW (UHG) and some casting maybe and get a few more coats on the moulds I am making.

Its bin day tomorrow so I have toget that sorted and up the top as they come quite early.

Good morning all quite bright here this morning and 7 degrees. feels colder though. At least we have some blue sky. Not sure what I am doing today, no plans but still quite a few jobs needing doing.

Yes it was me who copied and pasted William's post so you could see them again.

Been an awful day here with wind thats so cold it was biting.

I did a bit of hoovering and sucked up some of those leggy spiders in the hall and little loo so I feel like I have done enough housework for today.

Had my liver and bacon tonight and I must admit it was really tender but I over cooked the sprouts so they were a bit soft. I like them with a bit of bite to them.

Wonder if that was because it was a repeat. Gwyn, you will have seen that I thought one was undelivered so sent a repeat.

Very odd ... I've just found an e mail with photos from AnnG in my spam box, even though others came direct to 'in' box :-S

Afternoon all,

Thanks for the photo's Anng, like Mel I liked the building with the ivy too .

Wet windy and really dreary here its supposed to be 13 degrees today but when I nipped out to the recycling bin it felt like the Arctic out there .

So you have a bit of colour in the garden with your Forsythia in flower Gwyn ,I noticed some of the leaves on my Camellia have gone brown with the frost so I pushed the pot more into a corner by the woodshed to try and protect it .

Oh I see the rain has eased a bit and the green household bin needs to come in as they have just emptied it so I'll go and get it in .

William Mel reposted I think so that you could see what you have posted. At least I surmise that is why she has done it with the dates. yes confusing!!

Good afternoon all.
Thank you Ann for sharing the photos. Interesting to see all the different types of brick and stonework.
Great to see reflections in the water.... and even a hint of blue sky too... Lovely.

A bleak miserable day here. Laptop tells me it's cloudy :-S
but that's a bit of an understatement and it's wild winds and wet really.

Gardens round here are rather sodden, but still flowers are blooming. There is a lovely pink camelia in the next street, my forsythia continues to have more flowers and there are 2 large trees of lovely pussy willow in the school grounds.

Now things are getting weird! My posting that went AWOL has turned up under Mel's name as above! Stranger and stranger.

Regarding Mel's prior post, Carmel broke her femur about four years ago now and ours is the same story. Her mobility went down hill and I have to push her in her wheelchair when out and last July we got a car with more boot space to accommodate both the wheelchair and shopping.

Or is Mel re-posting my messages? I really don't know any more!

That confused me for a moment mel. Not difficult I know.

glad you liked the photos. yes the light was really good.

31st Dec

Just to say 'Hi to SuffolkVera, yes I eased up with all the caring I had on here but I have always kept on my GR account and still treasure my GR friends.
I think Suffolk is one county I haven't written a poem about even though my native county of Essex bordered Suffolk. Cumria, Scotland, Cornwall and Essex I have done. These were supported from some of the artwork I have in my on-line 'Sketchbook' (also on Facebook). We have such a lovely country and I often wonder why some folk need to go abroad. Of course the answer is always, 'The Sunshine!.' Meanwhile I say abou Suffolk, if it was good enough for John Constable, it is certainly good enough for me.
It's a shame these posting don't have the facility for graphics, it would mean that we could share so much more.
When I started this thread my wife although I was her carer, was still pretty mobile. Three years ago she had a fall and broke her femur which has resulted in a progressive loss of mobility and when we go out, I have to push her in her wheelchair. Still we manage, we have a bigger car so the wheelchair will fit in and in better days, we still manage the occasional day out when the weather and her health are for the better.
Oh, well I've rattled on long enough. Time for a some breakfast. I think a spot of simple cereal's is in order after some of the richer festive fare.
Although this started out aimed at Suffolk Vera, I hope all have had a chance to have a browse. This is my best time, early in the morning with no demands on my time. Bless you all.

3rd Jan

Good morning folk. A bit more info for SuffoldVera about my origins. I can claim to be both an Eastender and also an Essex boy. I was born in Stratford (later London E15) in 1935 and my birth certificate is from West Ham, which at that time was in Essex. When the war broke out in 1939, our home, an upstairs flat in Cedars Road, Stratford, was badly war damaged. Mum, my brother and myself were evacuated to St Osyths, on the Essex coast. Meanwhile Dad found us a property to rent in Chadwell Heath and that's where I grew up. Even when I was in the RAF, my main posting was to RAF North Weald, between Epping and Ongar. It was on my demob that I relocated to the Midlands.
End of life story LOL
Must close, need to get to the post box, that's if Royal Mail are working. Our mail is all over the place and a lot of late pre Christmas mail is arriving. My latest booklet of poems posted out on December 19th are only just reaching recipients.

1st jan
It's a shame these posting don't have the facility for graphics, it would mean that we could share so much more.
When I started this thread my wife although I was her carer, was still pretty mobile. Three years ago she had a fall and broke her femur which has resulted in a progressive loss of mobility and when we go out, I have to push her in her wheelchair. Still we manage, we have a bigger car so the wheelchair will fit in and in better days, we still manage the occasional day out when the weather and her health are for the better.
Oh, well I've rattled on long enough. Time for a some breakfast. I think a spot of simple cereal's is in order after some of the richer festive fare.
Although this started out aimed at Suffolk Vera, I hope all have had a chance to have a browse. This is my best time, early in the morning with no demands on my time. Bless you all.

I do miss our Ann and wish she would post again.

My driver is one stop away but that could be 15 miles for all I know.

Hi to Will nice to see you posting. I wish Frank would come back too.

Anng the photos were good and very interesting. You must have picked the right day to go for light levels.

Just checked again and the undeliverable message was only to Ann so I hope she got it the last time I sent it.

Sorry about the double photos. That was not really my fault as I sent them omce and had a message 'undeliverable too big. so I sent them again.

The long 'house' is part of Llanthony Priory, the other buildings are old warehouses, I guess due for demolition. It was intriguing the mixture of buildings.

Just re-read my last message to check - note to self - please do a EDIT before pushing the button. Hope you all sorted out my errors. It doesn't help that the arthritis in my fingers means I have one finger on my left hand that points to the left and one on my right hand that is permanently down.
Have a good day folks and stay dry.

Good morning all, it's raining here for a change (joking of course) No wonder all the arthritis is playing up. Better than having Covid or flu though.
Definitely a mystery about my missing post but hey, ho, it doesn't matter now, I got it through eventually anyway. This morning it was FAcebook playing up. I made my post up for a blog I do on an imaginary cafe where daft folks like me can 'meet up' and the wheely thin just kep going round and round and round - and I couldn't get of Facebook or Google. There was me thinking 'I wish I had copied' the text before I pushed the DONE button. Eventually I had to go through through a re-start before I could eventually make my post. Technology is OK when it's working well, but if it's playing up, it's the pits.
That reminds me of a funny incident. Our young mother from next door was in for a chat one day and saying her eldest daughter is going through the terrible teens. Of course, we had always found Megan to be a lovely young girl but her Mum said she's like that with others but with her, her Mum. Her ultimate threat to bring her teenage daughter under control is to threaten to switch of the Wi Fi. My how times have changed. My Dad only had to give me a certain look to bring me under control.
Here goes that this post works.