How is your day Today, plans and achievements 2024....

[Trish]

OMG! I woke up early and there's a yellow thing in the sky! Maybe I can put the rain coat away for a while

We are going to get out and enjoy the summer while it lasts, tomorrow we might be back to rain clouds again

 

[Georgiagranny]

@Trish You are welcome to our bright yellow orb in exchange for a few drops of your rain when it comes back.

It's gonna be hotter today than yesterday so I have to get started in the garden as soon as it's daylight. Hm. One of the things I miss about living up north is that in summer daylight got started very early, like between 3:30 and 4 am. That's when the birds started singing. Down here, summer daylight starts happening around 6:30 and isn't full daylight until 7ish.

 

[hollydolly]

OMG! I woke up early and there's a yellow thing in the sky! Maybe I can put the rain coat away for a while

We are going to get out and enjoy the summer while it lasts, tomorrow we might be back to rain clouds again

lol..you're right, it's forecast to be showers tomorrow...

I was gonna get the hedges cut today..after all that torrential rain we had last week the hedges have grown exponentially... but I've got a bad back today so I might have to leave it for a day or 2...

 

[hollydolly]

@Trish You are welcome to our bright yellow orb in exchange for a few drops of your rain when it comes back.

It's gonna be hotter today than yesterday so I have to get started in the garden as soon as it's daylight. Hm. One of the things I miss about living up north is that in summer daylight got started very early, like between 3:30 and 4 am. That's when the birds started singing. Down here, summer daylight starts happening around 6:30 and isn't full daylight until 7ish.

oh wow, you don't get daylight until 6.30am ?... It was about 4am a couple of weeks ago, I think it's close to 4.30am now...

 

[Pepper]

Pain in my legs woke me up at 3:30 am. It could only be soothed by standing, which I did. I had to stand so long for the pain to go away I was already awake. When I lay down for hours to sleep, my legs have intense muscle cramps that only standing, walking sometimes, alleviates.

I'm tired, but not exhausted. I think I'll make it through today, which will be a very hot one in the nineties with an unrelenting sun beating down. Oh wait! I love that! I'll be out today, you bet, even if I have nowhere to go, then I'll go there anyway. This great weather has interfered with my doing laundry. Thank goodness I have a ton of clothes, collected throughout my life.

It's okay, everything's okay.

 

[katlupe]

Thought those of you who who aren't British or German and may not be familier with these holiday homes...might like to see inside the rental caravan on a holiday Park.. much smaller in size than American Mobile homes...

Most Caravans on the Park looked like this..altho' there were a few privately owned variations...

they are VERY hot inside... the interior is very small... 12x28 ...inside... the passageway is very narrow about 18 inches wide, so if the bathroom door gets opened, it's impossible to open the opposite bedroom door at the same time without causing damage to each door.... they all open outwards..

the bed is just 4 feet wide...and between the bottom of the bed and the bedroom door, there's just enough space to get in, and no more. There is no space at all for any other furniture than the bed...

They are tiny! Tiny houses have nothing on them.

 

[MaxHarris]

We have a large back garden with a hedge bordering one side of it from a neighbour's. The hedge is approx 40 yards long and 5' tall. I was out at 9.30am and gave it its weekly trim before it got too hot. Took about an hour. Now had breakfast and faffing about.

 

[Pepper]

I think I remember the term "Holiday Camps."

 

[hollydolly]

They are tiny! Tiny houses have nothing on them.

...but of course they're for short breaks...and really that's about as much as most of us could stand of them because there's verrry little storage. The main storage is under the seating.... with one tiny closet in the main bedroom

In the second bedroom the room is five feet wide...with 2 beds each on 24 inches wide...

However people do live in these in places.....not on those camps but privately owned...

I suppose if one is a minimalist it can work...

 

[MaxHarris]

Pain in my legs woke me up at 3:30 am. It could only be soothed by standing, which I did. I had to stand so long for the pain to go away I was already awake. When I lay down for hours to sleep, my legs have intense muscle cramps that only standing, walking sometimes, alleviates.

I'm tired, but not exhausted. I think I'll make it through today, which will be a very hot one in the nineties with an unrelenting sun beating down. Oh wait! I love that! I'll be out today, you bet, even if I have nowhere to go, then I'll go there anyway. This great weather has interfered with my doing laundry. Thank goodness I have a ton of clothes, collected throughout my life.

It's okay, everything's okay.

About 5 weeks ago I woke up with a pain in my right foot which over a couple of days progressively got worse. Eventually got to see a doctor who diagnosed gout. Got tablets which helped but 2 weeks later it returned. Now on long term medication for that along with numerous pills for my heart failure. I'm sure I rattle when I walk....lol

 

[hollydolly]

I think I remember the term "Holiday Camps."

yes they were places like Butlins and Pontins... where they provided tiny little chalet ( huts ).. just with beds).. and people ate en masse in the canteens, and entertainment was structured..lol....They were a great success in the 50's 60's and 70's.. by the 80's they'd become uncared for...and unpopular with the masses as everyone discovered cheap package holidays abroad.. ..and finally all the Holiday camps closed...


The caravan park where I was staying had 2 pools.. but they were impossible to use because they were full of children... unbelievable how many children were there when in fact it's not even school holidays yet...

There was a bar on site, I went there a couple of times to use their internet , but it was full of people watching Football on big screens, .... there was also an incredible expensive little mini mart on site as well... but there is where the resemblance ended to the holiday camps ..

 

[hollydolly]

About 5 weeks ago I woke up with a pain in my right foot which over a couple of days progressively got worse. Eventually got to see a doctor who diagnosed gout. Got tablets which helped but 2 weeks later it returned. Now on long term medication for that along with numerous pills for my heart failure. I'm sure I rattle when I walk....lol

OUCH!!!

 

[jet]

About 5 weeks ago I woke up with a pain in my right foot which over a couple of days progressively got worse. Eventually got to see a doctor who diagnosed gout. Got tablets which helped but 2 weeks later it returned. Now on long term medication for that along with numerous pills for my heart failure. I'm sure I rattle when I walk....lol

i have had gout for about 6yrs,,,i take the pills,i dont get it so bad,but my big toes now hurt when i walk,,i think the joints are now shot

 

[Pappy]

Awake at 4 am and wrist was hurting so I got up and read on my iPad. I got my coffee and a blueberry muffin about 7 and then my wife got up and I got her breakfast.
At 9 am my online church service starts and that will take about an hour and half.
Rest of the day no plans but may try to get out for a while.

 

[hollydolly]

Put my trip pictures up now... anyone whose interested will find them here...

Continuing my 5 day trip to Dorset, Sub tropical gardens

and here... Further along the Jurassic coast to Weymouth..Pics

..and here... Pictures of my 5 day trip to the Dorset Jurassic coast

I separated them into 3 threads so you don't have to scroll through the same ones over and over to see new one which have been added.

i hope you enjoy them particularly Abbotsbury and the Sub tropical gardens

 

[Trila]

Trying to entice the boy dog to eat something
My elderly fella, Mason, just wants to nap on the leather observation platform
He won't starve himself and honestly could stand to lose a few
So he'll eat when he eats ...
Beef with a veggie medley, Mild shredded cheddar topped with chips of homemade beef jerky
Offered and refused, so going into the frig for later ...

Can I have his leftovers????? That looks fabulous!!

Mason is such a handsome lad!!! I just want to give him a big hug!!!

 

[Muskrat]

I think i want to eat Mason’s dinner too. Cooler this AM…will not last but got a walk in at least.

 

[hawkdon]

Morning all.....awake at 430 this morning, due to thunder/lightning, but no rain...80deg F outside, too hot,
no way to start the day!!! No plans cept maybe a load of
]laundry later on, just spending the day trying to stay cool...my
old house hold this heat, 2 a/c running and couple fans....
Catch u later on......

 

[Georgiagranny]

I managed a little more cleanup at the back of the garden before it got too hot to keep working. It's my own fault that there's so much to do back there because...well...I can't see it from the patio. Out of sight is out of mind.

86 at 10am is just too blasted hot. I'm gonna shower and put on clean clothes so I won't be tempted to do "just one more thing." You know how that goes? It's like "Oh, look! Shiny!" while I'm doing something else.

Everybody stay cool.

 

[Pepper]

Loved Abbotsbury! The first time in England, me & friend hitching in that area. We were picked up by an Empty Tourist Bus. The driver gave us complete tour of area, including all the information he would give to the tourists. For Free! What an incredibly lovely man! Abbotsbury is one of the places he took us to. Wow, what a great memory that was.

I was joking when I stuck thumb out for the bus! Shocked when he actually stopped and offer us a ride which turned into a whole tour. Fantastic, @hollydolly thanks for renewing that sunny, gorgeous, English day!

 

[Trila]

Good morning! I'm up, but need to finish getting ready for the day.

My day at the rink, yesterday was a lot of fun!! Can't say the same for the drive home though.

Missouri has very few main roads that go through it's rural areas. The one that we travel on was closed, due to a bad accident that happened just before we got there. There was a big fire, Air Evac (medical helicopter), emergency trucks, etc. We were stuck for awhile, then went around on a ten mile detour on a county road so bad an ATV would have a hard time using. Finally got home really late. . Of course, when I did get home, there were things that needed to be done, like feed the cat (!!!), etc. I finally got to bed around midnight. I have a feeling that I will be mostly useless today.

Barbora Krejčíková (my pick) won women's Final at Wimbledon!!!

Today's high is expected to be 96°F/35.5°C, with a HI of over 100°F/37.7°C. After breakfast, I need to wash Goober's bedding, litter box, etc (before it gets too hot out). After that, it might be a good day to do nothing!!!

I'm off to make breakfast. Will I be back later? We'll just have to wait and see!!!

 

[Pepper]

I'll make sure to go out today to bake in sun for a wee bit, like 2 hours.

 

[Sliverfox]

The other evening I discovered a flat tire on our car.
Mentioned it to hubby at bed time.

He had wanted to take a drive to find a cemetery that one of the cousins mentioned.
Figured that drive would be put of due to the tire.

Nope after we got veggies, etc from farmer's market off we went.
Learned he had pumped up the tire, didn't check for cause of leak?????

Yup,much later,, he remarks that tire is going low there tire gauge in the instrument cluster. !!
I grumble about damaging the tire & tire rim.

Finally we pull into a church that has area to park in.
He gets out the air compress that plugs into car & put air in the tire.
Manage to get closer to home but need to stop & put in more air!

I'm really curious as to what is in that tire & where did we get it?

 

[jet]

had roast pork for dinner,,filled dishwasher up,after it finished it was still full of water grrr.
had to sponge it out,take all filters out,cleaned,tried again,,no luck,so had to take waste pipe out,and it was blocked with a bread tie,,,so afternoons gone,im now enjoying a glass of wine,,cheers

 

[hollydolly]

had roast pork for dinner,,filled dishwasher up,after it finished it was still full of water grrr.
had to sponge it out,take all filters out,cleaned,tried again,,no luck,so had to take waste pipe out,and it was blocked with a bread tie,,,so afternoons gone,im now enjoying a glass of wine,,cheers

I've just had Greek Gyro pork & Rice..... I love Greek Gyros..genuine ones... this pack of pork and Rice under the guise of Greek Gyros.. is a horrible pretender to the Greek Monarchy..