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Great day yesterday at DGS's home in MA.
His mom, (my ex DIL) picked me up and we had a nice catch up during the ride. Friends again.

My GGbaby was cranky at first, but that ended soon with everyone standing on their heads to make him laugh, and laugh he did! I miss his parents too and hated to leave them all.

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Today is going to be a good one :)

Tai Chi class this morning, then meeting up with Mrs Oy, our youngest daughter and the Likkle G for Fish & Chips on the prom. Maybe a bit of digging in the sand with Likkle Grandson. Then we're taking him to Preston on the 'Big Pointy Train' after he said recently he wanted to go on one and see a big station.
 

Up and at 'em as soon as I gather my wits.

It's gonna be a nice day and not hot for a change. Maybe only 83 and sunny with a pleasant northeast breeze. Yay! Drop is on the way. Drop. When the leaves drop off the trees. Of course, the leaves won't drop for another two months, but Drop is on the way.

@hollydolly Overcast isn't the best for your meetup today, but at least it won't be hot. Take pictures!

I'm going to cheat just a little bit today and try to transplant some portulaca and a couple of fan flowers. Shhhh. Don't rat me out. It's not use-a-shovel work, just my trusty trowel, and I promise not to bend over with my face down.

Didn't sleep worth a darn last night:mad: so there will probably be a nap or two. Have a 4:20 phone appointment with the eye doc.

So excited about my new chair. Is it Thursday yet? LOL
 
And suddenly it's not summer. Everything feels different. Well, at least Howard Stern is new & The View is new, but......it's a colder day already tho the sun is shining. I'll have to adjust. Son back at work/grandson going back to school; No one to Play with! :cry: OK, cats 🐈🐈‍⬛
 
Georgiagranny said:
Up and at 'em as soon as I gather my wits.

It's gonna be a nice day and not hot for a change. Maybe only 83 and sunny with a pleasant northeast breeze. Yay! Drop is on the way. Drop. When the leaves drop off the trees. Of course, the leaves won't drop for another two months, but Drop is on the way.

@hollydolly Overcast isn't the best for your meetup today, but at least it won't be hot. Take pictures!

I'm going to cheat just a little bit today and try to transplant some portulaca and a couple of fan flowers. Shhhh. Don't rat me out. It's not use-a-shovel work, just my trusty trowel, and I promise not to bend over with my face down.

Didn't sleep worth a darn last night:mad: so there will probably be a nap or two. Have a 4:20 phone appointment with the eye doc.

So excited about my new chair. Is it Thursday yet? LOL
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I'm excited about your new chair too @Georgiagranny. Do you have a small colorful accent pillow for it?
 
Georgiagranny said:
I'm going to cheat just a little bit today and try to transplant some portulaca and a couple of fan flowers. Shhhh. Don't rat me out. It's not use-a-shovel work, just my trusty trowel, and I promise not to bend over with my face down.
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Do you have a pair of safety glasses that you could use. Is it the dust or the bending that the doctor is concerned about?
 
Summer might be over for some but not for Southern California. We can have 100 degree temperatures till November. Fall also brings the Santa Ana Winds with down slope speeds close to 100 mph <Santa Ana winds - Wikipedia> that fan the worst wild fires. Right now California has over a dozen fires burning <fire.ca.gov> and on my morning walk, I smelled smoke <https://abc7.com/post/record-fire-san-jacinto-burns-more-350-acres-homes-threatened/15257328> It seems SoCal has only two seasons: moderate temperature, with rain likely, from November to May/June; and the hot summer from June/July to the end of November. Of course closer to the Coast, it's a different story.

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Summer might be over for some but not for Southern California. We can have 100 degree temperatures till November. Fall also brings the Santa Ana Winds with down slope speeds close to 100 mph <Santa Ana winds - Wikipedia> that fan the worst wild fires. Right now California has over a dozen fires burning <fire.ca.gov> and on my morning walk, I smelled smoke <https://abc7.com/post/record-fire-san-jacinto-burns-more-350-acres-homes-threatened/15257328> It seems SoCal has only two seasons: moderate temperature, with rain likely, from November to May/June; and the hot summer from June/July to the end of November. Of course closer to the Coast, it's a different story.

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Ooh, sorry about that. Hope it cools down soon!
 
Well it was overcast , then it rained a little and then the sun came out for about an hour or 2.. not glorious but at least not grey.. but it was very warm

We went first to the garden centres alley.. as it's called, because there's about 8 or 9 of them all in the same road. WE just went to our favourite one because it also sells ladies clothes and shoes.. and I bought a beautiful lined sleeveless dress.. in a kind of fern shade of green, with pattern...

Then we went off to the Vintage Motor museum.. I thought the kids had gone back to school..they haven't so it was a little bit of PITA because there was screaming , and crying kids everywhere inside..and the place altho' 4 floors high is very cramped so everyone is on top of one another, no escaping screeching toddlers..
Fortunately in the courtyard which was far more interesting to me, no-one brought their little kids...screaming or otherwise..

I'll post the photos of the Vintage Motor museum on the photo thread later .. it's mainly Vintage vehicles, but the inside museum has small collections of Vintage toys, Books.. travel Ephemera.. drivers log books, passengers tickets.. all from the past.. as well as some stuff from the war...

they had vintage typewriters, sewing machines.. all sorts..

Anyway after that we went to have lunch.. and this is where we had it.. . It's massive inside, so many dining areas.. .. is set in beautiful grounds. In a couple of weeks they're having a huge make-over so I hope they keep the glorious ambience..

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hollydolly said:
Well it was overcast , then it rained a little and then the sun came out for about an hour or 2.. not glorious but at least not grey.. but it was very warm

We went first to the garden centres alley.. as it's called, because there's about 8 or 9 of them all in the same road. WE just went to our favourite one because it also sells ladies clothes and shoes.. and I bought a beautiful lined sleeveless dress.. in a kind of fern shade of green, with pattern...

Then we went off to the Vintage Motor museum.. I thought the kids had gone back to school..they haven't so it was a little bit of PITA because there was screaming , and crying kids everywhere inside..and the place altho' 4 floors high is very cramped so everyone is on top of one another, no escaping screeching toddlers..
Fortunately in the courtyard which was far more interesting to me, no-one brought their little kids...screaming or otherwise..

I'll post the photos of the Vintage Motor museum on the photo thread later .. it's mainly Vintage vehicles, but the inside museum has small collections of Vintage toys, Books.. travel Ephemera.. drivers log books, passengers tickets.. all from the past.. as well as some stuff from the war...

they had vintage typewriters, sewing machines.. all sorts..

Anyway after that we went to have lunch.. and this is where we had it.. . It's massive inside, so many dining areas.. .. is set in beautiful grounds. In a couple of weeks they're having a huge make-over so I hope they keep the glorious ambience..

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Sounds like a lovely day. It was overcast here and then the sun came out. I didn't realise how warm it had got until I went out this afternoon but, it's definitely cooler.

The dress sounds really nice, it's nice to find lined dresses these days, most aren't.
 
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800 litres of oil delivered last week and 2 cubic mtrs. of hardwood logs yesterday. That should keep us going this winter. In spite of gloom and doom of 'global warning', apparently the UK has had the coolest summer since 2015.
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we've had a lot of rain comparatively .. so the reports are saying we're going to have a super colourful Autumn
 
Woohoo! Just had the phone appointment with eye people, and I'm free at last! I can do anything I wanna, including gardening.

All those darned eye drops have been rearranged so that I'm not living by the 2-hour alarm to put drops in my eyes. Thank heaven! One is just twice a day, one four times, and one gone altogether. What a relief. That schedule was really making me cranky. Well, crankier than usual.

And as they say, one more sleep and a wakeup before my new chair gets here. Yippee.
 
Georgiagranny said:
Woohoo! Just had the phone appointment with eye people, and I'm free at last! I can do anything I wanna, including gardening.

All those darned eye drops have been rearranged so that I'm not living by the 2-hour alarm to put drops in my eyes. Thank heaven! One is just twice a day, one four times, and one gone altogether. What a relief. That schedule was really making me cranky. Well, crankier than usual.

And as they say, one more sleep and a wakeup before my new chair gets here. Yippee.
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So having said that colours etc are not clear for you, Gigi... what benefit then have you had from the eye surgery ?

BTW we saw a chair in the garden centre today that looked similar to your chair, except this one is for outside.. on the verandah or porch..

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