((((HUGS))))
My cat coming to me abed and before he started washing, came and nuzzled me to say thank you for his meal... Awwww,
Semi wild cat who lives next door, but gets fed here, brought her kitten to my garden this morning. She's such an attentive mother.
blackberry picking.. brings me back to my youth, poetry and its v relaxing and yummy lol
And such a crop this year! Oh MY! I go out every other early morning and still mostlythe lead berries.. followed always by at least one cat...SPECIAL days..of "mellow fruitfulness " i
Met the mother and aunts tonight and she is delighted having spent the evening with all her siblings for the first time since the onset of the pandemic, all in their early 80’s to early ‘90’s … she has one sister here, one in London, one in Florida but all together in Dublin again tonight for food in a nice restaurant and seemingly full of plans for the next week, socialising, more meals out, trips to powerscourt etc and trips to the US for them all in January to basically do nothing but enjoy the sun and laze around….all looking great, happy, healthy enjoying life.
Being on a break in Athlone for two days. It was great being there
The deep deep silence of the midnight hours out here in mid-Atlantic. Something very very precious and healing.. the freedom to be able to make a hot drink at this hour.. although no biccies or cake to be had....maybe a bacon buttie.. freedom and peace
I was bemoaning the lack of customer services from businesses but had a requirement tonight to email a retailer with a query at 17.00.
at 17.01 I have a detailed reply…they are out of stock of the product I’m after and they won’t be restocking in the near future. However, they recommended another business, a competitor where it may be purchased…’nope don’t have it’ would have sufficed but going the 10% extra and providing a link to where it’s available is really appreciated… won’t be forgotten as I’m after it a while.
Salad and raspberries from the garden. Simple beautiful food.
That's lovely. We all need to realise how much precious things are here. Kids, education, friends, fun, independence, overcoming worries and anxieties, plans, hopes, dreams, ...
Seeing all the little kids starting school really is a wonderful sight.
Just.... being safe and snug... roof over my head .. my bed.. Picked a great big bunch of marigolds.. Last year's plants ... no post in! Post out ,,,,The utter deep silence and peace here.
Grabbing this happiness while I can, esb bill arrived yesterday, lower than the period before.
Such a relief as I assumed the price rises had kicked in.
A choice of what to eat today.. Never running out of food..Unbearable to think of folk going hungry.
Opening that envelope is an ordeal! I got a shock this time as I saw well over E200! Then the small letters cr.. Not going to question it... So we settle for the night, snugged in and ready for anything.
I was in a shop today that had a 50% off sale. Normally it is stuff I don't want but they had a nice jacket that would be ideal for autumn. I wasn't 100% sure I wanted it so I went to look at the shoes while I had a think. Went back and tried it on and I really liked it so decided to buy. While I was putting my own coat back on the sales assistant came along and started repricing the items on the rail. She put a new price sticker on that was €33 less than I was going to pay. My indecision really paid off.
An oul dip in the sea. Had a bit of a heavy (but great) night last night, the four of us threw our togs on this morning and ran into a very choppy sea and it was absolutely gorgeous. Best hangover cure ever.
Happiness is bed shaped.. Sleep after being starved of it for too long is sheer bliss... Being snug abed while a wind howls and rain smashes against the window ... oh and littlest cat, a neglected stray scaredy- cat, who now lives here, has settled on my feet abed and is serenely washing. Now THAT is happiness... A lot of happiness out here tonight.
Happiness is having done all that needed doing and was time sensitive.. ie parcel done and ready and OUT to the bag on th gate for the postman to take,, . Cats fed,,, feet washed,,, when I put my foot into my siipper OH WARM! Then UGH WET... WHY do cats DO that? memo to self ...always turn shoes upside-down,,
All sorted and the day is mine now.. Happy at the day .. bright and breezy...
That I'm watching Cetic v RM on RTE. It unlike TV3 isn't geo blocked
Watching an ad and one of my favourite Dylan songs is in it.
Th that I remembered to take a carton of Coconut milk out of the freezer yesterday, so it will be ready to use for breakfast tom.
2 days in a row I’ve got the Wordle in the NYT in 2 goes. Feeling pretty proud of myself 😄, or am I being smug ?
2 goes is pretty impressive all right. I got it in 4 today. The average was 4.3 guesses according to Wordlebot.
My TH is a soft day at work. Long may it last.
Where do you see Wordlebot?
I get it here. WordleBot: Improve Your Wordle Strategy - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
But I am a subscriber so not sure if it is available otherwise.
Anyhoo....got it in 3 today...average is 3.8.
The 5 a day reveal is starting 🙂
Mushroom picking. Picked about 4 kg. Delicious too.
At the risk of jinxing myself, I think my Wordle MoJo is back !!
I LOVE mushrooms. Not those fancy ones but normal’ ones. I used to collect them, with my mother, from the meadows down the hills, when I was younger. I find restaurants don’t know how to cook them properly. They , imo, have to be cooked very slowly in a bit of butter with generous amounts of salt. Hmmm
