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Good morning All . Dry breezy mildish day for us today. Off for a visit to Lichfield and Tutbury this morninng.
Enjoy whatever you are doing. (Think Nuphar will have a quiet day )

Good morning all, bright and sunny today.

Enjoyed reading the captions.

NUPHAR - sounds like you had a good evening

TRICIA - lovely poem

MRS ESSE - I hope they manage to finish the kitchen in eight days. Excellent excuse to have meals out. We were lucky our power was only off for about five hours.

CAROL - enjoy your day out

Thank you for all the updates and links

TTFN xx

Where is everyone this morning?
Goodmorning, it is dry and breezy here this morning. So good to awaken to a warm house, be able to put bread in the toaster and turn the kettle on. Washing machine chugging away merrily.
Carol enjoy your day out.
Hello Sandy.

Morning all
Taking a while to get going this morning for some reason.
Bit breezy but some blue sky but dark clouds as well but 10C.
Nan Must have been a really nice feeling this morning to wake to a lovely warm house.
Sandy Yeah Meals out, or takeaways. Good to see that your power was only off for 5 hours. Very lucky compared to Nan and Anne, but still long enough.
Good captions. Will vote later.
Now off to Mothers.
Have a good day everyone.
Mrs Esse

morning all, another day closer to Osprey season I really thought we had a flying emoticon but just cannot see it anywhere but it is nice to look out and see some
I aim to plant the daffs and tulips today lol, ok , ok I know i'll probably see them spring up in 2013
Hope everyone enjoys their day

Esses hope you find , family well
Wondered if the letter from Paddy came from Southampton as I missed it and nobody recorded it but read on their site the letters were funny,

Good morning. The captions were great, difficult to choose just one.

Nan pleased to see that you were being looked after so well whilst power off. Good to see you back with us again
Carol enjoy your morning out and about
Cas it's great that Ollie is eating so well and pleased that you've got some sun.
Anne hope Ian is well and that you'll be back chatting again soon. Do so hope that you're seeing the sun too
Esses any chance you could post Paddy's letter on his travel page? Marion and any other host who sent one too

Only 80 days to go

Black bear update - Jewel's cam coming soon

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Wishing everyone a lovely day

Hello all. Don't know why I feel quite so washed out today. Sure I'll pick up later.
Had a chuckle at the captions. Must go back and read over last night's posts.

Liz, I started to watch FFRC last night but nodded off quite a few times and missed what was said,hope Goss recorded it but do know Jacci's mum was at the centre to witness box opening for herself would be lovely to read the letter from Paddy

Ha I see that within two minutes of me logging off last night the beavers were logging away.
How did I miss Nuphar tripping off to some dodgy dive, wearing fishnet and sparkles and getting propositioned to do a strip by a svede. You go for it girl....

There is a person in the beaver pen!!!, but they are not bringing trees. Got a pic.
Clever stuff. There must be some holes in the ground, as person stuck in a couple of tree branches see pics. So a lumberjack in reverse.

Good afternoon village.
Was dull and yugh this morning - when we set of for Stirling, but has brightened up a lot.
Beaver was dragging branches around last night just as we headed for bed - clearest I have seen.
Like that captions, as usual. Cathie C actually entered one this time round - after getting instructions on how to post a caption.

Surfaced am with Kath in spirit. We ended up at a really good fiddle and guitar standing room only venue, feet tapping and a few whirls with one's shoulder bumper. Still stunned and almost silent in reflection. kath, svede was a lovely blonde, she was so keen to dance.

Kath: Your short-hand version of Nuphar's escapades has made me laugh right out loud and wake the dogs. She lives a surprising life, eh.
Nan: So glad to hear you have power, heat, light, warmth. Puts things in perspective when you don't have power for more than a few hours.

It has been a busy, stressful week. I have managed to read all he posts but know I don't remember everything. And I missed the competition.
Susan: Hope you have a chance to continue resting and caring for yourself. Feel better.
Pat: Watched the ship video.
Phyl: Maine was on our weather news. No snow, warm temps, snow making. Maybe winter is going to pass you bye. There is some snow here but way below normal.
JillR: I hope the wind damage to your park was not too severe.
Anne: I hope you can rescue the rhodies. They are pretty hardy. They blow over here often because they get so top heavy and their roots are so shallow. Good luck. I just can't imagine what you have gone through.
Carol: So glad George is showing improvement. His physical improvement is related to getting food and water. I have a horror story of something that happened to my mother but won't go into it. It still chills my soul. I don't even want to be in a hospital. Good on you for being there as his advocate.
Carmac: Granny with twins, survive in joy. How much longer are they with you?
Hi Esses, Derek and Cath, Tricia, Sheona, Marion, Jess, who have I missed, Cas...more...my mind is now a blank. Not intentional to leave people out. Remember, it is only 4:00am here and I have only had 4 hours of sleep. Good day to you all.

Morning Nuphar: I'll have a cup of tea with you, o.k.? Then I need to check out the chook cam. Can't get it at work so haven't been able to watch it yet.

Hi all
Back from mother's and turned on PC to get on forum and......
IT STOPPED halfway through startup.
We still have the letter that paddy sent, but it rather long, so have PM'd Pete to see if it OK to put wth the Photo's. It is a bit longer as Jacci missed out 2 Paragraphs. We also sent a postcard the day Paddy left Southampto and as I didn't see boxes last night, does anyone know if it was mentioned?

Now on laptop but off to Computer casualty hospital

BBL

Esses

Reflecting...what did I say about unexpected happy surprises ahead for us all this year? a week ago I had not thought of going to this night out. (ageism in my head) vot rubbish!!

Nuphar I wish you a happy surprise every week. That'll keep you on your toes.

Hello everyone, great captions as usual.
I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying some sun today.
Kath - I too had a laugh at your description of Nuphar's adventure.
Nan - I ma so glad that things are back to normal for you. You have made me realize how much I take things for granted. I sometimes complain because I have to throw clothes in a metal box, push a button and add soap, but I guess I should appreciate the ease of the task. It obviously could be a lot worse.
I hope Anne is ok and will check in soon. I agree with Skay - the rhodies are fairly tough. Maybe you can upright a few and they will bounce back.
Sorry to hear you have computer problems, Esses. I hope the computer geeks can fix it for you.
Liz - I am enjoying your Halifax cams and all of the others that are linked up to them. (I have them saved to my favorites on my computer.) I like to check on the snow amounts on the various cams. It doesn't seem like there is much snow; is there usually more snow by now?
I am feeling much better. I can breathe through my nose today which also means that the pressure headache is gone. - Yea!
Off to check the cams...BBL

NAN....If this was not an open forum, I have many tales from my past I could tell, and last night has made me realise it is not time to give up on adventures.,quite a few were suggested...I do mean things like long river snorkels though I would appreciate boat cover now until I am stronger again. My last act of 'bravery' was the zipslide fom a height over a wide river, it threatened to slam one into the tree at the lower end of the rope,, that was the scariest bit, it became addictive and they let me do it several times. It is all too easy to sit back and fester, I know, it is what I did last year. Watch this space?

I know it is not easy for many of you to visualise exciting things ahead, there are hurdles to overcome, but I have found many times, that things do change, most unexpectedly, so hang in there!!

(See what a driver and a few glasses of wine can do overnight!!)

Good day, everyone,

Excellent news that most of you seem to have temperate weather. Maybe the patterns are finally turning. It's very foggy here. Last night there was an almost full moon shining through the mist. It was both beautiful and eerie, and today when I turned on the computer, the Google site had the Halloween drawings on it. Have I missed something? That would be a craft moment of epic dimensions.

Susan--glad to read that the head cold is getting better. They always seem to take about 7 days no matter what medicine you take.
Nan--Good to hear that the power is still on. I hope it is for Anne, too.
Esses--good luck with the kitchen refitting. I hope it doesn't cause too much disruption, but there is the compensation of no cooking for a bit.
Carol--I hope that George continues to be able to take nourishment and to improve. You're a good neighbor.
Nurphur--sounds like you and the fishnets had a good time last night.
Cas--is Ollie still eating heartily?
skay--there hasn't been much snow on the east coast where OH is either. I can remember this happening several years ago and then in March, there was a huge blizzard that shut things down for almost 2 weeks.

To anyone I have missed--I hope your day is good and that you will have only pleasant adventures to share with us later. I'm off to feed my birds and cats before it rains.

Pete--thanks, as always, for the village.

Esses, I have just come back from watching last night's boxes at FFRC on you tube, no Paddy postcard I'm afraid, but Paddy did check in on chat.
Martha, Google is marking the centenary of Charles Addams, the creator of the Addams family.

I do need to reiterate the purple, silver threaded fish net is a scarf, shawl, whatever, over the shoulders, with a slithery, heavy eel like life of its own, a c...mas surprise.. 'When I am old, I will wear purple,' so I did, and do.

Sounds like Nuphar has a clear head, Susan a clear nose,the majority clear weather
I think it's sometimes better to appreciate on things we do have rather than dwell on thins we don't as we know it just makes us miserable , eg, My heating isn't working 100% but I do have heat
There are some dirty black clouds out there but also patches of blue
Skay, I gave up trying to name everyone a long time ago as I just forget, but do try to mention folks every week or activities
Ollie is eating so much he just cannot stay awake and ends up falling askeep again I picked him up this morning and can tell his tum is expanding every hour , he really is improving as we are now on day 7 being sick free, when he was being sick, 2, 3, and even 4 times a day you will understand why i'm a happy bunny
Let's hope human and pets are keeping well, hope everyone has been able to get out and about if it had been planned, wonder how Mary is?, hoping Ursula well, to those who used to post but now read, hope all is well in your life

Liz lol, I must have napped during that will have to check if Goss has taped it
Esses, sorry, not sure if a pc was read out, maybe Jill or someone could tell you
Going out to check if washing is any drier than when first put out and def planting one bag of tulips bye for now x
Kath, hope your more with it now

Kath, black lace up shoes, size nines. I am so glad a dinner table hides ones shoes. Purple shaded batik silk trousers. I am no fashion statement these days.

Cas, apparantly not! As I just logged out instead of posting my message
Ahem, as I was saying. I am thrilled that Ollie is showing good improvement.
here is the link to last night's boxes video.....

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Martha, Gee, looks like there is now a group of ladies, maybe a gent or two, fanatical about ospeys, wearing fishnets under sensible trousers and feeling oh, so young and skittish again...

I am on the rebound temporarily, migraine, my sort , easily helped by C... mas pudding from my barely touched stores and tinned macaroni cheese. Happens when I forget to eat when remeniscing..this may cheer up those who cannot abide over cheerfulness if theirs is a dark day. My plans all gang awry. Big pot of tea and feeling very relaxed, join me if you like. It is now a nothing day.(Happy to be idle tho')

Just had a chirrupy thank you call from from someone we delivered home after having much drink taken last night, you would not believe it, she has been warned of a suspicious character too near hers for comfort, a ladies's nightmare if you understand me. Her doors are locked. Aw, gee. so glad my driver would not hear of her walking home.....

Martha, that is why I loved wearing a dry suit, they exert no control, the freedom was bliss, the only constriction was at the neck and wrists, the rest was bliss, floating on water. And everything stayed up.

Paddy's letter from Southampton now on members stories.

Esses

Liz May, the zip line was 3 years go for my 70th, I am getting stale, do give it a go, a bungee I would be afraid for my retinas, mistakenlY I believe.
A book club sounds a great idea.

The computer has had to stay at the computer hospital and could be there for about a week. As the laptop and me don't see eye to eye, probably won't be on so much for the duration.
Will try to keep up with posts and try to post a couple of times a day.
Mrs Esse

Nuphar, bungee might not do damage but I believe it does make your eyes sore. Not that you'd get me doing it!
Mrs Esse, going to read Paddy's letter. Do hope you and the laptop make better friends.

Esses--I am sorry about the computer. At least there is a back-up and we will enjoy hearing from you when you can check in.

Just for fun, I looked on amazon.com for fishnet tights, and there is a brand advertised as Industrial Fishnets. There was a photo of stockings, so I am assuming we're not talking shrimp nets here. One's mind boggles.....

Martha, definitely the silly season today.
I have been sent details of another c...mas dinner, a more staid lot, but cannot open it, yes, NAN, computer and IT problem, not one I have experienced before....

Carmac has posted the poem 'when I grow old' Thanks Carmac.

quote from chickenyard (skay, I can open it)
The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house.
Jeff Foxworthy

Carmac, great poem, I do not spit, I do hoard pens and I do want to make up for the mistaken sobriety of my youth. And I do like sausages.

Bother, I can see again, will have to go and do something useful.

Hi Folks, just doing a quick catch up before son and DiL arrive. Have posted a copy of Paddys letter from Clackmannanshire. It is in members stories.
Have a good evening.
BBL

Carmac's post of the poem.
One of Cathie's favourites - part of her 'growing older' philosophy - coupled with becoming more and more like Diana Trent in 'Waiting for God'.

Thanks to Nuphar I remembered the poem... I also sent the book to one sister for last Ch'mas.
I do love it but my youth was well spent too.

Visitors here to say goodbye to little ones... they take a plane tomorrow am...dare I sigh a whiff of relief..

Anybody got news from Anne
BBL

Nuphar: I was watching the chickens today for quite some time. I find their clucks and shirps so peaceful. What is interesting is how there were two that came right up and looked in the camera, waiting to be fed I think. Wonder what time food is put into the container and if it says "Feed the chickens" and you click on it, does that signal go back to the feeder to release some food. They sure acted like it. Fun. I didn't see any ducks but enjoyed the goats scampering up and down the ramp.

One of my greatest experiences was flying in a WWI replica bi-plane, two seater, open cockpit. My neighbor had built it in his garage and then moved it to his hanger at the airport where the wings were attached. He had flown the plane all over the US to air shows and to a huge fly-in in Wisconsin several summers. It was the 4th of July and I was invited out to the hanger for a picnic and while there asked if I wanted to fly. I donned the leather jacket, bomber hat and climbed into the tiny seat. I cannot describe the most wonderful time I had flying with nothing separating me from the sky, like a bird. He flew me all the way over by our houses and the school, over the lake and the river. Wow, thank you Nuphar for tickling my brain of wonderful moments. There have been others but this one stands out. I often ask, why am I afraid of heights if I love to fly. Star Duster was the kind of plane.

Skay, good memories do push us forward, I am realising. thanks for that, maybe a bucket thing fo rme to do? flying, not the chooks!!

No wildlife at Loch of the Lowes, Caerlaverock or Martin Mere. Large cat in Mike's garden.

SKAY Lovely story recounting your memories.

CARMAC You will so miss them but I am sure you are ready for a break.

Enjoyed reading Paddy's adventures down south and to reread his adventures up in SCotland
Carmac, bet some folks will be smiling at your poem
Enjoy your last evening with the twins, the house will seem ever so empty once they leave

Greetings villagers - the warm temperatures have returned (6C) and the snow is melting . Good to read the weather has calmed for the village. And it appears fishnet is in style?

Hi Folks
Seems very quiet here tonight. Hope its because people have had such a busy day they're too tired.

Carol - did you enjoy your day out?
Nan - good to see you posting again. We missed you. Cas did a good job in relaying information.
Cas - did you get your bulbs planted ok?
Nuphar - think people are seeing a different side to you .
Susan - glad you're feeling better today.
Liz - Mossmorran which is not far from us has excess flaring sometimes too. Usually they put a warning on the radio so people don't panic.
Esses - computer problems aren't fun but keep in touch when you can.
Has anyone heard from Anne today. Hope everything's ok.

Sorry for anyone I missed commenting on.

Wasn't someone looking for Cropped Trousers for her mum's Auzzi trip ?
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I'm looking for tea....wine,I can get but ne'er a teabag

QUICHE We had a lovely day out Thank you. We took Rachel out with us and enjoyed our visit to Lichfield. I didn't realise she hadn't been there before. It was dry and sunny although cool. We did some shopping , visited the Cathedral and the market, had a coffee then went on to Byrkley Garden Centre for lunch. I am trying to not think she has only ten days of her visit left. She is out in Nottingham with friends at the moment.

Yes printed off the pages I think she wants and will show her tomorrow. Thanks

All quiet at Martin Mere.
Bur who is that at FFRC? could it be Elvis???? Nah! Gregg is showing off again.

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Quiche said,
Nuphar - think people are seeing a different side to you
All because I mentioned a fishnet [color=violet]scarf[/color]
I have only 400 sents to delete now, getting on fine, and eating cheese, apple and pickled dill cucumber cubed with a silver cake fork.
I do wonder where all have gone, even checked to see if Downton had crept back. Kitty page?

should never have tried to edit my purple scar (f).
will find something else to talk about tomorrow, never fear.
Nite, kath.

Well I am going to bed, hope I can shake off this lethargy. The PC seems to have caught it too very very slow to bring up any links and even the extra emos won't appear. Nite nite all.

Kath. Sleep well.

KATH Good night Hope you feel better tomorrow.

Just thought I would try this laptop and catch up with posts. Seems to have been quiet here tonight.
Carol Glad you had a good day out. Your time with Rachel seems to have gone very quickly.
Carmac See your life will be getting back to normal, but no doubt you will miss the family.
Good to see that Marion and Nan have put Paddy's letters home on the stories page.
Kath Try to get a good nights sleep and hope you are feeling better tomorrow.
Will say goodnight as well.
Mrs Esse

Mr and Mrs Esse Good night to you both

Kath and Esses.

Mr and Mrs Esse.

quiche hope your tooth does not cause too much pain until your dental appointment. Has your daughter had any news of a course or placement?

One beaver out

I am glad it is quiet in the village. It is not quiet here on the island......temporary fix to boiler failed - so technician is now drilling and banging new boiler will not arrive until next week.....

Nan - not heard about anything for daughter yet but hopefully now holidays are over something might come up. She's filled in a form to go to college next year and when they open again next week she'll take it down. Tooth pretty sore earlier tonight but took co-codamol and feeling great now .

Phyl that's not good news. Hope they manage a successful temporary fix today.

Phyl - hope you have another way of staying warm especially with snow making an appearance.

Sorry PHYL about your boiler I hope he can fix it for the time being. Just thinking ,there has been quite a bit of boiler and furnace trouble in the Village this year.

Hello Nan and quiche - I just heard the boiler start, so I am hoping it will limp along until Wednesday when new boiler will be installed. At least the temperatures are to be better (2-4C). And we have wood stoves and fireplaces to keep the house warm (but no hot water....)

Carol I was thinking that as well. I am going ahead with a new boiler and getting a wood burning stove installed. I notice a damp patch on chimney breast today.
Badger out at Caerlaverock.

I have been 'helping' with the packing...no mean job All those kiddy toys to go. I'm glad i mostly did books & some clothes.( they even fit with lil room to spare )
I am going to read in bed...wake-up time here is 4 am. Don't suppose I'll be asleep anyway. I can switch on the kettle.
Thanks for all those newsy and informative letters from Paddy. I learnt a lot too.
Goodnight to you all,sleep well,sweet dreams.

Phyl do you start back to work on Monday?

Carmac you will have very mixed feelings, I'm sure, tonight. The house will seem so quiet once they go home.

Carmac Hope you can get some rest, I know how you feel. Thinking of you.

NAN I don't blame you for getting a wood burning stove, I would like one too.

Nan - yes, I return to work on Monday. But have to travel for work at the end of the month.... This year's projects look to be quite interesting. I love our wood stoves - they have been great!
Carmac - I think you will enjoy the quiet, but I know you will miss everyone.

Carmac. Good you enjoyed your visitors. Bet part of you is glad to be back to normal though .
Funny you mentioning a lot of boiler problems Carol. We've been having some as well. We got a new flue fitted just before Christmas. Worked fine for a week then boiler kept switching itself off (woke up with no heating or hot water every morning). Called engineer out. He couldn't find anything wrong and thinks maybe it had something to do with the wind. Only way to find out is if it starts playing up again on windy days. Let's hope there's not too many more of them .

One beaver out for a swim. They have been very quiet tonight as well.

Badger back at Caerlaverock.

Night, Nan, still deleting 1000 emails, have 200 to read and file/delete,.. I have electric controlled heating, my ch oil needs electricity too. Good idea to get woodstove.

I'm away to bed too now. Going to church tomorrow so it'll be the earliest I've been up during the holidays. Our ministers son is being baptised so it is sure to be busy - have to get there early to get a seat . Have a good night/evening/day wherever you are. Bye x

Quiche Sleep well, Enjoy your day tomorrow

NUPHAR Good night ,sleep well

Sleep well Nuphar
Sleep well quiche

Am now enjoying a heated house (must remember to bake cookies for the technician....)

Phyl Great news. Enjoy the warmth

Phyl glad heating back.
Night Nuphar and quiche, sleep well.

Good night to you all

Think I will head off to bed as well. .
Beaver out for a swim.

gna