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Take care robsail - our thoughts and prayers are with you too. Must be incredibly difficult for you at this time of the year.
We've cut back a lot on the amount of cards we send out but I think an actual card is important although it is turning out to be quite an expense because of the postage, Just a few more to do today - to post before tomorrow's deadline.
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Cold but only hovering around f-f-freezing this morning but tweets still in danger of bending their beaks trying to drink !! Grey and miserable ( must change my hair colour ! ) but at least I've won a 'free' lottery ticket
.A bowl of Hot porridge calling right now
stay warm and safe please
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We lost our baby daughter many years ago on the 17th December, funeral just before Christmas, so this time of year is always a bit difficult for us. We had to carry on though as we had 2 small children. Our family and friends were and are a great help. We always try to do something nice on the 17th so this year we are taking our nearly 3 year old Gt. Grandson (and his Mummy and Daddy) to see Father Christmas
. Last night we went to our eldest son and DIL's to eat and see the match. Despite the disappointing outcome it was a lovely evening. Not a good journey home though, very icy and slippy. This morning it is thick freezing fog.How nice that you were able to have a good chat and a laugh with the Big Issue seller ABM that must have meant a lot to her.
I love sending and receiving Christmas cards. E cards just don't do it for me so despite the extra expense this year we are carrying on. It is one of the best parts of Christmas receiving cards,especially from people that we don't see very often and especially if they put a little note in with their news. We posted ours last Wednesday so hopefully people will receive them before Christmas.
I hope you are enjoying a bit of a rest this weekend Helen. It must be very difficult having to do that journey into and out of Oxford on top of the treatment.
Having been away to see our youngest son and his family in N. Ireland I am now way behind with our Christmas preparations so I must try and get on with things!
Take care in this weather everyone. I hope you have a safe onward journey nellie.
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Well put Muscles👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻. It does help that’s a guarantee. To the folk that have got into a bad place regardless of their own doing or circumstance a friendly acceptance just that they are Human as are we all is enough. They choose to sell something rather than beg, it’s honourable. I’m with you 100%.
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We had a splattering of snow yesterday, with places like Lynton and Woolacombe getting a good thick laying. Today we have it much thicker, unusual for us so early in the winter, so near the sea. As we laid in bed we heard a strange noise outside, couldn’t make it out. We live in a very quiet close, and now realise, it was a car driving past. Yesterday’s snow turned to rain, slush, it froze, then quite heavy snow, it’s the tyres crunching through the ice under the snow! Very very treacherous out there. Don’t think I can even get to the postbox.
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A new dusting of snow up here so not planning to go anywhere and just hovering around freezing.
No matter when you lose a loved one at first there is sadness but in the future the day becomes a day also to remember them and their happy ways and yes like MH we do something special to remember them.
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Whatever the weather farming goes on. I forgot to post this yesterday - the top yard with only one set of footprints at 05:40, when our son went dow to start milking.
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Good photo Goldie I remember those sort of mornings when I used to help out with milking in Shropshire in the early sixties and the winter of 1963 where you did not know the top of the hedges were when walking up the local lane brr.
Anybody going to Broadway club site today will find they have snow, a friend staying there has sent us a couple of photos. We have been down to -7.8C overnight and have a sharp frost this morning looks very wintery from the windows, birds getting through the bird food.
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Great photo, are you making that into your personal Christmas card?
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We woke up to a thick layer of proper powdery snow this morning - wonderful sight; it had been forecast for the higher ground in the Cotswolds and Marlborough Downs, but not here so it was a lovely surprise. Just back from the local park where there was a huge gathering, children and dogs revelling in the conditions and even the adults looked to be enjoying themselves! 🙌🙆🐕🐕
It was 2 years ago yesterday that we lost my younger brother to Covid and today would have been Mum's 94th birthday. So a time to think of those we've lost and all the happy memories we have of them but it's also our grand-nephew's 7th birthday - life goes on, we think of the past but look to the future!
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Good morning, ,the temperature has warmed up here in SE Kent to the extent that it is now raining.😨. Hope it clears through and drys up before tonight's drop , or tomorrow morning's edition of dancing on Ice is going to be interesting.😁.
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We are snow covered here as well, although only a light dusting. Those two years have flown by M, a sad anniversary, as is yours Millie.
That’s a wonderful photo Goldie.
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Sprinkle of snow for us today, they have been forecasting it all week but nothing until last night. It must be cold outside as its still laying on the roofs, cars and grass.
Nice and cosy indoors with the sun coming through the lounge window.
Christmas tree went up yesterday and a few other decorations. We don't do outdoors anymore but OH helps put up the village Dec's not this year though as we were still away.
We are going to my sisters house for Christmas lunch this year so I don't have much to do.
Youngest son and his family are hoping to be in their new house by Christmas. They have been busy decorating it so far, new carpets waiting to get fitted. Then it will be move in time. All excited as they have been living in a rented house since they got back from Malta 5 years ago.
Eldest son will be up here at the end of the week to collect his 2 teenagers from school, then back down the road for Christmas. He will be finished with the Army in March so not long now. Started job hunting plus getting their house up here back into some kind of order, after it was rented out then empty for years. They need a new boiler and kitchen. Kitchen no bother but trying to get a new boiler might be an issue as there is a waiting time of 12 to 16 weeks, if he wants a boiler like ours. New front and back double glazed doors on order just waiting for a date for them to be fitted.
Busy times for both of them. Next week it will be 32 years since we returned from 20 years living in Germany. OH was coming out of the Army after serving 25 years. I remember what it was like starting out again new house, new jobs, I don't envy them.
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We're sending RNLI cards, but these are the photos I'm using on Gift Tags. I'm not sure Great Grand children will recognise us - taken 52 years ago, somewhere round Dungeon Ghyll. When we got dressed up to go for a Sunday walk.
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Thank you so much for posting those and yes what a smart couple and I like the tie!
I love seeing photos like that and there's a Facebook group I belong to and post on that is just for photos like that it's called Flashback - British Social History. Even if not posting it makes interesting viewing.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/792394660775654
Thank you again!
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We have some Damson Gin which now is ready to strain and bottle, looking forward to trying it. 🙂
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We woke up to a layer of snow too this morning and we had light snow falling all morning. Lovely but its been very cold 🥶 Haven't been any where today, did the ironing which has been mounting up, at least it kept me warm! 🤣
Robsail, my thoughts are with you, sending you Best wishes for Christmas 🎄
Great photos Goldie 🙂
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I think I posted that I wasn't planning on going out? It was working quite well till Mrs C discovered tomorrow in the last second class posting day for Christmas. But still no big deal as she was going to write them this afternoon but... as we do our addresses on labels from the computer and at 3pm 'we' found the printer had run out of ink or dried up as we rarely print anything now so guess who had to go to Argos at 3:15 to get some?
Snowing again now and has been for about 40 minutes.
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Been cold here frosty most the weekend but so far no snow although being on the coast we don’t normally get a lot of snow. Been helping 2nd youngest son decorate the house that he rents out previous tenant moved out a few weeks ago and he is planning on selling it now so helping get that done. Not a lot planned this week.
Hope everyone has had a nice weekend
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Love it Goldie! We also send RNLI cards but certainly can't match your gift cards.
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Robsail We used to have 2 Father Christmas floats in our area - Salvation Army and our local church but neither have been for a few years now. We live in hopes for this year. I always love to see them.
Talking of outside Christmas lights - we went to our daughter's this afternoon. They live in a close where everyone decorates their houses and it looks really pretty but they are all a bit miffed this year as some new neighbours have moved in and instead of all white lights like everyone else they have put up very bright colourful lights.
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MH We have a small number of houses that decorate to any extent, mainly folk that have young kids or grandkids.
I used to recognise some of the people that fundraise with the Rotary Santa but they have moved on.
Thursdays I have been helping at my sons centre reading stories or poetry even on the odd occasion singing with them. This Thursday apparently there is an advent event with songs etc.
All Thanks for your kind thoughts and prayers
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Yesterday in MK we had the Redbull Home Run Event in CMK. For those that don't know Redbull Technology is based in MK. Apparently 30,000 attended the free event. They had a chance to see Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez drive their F1 cars through the Boulevards of CMK. We didn't go ourselves as we thought it would be too cold so just watched the live stream direct from the Redbull website. Not often you can get upfront and personal with an F1 car, well at least without spending in excess of £250 for a ticket!
Video here to give a flavour of the event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GtHA0MSF90
David
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Well done Robsail. They must really love having you. Enjoy your Advent event.
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