Showing posts with label chitter chatter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chitter chatter. Show all posts

Saturday, 15 August 2026

Ooooops

Comments which came in overnight. What does pejorative mean?  😁😃😆

 Reported to Blogger for continued hate speech and racist and pejorative language -

Oh dear . You really are not a nice person are you ? You do realise spreading hate speech is a crime , right ?
I really feel sorry for you . You have not had much of a life have you
Miriam

Catch ya later. Have a good weekend. ilona

Wednesday, 12 August 2026

A whole day blog post

 Good morning.

I am going to do something a bit different today. This post will be a 'Day in the Life' format. I will keep the computer running, and will be coming back to it to add some updates. A running commentary if you like. It's going to be another hot one, so I will be in and out of the house depending what jobs I have planned to do. 

7.30am. First coffee drunk, with half a banana and a slice of bread with passion fruit curd. Mickey upstairs, he likes it there. First bowl of food served. Oscar has been in for his breakfast. Mayze has gone outside, she likes to snooze in the shelter at the summer house. I will be delivering her food to her out there. First wheelie bin collection lorry has been. Another one to come. Two bins being emptied today. 

7.40am. Checking around the internet. Latest happenings. Rupert Lowe has called off Restore's talks with Reform. It's getting personal and Rupert can't be bothered with it. John Cleese is having a spat with Mathew Stadlen. Andy Burnham says middle class areas will need to play their part and take more asylum seekers. Kelly-Jay Keen says the police want to speak to her about her speech at the Kingdom Rally, and a couple of Tweets. She says, come and arrest me. Burnham's prison plans could raise risks of mistaken releases. Lucy Davis, The Office star, reveals incurable cancer diagnosis. It's too late for chemo. The Home Office says they are going to cut down on dodgy shops on the High Street.  

Back soon.

9am. Eating breakfast at the computer. Slice of bread spread with peanut butter, fried egg, grated cheese. New post from The Home Office. 

🚨13 more asylum hotels have closed and are being returned to local communities: Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Loughborough Chimney House Hotel, Sandbach Britannia Ashley Hotel, Hale Gold Thorn Hotel, Wolverhampton Grand Metropole Hotel, Blackpool Nottingham Hotel, Nottingham Grosvenor Hotel, Stratford-upon-Avon Staycity Apartments Deptford Bridge, Lewisham Needham House, Hitchin Holiday Inn Bridgwater Holiday Inn Express Dunstable Dubrovnik Hotel, Bradford Best Western Brook Hotel, Norwich

Back soon.

9.30am. Breakfast finished. I watched this video while eating. This is a talking point for yoootooob creators.

Back soon.

12.15pm. Back from Coffee Morning. It's a short walk to the club and I see that the local yoooofs have scattered litter around the Church so now I am going to clear it up.

1.30pm. Back home. There was more litter than I first thought. Found some on a footpath around the back of the church. Now I need to sit down. It is so darn hot out there.

2.30pm. Lunch is served. Egg noodles and a handful of peas. Splash of oil, Oyster and Spring Onion stir fry sauce, splash of sherry, add one cheese and onion roll cut into four pieces. Top with grated cheese. The water levels in the bowls on the lawn are going down rapidly. The birds are loving their baths. Now going to have a snoop around the internet while I eat.

Back again.

Finished eating. I see a new Starbucks Drive Thru is opening tomorrow. It's sited next to the football ground. There are three other Starbucks nearby. Do we need another one. More litter picking to do on the roadside verges in and out of Scunthorpe.
The opening, tomorrow Thursday 13th August, marks the latest stage in the development of the leisure park, which has already seen Taco Bell and Burger King open on the site. Work on the Starbucks initially got underway in spring 2024, with foundations laid for the proposed drive-thru.
Going out for an hour. Want to check on that fly tip I saw yesterday. Back soon.

5.15pm. I'm back.
I went through all the bags of the fly tip. Plenty of evidence of where it came from. Name and address. Now to do the office work. Get the photo's from the camera onto the computer and update the report I did yesterday to the Council. I've just eaten an ice cream to cool down. I would have done a bit of litter picking while I was there, but it's far too hot. Catch ya later.

8pm. I've done some sewing. Still making flowers, still not sure what I am going to do with them An idea will come to me soon. I've been in and out with a watering can a dozen or more times, trying to keep my plants alive. The leaves on the Silver Birch over the back in the garden behind mine are starting to turn yellow and float down to the ground. It's harder to keep the floors clean inside the house when I keep bringing them in stuck to my crocs. It seems there was a partial eclipse of the sun tonight. I missed it. The sun is blindingly bright at the moment. I've had a sandwich for tea, or was it dinner. Not hungry at the moment.

9.30pm. Mayze has been in for her dinner, now she has gone out again. I will take her supper out to her before I go to bed, and she can stay in the summer house shelter. The first hedgehog appeared at 8.45pm, now there are three of them out there. I have a glass of sherry diluted with fruit juice. I often mix drinks to give a varied taste. I bought some cheap solar lights for the garden but they haven't lit up and it's now dark. I don't think I had the switch on the right setting. Let's see what happens tomorrow night. Now I'm going to have a look at some videos. Nico Brina is on tour with his boogie woogie show. He is live in Hungary at the moment. Another one to watch is Heidi on her canal boat. She has recently done the Caledonian Canal in Scotland with her friend Gabby, they hired a cruiser to do it. There are some good camping videos to catch up with. Emily and Ben are easy to watch. I see Tom Jones is on tour, I have tried to watch him but he has lost his sparkle. There are lots of tiny home videos which I like. How to build one and live in a small space.

9.44pm and I'm going to wind this up. Checking out for now. Catch ya tomorrow.
Toodle pip. ilona

PS. I've just been to Rachel's blog. She has put out a down to earth common sense post about our current Prime Minister. Take a look and see if you agree with her.

Thursday, 30 July 2026

Notes

 Good morning, again.

It's getting rather lively out there. Chat on the current situation is hotting up. Over the years of reading I made lots of notes. Remember pen and paper. Going through my notebook is a reminder of what I found out, and who I was following. I will share some snippets here if you are interested. 

NHS assessments are being withheld if you don't want to have the swab test. (I never did by the way). Therefore they won't give any treatment if you refuse the covid test. (I never needed any treatment, still don't).

The lockdown plan. Make people dependent on the state. Pay people to stay at home. Pretend to care - for your benefit. Guaranteed income = a pittance, to control you. International monetary fund - cult agenda for every country. World debt reset programme. 

This is not a public health crisis, it was an opportunistic campaign to address a stated objective. They needed to get the public to accept a pan corona virus vaccine. They needed the media to create the hype and investors would follow where they see profit. 

The vaccinated are creating the risk. Unvaccinated develop a broad based natural immunity. Mass vaccination is the problem. The jabbed have only a selective immune response. They will need top ups. The vaccine is enhancing replication of the virus. 

The problem of our time is that we are overdosing on empathy, which is destroying our ability to build a functioning society. Wars aren't meant to be won, they are meant to be ongoing. 

It all comes back to money. The corrupt money system is teetering on the brink. Their only way of maintaining the illusion they're rich is Central Bank Digital Currency. The only way this happens is via digital ID. If you say no to digital the illusion disappears. Digital ID will not be mandatory at first. Your life will be made more awkward without it. Then it will be mandatory. They will drive this agenda through fear. Refuse to comply and you will be ostracised. Digital ID is a trapdoor into a digital prison. 

Now I am hungry and need brunch. Thanks for popping in. 

I'll be back. Toodle pip.   ilona

Friday, 1 May 2026

Fitting it all in.

 Even with longer days, there doesn't seem enough time to fit everything in. 

Yesterday I went to town. Had a chat with Nikki at the Arts Centre, and met a lovely couple in Church Square. Another chat. Spent £70 on shopping at Aldi. In the afternoon I went a walk to the park. Took my picking stick and a bag and found some litter. 

Couldn't decide which photo's to post here on the blog, so four it is. Bluebells and wild garlic in abundance. 




There is a lot going on this Bank Holiday weekend. I have yet to decide what I am going to do. The big one is Truckfest at Lincoln but I won't be going to that. 
I have recorded a video this morning so that will be out on yoootooob later.
Have a good weekend. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Saturday, 25 April 2026

Visit approved.

It's been a lovely hot day today. I really must cast off some of my layers. I always have this problem every spring. What to wear, will the sun be shining all day. Will it be windy. Should I be cautious, maybe carry on wearing a vest until it gets really hot. 
I did a local litter pick this morning and I wished I hadn't put so many clothes on. I was so darned hot. 
This afternoon I visited a friend. She wasn't in, but all was not lost. I had a smashing chat with her grandson who lives nearby. He is fitting out a van and turning it into a campervan. When it's finished he is going to have some adventures in it. Looking good so far, but still a lot more work to do on it. 
I knocked up this video. You might chuckle if you watch it. 

 Now I'n going to put the hedgehog food out. There were three last night. Sad to say that the ducks didn't come back today. I hope they have found a good place to eat and sleep. 

Enjoy your Sunday. Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Wednesday, 15 April 2026

Watch Marcelito.

I've been busy today. Coffee Morning first thing, 10.30am to 12noon. Chat with Angela 12.15pm to 1.30pm. Need to go to Aldi, running low on food, but first do a quick litter pick on the Industrial Estate on the way to town. Very windy and a big downpour, got very wet. Recorded a video inside the car while I was taking shelter. Managed two bags. Dropped them on my spot with the two I did yesterday. Next to Aldi. Then filled the car up with petrol. I'll post the video and photo's tomorrow.
I have watched this video several times, and it never fails to tug at my emotions. What an amazing voice. A stunning performance. 
Catch you tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona

Saturday, 11 April 2026

A brief encounter.

 I didn't know how hard the wind was blowing until I went out this afternoon. The sun shining through the window gives the impression that it is a nice summers day outside. I set off for a walk and took my picking stick and a large carrier bag. Couldn't use the trolley as most of the walk was going to be over rough ground. 

I found a lot of litter at the picnic area car park. Some of it has been there a long time so I scrambled about in the bushes to dig it out. There is a litter bin there that the Council visits periodically to change the black bag. Today is was rammed full, and people had added more litter around it on the ground. I tidied it up as best I could. The Council will probably come on Monday to empty the bin and pick up the rest of it. 

A van came into the car park as I was beavering away. He parked in one of the bays. Ooooh, maybe it's a van lifer I thought. And it was. He had parked up for an overnight stay in a quiet spot. Couldn't resist a bit of banter. He is a builder and had been working in the area. He looked like a decent type, so the conversation flowed. He was dead easy to talk to, and I found we have common interests. 

He was in a Ford van, and I am hooked on Fords, and so is he. He gave up his house and moved into his van. He has a dog so he got it out for a run around. A beautiful black lab type. He likes the freedom of living in a van. We both agreed that freedom is important. He said van life is cheaper than a house.   

We chatted for ages, about all sorts of topics. He was wide awake about the current situation, and the best part was, he didn't take any of the erm treatments offered. YES, big smile on my face. Oh the joy when you meet someone who said no thanks. Clever bloke. On top of that, he was very easy on the eye. Just my type in fact. It's a pity he is about half my age. 😰😭😳  Bugger. 

I carried on with my walk. There wasn't much litter to pick up after that. The wind across the fields was manic. Oooh look, I spy with my little eye, a drinks can. 

I soldiered on, too windy to sit down for a rest. As I got onto the last straight road, I found some litter. The usual drinks cans and bottles chucked out of car windows. There is probably more buried under the growing grass, which will become more visible after the machines have mowed the verges. 
Let's see what tomorrow brings. I wish this wind would die down.  
Toodle pip.   ilona

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Busy in the garden

Good evening. 
I've had an afternoon in the garden, in the raging wind. A hedge trimming job that needed doing. The brown wheelie bin is now full for collection tomorrow. 
Tonight the wind is still crazy, and it's raining. 
This is a picture of my Granddad Walter. My dad was an artist, mostly pencil portraits and some cartoons. He didn't take it seriously though. His time was spent going to work, and going to the pub to meet his friends. We didn't see very much of him.  He had a talent for drawing. Shame he didn't do more pictures. 
Walter was a lovely Granddad. He lived in a cottage in a very small village with Grandma Blanche, and their five children. He spent a lot of time in his garden, growing vegetables and flowers. There was an outside toilet at the bottom of the garden. A wooden seat over a bucket. I remember when the lorry came to empty it. I spent my summer holidays there. Walter built me a bicycle out of spare parts. I remember him watching me go down the road as I tried it out. I was so happy with it, and went on lots of bike rides. 

Not much to say tonight. I have just watched a film, it was very good. The title is, Between Two Women. Here is the link if you want to see it. There is some fantastic footage of steam trains.
It is 1957. Ellen Hardy is unhappily married but is close to her ten-year-old son, Victor. The family has recently moved house and Victor has started at a new school where Ellen has become friendly with his teacher, who is keen to encourage his art.
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Saturday, 28 February 2026

My words.

 Good morning. 

Chris from Always Smiling, asks a question. Happiness-with a question mark. What gives us that burst of warm feeling? I jotted down a few words. After pressing publish on her blog I thought, I could copy my words here.  

I have never relied on other people for my happiness. I look inside myself for that. For me it's completing a job well done. Getting to the end of an art project. Finding my way from one end of the country to the other, a long arduous journey, and delivering my load. Navigating my way through a particularly complicated relationship and extrapolating myself from the situation, to come out the other side knowing I was right. Looking at a clean and tidy grass verge, knowing that no one else has to look at the ugly litter that I have spent a couple of hours picking up. 

This morning I woke up to heavy rainfall. Oh well, looks like I won't be doing much outside today. And now at 11.00 it has completely changed. The rain has stopped and the sun is coming out. That's better. Change of plan. A dog walk, and finish off that litter picking I started on Thursday. 

Cooked breakfast this morning. That will keep me going.

Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Sunday, 15 February 2026

Some waffle

Good evening.
I need a haircut. I'll get around to doing it as soon as a warmish day comes along. I cut it outside so I don't have a mess to clear up inside. 
Here is a video I recorded yesterday on my walk back home. It's just a bit of waffle so you might not want to bother watching it. I won't mind. I scroll through a lot of videos that I watch. Some of them are a bit repetitive. You don't have to click the 'like' button on mine, or subscribe, if you don't want to. I don't bother to check my stats, and have no idea what an algorithm looks like.  
I did an hours litter picking this afternoon. It has been raining for most of the day and I needed to get out of the house. Now I am yawning, I am winding down towards bedtime. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Friday, 13 February 2026

Me again - are you keeping up.

Good evening.
Still cold, still wet. I managed to find a half hour window this afternoon when it stopped raining, to take Billy a walk. 
Lunch yesterday was half a tin of mushy peas, half a tin of butter beans. Warm in a Pyrex bowl in the microwave. Add a couple of shakes of garlic granules, and two teaspoons of sweet and sour sauce. A bit unusual for a meal, but it was fine, and cheap.  
Crafty wise I am playing with face masks, I have 50 of them. I want to paint them in different colours. It's an experiment at the moment. Using acrylic paint and diluting it with water. They look a bit blotchy  so I might have to soak them several times to get the density I want. This may take a while. 😟😜😴
I put out this video yesterday. I started a new mandala. It's smaller than the previous ones.  
Who will survive when it all goes tittts up? We are being led into a dark place. Do we have to go? No we don't. Better to prepare now.
Now it's time to chill with a glass of cider. Thanks for popping in. Have a good weekend.
Toodle pip.   ilona

Saturday, 7 February 2026

Recycled comments

Good afternoon. 

You may have noticed that I have deleted rather a lot of comments. It's a shame that people can't find anything better to do with their time. However, rather than throw all their efforts into the trash bin, I have recycled them. So let's admire all the wonderful colours. Pretty aren't they. 

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I think I need to confirm my ground rules for this blog. Those who have been reading for a while will know what I am about. This is my diary. I record what I do, what I think about, how I see things, and sometimes my opinions. I don't expect everyone to be on my side. If you are, that's great. I am happy to accept comments. I prefer to communicate with those of a similar mindset.

It is often said that I won't publish any comments which have opposing views to mine. That is true. This is not a debating platform. I suggest anyone falling into that category would do better to start their own blog, or find their niche on another blog, or join a social media site. 

I get to choose which comments I publish, and without explanation. You get to choose how best to use your time. 

As usual, you are most welcome to read my blog. Thanks for popping in. Have a good Saturday. 

Toodle pip.   ilona  

Monday, 12 January 2026

Robert or Fred?

 Good evening. 

Please yourself who you believe. 

Posted by. . . . . . .Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) / X

Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr
Posts on this account are my personal views.
Los Angeles, California



This is a war of the minds. Freedom of speech means you can say anything you like, but you can't believe any of it. They want to shut down twitttter, they want to block it in some countries. 
I know what I believe, and that is to take control of my own life. I said no, and now a lot of people are getting sick. No matter what I read, what I watch, I get to decide. Saying no is a lot easier than you think. 
Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona 
PS. One last comment. I think Reform has shot itself in the foot, again. I really don't want to see any more fat bald men on my screen. I had a bad experience with one once. If someone's going to be an utter pillock, please let them be good looking.