What I did today.

Good evening. Have you had a good day. Nothing special happened here. I went to coffee morning and took some sewing with me. I try and join in conversations but it's difficult when a room full of people are all talking together. I say hello when I walk in, then find a table away from everyone else and sit doing a bit of stitching. Keeps my hands busy. 

I can pick out a few words by lip reading and watching body language. The talk seemed to be about medical matters. Several of the ladies were rubbing their left arms. I took that to mean they were exchanging jab stories. I enjoyed my caramel latte and custard tart. 

I was late getting there because I chatted to the ladies waiting at the bus stop. The 10.25 hadn't turned up at 10 50. A bit inconvenient for those wanting to go to town. I found out later that the bus had broken down. The earlier bus hadn't turned up either. That is the one which takes the kids to the college. One of the parents had to get her car out and give them a lift. 

I called in at Angela's after, for a natter. She had a news channel on the big screen. It was a bit repetitive, and I already knew the news anyway. Her hubby was mending a broken suitcase and asked if his stitching would hold it together. I said it might for a while but I have some cotton which is much stronger which would be just right for the job. I took it round to him later so he could make a better job of the repair. 

I couldn't decide whether to go for a walk this afternoon, the weather was quite mild, or carry on with the summerhouse tarting up job. I needed to paint one side of the new free door, so I got on with that. It's alright keep putting jobs off, but they still have to be done eventually. 

I did a village walk from 7 to 8pm to make up for the one I didn't do this afternoon. I microwaved a bowl of sliced potatoes in cheese sauce for my dinner tonight. Mayze looks on patiently while I eat it because she knows she will get to lick the bowl out after. Barely had I eaten the last piece of potato when she starts yelling at me. 

I haven't sorted the photo situation on the computer files so I dug this one out. I think it is about 2 or 3 years old, maybe more. Getting ready for the winter. That is an old jacket that I wore to death. I have another one similar, and I still have the thick woolen skirt. 

Chill time. I am finding some good stuff to watch on yoootooob. Last night I watched a documentary about the largest container ship in the world. It was fascinating. Have a look if you fancy something different. 

When the first ship of the brand-new OOCL-fleet begins its journey, more cargo is moved at one time than anywhere else in the world and ever before. The vessels are the largest ever constructed -

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

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Shall I risk it.

A busy day today. Post Office to get some cash. Record this video. Two dog walks. Mow the lawn and fill the brown wheelie bin. I use an extension lead from the house to the mower. As I don't think I will be needing to mow again this year, I left the extension lead out and plugged a small table lamp into it in the summerhouse. I won't leave it on for long but it looks pretty from my window. I can switch it off from the socket near the back door. I didn't have time to do any more work on the summerhouse. There aren't enough daylight hours for me. 

I am still confused about uploading photographs and videos. The computer is muddled. I managed this one today. 

Putting drops in Mayze's ears is not easy. She struggles. The applicator has a long thin nozzle. I am supposed to put six drops in each ear twice a day, which is difficult when you can't see how much is coming out as you squeeze the bottle. I do my best, squeeze and count to six, and hope that's about right. 

We have some fireworks going off tonight, though I think most people had their fun at the weekend. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

A no photo's post

 Good morning. It's Monday. I will give crafty club a miss because I have too much to do here. I am going to have to create posts without photos for the time being. My computer filing system is muddled, I can't find anything. I will struggle on trying to sort out the mess. 

Mayze's visit to the vet went well. She has sore ears. Vet David gave her an antibiotic shot, and I have some ear drops to be administered twice a day. She is snoozing by my side as I type, oblivious to the smell of tuna fish wafting by he nose. She will wake shortly and will be ready to tuck into her breakfast. 

I was on the lookout for a door because one of mine on the summerhouse is crumbling, and I need to replace it. It's an internal door and shouldn't have been exposed to the elements anyway. It's done well to last as long as it has. The replacement door was found yesterday leaning up against the hedge of a front garden, as I was driving to town. Oh wow, look at that, just what I need. On the way back I stopped and rang the bell to ask if it was for sale, or is it free. A young lady came to the door and asked her dad. He said, it's free. He said if you come back in an hour I will help you carry it. And so he did. I now have a solid wooden door, which I will set about painting, before I swap them over. Lucky find, eh!

I was chatting to a friend in the village the other day. We cross each others paths occasionally as she walks to the paper shop with her dog. She looks so tired. Her husband, who I have met a few times but not recently, is very poorly. I remember him as a big physically active man who was always busy around the house making improvements. She tells me that I wouldn't recognise him if I saw him now. He had a stroke and cannot leave the house. I feel so sad for her. 

I see quite a lot of people when I am walking around the village. They often stop to chat. I say hello to two friends, ladies of a similar age to me, they walk together every day. In the last week I see that they are not walking together now. One of them is having difficulty walking, she now uses a stick and is hunched over. I asked the other one what happened that they don't walk together now. She said she has hip problems and is waiting for an operation. The friend has been told it will take a year before she is called in to the hospital. The lady still walking has found a new friend to walk with every day. 

Rocky dog who lives across the road, the one that I have been taking for some walks, is now going to the the village green with it's owners. Doggy's dad is recovering from a heart operation and is now able to take him for short walks. So that's good news. Today is a walking day for Billy dog, so I will do that this afternoon. 

Looking around the blogs, I see that John is tackling the subject of anger. I think we all realise that there is a lot of it about. It's hardly surprising when we see that the world is being pushed in a certain direction. We are the sheep and we have to toe the line. Or do we? 

Emotions reach a boiling point, when we are told to accept what plays out in front of us before our very eyes. We now know that whatever we read about, whatever we see on a screen, can be manipulated to mean something completely different. Anger is being used as a weapon to divide us. 

I manage to control my anger. Forcing people to take a treatment that was neither safe and effective, makes me angry. Not paying out enough compensation to those who were injured by the treatment, makes me angry. Arresting people who were told to stay locked in their houses but were outside in parks, makes me angry. Pushing rubbish food that isn't food, makes me angry. Governments printing money which is completely worthless, makes me angry. There is no money, only debt. The self appointed self elected WEF mob who are trashing the earth to get rid of those they can't control, to make way for those that they can control. That makes me angry. 

I mentioned in my feeding the ducks video that I had a conversation at the park with someone I knew of but had never met before. Something sad had happened in the village which we discussed. I was then aware that this woman has a lot of common sense. We then talked about the mess the whole country is in, what started it, and surprise surprise she is fully awake to everything. How refreshing to speak to someone who saw the dangers in the beginning and didn't go along with it. We had a similar mindset and did not have to constantly think about oh, I'd better not say that. She was on her way home, and we parted on a high. I think we both felt liberated that we had been able to express our thoughts knowing there was not going to be frowns and eyes rolling. 

I bury my anger. And now breath. Today is another day and I am still alive. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Feeding the ducks in the park.

Good afternoon. I am ready for tearing my hair out. I thought I had sorted the photo and video mystery out, but hey ho, I am digging myself into a deeper hole. This photo I took yesterday at the park. It's been on a long journey from camera to computer to Blogger. There were some more which I edited last night, but where the heck they are I don't know. 

I somehow managed to upload this video onto the computer and then on to yoootooob. And now it has made it to this post. Don't know how I did it. 

I am going to walk away from this computer for the rest of the day. Internet is fine, it's the photo's and video thing I have to sort out. 

I am taking Mayze to the vet this afternoon, she has sore ears. 

Have a good Sunday. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona