I’m helping you. I’m singing Daydream Believer as loud as I can! #manifestingfor@oopsJust to let you all know that I am manifesting Namima’s monkeys to appear in my garden. I will keep you all posted.
Send monkeys
Send monkeys
Send monkeys - NOW!
No, we are missing @Oops... dreadfully. I'm sure she's been really busy with new clients but I hope she remembers us little people! Awwww.....peonies....so beautiful.Hello all!!! I see that @Oops hasn't reappeared yet - hopefully she's just on a wee hiatus, and all is well. Have missed you guys. @Miscanthus - all of the peonies are popping up, so I'm thinking of you constantly! hehehe.
Hope your check up goes well for you
Yes, I find myself a little on the edge emotionally too and will be until the daughter’s exams are over late June. I think the book would drag you down completely. My daughter read a similar book recently and called it “gratuitously miserable” - love it!Well, here in Ireland, we get pretty much all of the French pharmacy products same as the UK plus we have Boots here and they stock some too. My favourite of all is Caudelíe but Roche-Posay, Avène, Nuxe etc are all available in our chemists. Caudelíe is amazing thoughSounds lovely!! Can't wait for the photographic updates.If you're on instagram, check out 'gncgarden' - you will love all of her Annabelle hydrangeas! (I'm sure she has others also). You can live vicariously through her...
Speaking of pharmacies - do any of you wonderful people follow Lisa Eldridge on YouTube? (I'm thinking we have had part of this conversation already). She used to talk about the French pharmacies a bit, and how you could get wonderful items for affordable prices! Oh how I would love to have a meander through some! (Also - I see that Lisa has brought out a whole lot of different cosmetics - now that is a brand I would be happy to support!!)
Psst...I think you’ll find that Sir Norman Foster was responsible for the design and construction of that bonnet...It’s a post-modernist work of significant art...I love it all! The broach, the earrings, the spectacles! The pinny!! @Miscanthus did you have something to do with the construction of thehatbonnet? Do tell...don't be timid.
. I happen to have it on the greatest authority that it had to be wrestled out of the hands of the architect (by our illustrious member) to stop it featuring at the pinnacle of The Shard and that was only because it was deemed too hypnotising to appear on the London skyline...
It's a masterclass of herbaceousness, even if I do blow my own trumpet!I love it all! The broach, the earrings, the spectacles! The pinny!! @Miscanthus did you have something to do with the construction of thehatbonnet? Do tell...don't be timid.
I'm so sorry, I kept meaning to get back to you. I've just been crazy busy and very stressed.I knnnooowwwww! What will we do without her? I asked her what her plans are at the start of the thread but she didn’t answer me
Anyhoooo, re the Depp v Heard trial you know I have been invested in - to sum up - the girl didn’t donate a cent to charity because pledge and donate mean exactly the same thing - who knew?
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Plus - she is, of course, a better lawyer than all concerned, so it was vital to keep her attorney up to speed during closing speeches.
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Thank you! Great to hear you and your dad are OK and you are busy with travel plans. It will be lovely for your dad to have the company of youngsters.Hi guys.
We are doing well, you would never say it was flooding here last week, the weather has been glorious this past week. My dad is ok, everyday is up or down or both. Monday he has his 2nd appointment with the grief counselor. My sisters and I will be be travelling to Canada at the end of June (via Dublin) and dad has now changed his mind and decided not to come with us. Too many memories
Fortunately my eldest son will be staying with him for the time we are away and my nephews and nieces will visit him everyday. My dad really enjoys their company, so that is a massive relief. We feel sad for him being not coming but do not want to force him if he is not ready.
My youngest sister bought each of us sisters (6 of us) a four leaf clover charm with diamantes to wear as a remembrance to my mum (her mum was Irish) and it just happened that out trip is via Dublin. Serendipity I tell you
@Miscanthus safe travels
loving the outfit
Oh what a sweet face! I love both her different looks
It’s all phone appointments at the moment and I’m not sure I can face going into everything on the phone right now.
Thank you so much Geranium - what you say makes good sense, and sometimes I need to give myself a break. It's because you all feel like friends here that I felt able to share, so thank you.
She was a wee bit of a naughty thoroughbred, but we love them anyway. (I thought I should chop my head off, lest I get in trouble with the powers that be. I actually haven't read the rules on such matters. 
Thank you so much!! I might not be able to get out the door tomorrow!
Seriously though, you're so lovely. Every time you post something I feel so cheery and encouraged, (and I still have my lucky shamrock). 
Now I know why my lace stockings are all muddy around the feet and ankles !What a wonderful time we has @Oops... Thank you for being the hostess with the mostest and inviting us into your beautiful home!
I hope @Milking Keynes had a great time.
I know I had a good evening because I have a few...ahem...souvenirs...
My voice is a little hoarse from all the singing, my eyes red from all the crying and I have a mysterious bruise on my posterior! I think at one stage I was inspecting the cellar, or was it the gym, looking for some Whispering Angel (I'd had a few too many Edinburgh gins with Mrs Milking B-B at that stage). I fear I missed steps number 5, 6 and 7.....
Oh, and if you are missing a couple of silver candlesticks I believe it's because you placed them precariously near the edge of the table and they toppled into my new, structured tapestry bag (purchased after being 'influenced' by Mrs M B-B).
Talking of missing things...have you seen one of my detachable sleeves, my starched apron and my secateurs? By the way, thanks for the cuttings...I think I asked first.
Fortunately I had a quick journey home across county lines (not those country lines!) and slept like a baby, but had a terrible dream that we planted our Geranium instead of the commemorative tree! Please check!
Love Miss Canthus xx
My dad’s name was William and he’s my hero yesterday, today and tomorrowI absolutely adore this. Even more special as my beloved Grandad's name was William, and I had an angora goat named Tilly (who was an absolute treasure!)
One thing that I was thinking while reading this piece, and the MS Merwin from @Geranium , is how much I appreciate the rhythm! (That might sound weird). To provide some context, I'm a musician.
I might actually become cultured, hanging out with you people! (Then I might re-read the Boochani, and 'get' all of the nuances that went over my head!!)
You blow your trumpet and I’ll toot my horn - it IS a masterclass of herbaceousness! Oh, and now an occasion fitting of my bonnet! Happy days! I only wish you could all see my footwear/foot furniture... I have floral clip ons on my Echo XXXXWide sandals! I’m the master of whimsy!It's a masterclass of herbaceousness, even if I do blow my own trumpet!
Wow! How incredible is this creature?Thinking of you and your family in these crazy times
@Geranium @fedup90210 saw this vid on IG and thought of you ladies. I don't know much about horses but this type of horse has always been a favourite of mine ...
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Yoohoo !!! Good morning lovely ladiesHellllllooooooooo??????!! Is there anybody out there??? (Apologies for excessive punctuation).
It stopped raining!
Hope you are all well. (Obviously recovering from 'party time'!)
Great news that it's stopped raining. Kids at school, had my coffee and contemplating my next move lol
