Val's Cafe

Hi all ☕️ teabreak time again, it gets no warmer does it

Dry for the next few days though (they say) frog so will take that for now. Got a bit more tidying done outdoors and will show for doing soon hopefully, I suspect the slight seed buying fervour is creeping up on me any day now 😬 so must go through what I have first. Sorry you had quite so much rain, none really by morning here but certainly did overnight and I was not really expecting it or happy, everything damp again in the garden underfoot etc. 😕 Maybe you got some foraging done unless it was just not possible, if not then soon I hope as you want them for Sunday. Sorry about the afternoon's 'appointment' 😿, Sleek was unavoidably detained from visiting me of course, next time I shall provide the treats and listen to her tale of woe (do hope she's alright, you too). Hope food bank went ok as well, I see they are talking again about bins every 3 weeks - Cheshire in the example I saw - and food waste collections in the next couple of years, some do already of course not us though. No other news, I have put out mini enquiries to plumbers well it's a start 😣. Pleased to hear news of Joan oh the card arrived, gosh I may have to blink a little tear back too, sniff - glad she is keeping you posted, I have mixed feelings about them starting the kitchen without her I must say but maybe she will be as happy it's done in her absence 🤔. Hope have had a good evening & all are well :) xx

Thinking of Joan hope your day was as well as can be, do they make a decent cup of tea I wonder, hope so 🤞☕️ xx

Hi bosh, oh no not disappointed littleys, ah well curly straws will have helped, that well-known panacea 😉. I will definitely take the broccoli hat/hairdo/headdress out of the choices available, or broccolini if I'm going to follow the gourmet guidelines of LA, it looks slightly easier to manage then the others 😄. Pub-nay, I like it 😅 yes v appropriate for us non-drinkers, glad the lunch was nice 😊. Hope things going ok with you today, cold again but bright anyway. No news at all nothing is happening, I will have to make something up at this rate I think. Have a good night hope everyone ok :) xx

Sorry about the flare-up Stuart, ouch 😟 hope it settles and the weather does too, wish you a better night 🤞 xx

Love to all 😘 keep warm xx

Oh lumme, well that settles that for now 😬 not nice for her to hear but could hardly be avoided, I suppose 🙄.

Thanks & 'night again 👋 xx

bless her, glad she’s up to messaging xx

hi young at heart toady

Yes cold but bright day,

Well not particularly bright here but never mind haha

Curly straws can solve all problems I agree lol

But maybe not curly pipes?

I will consult the phantom plumbers

Group was ok thanks 🙏

J wasn’t wearing a coat - bit ookey

Glad you’re ok

Sorry for short post

It’s approaching the stitching hour

👋 SK and Stuartknee

How are you Skinny Keef?

👋 return to toady

Sorry for this confusing compound post haha

I just wanted to say this is your hairstyle for the stitching hour lol

Goodnight all tc xx

morning Toni

Wppl xx

hi again Toni

Glad you like the mug 👍

I’m actually keeping the mini journal for mental health mood monitoring but in reality I’m writing all sorts of stuff down all the time include pm stuff, but I’ve kept the small journal near my bed so I can at least write the bare minimum about moods or pm what first thing when productivity is optimal lol

Also that’s the time when I get a bit bored waiting for mum to make up and not making too much noise etc

Yes nasty M needs to be isolated lol

Ice, oh dear, very nasty, be very careful please Toni

Yes nice that Joan is messaging daily bless her, yes I remember about Mike

Yes indeed, what kind of golden bath is that I wonder? Lol

Yes what kind of “side - hustle” as the plumber got going on? Haha - I’m also wondering- maybe he found LA’s piggy bank in the pipes? That would certainly boost his financial situation 🐷

I think I’ll leave it there,

Have a good night Toni and take care xx

afternoon Toni toady SK S Knee

How are you all?

I’m ok thanks

Mums ok 👍

Spoke to the elderly gent friend on the phone

Extremely long call 🤢

But he means well bless him

Waiting for a workman

Bye for now all tc xx

Ps Morocco xx

Hi all 😊

Cold but once again ok enough for a bit of outdoors frog, have been border clearing & tidying the cold frame corner, cut back my scabious &c (wrong time probably, when isn't it 😬). Tulips, well the one lot are a coppery shade like I've had before, but I also may have just acquired a bulk lot of tulips daffodils & alliums courtesy of a 'can't turn it down' black friday deal, so I think I'm sorted for bulbs 😬 well it allows for a decent failure rate, which we all need, us proper gardeners 😄. I certainly do with alliums they don't seem to like me much. Is it acceptable to start them off in pots and move? might try that. I'm sure the wreaths are indeed lovely with just foliage, greenery is so nice 😊 hope the fancy bits go ok when you add them without being fiddly. Glad you saw your friend too. Well so far the window film did seem to work, one night isn't a final verdict but there was no condensation like there was on the 'non done' panes; not as much as it has been some days so that will be the real test. Don't know that I'd try it on a large pane, or in a living area unless you made an exquisitely tidy job of it (didn't fuss with mine but doesn't look too bad actually), and not sure if it does much for warmth but logically it ought 🤔 was worth trying for a couple of quid. My main worry was if it did condense behind like some people said, because then of course you can't get at it so are worse off than before. The acrylic magnetic stuff in the little room is more sensible really but much more outlay. Well Sleek turned up with lemon & poppyseed muffins so yes had definitely been to bra hooks 😄👍️ very nice too with a latte. Have a good weekend, will listen out for news of Joan, yes it absolutely needs to be ok for her to come out 😕. Take care love to all :) xx

Pleased to hear that they are least talking about home for you Joan fingers crossed 🤞😘 thanks for the good wishes xx

Hi bosh, hope your evening is going ok and the workman turned up earlier, did he have diamond earrings and a rolex by any chance 🤔. Hope whatever needed doing didn't inconvenience you too much. Oh a long phone call 😬 well done you, I have some I am putting off & off, no good will come of it they will all need doing at once at xmas 😱. Not much happening here, just shopping for hot water bottles and a nonstick pan, that sort of level of excitement 😄. Hope everyone well and you have a quiet weekend. Love the pic, if life does give me lemons, then I'd like it to give them to me there please 😊. Take care 👋 :) xx

Hope Stuart and SK doing ok too, and anyone else not in at the moment xx

Night all keep warm 😘 xx

Oh sorry I missed you by a whisker before bosh, well it was more than a whisker, posting without refreshing in other words. No ablutions and grumpiness etc today, almost as grumpy as a midwinter toad?! oh no, wouldn't wish that on anyone 😉four and a half hour wait though, that's cause enough 🙄. Better day tomorrow I hope, thank you for the good night wish (I stand a better chance if I get off the internet, don't I 😳 right, off it goes). 👋 :) xx

good morning Toni

Wppl xx

Hi all 👋 early for me to ensure I'm not in the cafe at midnight tonight, when we're locked up and with the lights out 😬 very bad.

Have had a better day than I deserved from too much internet yesterday, I deserve crossed eyes and a headache, so was v grateful. Popped in the garden frog and edged my border whilst I plot & plan about planting 👍️. Yes a very good selection of bulbs I will do my best for them, and good value. I did nearly impulse-buy some plants last night on another place 😳 but my laptop froze at the checkout and I gave up for the night, probably did me a favour as I had a slight rethink this morning. Hope you can get in the garden too but you were busy I quite see that you can't be everywhere (hope all babies bonny 😊 did you pop the elf hat on to show them?). Gosh your wreaths, look how many!! Ooh, fab 😊 yes I love the natural but the others are very arty I must say, don't know how you would do some of those twisty bits, it's all in the base I suppose 🤔 I like the silver bells, well they are all very jolly 🎄🎇. The burlap ones are super never seen any like that. Yes your hands will be unhappy no wonder at all 😣 lots of work. Christmas things, oh no, must we 😱 well I can't start cards I haven't bought any (and I really must because I have stocks of 2nd class stamps, it would be just silly to end up having to send 1st), but I can write lists I suppose and letters 😣. Tomorrow maybe? Oh the window was a little foggy this morning, but it does seem to clear, we'll see - yes I will give it a good run, the only thing to watch is I don't want damp trapped behind as my wooden frames will go downhill, well more downhill. If you whip the film off you'd probably have to start from scratch. I can open the window itself ok 👍️ I do like the acrylic it does work well but it was mainly needed in the little room, I probably wouldn't bother elsewhere and on bigger windows it would be quite wieldy to deal with too 🤔. Thinking of Joan so kind to think of us, and funny about the shed 😄🕯️, tell her she wants a nice rechargeable camping lamp like mine they are super I use one instead of a bedside lamp, no plug required 😀. Oh the white hot choc was very nice, and I had baked, so we had banana & oats/seeds muffins 😺. Right must stop rattling on, you'd think I was trying to reach a word count for an essay some days, sorry 😳 take care love to all, hope the football was good for Paul :) xx

Kettle on for me and anyone else that wants, I think I will do a part 2 so wave to bosh for now 👋 enjoy the little bit of solitude, catch you later :) xx

Love to all xx