Early Risers.

[roundhouse]

Yesterday I was in hospital visiting Mum. She was admitted just over a week and a bit ago after falling asleep on the sofa and slipping off it not the floor late at night. She pressed the home response button around her neck and a neighbour was called plus me and my brother. I was asleep in a hotel in Kidderminster so didnt her the call. Eventually an ambulance arrived in the morning to find here resting against the sofa as she couldnt get up. She was Ok but after taking a blood sample they found that she had an infection and took her to hospital.

Two days ago she was sitting on the hsopital bed putting her socks on ready to be taken home when she fell off the bed and badly cut her hand hence why she is still there. When she does get home, the hospital will have arranged temporary visiting care and then we can arringe the longer term visiting care.

I have cameras around her property but I am now going to put a camera in the living room to keep an eye on her. She is OK with that.

 

Cur next doors lawn this week but need to cut ours today before going to Mums place. Luckily she has someone cut the lawn for her.

[New Haven Neil]

Good morning from a rock that has no moles.  Or foxes, or snakes - bar the political ones - ours are no better than the UK version.

 

12c and sunny to start, let's hope it stays that way.  I have to go to the Big City to collect my new glasses today, methinks I'll check they are in first, having previously fallen foul of promised delivery dates (promised yesterday).

 

Then I'm not sure what follows, my hips are too sore to ride the bike again, so that's not happening, I have a feeling SWMBO wanted something from the orange DIY store but I'm (*&^%$£ if I can remember what it was!

[TheQ]

I have a suspicion those " crossing the floor" have neither party nor constituents in mind, they are professional politicians just wanting to keep a job.

 

Mooring Awl 

1/2 hours sleep, 1 hours sleep, 5 hours sleep.

 

Ben the now sleeping Collie, has been on patrol, he was hesitant at first, then he found a very interesting smell and followed it all over the garden..

 

Dull grey welkin again, just the merest hint of drizzle, though I suspect the grassy wetness is more from dew. Notalota breeze.

Bluebells are conspicuous by their absence this year, very few have come up. Even those that have come up have disappeared early.. hmm just looked it up, muntjac deer and squirrels eat bluebells.. I have a lot of both in the garden.  They are a mix of  Spanish, native , and hybrid blue bells , I'm tempted to mow the area early and seed British bluebells.

 

Dad did a lot of family research getting back to the 1550s, going further would have required visiting various places which he wasn't able to do. One of my sisters has taken it over, but is finding it difficult to go further, she has the problem in that she doesn't drive, which makes it difficult visiting kirks in small villages.

 

Plans for today.

MRC sink fitting.

Spinny thingy,

 

Time for breaky there's a certain doggy complaining I haven't got his bacon yet.

 

 

Edited May 9 by TheQ

[New Haven Neil]

As it happens I think the bluebells here are having a good year, the island is a sea of blue in places, but of course we also have no deer or squirrels!  The bluebells do have to compete with the wild garlic that is absolutely everywhere and makes quite a stink, while flowering, then they both give over to valerian which is also everywhere!

[BSW01]

Good morning everyone 

 

The ban collar day this week has thrown the whole week out, we both kept think he was Tuesday and the fact that I’m going to the Trafford Centre today, is only going to make things worse. The reason for today’s change is that we’re hoping to go to Dunham Massey tomorrow for a walk around the grounds again. So, once I’ve dropped Sheila off at the church hall for her Zumba class, I’m heading off to the Trafford Centre today instead of gardening. Charlie isn’t coming round today, as he’s off out with some of his mates, so no workshop for me this afternoon. So I might sit at the dining room table and do some more building construction.  
 

Back later. 
 

Brian

[The White Rabbit]

Morning all,

 

A genuine ER this am, was woken at silly o'clock and couldn't get back to snoozy-land. I was just lying there worrying - there's a lot of problems at the moment, one reason I haven't posted much about what's been happening chez moi, it's too depressing. And for every problem dealt with, two appear to replace them, which given the timing, is truly remarkable coincidence. There's a lot outside my control/influence and given their recent past performance, depending on others is not conducive to a relaxed state of mind. Especially what happened the last two times I was put under this much pressure. Perhaps Fate is trying for third time lucky? 

 

It's not very easy but I try and get away from such carp for a while - our bluebells have not done badly this year, we do have some squirrels round here as a couple of months ago they tried to scoff the peanuts in the bird feeder, one chewed through the top, gorged him/herself silly and buried caches round the garden before he/she was detected. The daffodils didn't do well but the bluebells did put on a decent show, as did the whitebells. The early welsh poppies are out now and some london pride is starting to bud. The daisies are out and the ox eye versions are growing like Topsy. Our 'Stinky Bob' is blooming and I've seen some Campion in a few of the local lanes. 

 

Now for some breakfast - several things to try and do later but I have a nasty feeling other things will interrupt. We'll see. 

[DaveF]

A dry but cloudy morning and mild enough to open the greenhouse door to give the plants some fresh air.

 

Shortly I will set off for church, hopefully when I get there someone will know what is happening.

 

I should have a parcel delivery via Royal Mail sometime today, I may try to do some gardening after lunch.

 

David

[PhilJ W]

3 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

My father did a lot of family tree research after he retired using manual methods. One of his sources was the local LDS(Mormon) centre in Huddersfield.  Initially he found it useful then started cross checking. After that he only used it sparingly.  He wondered if the motivation for the original research was to blame. 

Jamie

 

3 hours ago, TheQ said:

Dad did a lot of family research getting back to the 1550s, going further would have required visiting various places which he wasn't able to do. One of my sisters has taken it over, but is finding it difficult to go further, she has the problem in that she doesn't drive, which makes it difficult visiting kirks in small villages.

Those two problems with family research are related. The Mormons created Ancestry and they and the RC church don't see eye to eye. The reason is that the Mormons 'baptize' all who appear in Ancestry into their church and the RC church objects to this practice and won't release any documents such as BMD registers to them. Before the 1550's such records relating to the UK were almost entirely RC so are unavailable without a lot of searching. If for example you found that you had Irish antecedents it is possible to go back further as many churches still hold the records but first you have to identify which parish they lived in and if and where and if they are obtainable.

Edited May 9 by PhilJ W

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Despite taking the strong pills before I went to bed last night the arthritis kicked in with a vengeance. The slightest movement sent shooting pains down my left thigh so every time I turned over it woke me up. I received my insurance quote for the car today, ouch! Problem is that I have no criteria to compare it with as it is a larger and more powerful car than my old one. I will get a few more quotes before I renew it.

[Danemouth]

Reading the various comments about MPs crossing the floor I find myself thinking of the old joke

 

How do you tell if a politician is lying? His/her lips are moving.

 

Many a true word spoken in jest!

 

Dave

[The Lurker]

20 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

Yes it is a lot of fun, and sometimes embarrassing. When I started looking into my family tree I discovered one of my great grandmothers had the maiden name of Mogg. Being such an unusual surname I started tracing it back and got as far back as my 3X great grandfather a farmer living in Podimore, Somerset in the early 19th century. I was using Genes reunited through which you can compare family trees so I looked for the surname Mogg in the surrounding villages and contacted the owners of the family trees. One of the first I contacted replied that her 3X great grandfather was a brother of my 3X great grandfather and whats more she sent me a copy of the Mogg family tree dating back to Tudor times when the name was 'invented'. It was adopted by a father and son originally named Keen in the mid 1550's when Mary Tudor was on the throne.

I thought that you were going to say you found you were related to Jacob Rees-Mogg. That would have been embarrassing.

 

[Gwiwer]

Happy Thursday all. 
 

The day after Flora Day when those still in Helston will not be early risers and when those of us who made it home still woke with tired legs from having been standing on them all of yesterday. 
 

Today is porch-painting day. The Leyland's is out. The brushes are wielded and all the woodwork in and out will look shinier and newer by sunset. 
 

A perfect day for glossing, really, as it’s dry, breezy, low humidity and around 14C. 
 

Tomorrow I’ll check for stray paint but having cut in around all the windows without a problem so far I’m hoping the clean-up will not be needed. 
 

 

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, The Lurker said:

I thought that you were going to say you found you were related to Jacob Rees-Mogg. That would have been embarrassing.

I am, and yes it is embarrassing. About 250 years ago a heiress of the family married an impoverished clergyman named Rees and she purchased a living in Warwickshire for him. In mitigation on my dads side of the family is a possible ancestor hung at Wapping for piracy.

[jamie92208]

Good afternoon, the sun is still shining, half the molehills are now around the potatoes, the other half is levelling holes in the weed patches.   After that we had coffee and saw another inhabitant of the chateau poking his/her head of of a drain.   We have seen discarded skins there before but never a live occupant.

Jamie

 

 

[Hroth]

39 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

I am, and yes it is embarrassing. About 250 years ago a heiress of the family married an impoverished clergyman named Rees and she purchased a living in Warwickshire for him. In mitigation on my dads side of the family is a possible ancestor hung at Wapping for piracy.

 

A pity they don't hang such miscreants at Wapping any more....

 

ION

 

Against my better judgement, I did some more "gardening" this afternoon, despite my back still twinging, as something needed to be done with the remaining bedding plants.  These have been distributed in a trough and in a couple of terracotta planters, rather than their originally designated home. Now thats done, I'll shortly make a muggatea and page through MRJ 303, while munching a "Portugese Custard Tart". 

 

Its a hard life, but someone has to suffer it!

 

[southern42]

' afternoon all from red dragon land.

Sunneeeeeee. 😎 18.8C Inside 20.2C

I may pop out!

 

This morning, I had my first toot on the flute in front of the fireplace for quite a few days. Good to sit on the mat in front of the fire to play again. Not so good battling my stuffed up dose and throat though. I can say I am still making some progress despite the nasal problems so that is consoling. The song is coming along at the faster speed and I have brought the exercises of the other raga up to the same speed so that I can feel some connection between the two, hoping they will influence and benefit each other, especially the twiddly bits!

 

Tossing up between a laboured walk on the hill or another laboured toot on the flute.

 

Take care. Be good. Choose wisely.

Polly

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

Good afternoon, the sun is still shining, half the molehills are now around the potatoes, the other half is levelling holes in the weed patches.   After that we had coffee and saw another inhabitant of the chateau poking his/her head of of a drain.   We have seen discarded skins there before but never a live occupant.

Jamie

 

 

AS per  The Night Mail, probably a  "Green And Yellow Snake" (see, we arent the ONLY country with  lame obvious names - Brown snake, Blue Ringed Octopus  - Great Sandy Desert, etc!)

 

https://www.infofauna.ch/fr/services-conseil/reptiles-karch/les-reptiles/especes/couleuvre-verte-et-jaune#gsc.tab=0

 

The obvious pupils evident in your pic help give it away...

 

Edited May 9 by monkeysarefun

[TheQ]

3 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

 

Those two problems with family research are related. The Mormons created Ancestry and they and the RC church don't see eye to eye. The reason is that the Mormons 'baptize' all who appear in Ancestry into their church and the RC church objects to this practice and won't release any documents such as BMD registers to them. Before the 1550's such records relating to the UK were almost entirely RC so are unavailable without a lot of searching. If for example you found that you had Irish antecedents it is possible to go back further as many churches still hold the records but first you have to identify which parish they lived in and if and where and if they are obtainable.

But of course many of the churches became Church of England , and kirks became Presbyterian or Episcopalian.

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, PhilJ W said:

  hung at Wapping for piracy.

 

26 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

A pity they don't hang such miscreants at Wapping any more...

 

 

 

What - pirates!?!

 

I'll admit to downloading The Arctic Monkeys first album from a dodgy website back in the days before Spotify, but hanging me in Wapping for that is a little bit harsh I reckon, maybe transportation to Australia would be more suitable.

 

Oh, wait.....

Edited May 9 by monkeysarefun

[Hroth]

8 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

 

What - pirates!?!

 

I'll admit to downloading The Arctic Monkeys first album from a dodgy site back in the days before Spotify, but hanging me for that is a little harsh, maybe transportation to Australia would be more suitable.

 

Oh, wait.....

 

Isn't there that horrible little island that they would send uppity transportees to for punishment?  We could send you there...

 

The hanging would be reserved for those with double-barreled names.

 

[Hroth]

ION

 

There's a Fraggle Rock tramway layout in the June RM....

 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. As I have mentioned I do the NY Times *Wordl game every morning. This morning I got the word at the second attempt.😁😁😁

26 minutes ago, TheQ said:

But of course many of the churches became Church of England , and kirks became Presbyterian or Episcopalian.

But most of the records were destroyed on Cromwells orders.

*In Wordl you have six attempts to find a five letter word. You have to guess the first word and if a letter from the word of the day is in your guess it lights up green if it is in the right place and yellow if it is in the word but not in the right place, letters that are not in the word show as grey. It is easier than it sounds.

[iL Dottore]

8 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Good morning from a rock that has no moles.  Or foxes, or snakes - bar the political ones - ours are no better than the UK version.

Hmmm!

 

I wonder if parliamentarian reptiles qualify for the undoubtedly (ahem) "ROBUST" attentions that one of our resident ursines (in this case @polybear) tends to meet out to such creatures.

 

Even our antipodean protector of all things creepy.crawly and venomous (Chimpey AKA @monkeysarefun) would probably make an exception in such circumstance.
 

As the Police Dispatcher at the end of the Blues Brothers film said: "Use of unnecessary violence ... HAS been approved"

 

ION

Am enjoying a day off: 

Edited May 9 by iL Dottore

[Ozexpatriate]

4 hours ago, PhilJ W said:

The reason is that the Mormons 'baptize' all who appear in Ancestry into their church and the RC church objects to this practice and won't release any documents such as BMD registers to them.

They are not the only ones. The LDS practice of baptizing 'ancestors' deeply offended Jewish organizations in the US, particularly as it pertained to baptizing holocaust victims.

[Hroth]

26 minutes ago, iL Dottore said:

Hmmm!

 

I wonder if parliamentarian reptiles qualify for the undoubtedly (ahem) "ROBUST" attentions that one of resident ursines (in this case @polybear) tends to meet out to such creatures.

 

Even our antipodean protector of all things creepy.crawly and venomous (Chimpey AKA @monkeysarefun) would probably make an exception in such circumstance.
 

As the Police Dispatcher at the end of the Blues Brothers film said: "Use of unnecessary violence ... HAS been approved"

 

ION

Am enjoying a day off: 

 

Beer?

That looks like a rather "worrying" urine sample...