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Hi again Eddie. There are a couple of Aussies and some from the USA on H&N and Sian, of course, who lives in Portugal. It certainly seems a popular site with our friends overseas. Talking of Sian, she told us she'd made 2 kgs of vanilla fudge to sell at the fair (
yum) so I asked for photos of her work and she said she'd post something.
Aye, I can imagine the dogs' coats wouldn't mingle well with fleece and you'd have a devil of a job shifting the pair off the bed. Keep them off the cashmere too. We went in M&S first for coffee and cake which was devine, a choc and cherry roulade with chocolate antlers. I could have scoffed the whole roll! Then down to the food hall for a bevvy of goodies. Even the drawback of no jalopy didn't spoil our first decent outing for over a year and it felt liberating. The icing on the cake was another weight gain, and LOH is pretty much back to normal now after losing so much at the start of this journey. We're very happy bunnies today xxx
Hello Gill,
It's about 7.25pm now, just having a cold beer before a late tea.
We have hummingbirds visiting a feeder hung outside the kitchen window of the house we're renting, they feed off a specially made sugar / glucose & nutrients mix formulated to give them the right diet as does nectar. They visit on and off from dawn to dusk, it's a privilege to be able to stand at the window and watch them.
The Grand Canyon is awesome, especially at dawn and dusk. Having said that, many normal landscapes that are not famous are just as stunning.
See what Wednesday brings, somebody has to be lucky!
Derek.
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Morning Gilly, Annette has left this thread, and rarely posts on any forums anymore, I can't give the initial reason why, but like me, living with an incurable diagnosis, we have things going on we can only really talk about with each other, Annette also has family and close friends going through difficult times, so I don't know if you'll ever chat to her again my friend, I'd be happy to pass on a message for you.
Yay 1 day to go, everything is sorted, just meds to pick up today, after hospice, friends, a massage, and dinner at Casa Luli's, which is at somewhere called Hartshead. you're just weird loving the cold and wet, you'd love it at a friend of mine's in the Cairngorms, its not getting over 3C for the next 10 days and snowing on 9 of them, she does have a lovely log burner, gorgeous views and a furry friend.
Oooh I can't believe M&S wouldn't sell food they sold in their cafe, if you can't find it in store try Ocado, guaranteed. Is this it? serves 8, 8 what? mice!
Yep, Sheila's suffering, poor old thing "she's 2 years older than me," all that warmth and sunshine, I bet your glad your not there my friend, and Sydney is 9 hours ahead, so I Skype around midnight and mornings.
I'm so so, thank you Gilly, I'm not pinching the babies food anymore, just a couple of niggles are concerning, and when to tell family my latest results, they've bought forward my oncology appointments to every 6 weeks now, so I'll leave off saying anything till after my next one on Dec 30th. Sounds like you have a relaxing day, or is that the hope xxx
Afternoon Derek.
I Googled Kitt Peak Observatory and it looks amazing - did you get a chance to look through the telescopes? There must be so much to see and do there, but have you been to Tombstone or isn't it on your agenda?
That must be a glorious sight, the hummingbirds in the garden, so I hope you've got some good footage or photos for your archives.
Well I've put a couple of lucky dips on for tomorrow, so watch this space, and if we win 
I'll be checking out properties for sale in Barmston, our dream destination. Keep having a great time for however long your holiday lasts xxx
Hi Gilly, of course I'll pass on your message to Annette my friend, and hopefully she'll pop back on soon, once things are a little better, and I never stopped for dinner at Casa Luli's, as I wasn't sure I could manage it, and just had a couple of hours with my friend, and a drink/toast to her big day.
Birstall, Halifax, and White Rose sells the roulade Gilly, as does my local M&S
, and thank you my friend for your concern, but I'm still doing ok, anyway how was the teddy bedding, was it all you hoped for and did you have a good night's sleep all snuggled up? well three people have asked me to pass on their good wishes to Annette, so I'd better get home and do it, now I can, as I've been having issues posting her for a few days, all sorted now, catch up soon xx
Evenin all
The Teddy bedding sounds great Gill H but it would be too warm for me.
We got away yesterday so we're on a lovely site in Rutland, in a village called Greetham. We walked to the pub last night for a meal to find the chef is on holiday! So we had a drink and a chat with the locals then back to the MH for bangers & mash. The fresh air did me some good.
I had an even worse night last night, I was awake for a lot of it and heard the church bells sound several times. I managed another walk today but we got caught in the rain.
This afternoon I've been crocheting while watching Christmas movies 
Safe travels eddiel enjoy your trip.
H
