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That sounds like a time consuming job Linda. good luck with that sewing.

Florence I went down to the post box this morning about a quarter of a mile and. although it is dry there is a very cold east wind. I was glad to get back indoors.

I bet that drawer will soon be full!

I am sure that you will find something Florence :-D
I went to Esme’s school bakery this morning. They had a stall selling little Valentine gifts, so Esme and her best friend chose some things which I bought for them.

This afternoon, I am going to set about making a ruched pellet for Esme’s play room. The large double curtains which cover an alcove have been up for about a year. They are on a double rail, so there is room for a pelmet. It looks a bit like a stage area, hence the ruched pelmet complete with fringe.Her aunt who is really good at crafting and has all the gear took the material away a year ago, but despite lots of requests never did the work. We have finally got it back, so I am going to tackle it. The problem is that no longer have a sewing machine , so I am going to have to sew it all by hand. That is going to be difficult and time consuming. The only saving grace is that once up, it doesn’t have to move, so the stitching needn’t be as secure as it would have to be for a moving curtain. Fingers crossed that it will turn out alright

Morning all looking in today
Its a beautiful sunny but breezy day and pretty chilly. The forecast is telling us the temp is going down the next few days to O degrees!!!

I was going to think about going into the tunnel but its just to cold with the wind.

Plenty to get through in the house anyway today.

Just got to finish of the edges of a baby blanket I started awhile ago and then its finished.

yesterday I went through all my wool!! Oh my I could have opened a shop as there was so much but....having sorted through, some will be going to the charity shop and the rest back in my cool bag which sits on the shelf in my wardrobe.
So now I have a huge empty bottom drawer :-D

I wonder will fill it up next :-D :-D :-D

Have a good day all

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It is sunny, but very cold here as well. I am having a very boring time sitting in hospital waiting room. My husband has his annual eye check up. As it was in a new hospital, I decided to come with him. Just as well, or he would still have been wandering about :-(

A lovely bright sunny blue-sky day here too.
Almost warm in sheltered corners, though a chilly breeze elsewhere.

I've been pottering indoors this morning, but will have to make use of dry weather in the garden this afternoon.
That'll soon warm me up!

I'm afraid dusting and polishing are way, way down my list of priorities - unless I'm expecting a visitor, in which case I rush round with hoover and duster!

Morning all

That's good it wasn't that bad AG.

Bright & sunny here but very very windy so not venturing outside today.

I've a lot of dusting & polishing to do so that will keep me busy.

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So pleased it was not any worse AG.

Oh! No, I didn't feel a thing!

I've just looked it up, and I see it was at 3.05am today, at a depth of 10km, but of "unknown" magnitude.
It can't have been very strong.

It's apparently been reported as "felt", but hasn't been confirmed officially.
Online reports from residents in the general area who did feel it number only five. Two "weak" in the immediate Oban area; and three "very weak" from people further away - two of those on Mull, and one in Fort William.

LATER:
Approx 60 reports now - mostly of only slight shaking.

Just read there was an earthquake near Oban so wonder if Argyllgran felt it?

Anyone else in that area?

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to be honest Florence Libra office doen't seem any different to Mocrosoft and my M office was really old so would have to have bought a new one at over £100 . Yes most things were transferred from the old to new and even with all the things on office, most have transferred with Dom's help. If he had not had the tool to do it though they would have been lost. I even have all the photos that were on Picasa on my old PC but that is something to sort out as I can't get Picasa any more as it is not available. As my photography is important to me that is the next thing to sort.

Thank You Florence, I realised it was a scam as soon as the woman spoke plus it was on my landline ( I am not even with BT) which I only seem to get these scams on and also the Amazon Prime ones.
So many of these scam things about we have to be careful.

Glad your eye feels better.


Ginnie

Morning all
JustGinnie this is a scam!! If they ring again, please ignore it as this has been doing the rounds for sometime. BT wouldnt ring a customer to say their internet was unsafe at all!
So be aware if they ring again.

Glad you are back on the boards again all subbed up.

My eye i have discovered is aching because of the sunlight! So Im wearing my sunglasses. The gritty feeling is better so its just the glare of bright lights that hurts and that will heal in time.

I have W11 and my friends sil tr all my things from old PC to new one in about 20 minutes so I never lost anything. Im finiding it ok now maybe just the menu was a bit different but apart from that it seems just the same.

I had office 365 already on the old PC and did many years ago Ann have Libre office but deleted that and also another one was open office but that didnt have all the things I used, so was very basic.

Its not a bad day but a nippy easterly wind when i ventured out to the bins for 5 mins.

Hope everyone else looking in is having a good day.

Florence in the hebrides

Hello all,

Well I am back on board now I have paid my subs. I forgot the renewal date was in January and when I went to post I couldn't and took me a while to realise why. lol.
I also had a new laptop at Christmas and was getting used to that. I am not tech savvy at all. Still getting used to windows 11 .
I have been reading the boards at times so i have kept up to date with you all.

Just had a phone call from 'BT' telling me my internet was unsafe etc. The woman went on to say I needed to connect to the internet and do some checks that she would talk me through. OK I said but how do I connect to BT internet?, she said just switch on my computer and she will guide me. How do I do connect with BT though when I am not with BT? I asked her. She put the phone down on me. How rude is that?
:-D :-D :-D ;-) ;-)

Ginnie

I am glad that you are up and running again Ann. OH always takes a hammer to our old hard drives
It is sunny here, it chilly and going to get colder at the weekend.
I have just been working out the recipes for the rest of the week, so am going to grace Aldi with my presence.
I hope that your eye is better Florence, if it still feels gritty, it could be infected, so maybe you should get it checked out

Had my new desk top PC installed yesterday so now getting used to not only a new PC but Windows 11 as well. Luckily, although the hard drive was dead on the old PC, my fellow who does all my PC work was able to retrieve most of my files. He has a 'tool' to do this. apparently he has to have a licence to do it. Shows it can be done though so be careful what happens to old hard drives when you no longer need them, your info can be retrieved. :-(

Afternoon all
Pouring hard today but less windy!

I had a yellow crocus out last week which i thought was early but daffodils??? Its very early for them isnt it? What a shame the wind bashed them ArgyllGran but at least you got them indoors.

Im decluttering.....again! We seem to gather paper in this house and magazines for some reason. Lots of shredding to do but waiting on a new shredder as daughter wore out the blades on the current one shredding a load for a friend in need!

Anyway plenty of chores today to keep me busy and a friend sent me a lovely bunch of flowers today which was a wonderful surprise. I had another bespoke bouquet last week from a special friend which was also a fab surprise. So i have been very spoilt.

Hope everyone looking in today is keeping well and cosy as it looks chilly outdoors but not going outside just yet!

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Snowdrops and two purple crocuses in bloom - and - I can hardly believe it - two daffodils.
The daffs had been blown flat by today's wind, so I've picked them and brought them indoors.

Bucketing rain all day - not nice at all.

Florence and Linda - I hope your eye and teeth continue to progress well!
Keep using the drops, Florence.

Aw lovely Ann

I have snowdrops in bud and one crocus in flower plus one daffodil in flower as well..

Afternoon all

Its a horrid day with storm winds, cancelled ferries and causeways so pretty dire today.

I am feeling a bit better and can now see through my glasses to read text on my phone and my books so that is good progress. Its just an achy feeling at the corner and this feeling of something under the eyelid but its not been a week yet!!!

It will take time to heal so moving in the right direction but i need to be patient!.

Linda, hope all goes well today at the dentist appointment and hope your infection has cleared up too.

Joan glad your spring flowers are growing nicely even if its too cold to get outside, you have something lovely to look at.

My spring bulbs are now several inches above ground so I cant wait until they blossom in the Spring.

Hope everyone else looking in is keeping well and warm as the temp has def dropped and snow I see has been forecast for some areas!!

I'm home alone til Wednesday so gently pottering around attending to usual chores.

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