IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE:
Well this is so nice of you Gene’O inviting us all over to yours for a coffee , I am really pleased to accept not least of all because I have been doing the Sunday, ‘If we were having coffee’ along with your Diana , who is part of your group at partimemonsters for a good few weeks now. Recently Paul Curran blogger extraordinaire of no fixed blog has been making use of my garden to hold a coffee gathering and meeting of minds. So if it is Okay we will join you and all your other guests!
I do like what you have done with the place Gene’O it is very, very you! It feels odd to be sitting here instead of handing cups and cakes to he the guest.
Okay what’s been happening this week so IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: blogging wise, Johncoyote got me up on to my soap box and I dug up some old posts and wrote a new one or two on the subject of how badly we are treating our beautiful plant. Taking her for granted, burning and deforesting her, raging wars on her belly and her back killing not only each other but all her flora and fauna and any poor creatures trapped in the war machine’s way! Mining, covering her with concrete so she bleeds and is starved of air. Time is running out and we are the only ones who can do anything to save mother earth/ mother nature for our children and our children’s children!
Oh! you have all gone quiet, I got up on my soap box didn’t I …..sorry I did mean to get carried away! I am not a raving loony honest!
Right I am embarrassed, what else … IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you that on Wednesday I went shopping with my friend . I needed shoes, thanks to a bunion on my left foot I now appear to have difficulty finding shoes that do not hurt!
So we went off in search of sensible shoes. It was a hard job but someone had to do it! Was it a successful trip I hear you asking.
I managed to buy three pairs of sensible wide fitting shoes that did not look too awful! Not to mention a pair of pretty platform sandals….. well they were in the sale and so pretty. I also bought a lovely floaty pink and white polka dot dress it was not on the shopping list but it is also very pretty, also not on the list was an outfit for the Newbie, buy outfits for the Newbie well that just goes without saying!
IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would tell you that while I was at Pilates on Friday my phone rang and it was my youngest son asking me where I was, at pilates, I replied, where is dad, he asked he is not answering his phone, polishing my car I replied OH! he said we are coming to visit you ! Hooray I thought returning to pilates excited about an extra chance to see the Newbie and his mum and dad! It was lovely to see them they were on their way out to lunch but it is always lovely to see them flying visit or not!
Today after my core class we went over to see them , two days in a row such a treat! We spent the afternoon gardening, while I was tiding up one of the flower beds I spotted these fabulous flowers does anyone know what they are ? I certainly do not recognize them. I have had a lovely time with my husband, my youngest son and his family.
Now just before I go IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: I would ask if you remember me telling you that I have been looking after our friends cats while they are away on holiday. The cats have been staying with us for 3weeks so far. Well they are lovely cats, house cats which means we are not allowed to let them out at all. Well I have to report that they are very mischievous animals. One of them has made several escape attempts luckily we have foiled them all! ( so far) , here are some photos of them at play!
Well all that remains is f0r me to say thank you to Gene’O for having us we have aha a lovely time!
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ILY, willow…. Just thought you should know….
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gigoid, the dubious, though, not about this….
So lovely to know that I reciprocate the ILY too.. More cake? xxx
Thank you, but, my waistline couldn’t possibly stand it; I’m stretching my belt as it is…. One has to be enough, the doc says…. I wish I could, though, it’s lovely cake… Perhaps a bit more tea?….
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Okay tea it is but every cake is absolutely calorie free here in the garden and that applies to Gene’O’s cakes too. 🙂 xx
Thanks for the compliment on the new blog 🙂 and I love that last image of the coffee with the eye.
I don’t mind a little soapboxing now and then. I do it myself from time to time. I think we’re probably passed a tipping point on the environmental stuff (not that we shouldn’t take steps to do better) and some massive environmental changes in the next century are inevitable whether we like it or not. The sea level is going to rise and there’s nothing we can do about it, I believe. Of course I could be wrong – I’m not exactly a geoscientist – but I don’t think I am.
I appreciate you and Paul joining the linkup.
Cool post Willow. It must be so good to be seeing the Newbie regularly. Those are neat flowers you pointed out but I have no knowledge of gardening.
I’m glad to see that your furry visitors are enjoying their visit! I’m a cat lover although I don’t have any at the moment.
Thanks for the coffee Willow and Gene’O and your Lemon Drozzle cake is to die for.
Thank you Paul I am never sure if thoughts and moments from my every day are of any interest but they seem well received. 🙂 It is great to see the Newbie especially the odd unexpected visit. The cats are a source of amusement but very demanding of attention. I am so please you enjoy coming here and I am so pleased to see your posts going from strength to strength. Xx
Toffee puts me in mind of my cat Lady Gaga.
I love your cats name. I love cats and dogs too but we are always reluctant to have anymore of our own as they can be a tie. So we enjoy the challenge of having visitors for a month or so now and then. My husband also exercises two guide dogs and at the moment he is also looking after a pond full of fish!!!
Busy. Busy. I’ve been babysitting my daughter’s cat and s.i.l’s fish for a week. Glad they’re coming home today. 🙂
It is darn hard work isn’t it!!
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OH! yes sorry I lost the plot and the thread!! xxx
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Oooohhhhh! Shoes, dresses, coffee and kitties! Nice! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Wish we could all do it for real!! 🙂 🙂
I do too. It would be lots of fun! 🙂
Yes it certainly would! PS Husband hates the dress!
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Tell him he can go shopping with you and help you pick out a dress then.
OMG No he has awful taste! 🙂
Hahaha! That was a horrible idea! Sorry 😛
Yes it certainly was !!
Me and my big mouth! Fine. I’ll just go run laps around the back yard now…
Yup that sounds right!!
I’m back. Can we drink more coffee and eat cake now? I’ll be quiet. I like the dress! 🙂
yes yes of course ….. I love the dress!
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Good fun! Great post. Oh for a cuppa after looking that cup in the eye. jxxx
So glad you enjoyed , yes a cuppa is always inviting!!