Alice, Alice who the hell is Alice?

Hello everyone welcome to the garden we have a marquee and heaters, all the garden furniture has been washed and I have put out cushions for your comfort.

Well what do you think shall we chance it . Now as always we have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you what has been going on in your world this week, has anything deeply affected you, have you need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on or just needed someone to make you laugh! If yes feel free to talk it out here with us. We will all help if we can.

Lets join everyone here and all the other “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEES”

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

Well you will have to excuse me if I am dashing around and out of breath! So lets sit down here in the easy chairs! I have been busy again this week and to be honest it all seem a bit of a blurrrrrrrr!! Monday was housework, gym, more housework and I had to escape early evening and just go for a walk ! It was a lovely evening and I just wandered the long way around the local area and surveyed gardens and fileds!

Table chair and tree

sit a while

If we were having Coffee: Tuesday the hubby and I were invited over to his Mum’s and we also picked up my honourary sister ( ex sister in law and great friend since I was thirteen ) and her grandaughter on the way over. This is one of the mother in laws great great gandchildren, she also has great, great, great, grandchildren!! Well she is 95yrs….. when the Newbie arrived she was pleased but not as enthusiastic as I was. She informed me she was used to it as she had so many!……

Well we all had a lovely day I was surpised it was warm and sunny and we had a pizza and salad lunch followed by strawberries, meringues and cream! We played a game where we had a name put on our forhead and we asked questions untill we worked out who we were! I was Queen Victoria.

If we were having Coffee: The sunflowers I bought last Saturday are looking amazing! they are adorning the conservatory right now, so far they have been in the kitchen and the living room. Travelling sunshine, a movable feast. Friday the husband was up in London all day out for lunch with other retired collegues of his. I dropped him off to catch his bus then set off on a magical mystery tour! My Pilates teacher has moved fro my local gym to another one ( same chain) but not to far. It was somewhere I had never had reason to vist so it was a bit of an adventure! The hubby had been over the route with me but I did manage to get lost twice!! ( on ,off then on again the motorway!!) but that said I just kept calm and did not panic and I found it in the end!!

The lessen was great and I drove home feeling relaxed and fit!

If we were having Coffee: Our middle son is on holiday abroad with friends right now and even though he is a grown man of 40yrs I was uneasy until he rang to say he had arrived! …you never let them go as my friend at socialbridge will attest in her lovely blog here

Would you like more tea or coffee or some cake? do help yourselves it is all calorie free!

Help yourselves

Guess what sheridegrom – From the literary and legislative trenches ( well worth a visit) is here and has offered to make a homemade batch of chocolate scones (the old fashioned way) and bring along a couple of her favorite US wines. Now isn’t that kind, thanks Sheri!

If we were having coffee : I would ask Tangental what he thought of the cricket and did he enjoy it or did he blink!! We actually thrashed the Australians and boy are they upset! read here! and here Rejoice Geoffle!!

I would also say HI! to MarkBialczak do vist his blog he has been enchanting us with his blogs of family reunions! ….See Mark today I have mentioned more of the family than just the Newbie!! 🙂

We have dinner guest arriving soon so please enjoy yourselves stay as long as you like, come in and join us if you would like there is plenty for all! But for now I must away and do some final touches! Paul’s blog will be up tomorrow I promise!

If we were having coffee : I would ask if I can fill up your cup, or glass or get you anything else to eat it is all calorie free!

I do hope you have not found my idle chitter chatter to boring but as I said Paul’s blog is very thought provking again this week! So with that said I must love you and leave you !

And of course the

IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: WEEKEND COFFEE SHARE

over at Part Time Monster and Gene’O’s

60 all out

It’s Coffee time!

It is If we were having Coffee time again how are you all and what have you been up to this week!

So come in it is lovely to see you all here again. The fires are lit the cushions are plumped up and we have the coffee and tea on the go and the cakes and sweets are all set out. We have tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

Join in !

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having coffee : I’d tell you that I have just done another ‘ 1000 voices for compassion ‘ TanGental he did two posts on Bullying ,

The politics of the playground #1000speak @1000speak

and

Plastic Bottles and the Kaiser – a plea #1000speak @1000speak

This second post by Tangental reminded me of my very favourite videos. Andrea Bocelli Canto della terra.

and my post on bullying was

1000 Voices Speak for Compassion : Bullying

Coffee and Cakes

If we were having Coffee: I would offer you another cuppa and perhaps some cake? Go on it is all calorie free!

It has been a very busy week this week I have been out to lunch with a friend, to the gym four times, not as much fun as usual as my gym buddy is still away.

The husband has been out two days running out lunching with old work friends . It is good to see him going out as I hope it is a sign that he is on the mend .

If we were having coffee: I tell you that on Friday I got to see the Newbie. His other Grandma was babysitting him and she invited me round to see him. I was delighted to accept. I was a little upset that he wanted to cling to his other Grandma more than me but then he sees more of her and so knows him better! Anyway I loved seeing him even if I did not get many cuddles . It is his birthday next month ! Yes the Newbie will be one year old. Where has that year gone. We have been invited to a tea party and I have already accepted on my and the husbands behalf!

escaped cat sunbathing

Do you know he is crawling at the speed of light and and is eager to stand up. His other Grandma has two cats one that is very good with the Newbie and one that just goes out! .. I can’t say I blame him I would not want my tail pull and my face poked!

If we were having Coffee: I would ask you if you are comfortable and could I get you anything ? Today we are visiting our eldest sun , he lives near the sea on the east coast. The husband is helping him fix his bath….. the husband is fixing his bath! We are going out to eat when he finishes . The weather was lovely when we left home but as we neared the coast it got dark and dull and there was some rain…. He ho!

Solar Eclipse 2015

If we were having Coffee: I’d as if you saw the solar eclipse this week, unfortunately it was so cloudy were we live we did not see a thing. It did get dark but it didn’t go as dark as night , disappointing really. Wales , Cornwall and the Isle of Lewis had spectacular views!

here are some good views of the event here are some more.

Well as I am out today visiting I had better wrap up now or they will say I am unsociable !!

If we were having Coffee: I would say lets go and see how Paul and his crowd are doing . I am sure that they will have lots to tell us !

And of course the