Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss and night callers  

*night owls* hoot hoot 🦉 sweet dreams all of you, I hope you’ve each had lovely cosy evenings  

I cooked pancakes for supper *leaves a pile for the buddies breakfast buffet* 

night yogi moonsie velvet summer

@~Sparkling Summer~ posted:

*night owls* hoot hoot 🦉 sweet dreams all of you, I hope you’ve each had lovely cosy evenings  

I cooked pancakes for supper *leaves a pile for the buddies breakfast buffet* 

The one night I forget to leave a night owl hug for you.....and you pop in 

Have an early bird hug instead 

Good morning everyone

It’s dry and bright atm, with light showers and sunny spells forecast.

Have a good day and stay safe, all 

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.

Have a good day all   

Good morning everyone it's a  bright morning and looks to be a sunny day today. Did you all see the flypast for Colonel Tom's 100th birthday? 

https://youtu.be/vxmYsd8srFY

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here, showers possible later.

Yogi, yes, I did spot that man mentioning he would negotiate with his wife about extending the track

Summer, thanks for the pancakes

Squiggle, yes I saw the flypast

I hope everyone has a good day

@velvet donkey posted:

Morning has broken like the first morning

Blackbird has spoken like the first bird.

 

Have a good day all   

One of my favourite hymns

The music "Bunessan" was based on a traditional Scottish melody. Mary MacDonald (1789-1872) used that melody for a hymn she wrote called "Leanabh an àigh" ("The Blessed Child").

On the BBC site, some stunning photos by Stefan Forster of Nordic landscapes:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52384143

Unfortunately I don't speak Gaelic El.

I once got on the ferry from Oban to Mull. I landed up in Tiree. Hard night.

Might be barred from Caledenian McBrayne. Iona was great. No wonder John Smith picked it. And that's not political.

Still, the joys of youth. Have a good day down there. See Cheltenham have gotten pelters. Mad that was.         

I once went to the World Piping Championships in Dunoon. Long drive but nothing a bridge would sort out. Two hours and and everyone was on the bus. Dumbarton Pipe Band. We were the support act. Don't ask me what happened when we hit there but they won and we all made the bus back.

@Yogi19 posted:

The one night I forget to leave a night owl hug for you.....and you pop in 

Have an early bird hug instead 

 

Good morning everyone

It’s dry and bright atm, with light showers and sunny spells forecast.

Have a good day and stay safe, all 

 

Isn’t that typical  

good morning everyone I hope you all slept well sun is shining here at present, but I hear we’ve been forecast showers and a lot of rainbows today. Oooooh it’s going to be pretty! 

have a lovely day each x 

Velvet, the English equivalent is "Child in a Manger":

Yep    

I still like Cat Stephens. Same thing.

Still stolen.

Christmas hymns. I'm going out to them.

And you never know.

In case you haven't heard, Royal Mail have suspended delivering letters on Saturdays as from tomorrow for the time being. Parcel deliveries will continue on Saturdays.

https://www.royalmail.com/d8/c...irus-changes-service

Knew that El.

I like my postie. We are first name. But I caught him the other day wiping his nose. No gloves.

Bit scary. Mail is quaranteened for two days. But who knows...

Answer - no-one.

@velvet donkey posted:

Knew that El.

 

I like my postie. We are first name. But I caught him the other day wiping his nose. No gloves.

 

Bit scary. Mail is quaranteened for two days. But who knows...

 

Answer - no-one.

Best to do that though he could be suffering from hay fever.

Finished my first client's tax return for the last tax year and returned her documents to her complying with the social distancing rules

El, those Nordic landscape pics are beautiful 

Velvet, I love Christmas hymns.

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros, Moonie and Velvet 

Night owl hug for Summer 

night yogi moonsie velvet summer if you are around

Good morning everyone it's a beautiful sunny morning here enough to start anyone in a good mood for a weekend. I hope everyone has a lovely sunny weekend. 

Enjoy your day everyone

Good morning, all 

A sunny day here too, Squiggle.

Have a good day whatever you are doing and stay safe, everyone 

Good morning everyone

A sunny day here too

I hope everyone has a good day

@~Sparkling Summer~ HMRC updated their page on the self-employment income support scheme yesterday afternoon.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/cl...ncome-support-scheme

A bit of updating on who can claim  - there's a bit on state aid limits - that's extrememly unlikely to be of any relevance as it's more to do with businesses which have been getting sizeable government grants.

The update says that it's individuals who will need to do the claims, their agents can't other than providing help and support.

No specific details as to the mechanism for making the claim other than online via gov.uk. I think it quite likely that it could be via your personal tax account. If you haven't already set one up it could be a good idea to do that sooner than later.

https://www.gov.uk/personal-tax-account
If you've already got a government gateway ID and passsword, chech via Sign with Govenment Gateway. If you can log in then you've already got one.

Otherwise Create an Account
The text in the income support scheme refers to government gateway so that option seems the logical choice.
continue
Under Sign In - Create sign in details
Enter your email address (the text above the box is a bit misleading so can be ignored)
Carrry on the process - I think it's self explanatory.

Do that when you've got time and unlikely to be distracted.

The income support scheme also lists information you'll require such as your 10 digit UTR number which you will find on the first page of your last self-assessment tax return.

Good morning everyone   

A lovely sunny but cool start to the day here. Washing on the line early to take advantage of the good start to the day. The weather forecast says sunny for the first few hours or so 

I hope you are all well and have a grand weekend 

Still reasonably sunny here as well, Moonie

I hope you have a good weekend as well

@El Loro posted:

Still reasonably sunny here as well, Moonie

 

I hope you have a good weekend as well

That’s good El 

Fankoo 

@Moonie posted:

That’s good El 

Fankoo 

and thank you as well

Afternoon troops     

Gotta be scrambled eggs today. One minute you can't get them, the next you have eighteen   

Wish everyone well. Not a token. True    

Velvet, go for it, 18 scrambled eggs could add some grated cheddar cheese during cooking as well.

I always stick some cheese in     

I've not got ten Michelin stars for nothing.

@velvet donkey posted:

I always stick some cheese in     

 

I've not got ten Michelin stars for nothing.

Well done Yannick Alleno
https://trulyexperiences.com/b...michelin-star-chefs/

All my washing is dry and folded away 

Just in time too by the looks of the dark clouds approaching 

Francis James Child collected 365 traditional English and Scottish ballads and published them around 1860 as Childs Ballads. Number 56 "Dives and Lazarus" is from the parable in Luke 16 v 19-31.

Ralph Vaughan Williams used the theme for his "Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus". He also used it for the hymn music "Kingsfold" used for "I heard the voice of Jesus" and "O sing a song of Bethlehem,"

Good track El     

@velvet donkey posted:

Good track El     

It was on Maddy Prior's 2008 album "Seven for Old England" Available from Amazon for instance:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seven...-Prior/dp/B0018DEKTA
and if you have Prime you can listen to the album free.

Nighty night, sleep well, sweet dreams Yogi, Rosss, Velvet and night callers  

night yogi moonsie velvetsummer if you are around