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When the washing basket is absolutely empty for the first time in 6 months 😊 That! 💋#MiddleAgedTweet

@GraemeBandeira Yes, I imagine so. Important it's never forgotten

@eyemcd Very sobering but a must visit I’d say

6am start this morning. That’s Auschwitz and Birkenau accomplished. Very harrowing indeed…

@Felstedboy ....and an umbrella ☔️ here

Yesterday I was in shirt sleeves.Today I need a coat.Such is Spring.

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” - Vincent van Gogh

@dovetweet1 @Daveconway123 Oh it's nice, have you been before?

#BusyOldDay Twitter Tea & Lemon drizzle?

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... ~ Mary Nelson ✨🙌🏾💫

Roman grave monument for a horse. The epitaph reads: 'You once outran the wandering birds and beat the northwest winds, now you graze no longer in Tuscan woods and Siculan fields, but rest stabled in this tomb.'

@Daveconway123 😮how rude! I've been for a swim 🏊‍♀️

This morning’s Gym won’t happen as no one has booked on the class #BillyNoMates

Good!

@Daveconway123 Ooh yes please

@Felstedboy Glad you're feeling better Andrew.

Good morning.Feeling normal today after yesterday hiatus.Thanks for your messages.Nice to have someone to talk to at times like that.

@Daveconway123 Ooh spoiling you. Must be the memory of that first dance 😉and you changing her life.

HG has been to pottery and brought back crunchy tiffin #GoneForTiffin

Harry Styles covers ‘Everybody Wants To Rule The World’ by Tears For Fears for the BBC’s Live Lounge.

@mamboitaliano__ Yes, I've done that. It's spectacular.

If you happen to be in Milan, Italy 🇮🇹 this is a truly beautiful experience It costs about $20, you can buy the ticket online, and it is one of the few Gothic cathedrals you can climb all the way to the top of (with a convenient elevator)! One of a kind

@Felstedboy That's great news Andrew

Just had results from MRI and no evidence of having a stroke.Diagnosed as a TIA and to carry on with medication.So good news.

@Felstedboy They're beautiful 🤩

My Hyacinths at their best now

@Gillian275Gm Excellent 👌🏻

I got the bag!!

Steve Rosenberg (@BBCSteveR) reflects on his career-making fascination with Russia, which was tonight recognised with the RTS Special Award at the RTS Television Journalism Awards #RTSAwards

@Daveconway123 Good for you 😉

Taken myself up the retail park…