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What have you discovered today that made you smile?

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  • zarazara wrote: »
    just knowing its a beautiful day.


    And today has been even better! We even ate our lunch outside in the lovely warm sunshine. That must be a first for October! Long may it continue!
    "If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"
  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
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    My saffron crocus, all two of them, are in flower.
    If I'm over the hill, where was the top?
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    The cauldrons I planted up for Christmas presents all have the tips of snowdrop shoots just showing above the soil :D
  • We have been over at our caravan for a few days, getting ready to close it down for the winter and feeling a bit depressed at the thought. This morning was beautiful once the sun got through so we put off our jobs and went for a walk along the riverbank. We have been hoping to see one every time we walk there and this morning we did - a kingfisher flying up the length of the river! Our mood instantly lifted!
    "If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"
  • zarazara
    zarazara Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    sun shining, birds singing, friends to talk to, my cat asleep on the sofa, a cosey night in to look forward to with the log burner lit, a newspaper to read, a homemade pan of soup on the stove for later, a lovely family, the economy being sorted out.
    "The purpose of Life is to spread and create Happiness" :j
  • My hungarian grazing rye has started growing - its the first thing I have planted in my new allotment, so I'm just please that I can grow something ;-D
  • I have planted indoor hyacinths and daffodils and am looking forward to beautiful fragrant flowers over Christmas :)
    My mantra is "Never pay full price!" ;)
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I've discovered that, although I can't do so much gardening nowadays, I can turn my new patio into a mini 'potted orchard'. I've ordered some raspberries to start off with, and am havng fun looking through sites which sell patio fruit trees :). Can't believe my luck, I'm usually way out on timing but it seems this is just the right time to plant fruit trees :D
  • Good luck with your patio orchard Sparrer. I have a few fruits in pots on my patio and this summer I had a really good "harvest" from the strawberries and blackcurrants. Plenty of leaves on the gooseberry but, as yet, no fruit. Maybe next summer! I have just planted some raspberry canes in the garden and I hope they thrive as well as the patio fruits!
    "If you dream alone it will remain just a dream. But if we all dream together it will become reality"
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Today I've discovered there is still such a thing as good service - amazing service in fact. I went to a garden centre to buy a pixie Victoria plum (so called as it only grows to 2 metres and can be grown in the pot), while there I also asked for a blackberry and a tayberry, and arranged for them to be delivered on Tues. When I got home the phone was ringing, the lady from garden centre said she was so sorry but they'd run out of tayberries. She knew how much I wanted one and would put one on order for me, but had added a loganberry free of charge to my order by way of consolation. There are still some very, very good folk in the world :)
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