Daydream thread continues.....

rozeepozee

Rummer wrote: »

Hello everyone, sorry I have not been posting, I received horrid news this week and I have been reeling from it. I will be back on track soon

Sorry, Rummer

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

A few weeks ago, I took a photo showing what part of our front view would be like if we achieved an upstairs:



It wouldn't quite be exactly like that, as there'd be 60' of garden & the road first, but you get the idea. Of course, we can see quite a bit of this now, but not the valley floor, and it's frustrating only having the distant view.

It's not like that this morning, but I can just see the other side of the valley now. Those non-coniferous trees in the valley are ancient woodlands; what's left of the temperate rain forest in this area. I only found out recently how important they are.

Looking at this again, it's really like our view, (OH did a double take when he saw it) even the 60' of garden and road, except we have no ancient woodland and a glimpse of the sea in the dip. I love clear days nowadays - havn't got one of those this morning though.... Trying to muster up the energy to go for a run but given the slight sprinkling of rain, I think a little "Manana" is required

lostinrates

Sorry about having missed pms. I went outvand did not see to make room. There is room now.

Davesnave

Rummer, although whatever's happened can't be changed, we shall all be thinking of you and willing you to "get back on track," as you put it. Look after yourself now. Hugs from Devon.....:grouphug:

Feeling a bit fragile myself this morning, but it serves me right. There was a party to welcome our digger man and his DW as new members of the village community..... and I chose one of those self-topping-up glasses by mistake....again! :whistle:

rainbowcattail

Morning all

You may already be aware of this - free tomato seeds here:

http://www.papasbigtomatochallenge.com/

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Davesnave

Having just caught up with the thread, no we are not in a ANOB, though I reckon we should be, and there are SSSIs nearby in the valleys. Here, we've mixed arable and pasture because there's a finger of good soil and relatively flat land on the tops. The arable is all managed via huge tractors & machinery, probably very efficiently too, but it can be quite noisy in spring, and later, at harvest time. I prefer that to the earlier use of the land close to us, which was as a huge pig farm!

Sorry to hear of possible problems for your business lucielle. I think the tough times have a long way to run, which is why I'm here and not wantonly spending the kids' inheritance! They may need something to fall back on yet....Only this week DD1 received news that part of the organisation she works for was to be axed....and it then took another 48 hours for them to say exactly who was going.:mad:

Not her, fortunately.

As for cars and youngsters, both of mine passed at 18/19 and then had no vehicle to drive for years. It was the same for me, with 5 years between passing and driving again. I still remember my girlfriend of the time asking why I kept hitting the hedges!

Ah yes, my mate was given an early 1950s BSA Bantam when I was about 14 or 15, which we used in a rough field for scrambling. All was well until someone unused to leaping over bumps went through a barbed wire fence and needed a hospital stay. Once our parents found out about the bike, and why we were coming home so dirty, that was the end of that!

Davesnave

rainbowcattail wrote: »

Morning all

You may already be aware of this - free tomato seeds here:

http://www.papasbigtomatochallenge.com/

X

Looks good, but I'm already up to capacity with toms....well most things really!;)

If you look at their growing guide, the seeds look like radish and the first two pictures of seedlings are almost certainly pot geraniums! Still, they are promoting their product in a really useful way.

rozeepozee

Davesnave wrote: »

Looks good, but I'm already up to capacity with toms....well most things really!;)

If you look at their growing guide, the seeds look like radish and the first two pictures of seedlings are almost certainly pot geraniums! Still, they are promoting their product in a really useful way.

Thanks for that link, Rainbow.

I've just ordered a group allowance for our village playgroup which I'm now on the rota for organising. We live in the country so I hope the mums won't mind the kids up to their armpits in compost, planting seeds, as an activity!

rozeepozee

Alexelisey, just looking at your seeds. It's been a bit of a mixed bag. The Red Currant has germinated well, as have the Green Zebras and I've one Mortgage Lifter. The others not so well. In fact, the pot that's marked up Black Mountain Pink has a seedling that looks remarkably lettuce-like and I suspect that the children have transplanted a label! :rotfl:

They were seeded quite early and I passed on half of what you gave me to my far more green fingered MIL, so we'll see how she gets on.

Thanks again. I love planting seeds.

I've just had a brainwave and realised that until the build starts, I've an unused conservatory that's going to be ripped out and will make an amazing plant nursery meanwhile YAY!

Davesnave

rozeepozee wrote: »

I've just had a brainwave and realised that until the build starts, I've an unused conservatory that's going to be ripped out and will make an amazing plant nursery meanwhile YAY!

Ours is the most ugly thing, but it's so useful. When it goes....:( Still, we might re-build it, or part of it, if there's any money left.

Wheels within wheels: DW is off to a house clearance sale this morning, not to buy more stuff, but to look at the internal finish of the house. It's one built by the guy most likely (ATM!) to do our refurb.