Daydream thread... without the rose-tinted specs

choille

Really wet here again & quite stormy.

I sold a large picture to an Australian, but checked the postal rate - £95. Don't think they'll be wanting it now.

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Davesnave

choille wrote: »

Really wet here again & quite stormy.

This country is relatively small, yet it can be so different at its extremities.

I saw the clouds and windiness on the weather map up your way, yet yesterday evening it was so still and cloudless here, we stayed out far too late. Scratch dinner and fast asleep by 10pm. :o

Wide awake now! :mad:

Re your Australian: there are still some ways that we're not quite a global village.

rhiwfield

choille wrote: »

Really wet here again & quite stormy.

I sold a large picture to an Australian, but checked the postal rate - £95. Don't think they'll be wanting it now.

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And Ebay now charge FVF on the postage :mad:

lostinrates

Wild flowers here are exciting me. Where we have dug down to the clay really round by the pears and its all fallow waiting for everything building to finally finish and us to lanscape I saw yesterday amount the weeds and the wild flowers we have flax.

Itismehonest

Planning man has been & I think that, at last, he appreciates the ridiculous situation.
He's going away to confer & then write with any suggestions they can come up with.
We can't be too optimistic, though. They're restricted by their remit.
Anyway, fingers crossed that some sensible suggestions might come out of it.

The flying ants have decided today's the day - 2 months late. I decided I couldn't be mean enough not to warn him not to leave the windows on his car open when he arrived

Davesnave

That's the most positive you've sounded for a long time, itsme.:)

I believe some planners are genuinely helpful within the discretionary powers they have, but there are others too. My BiL could write a book about the ones he's had to deal with, and he probably will when his build is signed off. It's maybe a good case for the local government ombudsthingy to have a look at.

We're very happy with the new hybrids, which have settled-in and shown no vices thus far. They're docile and friendly, unlike some of our older hens, some of which have become unproductive and prone to feather pecking.

As rhiwfield knows, we've used beak rings with some success, but eventually the beak grows around them and feather removal becomes possible again. We have 3 with rings now. It's probably learned behaviour and we should have removed our original feather eater, 'Punk,' at the outset.

Lesson learned. Next week, none of them will have beak rings, because the 3 offenders will be at Hatherleigh Market! Better than the alternative......

alfie_1

good evening peeps

well still not a drop of the wet stuff has graced my patch...:cool:
whilst i dont want a permenant wet time, ONE good downpor would do the trick.:D

im sat in the barf with laptop in arms reaCH...:rotfl: THUS WONKY SPELLING :rotfl:

today i saw to my old lady and im miffed....:mad: her son who visits "now and then" has told her she shouldnt use her disability scooter,she should WALK to the shops. her diet is all wrong and that she will be in a wheelchair in a years time ? and will not even be able to use the loo :mad::mad:
this is an 87yr old lady who see;s to herself, cooks etc and sews and is a crossword genius. she had a small stroke and has a pacemaker fitted. she is proud as proud and i told her that she's entitled at her age to do what the F*** she likes....

i told her other son [my friends DH] that i was maybe out of order but why was he bullying her like this. she was really upset.
he was livid so he will prob sort it ...:o

apart from that i got my friend up on new horse this afternoon. bareback to start with and she did great. she sat on a horse when 12yrs old and was terrified.
what made us laugh was shed said to her builders [in situ at the mo] they could jump in the pool if it got too hot..;)
we strolled round the garden with the horse and surprised 3 lads in the pool.:rotfl: one immedietly said "we are checking the under water lights"... friend nearly fell off hoss laughing.
they didnt know wether to get out/dive/just freeze :rotfl:
we just walked by and laughed .. she didnt mind..

all the field gateways are being dug out at the mo. so iv moved them all into a wild side paddock...theyve died and gone to heaven...:rotfl:
got farrier tomorow so that will be fun....:eek: young builders have offered [well i volunteered them ] to help me catch LORI...... the demon midget...:rotfl:

BF is off to zimbabwi tomorow for 2 weeks. see relatives and his son whos flying from canada...

auto jumble this weekend.

and dipstick "electrician" is coming to find water leak ?.... dont ask...i did and am still worried..:(

i have decided to forward a list to the agent of all the work the estate promised to do whilst i had long lease and never did. im fed up of being in effect blackmailed by that miserable B******.
so may be in a tent by xmas..:rotfl::rotfl:

lostinrates

Hurrah for fun with the ponies Alfie!

I'm hoping by the end of today I will have broken the back of weeding the white border. Where I have done looks rather bald!


I read the ash ridge trees advice on yews and saw I should have trimmed them twice this summer, not once, but also in October. Well, I won't miss that. No losses, but slow growth, That hopefully means they have been busy establishing and settling in, ready to start a bit more growth next year. If it were not wet this weekend I might have asked DH to do a verge and ditch tidy up. Oh well. We have painting to do INSIDE this weekend instead. Hopefully get the new 'dressing room' painted. Though I fancy wallpaper now........

lostinrates

How am I still not at the end of one boarder? One thin one at that? It just seems to stretch on and on and on.......about two thirds through.


I found a peony I had forgotten....

Also, I did my winter front door pots. I am even thinking about putting out my creepy black autumn wreath soon. .

Anyone know where is the best price for pond liners and pumps and filters and that sort of thing?

I have finally decided what to close the pear garden off with, and I think one of you lot suggested it. Medlars. Yep. Keeping the pleached/espalier thing, but no roses, so a nice semi open feeling. I think I can do it with two medlars and patience, if not I can put a cordon of something else either side of the gate into it.

alfie_1

hi all.

LIR.......... what size pond are you thinking of ???

baking hot here today and i mean HOT !!:cool:
just off to water garden...AGAIN..

dreading the "man" attempting to find/sort water leak tomorow...i really should have more faith i guess...:(

taking my black lab to vets tomorow, she keeps wretching as if she has something in her throat. grass seed? grass? or nothing but a big vet bill...:o

need to visit dad tomorow, my sister went yesterday and was not too happy about hygene with regards his stomach tube feeding... so im going to check it out and see the boss there if still a concern.
hes been so brave through it all, im not letting poor hygene see him off....:mad:

anyway i hope you have all had a good day...:D