Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Farway

pink_poppy said:

Forgot to post a pic of my indoor tomatoes… 🍅 

You know how to wound! 

No sign of them here, not even setting. 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Thank you for the kind comments, one of the few photos I've actually been happy with! That's Craig Yr Aderyn (Bird Rock), clear view down the valley to the sea one side and rolling hills towards Cader Idris the other, hardly anyone there either which is always a bonus. 

Yesterday was horrible, overcast, completely still and sweltering yesterday morning whilst mixing up cement to finish off some edging in the garden, sun did eventually come out but we are back to overcast again this morning, although it's much cooler.  

pink_poppy said:

Urgh, I’ve got a splitting tinnitus headache and a wee sparrow outside has got the most annoying cheep cheep cheep - it’s a really piercing noise and I think I’m going slightly mad… 😫

You're simply not in the pink my dear. Hopefully you don't think you are a banana tree just yet! 

Feel better soon Poppy.  

wort

had to take a pic of this hydrangea head it's so big it's on the floor, none of the others are so big! 

wort

this at the front is mini in comparison 🤣

LessImpecunious

pink_poppy said:

Stunning photo from lunatic, as always. The episode of Gone Fishing we watched last night had them fishing for carp on the River Wye - absolutely gorgeous scenery.

Yes, it's a pity about all the carp in the river though... (sorry, bad joke...)

Dustyevsky

LessImpecunious said:

pink_poppy said:

Stunning photo from lunatic, as always. The episode of Gone Fishing we watched last night had them fishing for carp on the River Wye - absolutely gorgeous scenery.

Yes, it's a pity about all the carp in the river though... (sorry, bad joke...)

I didn't know there were carp in the Wye.  I knew about the other stuff:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65719501

As a counterbalance to such gloom, there's better news from one of our local rivers. One of the UK's rarest fish, the Shad, have been found there in recent years, showing the waters must be relatively clean.  And no, that's not one of my made-up stories! 

 What a lovely Mophead Hydrangea, wort. I don't like the wishy-washy pink ones, but that's a statement bloom! 

pink_poppy

It might have been pike, Dusty… 😳

Dustyevsky

Farway said:

pink_poppy said:

Forgot to post a pic of my indoor tomatoes… 🍅 

You know how to wound! 

No sign of them here, not even setting. 

I can't understand that. Usually, I lose quite a few, but this year's been easy. Maybe it's the compost. 

I shall now upset you more....By order of Mrs Dusty, I had to destroy 3 tom plants today, judged superfluous to our needs.  They all had toms on them. 

pink_poppy said:

It might have been pike, Dusty… 😳

Pike? If they were, they'd not tell anyone!    

YoungBlueEyes

Late on this morning, I've been weeding before the rain arrives. Could a clever person please find a cure for bindweed + mare's tails + wandering thistles. Pleeeease. Cloudy but dry, and nice and cool out there at 14'c, with a high of 20' to come. Much more civilised, thank you St Fiacre  

Thanks for clarity re Llandegley airport Dusty. Doh! Not heard Mornington Crescent for years, do they still do it? I didn't know the Hundreds came into the same bracket though. They do say every day's a school day  

Hope you're feeling better today pp. Pfft to your toms from me too  

Wort I love your hydrangea pics, I am excessively fond of a hydrangea :l:love:

<Groan> to the fishing jokes :l:lol:

No conclusion yet to the absolutely solid legal advice issue. They apparently offered a bit of money to get in immediately, then quite a bit, then a lot of money, but were politely refused :clapping: #PrinciplezRoolOK 

Comment of the day on The Journal this morning - Orange shitgibbon. I can elaborate no further cos we're not allowed to talk politics

twopenny

Morning Bluey. For weed I'd say pigmy goats. Of course you'd loose your flowers as well 🤭
3 Cheers for principles rool. 

Cooler here. Took a leaf out of Farway book and did mine in the evening. Front now starting to look like a garden again.
Was going for the siesta too but a half hour job at a bank turned into 3 because again they didn't get it right, hot sweaty and exhausted because they're useless only to read on the news they are buying out our excellent and superb bank so more nonsense as I go and open an account with the only other option (also useless which is run with one person on the front.
Add that to the doctor's surgery that has no doctors and life is going to hell in a handcart as big companies take over and don't deliver.

So enjoying yourself is on a back burner. I'll finish the pruning crisped plants tonight.
The potatoes which were coming along nicely have turned yellow and collapsed through lack of water and fruit is not looking good either.
The amount of water needed to keep them all doing well would cost a lotta.