Awful weather - typical Brits talk

Dustyevsky

I'm sure I can see a LIAM in Less's aquilegia Pick n' Mix picture too. Maybe it's a sign, like always waking up at 03.33, or if you have a better model of bladder, at 06.66? 😦 I like the 360 degree cloud picture too. It reminds me of lying in the back garden as a child, before people told me not to look at the sun. 😮

Sorry if I lost you 2p. It was news that Mr Canute may be leaving here shortly, though not if he insists on the price he thinks someone might pay for his property. Nothing is selling here anyway, even at sensible prices, so I'm not too excited. However, it's good to have my suspicions confirmed about nearby interpersonal relationships.☺️

On the weather front, we missed an intense thunderstorm yesterday by about 5 miles. Looking at the radar, rain was at the maximum red level, so perhaps there was some flash flooding. I was glad to have shopped on Thursday, when there was only a little rain. I dropped-in on my coastal friend and snapped this picture of her garden:

That Geum 'Blazing Sunset,' originally from MiL, almost never stops flowering! 😀The Nandina (bottom middle) is happy now, having been moved at least 3 times! 😆 Farway has probably spotted the bronze leaves of the Canna behind the geum. This year it will be joined by a yellow one. And yes, Malus Scarlett needs a little pruning…. Everything is way ahead of us up here at 500'. 😕

Today I'm up at stupid o'clock as it's the plant sale and cake festival at 09.00. It's a chance to give away all the plants we've grown and have no use for. 🙃 By 12.00 it will be all over, so by 13.00 I might get the chain saw out in time for Mr Canute's first viewers….or there again, I might hang around by the gate ad tell them, “Ooh arr, this be a luverly place ter live! Us be all gud friends yer!” 🤣

YoungBlueEyes

Morning all, on World Migratory Bird Day 🐦

PUPPPYYYYY!!! Jeez he's gorgeous 😍 and a fashionable name too. There's all kinds of puppies round here atm, and they've all got names. I talk to a diddy wee tricolour dax on my walk to work, he's such a cheerful wee thing but they've called him Odin. Odin. There's also a smashing little springer, a rich chocolate colour, and they've called her Hera *shrug * Anyway. Woohoo for your LIAM, hopefully that's them in now 🤞 Gawd a grapefruit flower? Reckon it'll fruit..?

Ooh I lurve your aquilegias Less, and look at all the colours too. Agree they have all too short a lease (to almost quote who said something about summer). I think I got maybe 3 weeks out of mine :( Question re your clouds - which ones are the Kelvin Helmholtz ones? Is it the long thing in the first pic? It looks like a series of waves 😊

Hopefully you've got rid of your critter now Dusty? Cat vomit down the radiator sounds a bu99er to get rid of, did you take it in the garden to powerwash it off? And how did you clean the radiator? (ba dum tsch) Your neighbours don't stop do they, endless shenanigans entertainment! Just turned the page - have you or MrsD got a banjo…? 😆

You don't make things easy on yourself 2p, edging the grass with scissors?! You deserve a haven the work you put in to it. Will you get a goodly crop of cherries this year do you think?

OT it's another mild calm morning out there, 8'c currently and it'll get up to 16', possibly. My work stuff is having a rinse+spin then it's going out, and we're off to Kingswood 😣(sprawling out of town retail experience, or summat) for baby stuff. Himself's niece had her baby, and gave him a proper name (unlike his cousin with the truly ridiculous name that's too specific to put on here). I had to go to piggin work yesterday cos the alternating-he-she-but-not-a-they person left in a spat. BBM said something on Thursday (which I sadly missed) and she didn't show up Friday so I got called in. Good job itoday'll be a decent day weather wise cos I've plenty to do - food shop, the place is a midden, and Kingswood 😣and I need to get up to mum+dad too really for I haven't been in a while.

twopenny

Cool but bright morning. Could come to anything. About 13c.

That's a clever design Dusty for the little garden. I'll use that if I'm ever in for another garden. The appeal of no grass to mow. But then nothing for the birds. Hmmmmm?

Just think more money Bluey, towards fun 😉 what is it about so many people today who think the world owes them something? Maybe he/she will find out eventually.

Yes scissors, I have limited standing resources and the thought of getting the extension and strimmer out would have been over the odds. Posh friends yesterday made me pull my socks up. Ordinary friend today who won't care today and she'll talk till 3pm so that rules a lot out. I think it's gutter and window cleaning while I'm upright. And more tidying if I survive.

Posh friends bought my invalid trolley. It's immaculate and classy but would be great for trundling things round the garden. Just waiting to hear if they want it back. 😄

Farway

Cool & sunny, warming up though. back to putting plants out to harden up, and added some tomatoes to the toughen up squad today, Tempus Fugit etc, soon be June and getting on to winter 👿

That Geum 'Blazing Sunset,' originally from MiL, almost never stops flowering! There's one in my neighbours, among the weeds, actually it goes well because the weeds are quite nice, blow in, "native wild flowers" IYKWIM

Hopefully you've got rid of your critter now Dusty? Cat vomit down the radiator sounds a bu99er to get rid of, did you take it in the garden to powerwash it off? And how did you clean the radiator? (ba dum tsch) Your neighbours don't stop do they, endless shenanigans entertainment! Just turned the page - have you or MrsD got a banjo…

Had to snigger at the cat wash, and the idea of Mrs D sat on porch strumming banjo, maybe Mr D doing a buck dance jig to the tune? Moonshine in the barn?

Enjoy the cake & plants Dusty, nice looking Coastal Friend garden, and the canna. Bit further on than mine, as always.

Sounds like another new face due at work then YBE? Maybe BBM will realise his good fortune and give you a huge pay rise? Nah, thought not😁

Today I just have to get the runners in, forecast is cooler air coming down from Oop North, but may not be too bad this far south, weather fronts fighting it out over Watford perhaps? Anyway, if I get them in it may tinkle a bit of rain tonight which will all help

This came up on my YT feed, it's recent, by RHS, on peat free compost. More or less confirms what we knew, but this time admits it instead of gaslighting us that we have it all wrong & peat free is really wonderful. Not too long and has some tips, feeding, baby toadstools etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hN-E570Dxw

Some roses out at last, will try for pic later, meanwhile, try not to ahhh too much