Weekly Chat, Sunday, June 6, 2010

  • ps.   (with one eye on the screen, of course!)

  • Morning all - cold, damp and breezy here today. It was so cold last evening I actually put the heating back on :-((

    Annette - glad you are enjoying your family time, and the yappy dog has turned out well!

    Diane Love the exclamation mark overdose!!!!!

    AQ - chocolate brownie and ice cream .... yes please

    OG - love your sunny corner photograph ... I think I've forgotten what the sun looks like now after several days of monsoon weather.

    Margobird - your donkey day sounded fabulous - something I would love to do

    Lindybird - fabulous poem as usual!

    Thanks to all for chat etc

    Take care

     

    Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!

    Index Thread

     

  • Here is some Good News, in the news today:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/10280831.stm

     

  • Lindybird said:

    Here is some Good News, in the news today:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/10280831.stm

     

    Great news. I remember when they first arrived!

  • Brilliant news Linda. Thank you

  • Lindybird it is excellent news - I watched a programme about them last year.  they are in a fairly safe place, a firing range I believe so no one but the military are allowed there and obviously they don't mind the noise when there are excercises on the plain.

    Margobird

  • Thanks to all for the lovely pics on weekly chat. 

    Margobird

  • Good morning all – was here earlier to check cams and read, but then got busy.  Thanks for all overnight and morning posts.  Weather here today nothing particular – dry and warm but not much sun.  Painter is painting; OH is putting up pea supports; Cleaner will come after lunch.  Two men are in the road measuring and photographing – we are getting traffic calming soon, but they’ve realised for themselves what we have said for years – the bit of road in front of us where it was widened when these houses were built about 15 years ago has never been top-surfaced!  They will also get rid of all our potholes – at last!  TerryM – good to see your name appear again, sorry you are so tired and hope that boss soon returns and you will get a much-deserved holiday.  Date for your diary – Gardening Scotland 2011 is 3rd-5th June – will try to remember to remind you!  How clever of you to remember about my warm and cool patches next to the deck!  You are right, photo was the warm end.  It shouldn’t really have blue columbines (I was told one was yellow and one was black) but being near purple, I like the contrast with the orange Euphorbia.  The Clematis are wrong too – a red one (labelled) turned out to be deep blue, but it has lovely bell-shaped flowers, so I can’t bring myself to change it – just part of my haphazard gardening.  There are red things to bloom later, and also some orange annuals in the front.  AQ – your monthly eat-out sounds so good, and I think it’s a brilliant idea to make a regular date.  Annette – so glad you are enjoying time with your family – hope you all have a great celebration today for the three birthdays.  Pleased to read that the little nuisance dog has improved.  Diane – reading between the lines (and exclamation points) you are keeping busy – don’t overdo it, and I hope you have some more peaceful weather now.  Lindybird – thanks for link to the Good News – this really is cause for celebration!

    Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!

  • Afternoon everyone,

    Thanks for the link Lindybird and it really is GOOD news for a change.

    Everyone else : thanks for your pics and chat.

    This morning was taken up with another shopping mission to Tescos. Always seem to get grumpy in Tescos, dont know what it is about the place. Cant get near the shelves for shelf stackers and home delivery trolleys. Most annoying!!!

    Weather is dull,damp,dreary,drizzly,diabolical,dire and dismal for June. Temp  a cool 13.6c

  • Osprey spotted crossing Straits of Gibraltar on 6th June. 2 or 3 year old returning perhaps?
    http://www.gonhs.org/records.htm