Great job on the gardens El

Popping out for tea to celebrate our 7th anniversary, hope to be back after but goodnight to anyone who's off before we get back

Enjoy your tea, Summer. Happy anniversary to you and Mr Summer. *big hug*

Squiggle, on BBC Scotland news they said that Andy is now very guarded during interviews, after some jokey banter with Tim Henman was reported as Andy making an anti-English remark.

Summer, that is a fantastic photo you've posted.

I've downloaded the original on to my computer so I can upload it onto here as an attachment so everyone can see it at full size.

 

I hope you and Mr Summer have a wonderful celebratory tear

Stunning pic of Chatsworth gardens.

That maze looks fun, anyone good at mazes?  I always get lost.

I've never been in one. I'd definitely get lost.

Hi everyone x

Lovely pic of Chatsworth. Never been in a maze, i would get lost!
Happy Anniversary to you both Summer xx 

Had a busy day , son off work so we got the holiday clothes etc sorted. He just has to get his toiletries and thats him sorted. 
Hope you all well x 

Hi Skylark.

Well done to your son for getting the holiday clothes sorted out early. Mine have a habit of leaving it to the last minute,

Hi Yogi, yes been nagging him to get sorted! If left to him it would be the day before!
Have you had a good day? x 

I've had a funny sort of day. I felt like I wanted to curl up and fall asleep every time I sat down. I didn't though, I soldiered on.

Some days are just like that,arent they? You are a good wee soldier! 
This weather doesnt help  

Cant get into my PM,s have given up. No idea whats going on  

Goodnight all, comp playing up ggrrrr 


 

Oh no, is the site playing up as well as your comp? Hope it sorts itself out soon, See you tomorrow, Skylark.

I'm back meal was delicious and I brought some left over fillet steak home Bramble- she was very well behaved during her evening walk Thanks for the anniversary wishes, I bought mr summer a back scratcher in case he gets the 7 year itch! He loved it Glad you like the pic El, I found it on photo bucket I've been lost in a maze! I'll find a pic for you all later, I think you'll like it Skylark I hope your computer problems are solved tomorrow I bet son is any wait to pack that case now Hi yogi hope you had a good day

@ the back scratcher, what a great pressie idea for your 7th anniversary.

Lucky Bramble getting the fillet steak scraps - did her little tail go into waggy overdrive when she ate them?

Glad you both had a lovely evening.

Oh she may as well have been a helicopter lol There's more left for tomorrow too! How was your day? I think it's weather that's making us all weary

Here's the maze I got lost in... 10 points for the first person to correctly guess where it is..

I love when they do the helicopter or turbo tail thing.

Wow, that maze is huge. How on earth do you find your way out?

 

My day was fine, apart from being really tired. Here's hoping I'll be a bit less sleepy tomorrow, I'm off to bed now, goodnight Summer.

Night owl hugs.

Getting out is easy, you head for the centre where the pineapple is and walk straight out.. But the task is to find 6 checkpoints hidden in the maze, and that's when I kept getting lost. I found 4, got too hungry and left to go buy I've cream Sweet dreams yogi I hops you feel refreshed tomorrow Sweet dreams everyone

Good morning everyone

 

Cloudy but dry at present, showers are forecast. The neighbours' new garage arrived half an hour ago and the workmen are starting to put it up. My neighbour reckons it will take 3-4 hours to do, will the rain hold off until they've finished.

 

Skylark, I hope your computer is behaving itself today.

 

Summer, I see we can now properly call you Summer

I've no idea where your maze. I don't think it's in the UK as I can see a white car at the top left corner is driving on the right side of the road leading to the car park. It's possibly somewhere which grows pineapples so would be somewhere tropical.

 

Some mazes can be solved by following the path by sticking next to the right (or the left) side of the path where ever it goes. That's far from foolproof though.

 

Good morning everyone, I do think this weather is very tiring, hope you feel more wide awake today Yogi.

 

What a lovely treat for Bramble the leftover fillet steak.  I am very impressed with how organised your son is being Skylark (with your prompting of course).

 

I googled your maze Summer and I can see that EL's guess is correct. I hope the rain holds off until the garage is erected.  It will be a much better thing for you to look at than the old decrepit one.

 

Here is the maze I used to get lost in (we used to take our daughter and her friends on days out).  The theory about always turning left or right is fine until you are in the middle of one, it's very confusing

 

     

Good morning everyone. Lots of rain forecast for today.

I was going to guess Italy for the maze, as you were there last year but the pineapple made me think of Hawaii.

Skylark, I hope your computer is okay today.

I don't envy anyone who has to work outdoors in the weather we've had recently. Hope the workmen manage to build the garage, without getting drenched, El.

 

 

Just had a letter from my brother. One of his work colleagues was invited by a friend to go to a theatre in central London. The tickets cost £11 each. When they got to the theatre they discovered that they would be sitting right at the top and at the very end. Her friend told her that he suffered from vertigo and would suffer it they tried to sit there. So she explained this to the manager who then gave them a free upgrade to tickets close to and in front of the stage.

 

They found out from people sitting around them that the tickets for those places were a bit more expensive.

 

£250 each. That must be the bargain of the year

 

They've just finished putting up the neighbours garage and the rain did stay away. Looks considerably better than the old one

The latest moneysupermarket advert:

Blatant rip-off of:

Hope the producers of Magnum PI sue them.

 

Good morning wet here, and cold. I feel cold right through and I can't wait to have a warm bath tonight! Congratulations yogi The maze is the worlds largest outdoor maze, at the dole pineapple plantation on the island of o'ahu, hawai'i Everything in the cafe is pineapple flavoured! Squiggle that maze looks like fun too, we should build one in here! we could have it shaped to any design we choose El I'm pleased your neighbours garage went up dry and smoothly, is it exciting watching it transform?!

Oh the theatre tickets story was superb too! Bargain indeed

Well done Yogi

 

Summer, I hoped you like pinapple if everything in the cafe was pineapple flavoured.

 

Oooh Summer, thank you for the 10 points. You lucky girl, when were you in Hawaii and is it as beautiful as I imagine?

El, I love the theatre ticket story.

Well done Yogi ooh yes I'd love to hear about Hawaii!

 

El what a wonderful theatre ticket story

Ooh I thought you knew I had been! Ok, it was 7 years ago, just a few weeks before I met mr summer in person.. I went alone, because I'd been away 2 years earlier with a rubbish boyfriend and it was the longest 2 weeks of my life. I dumped him, vowed to remain single, and started saving & researching Hawaii- my dream holiday! I was living at my mums and working full time so took that opportunity to save for the holiday I wanted. I went for 2 weeks and did all sorts: jet skiing, surfing, watching hula shows, swam with a dolphin, took a helicopter ride, watched a movie on a big screen at the beach, visited tourist attractions (including the maze) went shopping, eating out, flew to Kauai for the day, went to a luau, a magic show, an Elvis show, went shooting on a ranch, quad biking.. I met lots of people, I really had the time of my life. I'll try to get some time to go on the home computer to upload some pics for you all! It was during the time that I was researching, that I started forumming a lot- it was light relief from the endless information out there. About 5 months before I went I was talking to mr summer a lot more and when the time came, he was worried about my going alone so I promised to send him a postcard..

El, I love pineapple! Did you know that it takes 18 months to grow & harvest a pineapple..? I had pineapple ice cream at the cafe that day

What an amazing holiday, it sounds fabulous, Summer.

And how sweet of Mr Summer to be concerned about you going alone.

I want to go to Hawaii now.

 

Thanks for the medal, I shall wear it with pride, Squiggle.

Summer, that sounds like the holiday of a lifetime.

 

Did you know that the scientific word for a pinepple comes from the Tupi word "nanas" which means "excellent fruit".

 

The hard bits on the outside of a pineapple are in rows. Whichever direction you count the number of hard bits in a row you will find that there are 5, 8, 13 or 21 of them. These are the Fibonacci numbers.

 

If you add 1 and 1 you get 2.

Take the last 1, add it to the 2 and you get 3

Take the 2, add it to the 3 and you get 5

Take the 3, add it to the 5 and you get 8

Keep on repeating this

5+8=13

8+13=21

13+21=34

21+34=55

34+55=89

1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89 etc is the Fibonacci series.

These numbers are everywhere in nature. Sometimes they are doubled (that's called the Lucas series).

If you went and counted the number of petals on a daisy you would find 21,34,55 or 89 petals for instance.

 

I didn't know that el, what a fantastic bit of information! Nature sure is funny Here's the hotel I stayed in, I struggled to find a good pic It's a small circular hotel! With an underwater themed reception area.. It was surprisingly not expensive too!

I want to go too now

If you take two numbers in the Fibonacci series and divide the larger by the smaller, you get s similar result - the larger the numbers, you get to the same result. It's about 1.618 and in mathematics it's called the Golden Ratio. If you draw out a rectangle with the longer and the shorter sides having this golden ratio, you get what is called the golden rectangle. Artists and architects have used this as it is believed to be pleasing to the eye.

 

The Fibonacci series is also used in the financial market for various algortihms but I'm not going to attempt to bother trying to understand that.

 

It's also been used in music.

Apparently it's used in Debussy's La Mer: (nothing to do with the famous song)

A pleasant short piece of music from Alexandre Despiat who is composes music for films, some French, some Hollywood.

Look what my friend made.. I asked if she could adopt me, she said yes, but only if I bring Bramble lol