Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

 

Nice pieris EFFT  We had one for years , but it keeled over ...we are going to replace it soon  

I've got one in the front garden but it's smaller than Fluffy's.

If you can find it in the '365' thread (a few pages back) it used to be a lot taller, until the gardeners chopped it in half!

 Did you know they were going to chop it?

Yogi19 posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

 

Nice pieris EFFT  We had one for years , but it keeled over ...we are going to replace it soon  

I've got one in the front garden but it's smaller than Fluffy's.

If you can find it in the '365' thread (a few pages back) it used to be a lot taller, until the gardeners chopped it in half!

 Did you know they were going to chop it?

No, came home from work one day and it was done. I think Mr fluffy just told them to 'tidy up the garden' and left them to it! It certainly was neat and tidy.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

Yogi19 posted:

Baz posted:

 

Nice pieris EFFT  We had one for years , but it keeled over ...we are going to replace it soon  

I've got one in the front garden but it's smaller than Fluffy's.

If you can find it in the '365' thread (a few pages back) it used to be a lot taller, until the gardeners chopped it in half!

 Did you know they were going to chop it?

No, came home from work one day and it was done. I think Mr fluffy just told them to 'tidy up the garden' and left them to it! It certainly was neat and tidy.

 Are the gardeners still employed?

You might need to make your instructions very specific from now on.

Yogi19 posted:

 Are the gardeners still employed?

You might need to make your instructions very specific from now on.

No, it's not an on-going thing. Was just a trial. They weren't that bad really, just a bit hap hazard in terms of when they turned up, how long they worked for and that they never seemed to have any forward planning!

Other shrubs:-

Azalea -first flush is over, but a second is on its way! The flowers are yellow.

Miniature rhoddadendron

Presented one's self at a café in the "heart of North Yorkshire" yesterday.

"Can I have an omelette please?"

"Of course - what would you like?"

"Oh a vegetarian one please - what do you have?"

And the lady said . . .

"Well we have potatoes, carrots and cabbage . . . "

"Can we try mushrooms, onions and tomatoes instead?" I said.

Saint posted:

Presented one's self at a café in the "heart of North Yorkshire" yesterday.

"Can I have an omelette please?"

"Of course - what would you like?"

"Oh a vegetarian one please - what do you have?"

And the lady said . . .

 

"Well we have potatoes, carrots and cabbage . . . "

"Can we try mushrooms, onions and tomatoes instead?" I said.

 

 

 

Yeah - i'll have a cabbage omlette

Saint posted:

Presented one's self at a café in the "heart of North Yorkshire" yesterday.

"Can I have an omelette please?"

"Of course - what would you like?"

"Oh a vegetarian one please - what do you have?"

And the lady said . . .

 

"Well we have potatoes, carrots and cabbage . . . "

"Can we try mushrooms, onions and tomatoes instead?" I said.

 

 

 

 The first one sounds yuk !

Potatoes and cabbage - Is that not bubble 'n' squeak?

'I'll have a Bubble 'n' Squeak omelette please!'

Awww i love bats and that sound is nice - like a baby

Leaking toilet. Not nice

Plumber said he'd come out immediately. Nice

Bloke wanted £50 Not nice  

I negotiated £40. Nice

We already had a brand new cistern - and it fits. Nice

I then went to the shop. I won £25 on the Lottery. Nice

And with that I bought a scratch card and won £10 Nice

And now i'm eating cereal out of a pasta bowl with a soup spoon - exhausted !!

Saint posted:

Leaking toilet. Not nice

Plumber said he'd come out immediately. Nice

Bloke wanted £50 Not nice  

I negotiated £40. Nice

We already had a brand new cistern - and it fits. Nice

 

I then went to the shop. I won £25 on the Lottery. Nice

And with that I bought a scratch card and won £10 Nice

And now i'm eating cereal out of a pasta bowl with a soup spoon - exhausted !!

 

 Go you, Sainty!

That's not a bad day, all round 

Saint posted:

Awww i love bats and that sound is nice - like a baby

It was so sweet - I thought it was a pup at first  Imagine if they could be tamed into domesticated animals. You wouldn't need much house space, just let them out the window for exercise.

We have bats fly up and down our gardens

Silent, speedy and darting all over

Great to watch them in the evening

Saint posted:

We have bats fly up and down our gardens

Silent, speedy and darting all over

Great to watch them in the evening

That must be lovely... 

My friend had them in her roofspace once... Bat conversation people came out, and caught one - they were a rare species [ can't remember which ].  Bat-guy held one in his hands for me to see it up close, it had teeth like a cat   I was dying to pet its little head but didn't want to stress it any more.

Roger the Alien posted:

Saint posted:

We have bats fly up and down our gardens

Silent, speedy and darting all over

Great to watch them in the evening

That must be lovely... 

My friend had them in her roofspace once... Bat conversation people came out, and caught one - they were a rare species [ can't remember which ].  Bat-guy held one in his hands for me to see it up close, it had teeth like a cat   I was dying to pet its little head but didn't want to stress it any more.

The one in the video is a fruit bat b.t.w.... saw masses of them hanging in the trees when I was in Australia. It was a poopfest underneath them so I didn't go any closer 

Saint posted:

We have bats fly up and down our gardens

Silent, speedy and darting all over

Great to watch them in the evening

I echo Roger - that must be lovely.

I don't think I've ever seen bats in the wild.

There's a bat cave in Longleat

It's amazing - right up close - you could touch them if you dare.

One stared at me - I stared at it - we connected - it started having a wee wee 

Saint posted:

Presented one's self at a café in the "heart of North Yorkshire" yesterday.

"Can I have an omelette please?"

"Of course - what would you like?"

"Oh a vegetarian one please - what do you have?"

And the lady said . . .

 

"Well we have potatoes, carrots and cabbage . . . "

"Can we try mushrooms, onions and tomatoes instead?" I said.

 

 

 

That is the basis of a Spanish omelette.

Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:

Saint posted:

Presented one's self at a café in the "heart of North Yorkshire" yesterday.

"Can I have an omelette please?"

"Of course - what would you like?"

"Oh a vegetarian one please - what do you have?"

And the lady said . . .

 

"Well we have potatoes, carrots and cabbage . . . "

"Can we try mushrooms, onions and tomatoes instead?" I said.

 

 

 

That is the basis of a Spanish omelette.

But I was in Richmond 

Saint posted:

There's a bat cave in Longleat

It's amazing - right up close - you could touch them if you dare.

One stared at me - I stared at it - we connected - it started having a wee wee 

 ROFL

The first time I came anywhere close to bats was many years ago and we stopped off at a country house B & B and when we went into the bedroom there were 3 or 4 bats circling the ceiling light!

However, recently we have had bats roosting in the loft space. It always made me duck instinctively as they swooped in towards the house.

Roger the Alien posted:

Roger the Alien posted:

Saint posted:

We have bats fly up and down our gardens

Silent, speedy and darting all over

Great to watch them in the evening

That must be lovely... 

My friend had them in her roofspace once... Bat conversation people came out, and caught one - they were a rare species [ can't remember which ].  Bat-guy held one in his hands for me to see it up close, it had teeth like a cat   I was dying to pet its little head but didn't want to stress it any more.

The one in the video is a fruit bat b.t.w.... saw masses of them hanging in the trees when I was in Australia. It was a poopfest underneath them so I didn't go any closer 

Bat conservation I meant  

A thing of beauty is a joy forever

Josie Maran 

Poppy

Peony rose:

Lovely, Fluffy 

I love poppies, especially. See you have some nice bluebells too 

It's really weird, but just looking at that picture of the peony rose and bluebells makes me feel as though I can smell the perfume from them!

Realised later that this might be a bit ambiguous.

The reason for this ^^^^^ and the comparison left/right writing pictures is that I was right handed up to when I had the operation and effectively left handed ever since!

Don't worry, it made sense Fluffy  

My Salvia is attracting bees for the first time

AND it has Cuckoo Spit on it too

Saint posted:

My Salvia is attracting bees for the first time

AND it has Cuckoo Spit on it too

I read that as " my saliva"

It must have been the Cuckoo Spit's fault.

 an easy mistake LOL

I found a wonderfully ramshackle cottage-garden style greenhouse selling bedding plants at knock down prices today 

Saint posted:

 an easy mistake LOL

 

I found a wonderfully ramshackle cottage-garden style greenhouse selling bedding plants at knock down prices today 

What did you buy?

I've given up on Petunias - they overgrow and crowd out other plants

So I've plumbed for Calibrachoa which has worked well in the past 

Saint posted:

I've given up on Petunias - they overgrow and crowd out other plants

So I've plumbed for Calibrachoa which has worked well in the past 

 Good choice, they're very pretty

Take some time out from the dull routines of life and embrace the beauty of Milan Central Railway Station on Google Maps.

Amazing building