Technology gives us such wonderful ways of staying in touch ......makes all the difference. Are you tempted to follow in her footsteps? Cannas grown like that must be a sight to see
Chicky, we always head East ( or South ), never West.
It's quite surreal for those of us who are over 27 to contemplate someone visiting Cartagena and Bogota and Medellin for a holiday. It wasn't that long ago they were the cocaine / murder capitals of the planet.
Just arrived back in Adelaide about an hour ago. She says she is looking forward to opening her wardrobe and having more than 5 tops to choose from Not sure travelling light is really her thing But she had the best time, and she’ll never forget it. Uni and lectures start on Monday ......Summer holidays are over.
Hi everyone haven't been able to get in for last couple of days my old laptop not the site methinks as you have all posted sooooo much. Hope all is well with everyone.
Anyone else watch the live OGWT last night now there was a trip down memory lane, interesting how most of the acts decided to play acoustic- too many famous name to list.
Off to the national Gallery to see the King Charles I art collection.
Dacha do you HAVE to send us your cold wind from Siberia we really won't miss it if you could divert it away please
I agree, Dacha ... you can keep it over your way please
I came down and found the little bit of h*wk I'd planned to do has been done ... as OH is cooking our supper all I have to do today is go to the GC for birdfood and some seeds .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was listening to a guy who manages a basketball team in Plymouth speak on local TV last night . He made the comparison that basketball, a game played by thousands, does not receive on penny of taxpayers' money, yet " skeleton" gets £6,500,000.
How many people actually take part in "skeleton " ? Strikes me as an obscene sum of money to benefit such a tiny number of people .
I've been busy for a few days. My friend has bought a bungalow which was not selling because of the garden. It has not been touched for two years.Previous owner had to go in a home and then died. It obviously put a lot of people off. The sellers have left a lot of furniture (useful as she has none, having moved back from Australia. ) The solicitors seem to have moved in record time, so the last couple of days we have been chopping back brambles, feeding it through a shredder, and finding what there is. One of the neighbours appear to have had an itinerant in to lollipop a cherry, he threw all the bits over the fence.
However, there is a shed full of good tools including a mower, a greenhouse, and compost bins. They have also left some nice large pots.
The carpets were all been steam cleaned yesterday, so it will soon be ready to move in, just waiting on delivery of a new bed.
So far I have discovered some nice hellebores, and heathers in flower. A lot of overgrown clematis will shortly get a severe haircut, no matter what sort they are. it appears to have once been a plantsmans garden. I think with a few more days hacking and shredding, and a bit of taming the lawn meadow, it will start to look like a garden again.
However I need the pain killers to kick in. My hips have seized up from all the bending yesterday. So no more shredding today. I will do a bit of potting up of dahlia tubers etc.
The neighbours daughter who is getting married in September wants white and peach tones for flowers, so I am about to start on that plan. I intend roping in as many locals with a bit of spare garden to grow on some white cosmos to use a vase fillers. I will supply the plants, on condition they get cut mid September for vases. I also need to prune down a couple of stems on the eucalyptus to give the young shoots that flower arrangers love so much.
As I understand it the funding of individuals comes from the National Lottery ... it's the funding of the Governing Bodies that comes from the taxpayer.
I rarely buy lottery tickets, but when I do I have no objection to the money going to fund athletes ... successful teams on the tv encourages active participation in sports and that keeps the next generation healthier ...... well that's the theory and I've seen no reason to suppose it's not a good idea.
Certainly the few teenagers I know well are all enthused by the snowboarding, skating etc and are already involved in winter sports themselves ... keeps them off street corners at least
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
" successful teams on the tv encourages active participation in sports and that keeps the next generation healthier ...... well that's the theory and I've seen no reason to suppose it's not a good idea. "
£6.5m would keep a lot more kids healthier if it wasn't spent one such elitist pursuits. IMHO.
Who was it who said " a lottery is a tax on the stupid and the greedy"?
I know I sell tickets to the same folk every time I stand at the till.
Fidget - good to see you again. Two lovely projects to get your teeth into but remember to save time for you too.
Pat - Lovely photos and great to see a double rainbow. Hosta - your daughter's lodging look stunning and I love the light on the cannas too but still not sure I'll bother growing them unless I find some with very good foliage. As for sports sponsorship, it's all about medal potential - none won or winnable means no funding. How yo'ure supposed to get to medal winning level without help is obviously beyond their thought processes.
DL - my pond has filled up very nicely thank you. I'll post a pic.
Funny about Springsteen WW. Was working with a chap at the dance club to make playlists and he'd never heard of him! Some good jive tracks.
Yvie - hope the weigh in wasn't too bad. Need to get myself back on track too as spring will soon be here and too warm to hide in jeans and big jumpers.
Chicky - completely understand you're need to be there and pleased that you can.
Hi to everyone else. Have a lovely day, sunny I hope and not too cold yet.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Technology gives us such wonderful ways of staying in touch ......makes all the difference. Are you tempted to follow in her footsteps? Cannas grown like that must be a sight to see
Chicky, we always head East ( or South ), never West.
It's quite surreal for those of us who are over 27 to contemplate someone visiting Cartagena and Bogota and Medellin for a holiday. It wasn't that long ago they were the cocaine / murder capitals of the planet.
She's having a wonderful time .
Is your Chicklet still in NZ?
Just arrived back in Adelaide about an hour ago. She says she is looking forward to opening her wardrobe and having more than 5 tops to choose from
Not sure travelling light is really her thing 
But she had the best time, and she’ll never forget it. Uni and lectures start on Monday 
......Summer holidays are over.
Hi everyone haven't been able to get in for last couple of days my old laptop not the site methinks as you have all posted sooooo much. Hope all is well with everyone.
Anyone else watch the live OGWT last night now there was a trip down memory lane, interesting how most of the acts decided to play acoustic- too many famous name to list.
Off to the national Gallery to see the King Charles I art collection.
Dacha do you HAVE to send us your cold wind from Siberia we really won't miss it if you could divert it away please
Hello again all
gorgeous photos 
I agree, Dacha ... you can keep it over your way please
I came down and found the little bit of h*wk I'd planned to do has been done ... as OH is cooking our supper all I have to do today is go to the GC for birdfood and some seeds .........
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was listening to a guy who manages a basketball team in Plymouth speak on local TV last night . He made the comparison that basketball, a game played by thousands, does not receive on penny of taxpayers' money, yet " skeleton" gets £6,500,000.
How many people actually take part in "skeleton " ? Strikes me as an obscene sum of money to benefit such a tiny number of people .
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-olympics/2018/02/19/adam-rosen-bow-self-financing-luge-olympic-dream-not-bitter/
I've been busy for a few days. My friend has bought a bungalow which was not selling because of the garden. It has not been touched for two years.Previous owner had to go in a home and then died. It obviously put a lot of people off. The sellers have left a lot of furniture (useful as she has none, having moved back from Australia. ) The solicitors seem to have moved in record time, so the last couple of days we have been chopping back brambles, feeding it through a shredder, and finding what there is. One of the neighbours appear to have had an itinerant in to lollipop a cherry, he threw all the bits over the fence.
However, there is a shed full of good tools including a mower, a greenhouse, and compost bins. They have also left some nice large pots.
The carpets were all been steam cleaned yesterday, so it will soon be ready to move in, just waiting on delivery of a new bed.
So far I have discovered some nice hellebores, and heathers in flower. A lot of overgrown clematis will shortly get a severe haircut, no matter what sort they are. it appears to have once been a plantsmans garden. I think with a few more days hacking and shredding, and a bit of taming the lawn meadow, it will start to look like a garden again.
However I need the pain killers to kick in. My hips have seized up from all the bending yesterday. So no more shredding today. I will do a bit of potting up of dahlia tubers etc.
The neighbours daughter who is getting married in September wants white and peach tones for flowers, so I am about to start on that plan. I intend roping in as many locals with a bit of spare garden to grow on some white cosmos to use a vase fillers. I will supply the plants, on condition they get cut mid September for vases. I also need to prune down a couple of stems on the eucalyptus to give the young shoots that flower arrangers love so much.
I don't know how I ever found time to go to work.
Have a good time in Oz , Chicky.
I hope the job hunting goes well, Wonky.
As I understand it the funding of individuals comes from the National Lottery ... it's the funding of the Governing Bodies that comes from the taxpayer.
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/our-work/investing-in-sport/how-uk-sport-funding-works
I rarely buy lottery tickets, but when I do I have no objection to the money going to fund athletes ... successful teams on the tv encourages active participation in sports and that keeps the next generation healthier ...... well that's the theory and I've seen no reason to suppose it's not a good idea.
Certainly the few teenagers I know well are all enthused by the snowboarding, skating etc and are already involved in winter sports themselves ... keeps them off street corners at least
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dove, I agree:
" successful teams on the tv encourages active participation in sports and that keeps the next generation healthier ...... well that's the theory and I've seen no reason to suppose it's not a good idea. "
£6.5m would keep a lot more kids healthier if it wasn't spent one such elitist pursuits. IMHO.
Who was it who said " a lottery is a tax on the stupid and the greedy"?
I know I sell tickets to the same folk every time I stand at the till.
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Fidget - good to see you again. Two lovely projects to get your teeth into but remember to save time for you too.
Pat - Lovely photos and great to see a double rainbow. Hosta - your daughter's lodging look stunning and I love the light on the cannas too but still not sure I'll bother growing them unless I find some with very good foliage. As for sports sponsorship, it's all about medal potential - none won or winnable means no funding. How yo'ure supposed to get to medal winning level without help is obviously beyond their thought processes.
DL - my pond has filled up very nicely thank you. I'll post a pic.
Funny about Springsteen WW. Was working with a chap at the dance club to make playlists and he'd never heard of him! Some good jive tracks.
Yvie - hope the weigh in wasn't too bad. Need to get myself back on track too as spring will soon be here and too warm to hide in jeans and big jumpers.
Chicky - completely understand you're need to be there and pleased that you can.
Hi to everyone else. Have a lovely day, sunny I hope and not too cold yet.