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Curmudgeon' s Corner. I blame it on the heat.

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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Imagine if weather forecasters only got paid for when they predicted things correctly... :|
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited July 2018
    Then the forecast would be like this
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddXBn2YRFDQ
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    My neighbour is outside 'gardening'. He reduces everything down to 1mm high using petrol tools. If it isn't short grass he can't see it as anything but weeds. Apparently plant blindness is an actual phenominominom though

    “the inability to see or notice the plants in one's own environment, leading to the inability to recognize the importance of plants in the biosphere and in human affairs.” Plant blindness also comprises an “inability to appreciate the aesthetic and unique biological features” of plants and “the misguided, anthropocentric ranking of plants as inferior to animals, leading to the erroneous conclusion that they are unworthy of human consideration.”



    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'm finding the weed survivors really interesting. There's a lovely little yellow flower popping up all over my 'dead' lawn. It's obviously there all the time, but the flowers usually get mowed off before they develop.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    B3 said:
    I'm finding the weed survivors really interesting. There's a lovely little yellow flower popping up all over my 'dead' lawn. It's obviously there all the time, but the flowers usually get mowed off before they develop.
    is it a trefoil? They are popping up everywhere here. 

    "we are currently experiencing high call volumes......" This has to be the worst hold music I've ever had to endure for more than 15 minutes. And that's quite a low bar to get under
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Roland is just off out to fill the pond, again! 
    Strange how we can be just 10 miles apart as the crow flies and have such different weather patterns, I think it just hangs on the Moors and drops on us. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    All this dry soil is sucking the moisture out of the clouds. They still think we may get some on Sunday. Here's hoping ....
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Here’s ours for Sunday.  Not only raining but gales to go with it, and we’d planned a day out with daughter at Mevagissy 😢. Weather the same where she lives so plenty of rain for West Devon and East Cornwall.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    No it's not  a trefoil.  I went out to take  a picture but the sun had gone in and it's closed up
    It's a  bit like  a balding  dandelion  stem about  6" high 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I remember sitting  for half an hour in a car park in pitlochry waiting for the torrential rain to stop. We got fed up and left. Less than 5 minutes out of town, the roads were bone dry.
    IT'S RAINING! Look out the window LG!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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