Thanks for all your good wishes. My old dad is having X-rays now. Thanks for all the chuckles on the forum this afternoon. It has helped no end, while waiting in the hospital. My dad is nearly 90 so a dip had to come sometime. Love to all.
All this talk of walking around IKEA car parks with umbrellas reminded me of the Winnie-the-Pooh story in which Pooh tries to trick bees into thinking he's a little cloud, so he can help himself to some honey. (He's hanging from a balloon near their nest). He asks Christopher Robin to walk about in his wellies, with his umbrella up, saying "Tut tut. It looks like rain." Must read it again...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
The b****y foxes s**t on the back doorstep today. Lovely cloud of bluebottles rose to greet me as I opened the door to go out to the garden. And - get this - on my boot scraper. Which has bristles. Nice.
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
Have you tried - ahem - male wee around your garden boundaries, @LG_? It's supposed to put off the foxes. Though whether it's better to have a garden which smells like a urinal, or one full of fox poo, I don't know...
I can still hear my dad singing "How sweet to be a cloud". Happy memories...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We haven't done the boundaries thing, though plan to try it as soon as OH gets back from Canada. But he helps the compost heap along and frankly that end of the garden is the worst, so I'm unconvinced. This has happened before, in other weather conditions, but I think the lack of any rain is making it worse because they scent around and the scent stays and strengthens rather than being diluted / washed away. This is certainly the stinkiest the garden has ever been (not poo stink - that is localised to the dollops... which are unfortunately on the increase). Hey, my garden is sounding SO inviting isn't it? Luckily a lily I thought was dead has thrown up a ginormous flower which is actually doing a good job of scenting the garden in a more pleasant manner.
(Ignore the lily beetled leaves)
'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
All this talk of walking around IKEA car parks with umbrellas reminded me of the Winnie-the-Pooh story in which Pooh tries to trick bees into thinking he's a little cloud, so he can help himself to some honey. (He's hanging from a balloon near their nest). He asks Christopher Robin to walk about in his wellies, with his umbrella up, saying "Tut tut. It looks like rain."
Must read it again...
Floating in the blue.
Every little cloud
Always sings aloud.
Glad your dad is in good hands, Fire.
I can still hear my dad singing "How sweet to be a cloud". Happy memories...
We haven't done the boundaries thing, though plan to try it as soon as OH gets back from Canada. But he helps the compost heap along and frankly that end of the garden is the worst, so I'm unconvinced. This has happened before, in other weather conditions, but I think the lack of any rain is making it worse because they scent around and the scent stays and strengthens rather than being diluted / washed away. This is certainly the stinkiest the garden has ever been (not poo stink - that is localised to the dollops... which are unfortunately on the increase). Hey, my garden is sounding SO inviting isn't it? Luckily a lily I thought was dead has thrown up a ginormous flower which is actually doing a good job of scenting the garden in a more pleasant manner.
(Ignore the lily beetled leaves)