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HELLO FORKERS - DECEMBER 2018

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Dove - does OH ever say 'do you feel lucky, punk?'  to you ?  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Oh now surely Clint's seminal work was Paint Your Wagon? 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Fine above the neck but really too skinny for me but he did look good in his poncho and on a horse in all those spaghettis tho my favourite was Two Mules with Shirley McClean as it had humour.

    Pottered about tidying and doing odd jobs this am the nrushed out after lunch to patch which involves loading patch materials, cake, mosaic materials and handbag in car and I forgot my coat!   It was 15C at 1pm so very mild but rather brisk feeling when I left mosaic at 8pm.

    Glad all your singing went well Liri and great to get an ovation.   

    FG - the gilets jaunes have calmed down here and are no longer allowed to block roads completely but they do close off lanes and slow it all down on the north side of La Roche so we now avoid that junction and take the scenic route.   The protest at the south end has become just a group of people burning pallets and sheltering from the rain and wind under a makeshift tent.

    The ones in Paris were joined by "professional" protesters who seize the opportunity to cause mayhem thus earning a severe response from the police with unfortunate consequences for some of the people who are just expressing frustration.   It is beyond my understanding how, time and again, people in government underestimate or completely misread the public mood and are then surprised when they protest, demonstrate or vote in unexpected ways.   Why have they not grasped the power of Facebook and Twitter to bring folk together and organise?



    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    We’re off to Canberra today. I’ll be spending the day with my lovely daughter and Hubby with our son. I don’t often have the chance to spend quality time with her, so I’m looking forward to it.😃❤️

    Sleep well all.


    S. E. NSW
  • I agree, Fairy, vapour trails can add interest...



    ...but they're so common around here (because we're within striking distance of Manchester Airport and Leeds-Bradford) that it's a lovely change to see a completely blue sky like Pat's.   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • Fairygirl said:
    Dove - does OH ever say 'do you feel lucky, punk?'  to you ?  :D
    Not often ...  :/

    @Hostafan1 xx



    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
    Those comments made me smile. Back home now after our day in ACT and exhausted. Flopping on sofa.


    S. E. NSW
  • Pat EPat E Posts: 12,316
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    S. E. NSW
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Did you fall alseep Pat ?  :D
    Morning all/afties, evening Pat  ;)
    Hope your day yesterday was everything you'd hoped for.
    Not even 'make my day' Dove....I'm disappointed... :(
    r'girl - Paint your Wagon...chuckle  :D
    Obs - it did seem that there was lot of professional troublemakers among the 'proper' protestors, which seems to be common now.  :/
    I quite like that pic, Liri, but I take your point! I keep making a point of taking pix of the sky. I often think we forget how amazing it can be, and because I've been scouring my photos for ones to print, I've looked at ones I haven't seen for a while. I particularly like this one


    Our frost has given way to some rain and fabulous black clouds across the clear sky. Just above freezing now but maybe a few wintery showers to come.
    I'll have a quick look round before I head off. Have a good day all.

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Good morning all  :)
    a bright and frosty morning here in the east ... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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