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Reasons to be cheerful 2019 - the antidote to Curmudgeons' Corner

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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    DyersEnd said:
    Apologies to those who aren't cheered up by this but more than 2.5 million have signed the petition to revoke article 50. I've included a link.... just in case https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584
    That's only 15 million less than voted to leave in the referendum, and I suspect the vast majority are those who voted to stay in the first place.  To be honest, I think that simply getting a proper decision made, irrespective of the outcome, is all most people want now.  Well that, and a set of politicians who are actually capable of making a decision.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Dahlias!   Bought a bunch of them in bags form a garden shop last spring and potted them.  Took ages for them to pop and get big enough to plant out.  Eventually got some good blooms.

    Checked today and 2/3rds of the little darlings have shoots!   Never thought I'd get excited about dahlias but I'm chuffed to bits.
    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
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    My magnolia stellata is looking magnificent, you can see it in the front garden as you come along the lane, it really stands out. 
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Reasons to be cheerful been to see family in Nuneaton and a long lunch in a local pub and I wasn’t driving home , cheers 🍺

  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Spotted the fat bullets of Solomon's Seal starting to poke through the soil today :)
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Saw the first swallow of the year today. Very early compared to the last 2 years so I'm not sure if it's good or not but it's always nice to see them back. The hedges were full of chiffchaffs too.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    Heard yesterday that our friend finally gave birth to a daughter, 12 days after her due date.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    First Swallowtail butterfly of the year spotted yesterday.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    floralies said:
    First Swallowtail butterfly of the year spotted yesterday.
    I've never , ever spotted a swallowtail butterlly.  :'(
    Devon.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Let my joy be unbridled:

    SPIKEY'S BACK !!!!!!
    Devon.
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