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Reasons to be cheerful 2021

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328
    Yes, I realise how lucky I am!  We get them in the garden too, on the much-too-big conifer.  Definitely a reason to keep it...   :)
    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • LunarSeaLunarSea Posts: 1,923
    My RTBC today is that after a long battle through three individual stages of the HMRC complaints process, the Adjudicator's Office (a government body) has found in my favour and instructed HMRC to write and apologise to me and to send a £100 redress payment  :)
    Clay soil - Cheshire/Derbyshire border. 

    I play with plants and soil and sometimes it's successful
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Re goldcrests, we see them frequently in the branches of a Scots pine outside our bedroom window. In contrast, I have only seen about three goldfinches in the 16 years we have lived here. And not a single sparrow or starling in our garden. Sorry, that’s not a RTBC.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Ergates said:
    Re goldcrests, we see them frequently in the branches of a Scots pine outside our bedroom window. In contrast, I have only seen about three goldfinches in the 16 years we have lived here. And not a single sparrow or starling in our garden. Sorry, that’s not a RTBC.
    you're welcome to my starlings. flippin' millions of them

    Devon.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Many years ago, and during one winter only, we had loads of long tailed tits in the garden.  Lovely little birds and disappointing that they never returned.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    OH's Blue Badge assessor told him this morning he should hear back in about 10 days time - fingers crossed.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I managed to finish shredding the Apple prunings today. 
    AB Still learning

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    My potted camellia is out in bloom - deep pink flowers, very attractive.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    It’s a small pleasure but I have just finished wrapping the Christmas presents, something to which I devote quite a lot of attention. And yesterday I delivered all the Christmas village cards; it must have been about 50.
    Rutland, England
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    One RTBC here is that the Belgian and French don't do Xmas cards like the Brits so I now only send to family and very old friends in the UK.
    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
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