Yes Geoff living in the Outer Hebrides, the picture above is taken on the Isle of Harris.
Camping generally tends to be" dreek " in Scotland, and of course the dreaded midge!!! Was it the Isle of Skye you went to as a nipper? You would of crossed over on a ferry in those days, now of course they have the bridge.
Thankfully Inkadog no great white sharks here, however our surfer boys dispute that!. Basking, blue & short fin sharks are more often spotted. Miss B x
Miss B
It is so long ago I cant remember-we did go on a ferry and visited, some islands went up a mountain-brr-went to Oban and got chased by a nutter.
I am not sure if those are highlights or low-lights but I don't think it was a happy visit and was glad to get home-must have only been 12 or 13 at the time.
Grey, wet and cold here today, again! Mind you, the plants are loving it. The Camellias have never looked so good.
Steps: Geoff, 47, wrong. Koala, 42, wrong. Kate, 48, wrong. The answer is of course...39! Really!
Inka, hoovering the freezer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Mind you, I do defrost the freezer with the hairdryer. Makes it super quick.
Wintersong, nice to hear you joining in. I know what you mean about the noise from neighbour's children. We have decided not to have any, but I was a Nanny for 10 years, and never let my charges encroach on the neighbours by endlessly shouting and screaming. We were driven out of our last house by the screaming kids from next door. The parents just couldn't be bothered. They'd go out, shout at them, make threats about them having to come in if they didn't quieten down, but then do nothing about it. We asked nicely, complained, then ended up rowing about it. Our garden was 140 ft long, their's was 40 ft long. We could still hear them, at the end of our garden, with our ipods on!!! We had to move, and did so.......now, WE HAVE NO NEIGHBOURS!!!!! YAY! A road on 1 side, fields on the other sides, and only horses and sheep anywhere near us. Our nearest neighbours are almost a mile away. Heaven! The garden is 1/3 acre, with apple, pear and plum trees, large lawn, and 3 main beds, in colours; orange & yellow bed, blue and white bed, reds pinks and purples bed. Lots of shrubs, and the usual perennials and bulbs. I love Euphorbias and Hosta's. I have lots of pots on staging on the patio that wraps around the house, and this seems to have cured the problems of rabbits eating everything in pots at ground level. I have to cloche lots of things in the beds though, overnight, or when I'm not there. I love gardening! Your Ceanothus makes mine look like a baby! Lovely pic.
I have had a sunny morning after my failed attempts to get some free horse manure I bought 3 bags of well rotted. I have incorporated the first in my new dahlia bed.
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You will get wet-especially when making lemon curd.
Miss B
It is so long ago I cant remember-we did go on a ferry and visited, some islands went up a mountain-brr-went to Oban and got chased by a nutter.
I am not sure if those are highlights or low-lights but I don't think it was a happy visit and was glad to get home-must have only been 12 or 13 at the time.
You picture is lovely
Morning All,
Absence note in the post!
Grey, wet and cold here today, again! Mind you, the plants are loving it. The Camellias have never looked so good.
Steps: Geoff, 47, wrong. Koala, 42, wrong. Kate, 48, wrong. The answer is of course...39! Really!
Inka, hoovering the freezer?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Mind you, I do defrost the freezer with the hairdryer. Makes it super quick.
Wintersong, nice to hear you joining in. I know what you mean about the noise from neighbour's children. We have decided not to have any, but I was a Nanny for 10 years, and never let my charges encroach on the neighbours by endlessly shouting and screaming. We were driven out of our last house by the screaming kids from next door. The parents just couldn't be bothered. They'd go out, shout at them, make threats about them having to come in if they didn't quieten down, but then do nothing about it. We asked nicely, complained, then ended up rowing about it. Our garden was 140 ft long, their's was 40 ft long. We could still hear them, at the end of our garden, with our ipods on!!! We had to move, and did so.......now, WE HAVE NO NEIGHBOURS!!!!! YAY! A road on 1 side, fields on the other sides, and only horses and sheep anywhere near us. Our nearest neighbours are almost a mile away. Heaven! The garden is 1/3 acre, with apple, pear and plum trees, large lawn, and 3 main beds, in colours; orange & yellow bed, blue and white bed, reds pinks and purples bed. Lots of shrubs, and the usual perennials and bulbs. I love Euphorbias and Hosta's. I have lots of pots on staging on the patio that wraps around the house, and this seems to have cured the problems of rabbits eating everything in pots at ground level. I have to cloche lots of things in the beds though, overnight, or when I'm not there. I love gardening! Your Ceanothus makes mine look like a baby! Lovely pic.
Yvie
Hi Yvie-glad you have edited your text since last I looked-though you did miss a bit
-after the hoovering freezer comment
I feel such a thicky about the steps question
Oh yeah. Well spotted. I thought you'd get the 39 steps in seconds. You're slipping, my friend
. I need to ask a gardening question...
Yvie
Go on then
I have had a sunny morning
after my failed attempts to get some free horse manure I bought 3 bags of well rotted. I have incorporated the first in my new dahlia bed.
It is raining now
39
9 have read my 'double planting' post, none have answered. I am bereft!
Yvie
Yvie-give it time- it has only been minutes.
Kate-I have rotted chicken manure
Hot news-I have just sold 9 tomato plants!!
have orders for another 6!!