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HELLO FORKERS March 2016 edition

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  • Morning all, back from dentist - again, doesn't get any better. image

    Lovely day here and when I get all my indoor jobs done I'll be outside again. Measuring well up for a grate to start with but if it is too expensive or too difficult to fit a wrought iron gate will have to be fitted. Just won't be me that tries to fit the grate on, definitely a job for an 'expert'. 

    'Well' that's all for now. image Have a good day. image

    • “Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
  • YviestevieYviestevie Posts: 7,066

    Morning all, the sun keeps trying to come out here but I've been out to open up the greenhouse and cold frame and it's really cold. No gardening planned for today.

    I'm going with secondborn to her final scan. I'm really excited.

    Hi from Kingswinford in the West Midlands
  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949

    Mrs. Garden you'll find me tucked up in the corner of the classroom very much working hard*cough* drinking hot chocolate *cough*

    Please please let me know what you think!

     

    If anyone has some spare time would you mind going to this link and watching a little video. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDNqOPro0AL/?taken-by=ladyclarington

    Its on Instagram and is of me "presenting" the makaton word for well you'll find out. I need honest opinions on video quality, presenting skills, what the sound is like. Its about to be a weekly feature!

  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    Hi Clari.

    Honestly, I thought video was excellent: clear sound, good quality video, and, I could understand you easily.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • ClaringtonClarington Posts: 4,949

    Thank you Punkdoc. The poor volunteer holding the camera was shivering in the cold he did so well bless him while I was wobbling about collars being straight and other nonsense. 

    As today is World Down Syndrome Day (and we're all wearing odd socks to raise awareness) I've decided to launch my Makaton project: every Monday I will release another video or image to help teachers / users learn Makaton words associated with the emergency services. Hopefully it'll get better week by week! image

    Best of all is that thanks to modern cameras it doesn't cost anything so I don't need to worry about that delightful topic "funding".

  • Odd socks that's me most days image. The video is great keep up the good work Clari

    If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Posts: 8,328

    ...nor on my chromebook...  

    Afternoon all.  Just back from second litter-picking operation in the town.  Nice to have lots of appreciative comments - though no passers-by have offered to muck in and help image

    Had a quick trip to the GC this morning, to buy a thank-you plant for my son and DIL whom I am visiting tomorrow for a few days.  (I think they might find me the odd job in their garden...  image)  Managed to add some veg seeds to the basket, but I feel a more extensive visit coming up after Easter - we need more bark to top up the paths, and no doubt I'll find that a few plants leap into my trolley at the same time.  image

    It's a bit dull but I think I might spend an hour or two re-shaping the lawn this afternoon.

    Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,352

    Afternoon all - back from a week away in Lincolnshire / Rutland - cold but dry so we did most of the things we wanted to do image. Barnsdale was about 2 miles down the road but didn't go because the day I had set aside was bitterly cold so went to Lincoln Cathedral instead.

    You all seem to have been busy little bees.

    Congratulations to Wonky on her new car - will make it easier for you to join us on some gardening outings  image and hope Flatters is feeling better.

    Love the well DD - would look brilliant planted up with ferns etc grotto style. Hope the wrought iron grill or gate is affordable - it will be a lovely feature in your garden.

    Clari - echo the other views on your video - clear, concise message - and I learnt something new todayimage. If it helps with feedback - it worked fine on an iMac.

    Have forgotten what everybody else is doing for now - hope you are all enjoying it. I am catching up on admin this afternoon. We have no less than (wait for it) 5 insurance policies which all expire within 10 days of one another plus a car and a motorbike MOT and tax (for both) in the same period. Ouch! Bad planning or what? 

    Am also doing battle with British Gas and Open Reach. The gin bottle is looking more tempting by the second....

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,036

    Welcome back Topbird.

    Lovely day, I've been gardening.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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