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shillelagh 10-08-2014 09:32
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its raining dave ... heavy and persistent rain according to weather forecast!!!:D

don't ask me gremlin .. I haven't the foggiest ... :confused:

Gremlin 10-08-2014 09:36
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A good idea whacker. As soon as matron returns my clothes I will do.

DaveinGermany 10-08-2014 09:41
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A good idea whacker. As soon as matron returns my clothes I will do.
Why wait? Get out there & make a statement (a somewhat wrinkly statement, but a statement none the less :D) & I'm pretty sure you'd then have enough to keep you occupied for the foreseeable future! ;)

Gremlin 10-08-2014 10:28
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Serious now, my clothes gave just been returned (11.10 am), from the lady who does my ironing. I am going to my cousin's at Silsden for a barbeque and I would look well in just long grey Mac. Or would I?
She lives in a rambling old vicarage with a large outbuilding so I think we will be having the party indoors, it's absolutely pouring down there, I just rung her to see if it is still on.
My jam butties have been made so I can't let her down.

Somebody mentioned parks and cemeteries the other day.
For those who don't get to see Accrington Cemetery here is a section of it.
last week when I was putting flowers on June's grave.

Margaret Pilkington 10-08-2014 10:35
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Have a great day Russell......even if the festivities are indoors(there is not a remote chance they would have a barbecue outdoors in this downpour) you can still have a fine time chatting and socialising...and to me that is better than barbecued food(for barbecued it should read 'cremated and tasting of charcoal' - not my favourite flavours).
I will stick with the traditional Sunday Roast.

davemac 10-08-2014 10:35
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How to combat boredom.
Fill a sink with water, add a drop of red cordial, pull the plug out and watch the water run down the hole.

I won't have to wait much longer for the white coated men to come for me.

Before they do can any of you expert flower power photographers tell me what the plant is.
My late wife had it given two years ago and I keep it well watered on the window bottom, cutting bits off it as it gets too big. It's about two feet high now. No one who calls has a clue or how to look after it for the best.
Poinsettia, grown for the Christmas market due to its red bracts, it will only get red bracts again when it has 12 hours of darkness and the same of daylight. It is best kept short, cut back about 8 to 12 inches from the base, it will however bleed, so don't do it all at once.

I don't know if the plant is of any attachment to yourself, but they are usually thrown after the bracts have gone, they are part of the grow and throw market, Poinsettias, and Potmums, are some that require specific light regimes to flower at a specific time so are discarded when the flowers, bracts, have gone.

Margaret Pilkington 10-08-2014 10:37
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If Alan Titchmarsh ever gives up....I reckon you should apply for his job Dave....you are a veritable Horticultural Encyclopaedia.

Gremlin 10-08-2014 10:41
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Have a great day Russell......even if the festivities are indoors(there is not a remote chance they would have a barbecue outdoors in this downpour) you can still have a fine time chatting and socialising...and to me that is better than barbecued food(for barbecued it should read 'cremated and tasting of charcoal' - not my favourite flavours).
I will stick with the traditional Sunday Roast.
I agree Margaret, when ever I pass a barbecue it smells like a dustbin on fire.
I will probably have had a salad butty made, they know me well.

Thanks for the advice Dave. I will heed it and act accordingly. I assume it is OK to be kept in the kitchen on the window bottom facing West, with lots of light and direct sun from about four PM this time of year.
I hopefully will have a a photo or two later if things go according to the maestro.

maxthecollie 10-08-2014 10:45
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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 1112857)
How to combat boredom.
Fill a sink with water, add a drop of red cordial, pull the plug out and watch the water run down the hole.

I won't have to wait much longer for the white coated men to come for me.

Before they do can any of you expert flower power photographers tell me what the plant is.
My late wife had it given two years ago and I keep it well watered on the window bottom, cutting bits off it as it gets too big. It's about two feet high now. No one who calls has a clue or how to look after it for the best.
They're coming to take you away

mobertol 10-08-2014 10:54
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Flowers and insects from today's walk by the river.
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3&4 are not ones I know, 3 is especially interesting.
Number three is know colloquially here as an "ink plant" they grow to over 1 metre high and if you touch the berres they stain you purple - don't know if they were ever actually used to produce ink though - will see if I can find our more. I don't recognise 4 either or number 2 I'd like to know what that is if you know!

mobertol 10-08-2014 10:55
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Before they do can any of you expert flower power photographers tell me what the plant is.
My late wife had it given two years ago and I keep it well watered on the window bottom, cutting bits off it as it gets too big. It's about two feet high now. No one who calls has a clue or how to look after it for the best.
That looks like a Poinsettia gone wild!

mobertol 10-08-2014 10:58
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Have a great day Russell......even if the festivities are indoors(there is not a remote chance they would have a barbecue outdoors in this downpour) you can still have a fine time chatting and socialising...and to me that is better than barbecued food(for barbecued it should read 'cremated and tasting of charcoal' - not my favourite flavours).
I will stick with the traditional Sunday Roast.
I like both Margaret - nothing better than a Sunday roast with trimmings but a barbecue is great as I don't have to do the cooking for a change :D

mobertol 10-08-2014 11:06
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Poinsettia, grown for the Christmas market due to its red bracts, it will only get red bracts again when it has 12 hours of darkness and the same of daylight. It is best kept short, cut back about 8 to 12 inches from the base, it will however bleed, so don't do it all at once.

I don't know if the plant is of any attachment to yourself, but they are usually thrown after the bracts have gone, they are part of the grow and throw market, Poinsettias, and Potmums, are some that require specific light regimes to flower at a specific time so are discarded when the flowers, bracts, have gone.
Couldn't have put it better - I have managed to keep a Poinsettia going for a few years. They do like light and you have to be careful not to overwater as the leaves drop easily I find. They grow all year round in Tenerife - I have a nice photo with them on taken by the pool where my parents live - I made the photo into a Xmas card for them one year. (There are 2 versions!)

mobertol 10-08-2014 11:10
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A selection of pics of Vintage cars which were on display in a nearby village for the opening of a new bar/eatery yesterday evening. A couple of old model Fiat 500's, two 1971 "Herbies", not sure of the other 2 but the burgundy one was another old Fiat I think a name like "Abant"...I'm sure our car enthusiasts will know.

davemac 10-08-2014 11:39
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Originally Posted by mobertol (Post 1112882)
Number three is know colloquially here as an "ink plant" they grow to over 1 metre high and if you touch the berres they stain you purple - don't know if they were ever actually used to produce ink though - will see if I can find our more. I don't recognise 4 either or number 2 I'd like to know what that is if you know!
Number 2 and 5 are both umbeliferous plants, I think 2 is just 5 before it gets its flower head "up" over here there are that many different varieties that look the same they get lumped under the name of Cow Parsley. I remember Susie123 and myself had a go at specific identification of some of these, we never managed it. Just to prove I am a mine of useless information, umbelliferous plants fall under an umbrella of a Genus of over 300, which sub divides into over 3000 species, so its probably best to call it Cow Parsley.


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