tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post1355618998787185082..comments2023-10-12T15:59:35.120+01:00Comments on radiogandy: WoW-ing at Colwick - very hot - 88F - little SSE breezetracyjameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00914991294683176018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-70139687200846843202009-07-02T17:12:34.033+01:002009-07-02T17:12:34.033+01:00I saw a butterfly too. That’s two this year!
An...I saw a butterfly too. That’s two this year! <br />And only one ladybird (yellow not red) and no honey bees (plenty of bumbles) or hover flies, ergo lots of greenflies.<br /><br />BP checked – perfect 139/70!<br /><br />Recalled fairly common bygone Mansfield word: ‘jannock’ (genuine/true/rye-bread). <br />Anyone else know it? <br /><br />I’ve a belief, could become crusade - everyone with space<br />should plant gooseberry bush and Bramley (or other apple) to benefit future generation(s). <br />I reckon fruit generally gives much better, less bother, return than veg crops.<br /><br />I like 'proper' (with-bone) kippers but also buy 'boil-in-bag' for convenience. <br />Whole packet usually excessive so I make pate with a couple of fillets(mayonnaise/cream/capers/gherkins/<br />horseradish, etc) which provides further delicious breakfasts (this morning with lovely Spiced Gooseberries). <br /><br />Jill:<br />Sandra recently bought nice little hanging baskets’ watering-can (email photo).<br /><br />Agree about gooseberries. <br />6lb pa does us amply. <br />I only like the jam with cheese-&-potato cakes or bacon & egg.<br /><br />Serena v Russian best match so far. Barely noticed noises despite having had left ear syringed.<br />Half past two.<br /><br />Can’t imagine mouse traps catching rats. <br />I have humane trap in which surplus mice humanely die of starvation.<br /><br />Jbw:<br />I’ll endeavour to keep my secret hobby a secret.bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-8978216603670046312009-07-02T16:52:39.113+01:002009-07-02T16:52:39.113+01:00I shall await the arrival of the duck with anticip...I shall await the arrival of the duck with anticipation - especially as I rang our local B & Q and they denied having any such thing....thank you!<br /><br />I used to be able to recite chunks of Hiawatha, loved it, it was the rythm.<br /><br />That's a very unpleasant bruise on your arm - at least you are not knitting....But glad the blood test was good.<br /><br />Just watched Serena Williams beat Dementieva - it was an excellent match, best women's match I have seen for a long time, but the grunting/screeching level was dreadful, we turned the sound down. <br /><br />R has been setting mouse traps all down the drive, some baited with chocolate, some cheese....we have both seen a lot of young rats running across the drive in the day time. I think our new rubbish system may have something to do with it - we have green lidded buckets for food waste, but large white square canvas containers (open) for plastics,mostly those which have held food, I rinse mine out, but see others still with food in them. And we have square green open boxes for tin foil containers/cardboard/tins, again there are lots of scraps of food still in there. We also have big blue carrier bags for paper, greens bags for garden stuff, and another green lidded bucket for the kitchen, and black sacks for everything else. They are collected different days, not always weekly - it's quite a challenge getting it right!Jillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23282643.post-30775828543082747732009-07-02T14:38:46.296+01:002009-07-02T14:38:46.296+01:00Graham, I too used to like the Song of Hiawatha wi...Graham, I too used to like the Song of Hiawatha with that rhythmic prose, and strange words. After school years it sort of disappeared into history until I was involved in singing Hiawatha's Wedding Feast. Wonderful piece that retains all those strange words and keeps the rhyming and the rhythms of Longfellow's words. I still get great pleasure from getting out the score and singing along to the CD.<br />Oops! that's let my secret hobby out of the bag!jbwnoreply@blogger.com