"YABBER-LINER" - ALL ABOARD

Oh Izzie, how simply wonderful to see you here; I was informed you had gone to Aden. Last time I was there; four goats could buy a very attractive camel.

As Long John Silver used to say, “Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.”

A toad a day keeps the doctor away a?

Ohhhhhhhhhhh I had an edentful time at the project. It was tooooo cool.... well, it wasn't, you walked in to the rainforest biome and came out looking like a curly mop! Sweaty to boot!!!!!!!! But man, it was beautiful.

Saw some wonderful fleurs. Found my peace!


Blue - 'tis so good to see you! I'm sure I see a glint in your eye!

Gosh I missed you!

Hope you've been jet setting to nice places and been ordering in room service! Ohhhh.... do I hear the bell going! HA!

hugs Blue..... bigguns at that! xox

Hey BEAgle, Vegemite, Mis & Crew....

ha... was being naughty at work - it was sooooooo busy there today and there's all sorts of malarchy going on!!! Staying well out of it. There was a big meeting after school today with the unions there!!!!!! OMGawd. Glad I wasn't there. Headteech was OK with me - supportive about whats been happening with me and agreed for the Access To Work folk to come into the school and see what we can do to make things easier - voice recognition software, that sorta thing instead of having to type up everything or write things, writing is the hardest - typing I can do more easily! Anyhooooo - it was OK being back (as long as I didn't talk about anything important - I held my own!)

Vegemite - oh hun - you sound a little down. Hopefully things will start sorting themselves out girlie and the sun will start shining. Tell me, how did the egg decorating at work go????? Have you got any plans to go away at all, or a visit to Kerala? Thinking about you x


ohhhhhhhhhh.... need to grab something to eat - tummy is complaining
hugely!


oh Mis.... what did you decide to do on Friday???? Hope all is good with you Dixie x

a couple of ground covers coming to life





some forsythia



some purple flower



the new rain barrel



the backyard

hey, deej...

I just decided last night that I need a rain barrel.

where'd you get yours? (prolly some canajun place, huh...)

Pretty pics Didge....
hello there Rock
I see Try slinked in.

Yes Verby - that is G-baby. And that smile says it all.

Iz...no, I have not made a decision. I am having a hard time thinking - I am so sore from picking back up on my weight lifting - I know - sounds so manly - I did squats yesterday and today I am so sore I can't think straight. No, it was day before yesterday - yesterday I was sore - today I can hardly move. I hate that. I will try to focus tomorrow - I HAVE to...because tomorrow I have to get the stuff to do it. Ugh.

My tumbly is rumbly too.

home hardware, something like ace hardware in the us

the one in the pic is a half barrel, nice for against the house, we had another one there before that was a full barrel, we moved it to the middle of the backyard (it's hidden behind the big bush in the pics)

Hello Izzie, hello crew. Just a quick hello. Hello.
Dutchy, thank you for the recipe. I will inform when attempt.
Mismi and Stormwatch. I still remember my mom cheering me on as I rounded third base.
djjd62. Very nice ground coverings. Ever hear of: "bishops weed", or "snow on the mountains", ground coverings?
Hello ehbeth, verbivore, Rockhead, and that TryGuy,.....and to all a good day.

the snow on the mountains sounds familiar, not heard of the other, will have to check that out

read an article a few years ago about starting an alpine rock garden, looked really cool

hey hey again........

welllllllll.... you know some days you just find something beautiful just whispering in the breeze.... then you hear something .... and all is right with the world again....











I had one of those moments today!







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Morning crew, this thread starts to look like an art gallery with all the beautiful pictures of Izzie and djjd. So different to what I look at outside, no green everything burnt yellow. However things may change, lots of rain has been forecasts for next 4 days, maybe the break in the seasons where we've been waiting for. Getting very dark outside as I speak, oh glorious rain, how wonderful. Hope it gets as far as you ddxx and fill your dams. Will report back later.

Morning All....

OK - I am knackered so gonna have to go to zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

DjjD - love the pics - I have the same ground coverings - your second pic looks like mine did (i think they are the same) a few weeks back - mine have shot up now and have little pink flowers on long stems - in fact- you can't see much of the ground now - we have gone green and white everywhere. TC - you would LOVE my berry tree - will take a pic tomorrow. Have been really affected by the leaf pollen (or so I'm told it's that causing me to sniffle..... <pass the tissues please> - still step outside and look like I'm crying. 'Tis so lovely tho - and my babbling brook burbles... it really doesn sing. I will prolly be sad enough (as in geeky enough) to try and record the sound for you.

Reckon our Babbling Brooklyn would like the sound - it's a definite BURBLE! Babbling - hoping all is good with PaPa, you and the family.

db - how are you gal???????????? Feeling any better these days?

Rock - you are doing so fab in the garden, its looking wonderful - so so pleased. how's the work going?

(((((((((((((((JPB)))))))))))))))))

Oh Mis - you put me to shame girlie with doing weights and squats and stuff! you energy is boundless in a day. OH MY GOODNESS! I think I am the unfittest person that ever .... well, that ever didn't do anything to get fitter! Hopefully, that's gonna change soon - I plan to get oot and aboot - even if it's just for a wee walk on the moor. I'm not working tomorrow so if the weather is good, I might attempt. Oh boy, I'm tired tonite - didnt zzzz thisavo - it's catching up on me now.

Alex - wonderful to see you back on board. Hope you're both doing well and life is being kind.x

BEAgle - hope the rain arrives for you and Indeedee - have you heard from her darlin' - was it last weekend she was going away? Thinking about her. How is you heel doing - does it feel any better yet and are you doing your stretching excercises. I would send you green plants and flowers a plenty if I could hun - how are ouor babies - are they bearing fruit still???? x

Oh................................. no good, falling over tired........ I gotta zzzz - gonna go and take the dawgs out and then go find me the best bed in the whole wide world and snuggle down.......... I AM TIRED TONITE. MAN!

Blue - hope you come back soon and you are having a great time in whatever you're doing - give the sheep a pat on his wooly back before you shear him a? Take care you. x

Beth - where's our beautiful Beth... haven't seen Mysterman round for a while

thinking of all our crew, near and far, silent and loud (that means me usually)

lovin' y'all.


Gotta go............. can't keep eyes open. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx sorry, can't check post for tyops

nite nite. x

((Izzie)) sleep good.

I am going as well. Just got home from the batting cages ((Thunderdome for didge) and I am whupd. See you all on the morrow.

mowed today, and put my arbor up.

also got the pond flowing.

tomorrow will clean it out and prepare for fishes...

(planted some verra cool snap-dragons, too.)

Hi Izzie, lovely steady rain has been falling all day sofar, smells so fresh outside, will do wonders for the gardens. Hope our catchment areas in the hills get plenty too and hopefully start filling our water reservoirs.

DDXX is around and about as not less then 5 minutes ago I was still playing J/P with her and losing.

Heel a lot better thanks, have done my regular stretching exercises and that seems to help, once I get my inner sole pads things should be ok.

Babies doing well, Lemon tree almost 6 feet high and carrying some fruit, Orange tree just on 3' 6" high and carrying two lovely oranges. Will take photo's once they start turning colours.

Hope you have a good day.

Wow BEAgle you grow orange in your orchard?..you take walks in a vineyard!! how beautiful is that I just tried planting a strawberry plant in a pot. It was growing without much problems when all on a sudden teh entire leaves gt BURNT...i just dunno how..now the plant stands as though it was on fire..leaves turned black.. Should try my luck once again I guess

Hi verbivore, sorry to read about your strawberry plant. you didn't overwater it by any chance, that can be the cause you know. Occasionally a worm can be the cause too.

Have only 1 Lemon tree and 1 Orange tree in my backyard, I wouldn't call that an orchard. I've grown them since they were less than a foot high and treat them with tender loving care and it pays off. Looking forward eating the oranges in a couple of months time.

Morning All!

Fabulous day outside.......... going to pick my camera up I reckon.

Mis - hope you got some big sleep.... I awoke at 4 ish on the sofa......I remember thinking "oh, I'll just close my eyes for a bit"... and that was that. I spoke to the doc about me blacking out / losing memory on a lot of things, even during the day - really need to get this sleep thing sorted. HA - when I was in the US last year - didn't take ONE sleeping tablet. Doc said he thinks I must sleep during the day, even when I'm outside at times - but that he believes I have no recollection of being asleep - you reckon that's possible???? I do lose time.... sometimes hours. Last nite at about 8.30pm a friend called me - well, I could swear it was only about 4 in the afternoon. I seem to get so totally focused on what I am doing, that hours slip by - especially behind the lens. I'm not thinking this is a bad thing at all - I'm happy doing things and all is quiet - so it's not a problem, just the nighttime sleeping is the problem.

Oh - and I spoke to him about the dreams/nightmares if I sleep in the afternoon - oh - horrendous nightmares - he says I am REMing in the afternoon and not at nite.

Anyhoo - having said all that - slept OK except for my mobile was downstairs with the alarm set for 6.30am........ sheesh - it will NOT give up until you turn it off - so up, down stairs, pick up phone, switch off, throw phone, let kitties in, back upstairs, lie down, cat jumps on me "feed me feed me", give kitty a withering look, pushes over and tells it to sleep - closes eyes..........zzzzzzzz! Now, bright and breezy and off to sort the day!


BEAgle - happy about the babies - and happy you are getting rain - you'll green up in no time, I'm sure. So glad we have oranges - can't wait to see the pics - hey, you have a mini-orchard - uber cool!!!!! Glad to hear DD's doing good - hope she's whuping you!!!!! Hugs D - lots of.

Vegemite - ohhhhhhhhhhh.... black strawberry plant - sounds like it may have got root rot - maybe overwatered. See if you can revive it hun... but if not, yep, try again - seeing something grow is amazing (tho I'm not green fingered in the slightest). I got a houseplant the other day - I don't really do house plants.... but this one is kinda special..... it's a pink fan!!!! and has just started flowering - little blue flowers. We saw them at the Eden Project and Tulip bought one for her daughter - I held back thinking "oh, I shouldnt buy one"... but then I saw one when I went to get gravel.... and it called my name "OY IZ, TAKE ME HOME" - so I did.... will take a pic and post it later - 2 flowers appeared from nowhere yesterday. Truly, a spectacle.

OK........... I need tea


I'm feeling very........ something today - good something - like somethings about to happen but I don't know what!!!!!!!!

Anyhooooooo.... will be back a bit later.

Lovin' the crew. x

hmmmm

missing time is a classic symptom of alien abduction

Hey DjjD - top of the morning to you mate!

Aha..... I Iz on Planet Zong! YAYAYAYAY!

Well, I just saw the first damselfly of the season (except the one in the robin's beak!) - it was red and bronze!!!!!!!!!!! Handsome handsome.... of course, took about 50 pics of the exact same thing - once he found a nice place to bask he sat still for about 5 mins!!!!!!! So - I'm gonna go make the tea I started about 20 mins ago....... or that could be 2 hours and 20 mins ago - and then just go and sit down by the river and upload pics when it's dark - the day is too good to be indoors for!

well, maybe just post a couple pics straight off the camera - he is awfully handsome... if a little blurry (dagnabbit my hands are pants!)



hope you are gonna have a wonderful day DjjD