| In cheerier news... 10:51 - Feb 16 with 2397 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
...to help keep Zapers and Blueas in there happy place.
Some prunus are blossoming, hawthorn is in leaf and purple sprouting brocoli season has begun.
...any other cheery news out there? |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 10:52 - Feb 16 with 2377 views | blueasfook |
That's better. It can have my stamp of approval.
[Blueas approved post] |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 11:09 - Feb 16 with 2315 views | Help |
I got daffs, crocus, iris' and something else pink I don't know the name of. Garden beginning to look bright. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 11:14 - Feb 16 with 2292 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
“...any other cheery news out there?”
We are getting promoted via the autos..! |  | | |
| In cheerier news... on 11:32 - Feb 16 with 2241 views | positivity |
the tories lost another 2 by-elections | |
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| In cheerier news... on 11:36 - Feb 16 with 2230 views | GeoffSentence |
I saw some singing skylarks last week, cheery, but seems a bit early. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 11:40 - Feb 16 with 2210 views | _clive_baker_ |
It's a lovely day today, I'm going to try and get out for a walk shortly. I've got my final shift volunteering at a local food bank today, it's been a real eye opener over the last couple of months into the amazing work they do and the amount of people so reliant on it.
And yes at others have said to the Tories continued demise and step closer to getting them out of power.
The above 2 things are not mutually exclusive innit. |  | | |
| In cheerier news... on 12:09 - Feb 16 with 2158 views | Bluebell |
Their happy place.   |  | | |
| In cheerier news... on 13:12 - Feb 16 with 2106 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| In cheerier news... on 12:09 - Feb 16 by Bluebell |
Their happy place. |
Thank goodness someone was paying attention Bluebell. | |
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| In cheerier news... on 13:53 - Feb 16 with 2056 views | factual_blue |
Prunus - bloody foreign trees. They should be sent back to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America and the paleotropics of Asia and Africa whence they came.
British trees for British soil. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 16:05 - Feb 16 with 1991 views | MattinLondon |
| In cheerier news... on 12:09 - Feb 16 by Bluebell |
Their happy place. |
Grammar doesn’t matter. |  | | |
| In cheerier news... on 16:17 - Feb 16 with 1978 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| In cheerier news... on 16:05 - Feb 16 by MattinLondon |
Grammar doesn’t matter. |
That's a bit harsh on the poor lady. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 18:06 - Feb 16 with 1926 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
I've been out in the garden this morning and have loads of Peony shoots pushing through.
Very happy about that. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 18:22 - Feb 16 with 1912 views | Dubtractor |
You say cheerier news, but the garden is all about a month ahead of where it should be. Which means one of 2 things.
1) we'll get some proper cold in March which kills all the things that have sprouted too early.
2) Global warming is very real, and we're all going to die. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 18:32 - Feb 16 with 1892 views | bluelagos |
Late change of plans meant I could go to Swansea, but hadn't got a ticket.
Thursday morning I managed to get one on the website, hotel booked and am now all set for a long weekend away. 😎
Pub to cheer on the baggies and an early night for some beauty sleep. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 18:35 - Feb 16 with 1882 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| In cheerier news... on 18:22 - Feb 16 by Dubtractor |
You say cheerier news, but the garden is all about a month ahead of where it should be. Which means one of 2 things.
1) we'll get some proper cold in March which kills all the things that have sprouted too early.
2) Global warming is very real, and we're all going to die. |
I'm going for option 2. | |
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| In cheerier news... on 19:41 - Feb 16 with 1852 views | Ryorry |
| In cheerier news... on 18:22 - Feb 16 by Dubtractor |
You say cheerier news, but the garden is all about a month ahead of where it should be. Which means one of 2 things.
1) we'll get some proper cold in March which kills all the things that have sprouted too early.
2) Global warming is very real, and we're all going to die. |
Not a month ahead in N. Yorks - snowdrops have actually been 3-4 weeks later than usual, but now they're out are extra-magnificent this year - currently at their peak - a real spirit-lifter. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 19:54 - Feb 16 with 1834 views | Swansea_Blue |
| In cheerier news... on 11:36 - Feb 16 by GeoffSentence |
I saw some singing skylarks last week, cheery, but seems a bit early. |
I love skylarks, they remind me of my childhood in deepest darkest Suffolk. I’ve put some effort into feeding the birds for the first time in ages. All a bit disappointing really. Very few song birds around here even though we’re semi-rural. Getting hammered by crows though. Had 6 on the bird table at one time yesterday, bloody things.
Our highlight last year was watching a baby green woodpecker grow up. It was a regular visitor to our lawn from late spring onwards and we couldn’t work out why until I read that they love ants, and we’ve got loads in our lawn. It’s still around but not so often now. |  |
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| In cheerier news... on 20:12 - Feb 16 with 1818 views | ronnyd |
| In cheerier news... on 19:41 - Feb 16 by Ryorry |
Not a month ahead in N. Yorks - snowdrops have actually been 3-4 weeks later than usual, but now they're out are extra-magnificent this year - currently at their peak - a real spirit-lifter. |
Yes, there are a hellova lot of snowdrops around this winter. | | | |
| In cheerier news... on 20:16 - Feb 16 with 1809 views | Swansea_Blue |
| In cheerier news... on 19:41 - Feb 16 by Ryorry |
Not a month ahead in N. Yorks - snowdrops have actually been 3-4 weeks later than usual, but now they're out are extra-magnificent this year - currently at their peak - a real spirit-lifter. |
We had the cold snap in Jan didn’t we. I suspect that’s slowed stuff down. Even my lawn stopped growing and we’re normally quite a bit warmer over here. It’s making up for it now though. The mower’s going to have to come out this weekend. I can’t work out whether it’s a West Walesvthing or a climate change thing. You could go for months without cutting the lawn when I was growing up in Suffolk. Over here it needs doing once a month through the winter. | |
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| In cheerier news... on 21:28 - Feb 16 with 1753 views | Ryorry |
| In cheerier news... on 20:16 - Feb 16 by Swansea_Blue |
We had the cold snap in Jan didn’t we. I suspect that’s slowed stuff down. Even my lawn stopped growing and we’re normally quite a bit warmer over here. It’s making up for it now though. The mower’s going to have to come out this weekend. I can’t work out whether it’s a West Walesvthing or a climate change thing. You could go for months without cutting the lawn when I was growing up in Suffolk. Over here it needs doing once a month through the winter. |
Snowdrops are quite extraordinary -
"Snowdrops are tough little plants, adapted to pierce through snow and survive the cold. The tips of their leaves are especially hardened for breaking through frozen ground and their sap contains a form of antifreeze that prevents ice crystals from forming. Although in the harshest weather, snowdrops show signs of freezing stress, they recover as soon as temperatures rise; their cells undamaged."
https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/blog/rachel-shaw/snowdrops#:~:text=Snowdrops%20are | |
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