Comments on: Thought for the day http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/ I am not a has-been. I am a will be. Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11529 Grannymar Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:16:08 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11529 Nancy Not long now to hear your other ditty. Nancy

Not long now to hear your other ditty.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11473 Nancy Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:25:23 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11473 Grannymar, When we were young we used to sing this tune on the 1st of May: ''It's May, it's May, outdoor lovin' starts today" You will have to wait until October to hear what we sang in the Fall..... Grannymar,

When we were young we used to sing this tune on the 1st of May:

”It’s May, it’s May, outdoor lovin’ starts today”

You will have to wait until October to hear what we sang in the Fall…..

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11460 Grannymar Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:29:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11460 Mike We have to pay for the 40 shades of green somehow. Mike

We have to pay for the 40 shades of green somehow.

]]> By: Miike http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11456 Miike Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:24:49 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11456 Sums up this summer GM Has the weather gone all pc Sums up this summer GM
Has the weather gone all pc

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11454 Grannymar Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:21:39 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11454 Ian I was trying to read your post and keep having interruptions. I am sure funerals like that get no easier. Hugs. Ian

I was trying to read your post and keep having interruptions. I am sure funerals like that get no easier. Hugs.

]]> By: Grannymar http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11453 Grannymar Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:18:42 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11453 Magpie tells me that the strawberry tree is a member of the heather family and he sent a link so we can see what it looks like. www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/arbutus_menzi... Magpie tells me that the strawberry tree is a member of the heather family and he sent a link so we can see what it looks like.

http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/arbutus_menzi...

]]> By: Ian http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11452 Ian Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:18:25 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11452 Got soaked in graveyard this afternoon, but the rain did bring a wonderful scent from the trees and shrubs. Got soaked in graveyard this afternoon, but the rain did bring a wonderful scent from the trees and shrubs.

]]> By: Magpie 11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11449 Magpie 11 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:51:44 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11449 My neighbour, an Irish lady married to an Algerian guy, begged some Monbretia from me to remind her of home. I couldn't supply the fuschias tho' Intriguind because Montbretia are natiives of S America and Fuschias of Central America, New Zealand and (I think ) Tahiti! One Irish plant I love to see is the strawbery tree. (Arbutus unedo?) From somewhere in my childhood comes the idea that Arbutus is an exotic tree so to have thenm grow on ones doorstep (we had one at my college) is a wonderful idea. I'm now going to shut up 'cos I'm almost onto another hobby horse of mine! My neighbour, an Irish lady married to an Algerian guy, begged some Monbretia from me to remind her of home. I couldn’t supply the fuschias tho’

Intriguind because Montbretia are natiives of S America and Fuschias of Central America, New Zealand and (I think ) Tahiti!

One Irish plant I love to see is the strawbery tree. (Arbutus unedo?) From somewhere in my childhood comes the idea that Arbutus is an exotic tree so to have thenm grow on ones doorstep (we had one at my college) is a wonderful idea.

I’m now going to shut up ‘cos I’m almost onto another hobby horse of mine!

]]> By: steph http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11424 steph Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:02:04 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11424 GM, You're right but the trouble is, we have to share it at the weekends. We can't complain though as it's pretty quiet all week. The trick is to get out early for a walk on Sat/Sun, before the hordes arrive. @ Magpie I did see a bee wearing a life-jacket yesterday! ;-) I've never seen the gorse and the heather look as well as it does right now. We usually have lots of gorse fires during the summer drought but it looks like we might escape that fate this year. My favourite wildflowers of all time is the fuschia and monbretia hedgerows you see in the west of Ireland. I was in Connemara last weekend and the hedgerows were only beginning to come alive. The end of August is usually the best time to see the 'flame' of colour. GM,

You’re right but the trouble is, we have to share it at the weekends. We can’t complain though as it’s pretty quiet all week.

The trick is to get out early for a walk on Sat/Sun, before the hordes arrive.

@ Magpie

I did see a bee wearing a life-jacket yesterday! ;-)

I’ve never seen the gorse and the heather look as well as it does right now. We usually have lots of gorse fires during the summer drought but it looks like we might escape that fate this year.

My favourite wildflowers of all time is the fuschia and monbretia hedgerows you see in the west of Ireland. I was in Connemara last weekend and the hedgerows were only beginning to come alive. The end of August is usually the best time to see the ‘flame’ of colour.

]]> By: Magpie11 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/2008/08/03/thought-for-the-day/#comment-11407 Magpie11 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:21:39 +0000 http://www.grannymar.com/blog/?p=1290#comment-11407 It's August! Thus cloud and rain is not unexpected! And the slugs love it. Steph: an old sore says, "Kissing needs no reason when gorse is in season." The point being that gorse can always be found flowering somewhere in these islands even in the deepest of winters! Were the bees working the heather? We've hardly had any on our lavender this year or last year for that matter. It’s August! Thus cloud and rain is not unexpected! And the slugs love it.

Steph: an old sore says, “Kissing needs no reason when gorse is in season.”

The point being that gorse can always be found flowering somewhere in these islands even in the deepest of winters!

Were the bees working the heather? We’ve hardly had any on our lavender this year or last year for that matter.

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