Photos (part 1)

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 16 Jun 2005, 21:39

click here for more garden photos

Gemini · Post by **Gemini** » 16 Jun 2005, 22:02

Dada, What a lovely garden - Percy Chucker would be proud

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 17 Jun 2005, 16:56

The one good thing about the rain is that it really makes the garden grow. Ours looks like a jungle at the moment but it's lovely. I went out last night when the rain finally stopped and gave all the baby snails on my roses a good talking to

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Jun 2005, 11:28

Epy, two weeks to go till what?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Jun 2005, 11:34

Oh right. Must try thinking outside of the box sometimes.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Jun 2005, 15:34

Marya wrote:Did you stay up for the Solstice Dada or is that sunset?

(Seeing as it is nice and sunny outside just now I'll guess it was "Red sky at night, shepherd's delight" )

Anyway,very pretty sky whenever it was.

Ta muchly - just a sunset btw.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 21 Jun 2005, 16:48

Dadaist wrote:Oh right. Must try thinking outside of the box sometimes.

...you will soon enough...when you can't take your holidays in June

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Jun 2005, 18:24

foxy wrote:
Dadaist wrote:Oh right. Must try thinking outside of the box sometimes.
...you will soon enough...when you can't take your holidays in June

Eh? is this something to do with schools again?

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 21 Jun 2005, 18:48

You have much to learn when Emily turns 5

Can't take your holidays during term time as it is frowned upon and you can't take them in holiday time because the Tour operators whack their prices up and you can't afford it! Then, you wait until your children leave school and you no longer have these restraints - and you go and get a job in a school - back to square one

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 21 Jun 2005, 18:55

I'll take that as an invite to Sizzlers a week on Monday then?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 21 Jun 2005, 19:54

Epykat wrote:You have much to learn when Emily turns 5 Can't take your holidays during term time as it is frowned upon and you can't take them in holiday time because the Tour operators whack their prices up and you can't afford it! Then, you wait until your children leave school and you no longer have these restraints - and you go and get a job in a school - back to square one

Very liberal use of the word "You". Ain't plannin in workin in no school.

(Touch wood.)

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 21 Jun 2005, 22:06

Dadaist wrote:Very liberal use of the word "You". Ain't plannin in workin in no school. (Touch wood.)

Keeps you young (well, that's what Marya and I like to think

)

Post by **wangi** » 21 Jun 2005, 22:49

One for Dada:

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/45136001

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 21 Jun 2005, 23:27

Epykat wrote:I'll take that as an invite to Sizzlers a week on Monday then?

Mmmmm...more wine on the pavement, I'll check my diary!

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 22 Jun 2005, 18:39

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 22 Jun 2005, 18:42

Prehistoric attraction this way!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 22 Jun 2005, 22:50

Your garden is looking brill dada. Is it you or Beachbabe which has the green fingers?

Post by **wangi** » 22 Jun 2005, 22:58

Dadaist wrote:Prehistoric attraction this way!

Quality! Good catch. I see the Telfer Subway has had another change of look since the last time I was through it!

Walking on the beach tonight:

http://www.pbase.com/image/45177099

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 22 Jun 2005, 23:22

Brilliant Elton/Dynamic Earth photo.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Jun 2005, 22:00

Sandra wrote:Your garden is looking brill dada. Is it you or Beachbabe which has the green fingers?

(buffs fingernails) Moi.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Jun 2005, 22:00

Pal of Porty wrote:Brilliant Elton/Dynamic Earth photo.

thanks PoPpy

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Jun 2005, 22:02

Let's look at the evidence. The missing shoe. The painful stooped posture of the parent. And later on, the hideous shreiking noise made by the latest live frog the cat has brought home to torment. Who lives in a house like this? David, it's over to you.....

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Jun 2005, 22:04

Well thankyou very much indeed Lloyd, and now, for our home and studio audience - though not for our panel - here's ... whose house ... it is .....

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 29 Jun 2005, 18:29

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 29 Jun 2005, 18:42

I just opened a bottle of beer (Hoegaarden) and put out 3 saucers for the little nippers. At least they can get tipsy on a quality Belgian white before I put them in the bin.

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 29 Jun 2005, 19:38

Marya wrote:.... I found myself on Friday night (after a couple of glasses of wine admittedly) ranting on about my snail problem and asking someone if I could get their hedgehog on long term loan

You must be ready for your holidays!

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 29 Jun 2005, 20:14

Mine are thrown straight into the Figgate Burn, where they provide a tasty treat for the small trout, ducks and occasional swan. There must be a huge pile of shells by now, which should confuse future archaeologists. Or they might evolve into river snails.

Because they feast at night you need to go out under cover of darkness with a torch. I'm on the war path at the moment becasue they have just scoffed all the basil.

I considered a hedgehog (bit unfair to keep one in a small garden) and frogs, but throwing them in the burn seems to be the simplest solution.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 29 Jun 2005, 21:07

I don't think it would be fair on Oscar to have a hedehog, nor fair on the hedgehog to have to put up with a 1 year old who thinks he's king of the jungle. Thanks for the point about night-time. Might have me a snail bbq in the wee small hours, or something.

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 29 Jun 2005, 21:22

I've just come in from the garden and have disposed of about a dozen snails, my method isn't very nice,I can't bring myself to crush them so I throw them against a wall and they smash themselves

Unfortunately my frogs don't eat them, I think they are too big. They(frogs) do eat slugs though so I go out to my front garden and collect as many as I can then feed them to whichever frog is out and about. A dozen is the most devoured in one session by Bella along with about four worms. I am out with my torch most nights,just as well I have rechargable batteries.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 29 Jun 2005, 21:28

You could always have a snail race! Was at a BBQ recently and one of the kids unearthed a huge pile of snails. euch. and the parents decided to have a snail race...

Pal of Porty · Post by **Pal of Porty** » 29 Jun 2005, 22:23

Throwing them from the garden onto the main road is a good way of having a 3rd party crush them. After all, you can always blame the cars or the 15 people who were sitting on the 26 bus.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Jul 2005, 20:04

Post by **wangi** » 07 Jul 2005, 20:17

Dadaist wrote:

Ooooh, look at dem. Obviously great taste to plant such lovely flowers.

http://www.pbase.com/wangi/image/45034385

Epykat · Post by **Epykat** » 07 Jul 2005, 20:19

I tried throwing two large slugs into the fish pond last year. They put up such a struggle, quickly learned to swim and crawled out

. I felt so rotten that I've never done it again so we just have to live with them. I do put down pellets though because if I don't actually see them dying I can live with myself

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 07 Jul 2005, 20:28

Epykat wrote: if I don't actually see them dying I can live with myself

Never a truer word spoken in jest.