Things I love to see in my garden

[sleepysunday]

Great sights to see in a garden (please feel free to add to the list)

• Watching a bee do backstroke through the stamens of a big poppy
  
• Watching a spider spin a web
  
• Watching a dragonfly emerge from the water and stretch it's wings
  
• Watching a bird have a bath
  
• Finding the hatchlings from the frogspawn all huddled up together
  
• having a robin sitting and waiting patiently nearby for the rewards from your digging
  

[sweetleaf]

Finding hundreds of wiggly worms in the soil ;D
Watching the bees busily pollinating my apple tree!
Finding a pirates treasure of compost in the composters
a visit from a throng of finches.. they land in battalions but only stay a short time. ;D
The first spring flowers pushing up through snow
Kermit in the pond
The mating dance of dragonflies
A hungry ladybird....
A slow worm

[Plocket]

Seeing tight little buds burst open into beautiful blooms;
Seeing tadpoles develop;
Hearing the owls at night;
Hearing woodpeckers;
Watching a butterfly sunbathe in a warm spot

[4pygmies]

All the birds feeding off my beach hut and a woodpecker on the peanuts
The first white flowers of the Cow Parsley
The beautiful green of the beech hedge starting to grow
The first egg of Spring in my chicken house
The Silver Birches covered in leaves in the sunlight
The newly mown lawn
Smallest and granddaughter sitting on top of the climbing frame in the sunshine

Dead rats (sorry!)

[Plocket]

I was really enjoying the images you listed 4P - and then you said the "r" word!!!

BOOOO! Hisssss! (to the rats, not to you!)

[4pygmies]

Better dead than leaping out at me from the undergrowth and giving me palpitations though! I must stop going on about rats....

[Plocket]

Oh I agree, I'd rather see a dead one than a live one. It just spoiled the beautiful images though ;D

[sleepysunday]

...though! I must stop going on about rats....

Not at all. Though you might consider changing your handle from 4Pygmies to the Mad Rat Woman of Norfolk?

[sleepysunday]

Ahhh well. So much for this thread... *sigh*

[Deleted]

I have to say, I've been trying to think of things I like but there is a blockage in my mind, all I keep thinking about is what i don't like -

my cat taking a dump in my pots of bulbs, my cat dumping in the mulch between plants, my cat trying to dump in the GH when the doors are open to 2 seconds, my cat trying to take a dump in the veggie patch. my cat trying continuously trying to pee in one of the houseplants.

[4pygmies]

No, no, keep going Sleepy......what about:

Sausages sizzling on a BBQ scented by sprigs of Rosemary
Spiders webs in winter
Conifer trees dusted with snow
Baby spiders crawling up a warm brick wall
Glorious hollyhocks in full bloom
The sound and sight of trees in the wind
Baby birds sitting on branches waiting to try their wings

[4pygmies]

Trunkyjo, I think there's a theme developing here - have you thought of not having cats??

[sleepysunday]

my cat taking a dump in my pots of bulbs, my cat dumping in the mulch between plants, my cat trying to dump in the GH when the doors are open to 2 seconds, my cat trying to take a dump in the veggie patch. my cat trying continuously trying to pee in one of the houseplants.

Sounds like all your woes are bound in quite tightly with your cat. I wouldn't want to be your cat at the moment!

Have you tried a cork?

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sleepysunday said:

my cat taking a dump in my pots of bulbs, my cat dumping in the mulch between plants, my cat trying to dump in the GH when the doors are open to 2 seconds, my cat trying to take a dump in the veggie patch. my cat trying continuously trying to pee in one of the houseplants.

Sounds like all your woes are bound in quite tightly with your cat. I wouldn't want to be your cat at the moment!

Have you tried a cork?

talking of corks, funnily enough the 6yr old tends to pick the cat up as if it were a bowling ball with fingers strategically placed - i think its provides her with a good grip as the cat is quite heavy.

Presumably if corked it comes out the other end, dunno, anyone tried it??

[Plocket]

Not tried it yet but I've threatened LP with the same procedure after she's eaten baked beans!!!

[mickthecactus]

I rather like the idea of watching a bird have a bath in my garden. Bit public though. The fence is quite low on one side.

[sleepysunday]

word to the wise Mick. The girls are a bit sensitive about innuendo. Play it safe like me and avoid it like the plague!

[sweetleaf]

sleepysunday said:

word to the wise Mick. The girls are a bit sensitive about innuendo. Play it safe like me and avoid it like the plague!

Actually mick is better at it than you are Sleepy, I thought it was funny! ;D

[Plocket]

PML! Have you got a bath in your garden then Mick? ;D

[mickthecactus]

I've got the boys paddling pool. That could do.

But you are right Sleepy. I'll play it cool.

[sleepysunday]

You've got an advantage over me Mick. The girls 'like' you. Must be the avatar!

[mickthecactus]

They'll learn.

[sweetleaf]

mickthecactus said:

They'll learn.

Early warning Mick? ..............Noted.

[sweetleaf]

sleepysunday said:

You've got an advantage over me Mick. The girls 'like' you. Must be the avatar!

The girls like you, its the Ladies you have a problem with!

[mickthecactus]

But you're all Ladies aren't you?

[sweetleaf]

mickthecactus said:

But you're all Ladies aren't you?

I am, dont know bout all dem uvvers!

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sweetleaf said:

mickthecactus said:

But you're all Ladies aren't you?

I am, dont know bout all dem uvvers!

I'm not!! sorry but have to admit it

[Plocket]

I wanna know what's wrong or right about being a lady before I admit to being one!!! ;D

[Deleted]

to be perfectly honest Plocket I think there are areas in which you just don't want to be ladylike I hope Sleepy overlooks this particular post

[Plocket]

PML!!! Actually I looked "lady" up and came up with these definitions:

1. a woman who is refined, polite, and well-spoken: She may be poor and have little education, but she's a real lady.

2. a woman of high social position or economic class: She was born a lady and found it hard to adjust to her reduced circumstances.

3. any woman; female (sometimes used in combination): the lady who answered the phone; a saleslady.

4. (Used in direct address: often offensive in the singular): Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Lady, out of my way, please.

5. wife: The ambassador and his lady arrived late.

6. Slang. a female lover or steady companion.

7. (initial capital letter) (in Great Britain) the proper title of any woman whose husband is higher in rank than baronet or knight, or who is the daughter of a nobleman not lower than an earl (although the title is given by courtesy also to the wives of baronets and knights).

8. a woman who has proprietary rights or authority, as over a manor; female feudal superior. Compare lord (def. 4).

9. (initial capital letter) the Virgin Mary.

10. a woman who is the object of chivalrous devotion.

11. (usually initial capital letter)
a. an attribute or abstraction personified as a woman; a designation of an allegorical figure as feminine: Lady Fortune; Lady Virtue.
b. a title prefixed to the name of a goddess: Lady Venus.
–adjective

12. Sometimes Offensive. being a lady; female: a lady reporter.

13. of a lady; ladylike; feminine.