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A little lost in Somerset........

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Hello my fellow Goyers, I wanted to share with you, a magical day we experienced on Thursday 03rd June 2010, when we bundled ourselves into the car, and set out to see Spritzhenry’s garden at her NGS Open Day…..

Full of pioneering spirit, we headed towards Somerset, and did really well till we got lost in Bridgewater! (Why is it men hate to ask for directions?). We did find a very nice Morrisons, but Spritzhenry’s place it was not, and after a bit of tooing and fro-ing, we eventually found ourselves outside our destination, in a very rural, outstandingly beautiful village.Once parked, we made our way in, being met by some wonderful, friendly locals, and of course, our hosts for the day, Spritz and OH, and the one with the warm wet nose, and soulful eyes, guardian of the portal, Henry, the most friendliest,handsomest Labrador you could ever wish to meet!
Once he had checked us over, and given us his lick of approval, we entered what I can only describe as a little slice of heaven………..

Would you care to come with me as I walk you through Spritz’s garden……


The sun was shining, there was a gentle breeze, and tea and cake available, supplied by the W.I, and lots of seating areas……..

Gently winding pathways lead you into various garden rooms, each with overflowing borders and spectacular flowering planting……….


I couldn’t resist getting in close to these beauties………..


These caught my eye too……..


The sound of a gently flowing stream was music to the ears……..

And so our day in horticultural heaven drew to a close…..Spritz and OH, couldn’t have been nicer hosts, the Open Day seemed a great success, and with our senses filled, we left our wonderful hosts to relax and look back on a truly memorable day…….Would we go again? Without a doubt!!!

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Comments

 

What a beautiful garden, thank you for the tour

6 Jun, 2010

 

For those of us that couldn't make it, that was a lovely insight into Spritz's beautiful garden. What a wonderful day it must have been. Thank you for sharing it Floribunda

6 Jun, 2010

 

Am so pleased you enjoyed your tour, Great, it really is a spectacular garden, totally took my breath away, and so well laid out. The colour scheme of the planting was amazing, and my photos really don't do it justice.......

6 Jun, 2010

 

Hello Cinders! It really couldn't have been more perfect, and it's always so good to meet up with other Goyers. Spritz even had a selection of plants for sale, from a local nursery, and from her own garden! Tea, cake, plants, sunshine,I was in paradise! I could only show you a brief tour, but it really had to be seen in its entirety to really be able to appreciate it! I am really pleased you enjoyed seeing it through my eyes though. :~))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Flori, your pictures are wonderful, they really capture the garden well.
I've only been there once but it's every bit as lovely as you've captured - perfect photos :-))))))

6 Jun, 2010

 

hi flori im so glad you got to go see barbaras garden and so jelous to haha
its absoloutly stunning isnt it, glad you enjoyed it so much and envy you meeting henry to lol,
beautifull pics ;o)) xx

6 Jun, 2010

 

I'm slightly envious too.....it looks a beautiful place to be.....one of these days.......:-))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Flori ... a lovely tour & thanks to Spritz for letting us see it. Glad you had a sunny day for taking pics of all those gorgeous cottage garden flowers ... it was like we were there with you! :o))

6 Jun, 2010

 

beautiful garden! I'm envious!

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Flori, that was lovely,I wanted to go as its not far from me but events overtook me. Am so pleased you were able to post the photo's.
It looks fantastic ,as you say heavenly.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks for taking us with you to Spritz's heaven on earth. I'm deeply envious, even the weather seems to be perfect.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Louise,San, Alice and Fluff~ am chuffed that you have enjoyed this blog. It is so easy to take a good photo when you have such breathtaking scenery to work with! Henry stole my heart totally, he is so special San, :~)) I couldn't recomend this garden enough Alice, it is well worth the visit if you ever got the chance on another Open Day~you would get a warm welcome! I am so glad you enjoyed it fluff :~))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you Lauram, Valadel and Heron. Spritz has another Open Day on Thursday 10th June, Val, and it's open from 2pm, If you were free, I really couldn't recomend it enough, my few photos do not do it justice! Glad you all enjoyed the 'tour' :~))x

6 Jun, 2010

 

I think everyones said it al Flori B - I think you`ve captured the romantisism of it perfectly thank you.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Bless you Stroller, but it has to be Spritz that deserves all the praise~I only photographed it, she created the magic in the first place..... :~))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Lovely to see an outsider's 'take' on Spritz's wonderful garden. Don't sell yourself short, Flori - they're a lovely bunch of photographs and convey some of the magic for us.

6 Jun, 2010

 

Wonderful photos of a fabulous garden - so lovely to have a virtual tour - thanks for showing us. Sounds as if Henry had the perfect 'meet and greet' attitude, a lick of approval lol!!

6 Jun, 2010

 

What a beautiful garden, thank you for sharing your tour with us, wish I could have been there!

6 Jun, 2010

 

You where so very lucky to have been at Barbara's garden, never been but its a stunning garden as for Henry well he's brill is'nt he.

6 Jun, 2010

 

thanks flori, as I was unable to go this must be a close second best. Nice to see all the lovely photos too.

6 Jun, 2010

 

I want to say 'thanks' to Flori for writing this blog, and for coming all the way here, as well. It's interesting for me to see my garden through your eyes, Flori!

Anyone who can get here next Thursday will be more than welcome! :-)))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Such a fantastic garden to visit, thanks for showing us round Flori..and to Barbara for all the hard work there...it looks an absolute dream! Beautiful photos and weather to match...if only I could get me a magic carpet for Thursday...:o)))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you all so much for your lovely comments, Wagger/Kat/Jan/Clarice and Sbgirl~I love the fact you have all enjoyed my 'virtual tour', but if any of you can get the chance to experience it for yourself, please do~my photos of the day are only a small taster of the real thing, and couldn't capture how truly great it was!

Spritz, hope I haven't embarrased you by heaping all this praise at your door, but through my eyes, and all those people who came, and have yet to visit next week, your garden was perfect, and I think these comments posted, will show you the pleasure all our other wonderful Goyers have gained through sharing your garden through the lens of my camera. :~))x

Janey, if I had a magic carpet, I would get you ALL there, cos this really was worth the effort to see!! So good to hear from you Janey!!

6 Jun, 2010

 

I echo all that has been said,such a wonderful garden.my idea of heaven.
will you give me a lift Janey,not far out of your way via Yorkshire ,as the magic carpet flys.lol.Free on thursday too.:o))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks for this chance to "see" Spritzs truly lovely garden Flori...it must have been a day to remember !

6 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Bloomer~yes, it was mine too, and went well beyond all expectations!
We have Wiltons, the Carpet manufactures about 20 miles away from us~wonder if they can supply a flying carpet for you all to get there?? Now THAT would make an interesting aeronautical report, not so much a UFO, but a UFWCBG~(Unidentifiable Flying Wilton Carpet Bearing Goyers) Tee hee hee :~))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Bb, it was all that and more! Will be back next year if I pass muster with Henry that is! LOL. Thanks for getting in touch!

6 Jun, 2010

 

What a wonderful Blog Flori...you gave us a wonderful tour, you sounded
so proud to be showing us Spritzhenry`s garden, as though it was your
own..Everything was so beautiful, what an enchanting garden, full of interest
wonderful colours...your close ups gave us such a great sharpness of the
colour and markings of each flower, loved it...i am so glad you enjoyed your day...i did feel a bit jealous of you, getting a special lick from Henry..
Well done Flori.. cannot thank you enough...: ~ )))

6 Jun, 2010

 

Oh how I wish it was, Freesia! I could be a very happy lady with a garden like Spritz's~it was just such a joy to meet up with a fellow Goyer, and spend many happy hours just taking it all in. Being able to share it with you all just increases the pleasure that we gained from it. Spritz is the real artist here, she created, tended and nurtured this garden. It makes you very much aware, that however humble our patch of land may be, we all have the chance to create our own little bit of heaven within our own boundaries~we may struggle to see the beauty of it with our own eyes at times, but other people can, and it shines out clearly here.:~))x

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Flori for a delightful tour around Barbaras garden, what a place, stunning borders full of wonderful flowers, you certainly did justice to it with your photos, wish we could have been there to enjoy with you all and Henry, another time perhaps?

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you Flori, your wonderful photos of Barbara's beautiful garden were a real treat (bet you were tempted to dangle your toes in that lovely cool stream !). :-)

6 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you Dd and Muddy~am really glad you enjoyed walking around Spritz's garden with me, it really was a perfect day, and the sound of that wonderful stream was a joy, water movement always adds to the pleasure of a garden, Muddy, and Henry enjoyed a paddle whilst we were there, I was quite envious lol!
Would definitely go again, so you never know Dd, maybe next time we can get a Goy convention together over there, Spritz would love that! Thanks for your lovely comments :~))x

7 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Flori, and Bloomer.......Magicflowercarpets.co.uk flying from Humberside, picking up at all major airports, destination Somerset.....buy 2 seats get one free...only on Thursdays...Lol!

7 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Janey, we might just have to watch out for that low flying volcanic ash though, as last thing we would need is carpet burns! Do you think with Health & Safety being what it is, that we might need to supply helmets and carpet belts too???? Would feel a bit sorry for the trolly dolly though, tee hee hee! :~))))))))x

7 Jun, 2010

 

Im sure we could rise to the occasion Flori and get above that ash.....we are Goyers...nothing can stand or float in our way...Lol! Mmmm....Health and Safety now surely they'll supply us with grippers...:o)))

7 Jun, 2010

 

Grippers eh? Now why didn't I think of that Janey???????! Duh! Couldn't agree more with you about the tenacity of our Goyers, a more stalwart group you could never hope to find lol! Do you think we need to go for Loop, Cut or.....(no I am not even going to go there lol)......pile? :~))

7 Jun, 2010

 

So long as it's not man-made fibre Flori, carpet burn on the knees is very uncomfortable ... (ahem, so I'm told) ...lol !! ;-))

7 Jun, 2010

 

Flying Carpets? Not in this area you don't - there's a Nuclear Power station on the coast and it has a 'No-Fly-Zone'. You'd get missiles aimed at you or the RAF scrambled! We can't lose our GOY-ers like that....:-(((( Try Plan 'B'.

7 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Muddy !

7 Jun, 2010

 

Oops! We hadn't thought of that, Spritz, good idea!!.......Er...what exacally was Plan B? I am open to suggestions........and Muddy, you behave yourself, you have shown remarkable self control.....(not like you at all! I am so disappointed in you!) LOL!
Ps, I'll get you some knee pads shall I????? Tee hee Hee :~))

(Janey, we need to work on Plan B, kid, and we've only got three days left to get it into action!!) :~))))))))))x

7 Jun, 2010

 

Don't like the sound of the missiles,Spritz,but.....getting scrambled by the RAF?..now theres a thought for plan "B".Lol. mmmmm

7 Jun, 2010

 

LOL Bloomer !!!

7 Jun, 2010

 

I wonder what they'd do if a flying carpet entered the no-fly zone? I suspect they'd all ignore it, as they'd be too embarrassed to let on that they were 'seeing things'!!! LOL. It might be classed as a UFO, don't you think?

7 Jun, 2010

 

Titter.....Carpet crew for you Muddy...:o) Definitely "Pile" Flori....:o)......the thicker the better...makes for a softer landing. Think it may be classed as a WFC Wilton Flying Carpet Spritz, surely they'll recognise the pattern, and roll out the red one for us???

7 Jun, 2010

 

Now that is an idea, Bloomer, lol, all those fit young guys in uniform.......Plan B is sounding better by the minute~do we get the choice of being scrambled, fried or poached??? or maybe I just didn't quite understand the terminology...........Lol!!

7 Jun, 2010

 

The Nuclear Police, in spite of their ever-present arsenal, are actually very nice! I'll have to tip them the wink...LOL.

8 Jun, 2010

 

Lol, Janey...I will leave you to decide your preference Flori...but I prefer boiled..and they could knock the top off my breakfast Egg,any morning.!!!!!
.Think you had better warn The Nuclear Police,we are on our way,Spritz......so they can hide.:o))

8 Jun, 2010

 

If you think I'm venturing out in the hail and rain we've got here to find them, sorry! I'm just NOT....I got wet enough walking Henry this morning! I think they may well have heard on the grapevine that something is afoot - and are already lurking somewhere....BEWARE!!

8 Jun, 2010

 

Bloomer, does that mean you like eggy soldiers?? Tee hee hee! I am not even going there regarding preference.....I know a deep hole when I see one lol! :~))

Hi Spritz, by the sound of it you have 'liquid sunshine' over there too, we have just had our downpour, and the new roof hasn't leaked yet!!
Raff, doesn't 'do' rain~OH took him out last night and the dog refused to move cos it was wet!!!

If the NP's are watching out for us, we just may have to resort to Plan C........any idea for Plan C, Bloomer /Janey/ Muddy and Spritz? We have two days and counting down.........(this message will self delete in 30 seconds).......

8 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Flori...
Glad you didn't get completely lost.
We would miss you :o((( xxx

8 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Terra, am glad to say we got to Spritz, and got home again without me commiting man-slaughter on my OH, though it was a close thing you know! Tee hee hee :~)) xxx

8 Jun, 2010

 

Oooohhhh......you are nasty to him! He was great! :-)))

P.S. What's plan 'C'??

8 Jun, 2010

 

Afew hours later......still thinking of eggy soldiers,Flori.Lol.and racking my tiny mind for a plan"C"..well,I did think of one ,really,but will end up in the same deep hole as you, so as they say..."over and out" :o)

8 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos of Barbara's garden Flori. It felt as if I was walking around there with you even though I am so far away. The stream is idyllic too must be wonderful to have a waterway at the end of your garden :-)

8 Jun, 2010

 

Spritz,I was really hoping you would tell me what Plan C was.....Lol, though Bloomer seems to have a good idea~(join me in my hole, Bloomer, I could do with the company!!!), but she's keeping it under wraps! Eggy soldiers~yum! Sounds tasty Bloomer! Tee hee hee :~))

Sorry Rich, and there was you trying to give gravitas to this weird and wacky conversation! You would have been delightful company my friend, and am so glad you enjoyed my tour around such an incredible garden! The babbling stream is so lovely, total music to my ears, and it runs all through the village too from what I could see. Pure magic sums it up perfectly~my day out in paradise. :~))x

8 Jun, 2010

 

Ha ha :-) sorry I jumped in on the thread like that Flori didn't mean to sound gravitas ..lol.
Have you tried eggy bread Flori that is tasty :-)

8 Jun, 2010

 

It is always good to hear from you, Rich, and it just goes to prove that we are not all nuts in Goyerland, most would have given up on us by now! Ha ha ha! Glad to hear you are made of sterner stuff my friend~and as to eggy bread....isn't that soldiers without the uniforms lol?!! (Down, Bloomer, down, control yourself woman!) LOL :~))x

8 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Flori I am sure that you can make it, but here is a BBC recipe for eggy bread and it mentions adding cheese, bacon as a sandwich etc..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A11484975

I may try this tomorrow-I am feeling a bit peckish now having read it...lol :-)

8 Jun, 2010

 

Have just pm'd you, Rich! :~))

8 Jun, 2010

 

Richard, many thanks for the Eggybread link. Don't laugh, but I'm 53 and have never made it before, BUT, guess what I'll be having for lunch ? :-))

9 Jun, 2010

 

.I am now thinking Eggy bread seems much more interesting than Eggy soldiers,Flori, .you are awful..but I like you !!... ( in the words of Dick Emery,remember him?) but you are probably a lot younger than little old me Lol. Enjoy your lunch,Muddy..:o)))

9 Jun, 2010

 

Oh I do remember Dick Emery, though was only a teenager at the time, Bloomer, as were you!!! Some sayings just stick in the mind, don't they?lol
Must admit Rich's link seems to be going down well, and he has helped me get out of the very deep hole I was busy (and oh so innocently!) digging for myself too, so am very grateful to him, if he did but know it! lol!

Muddy, I really hope you enjoy your lunch my friend!!! :~))x

9 Jun, 2010

 

Lol,Flori,I was just about to "fly" down with my big spade....not really fair to let you dig it on your own...Where is Janey hiding???..No Magic carpet in sight.!!

9 Jun, 2010

 

mmmmmmm ! Thank you Flori and Richardpeeej - check out my Lunchtime Blog. :-))

9 Jun, 2010

 

I love eggy bread!!
Plan C girlies and Rich and Muddy..........when we board the Magic carpet, Muddy, you will be ready with your trolley all kitted out with catapults and large vat of eggy bread. As we near Somerset and Spritz'z wonderful garden, Muddy will hand us the catapults and trays of eggy bread. On first sighting of the nuclear police.....firing will commence......

The MoD will be on their knees, sloppy bread will have wrapped itself around sparkling equipment, missiles will be dripping goo, soldiers will be scraping slaps of egg from their eyes, uniforms will be splattered. During all this chaos, we will sail serenely by to land softly and safely at Spritz's estate...........Lol!!

9 Jun, 2010

 

I'll watch out for you all....sorry to disappoint you, but there aren't any soldiers...but that means more eggy bread to eat en route if you remember your Primus stove! Please descend into the car parking field opposite, as I do not want soggy eggy bread all over my flowers, thank you!

9 Jun, 2010

 

Ah bless you, Bloomer, and there was I thinking we were in the same hole, no wonder it was quiet in there~I was on my tod!!
Had a feeling our Janey was secretly devising Plan....whatever it was, in a secret dug out somewhere~she should have said, she could have used mine, (dug out, not Plan) LOL! An army marches on it's stomache so they say~(that must be 'cos they have very short legs), so between them, our Rich and Muddy, have supplied rations of eggy bread for our Goy Force, to keep up their strength for the journey, and as in the best idea of recycling, any leftovers can be used to disarm and overwhelm the enemy! We will fight them on the beaches, and win, and yet, as all Goyers are, be magnanimous in our victory. Great Plan, Commander Janey, let us all synchronize our watches, and give our Magic Carpet the last hoover over!
Spritz, we will be coming in to land, have the butler standing by.......... :~))LOLX

9 Jun, 2010

 

What butler? Did we look as though we had butlers here? Hmmm....you were seeing things, Flori!

9 Jun, 2010

 

Aw Spritz...thought you would have liked the egg plant...:o)))

9 Jun, 2010

 

Hope it has stayed dry for your visitors today, Spritz~and that they have enjoyed your garden as much as we did! Will be thinking of you tomorrow too, my friend! :~))xxx

9 Jun, 2010

 

Floribunda when you have landed eggy bread an all Congratulations on a fantastic vertual trip round a stunning garden the photographry was next to Brilliant,but maybe instead of a waterway at the bottom of the garden a runway would be more helpful for the Magic Carpet and it`s passengers!!! xx

9 Jun, 2010

 

so glad you have come out of hiding Janey,we were about to label you as a deserter,and give you a white feather,or a Hen's one at least.Lol.So,chocks (or chucks) away,and we won't throw any eggy bread till we land,and we can enjoy a good yolk and a laugh together..So sorry ,but its the best I could do...Lets hope the windsock is downwind,after all this eggy stuff.!!

9 Jun, 2010

 

Lol! Bloomer.....lets hope the wind is with us for tomorrow, sure it more than likely will be......:o)))

9 Jun, 2010

 

No wind, thanks! my poor plants got battered enough yesterday. :-((

Yes, thanks - the new Zealanders came in the 'normal' fashion - in cars! They 'did' enjoy their visit, I think for the comments, anyway.

I was told it was a lovely 'kitchen garden'...LOL...I simply 'had' to correct that one!

9 Jun, 2010

 

Good luck for tomorrow Barbara.......hope there's sun for everyone.....will be thinking of you. X

9 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks. I know of three GOY-ers who are coming! :-)))

9 Jun, 2010

 

Yes good luck,Spritz,I'm sure it will be another lovely day for you.Bet you never thought you would end up getting all these very very silly comments,as a result of Flori's blog about your lovely garden...but its been a bit of fun for us,and on such a miserable day,weather wise,a bit of light relief......Look forward to your next blog all about it..:o)..

9 Jun, 2010

 

I'd like to second that. Wishing you a warm, sunny, busy but enjoyable day tomorrow. :-)

9 Jun, 2010

 

What an Eggxcellent response this has turned out to be (!!), and I hope you all got a chance to do our 'virtual tour' around Spritz's fantastic garden.
Thank you Janey, Muddy, Bloomer (you are just as nutty as me!) Red, Rich, and Spritz, and any and all who posted comments~this has been a lot of fun, with a chuckle or two thrown in for good measure~I hope you have all enjoyed it, I certainly know I did!! Have another successful Open Day tomorrow, Spritz!! We will all be thinking of you :~))X

9 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks - weather not too good today, though....but we'll cope somehow. :-(

10 Jun, 2010

 

It is pretty overcast here too, but has stayed dry, as I hope it had over your way! I know you had some Goyers coming over today, hope it was as magical for them as it was for us, Spritz! :~))

10 Jun, 2010

 

It stayed dry here, Flori! It was chilly, cloudy and windy, but I know the GOY-ers enjoyed their visit, and I loved having them here. Just back from the pub - like last week! I was too tired to eat it...again. :-(((

10 Jun, 2010

 

Oh am so glad it stayed dry for you and your visitors, I prayed that it would, Spritz! Is it all back to normal now, as these Open Days take such a lot of hard work and organising to make them a success! Hope our Goyers got caught up in the magic of your wonderful garden as we did! Congratulations my friend!! :~))

10 Jun, 2010

 

Great pix Flori, great garden Spritz! I especially liked the clematis... seems I have fallen in love with the clematis lately :o)

10 Jun, 2010

 

Glad all went well,Spritz,and you will be able to chill out a bit now.It was cold and windy here too,not the best of days for you,but at least it stayed fine.I went to the pub too,for lunch with a friend...nice and warm in there Lol.
Thanks for sharing your lovely garden with us...:o))

11 Jun, 2010

 

I think Henry was juuuussssttt a bit tired - he was lying flat on the hall floor for ages....I felt like doing the same, to be honest! (I still do... lol)

11 Jun, 2010

 

Glad you liked them Pip, I adore Clematis too, and though this was only a taster of what Spritz had in her garden, I'm glad to hear you liked them too!

Pub lunch, eh Bloomer? Now that does sound like a good idea! lol! Today is sunny and bright here, a complete contrast to yesterday!

Poor old Henry! Time to put your feet up for a bit Spritz, you and the OH have certainly deserved the rest after these last two weeks! Thank you for sharing your wonderful garden with us all my friend. :~))x

11 Jun, 2010

 

Pleased it all went well Spritz...even though the weather like here was a bit glum...how lovely to meet more Goyers and put some faces to names...:o) We're off to the pub for dinner later..........

11 Jun, 2010

 

wonderful pics of Spritzs garden... glad you had a great day....

11 Jun, 2010

 

I must have looked at the pictures 20 times already, there is so much to see and admire in Barbara's garden, even though it's only from photographs. What a wonderful area she lives in. Thank you Flori for the amazing pictures

11 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Janey, Holly and Titchy~lovely to hear from you all! Enjoy your meal tonight Janey!

Am pleased you enjoyed the photos, Holly, yes, we had a fantastic day out with the best of company!

Titchy~thank you so much, have got loads of photos I took of our day over at Spritz's, and if anyone wants to see more of this truly amazing garden, let me know, and I will post some extras~but however many I put on, it could never encapsulate this amazing garden in it's entirety. It really does need to be seen to fully appreciate the hard work and effort it has taken to make it as special as it is! :~))

11 Jun, 2010

 

Wonderful blog, Flori! Isn't this truly heavenly? Brought back memories of last summer, and glad to see that the weather was kind again. :-))

11 Jun, 2010

 

What an amazing garden Spritz has and what wonderful pics you have taken to compliment it further. Looks and sounds like you had an awesome day and rightly so waking through a garden like that!

Great blog....

11 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you David and Odd~yes, it really was as great as I keep raving about, and with the weather being so perfect as well, we couldn't have been luckier! Will definitely be going again if Spritz does her Open days next year too! Thank you both for your lovely comments and getting in touch! :~))

12 Jun, 2010

 

What could I say that hasn't been said already? Thanks

12 Jun, 2010

 

Thank you for getting in touch, Jenniet, am really glad you enjoyed! :~))

12 Jun, 2010

 

Welcome to GoY, Jenniet. :-))) I see you're in Devon! Maybe you could get here next year - Devon's not that far from here really, is it?

12 Jun, 2010

 

Nice one, Flori! Beautiful pictures, especially close-ups. Just fantastic :)

14 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Tommy! How you doing? Glad you enjoyed your 'virtual tour' around Spritz's wonderful garden~thank you for your lovely comment :~))

14 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Flori~~~! I'm still busy catching-up on GoYing; I'm slow as a snail :( Enjoyed your blogs about gardening history, please keep us the good work~~~ :)

14 Jun, 2010

 

Oh how I know what you mean about catching up, Tommy. Am trying to keep up with everyone's blogs but am miles behind on posting comments on Goyers photos~ yours included!! :~((
Am glad to hear you are enjoying my Garden History blogs too!x

14 Jun, 2010

 

Lots to read and look at~~ It's a bit of pressure but not the bad one. Isn't it just nice~~~?!

16 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Tommy! I would never have forseen how many posts this blog could have generated~it's Huge! Been a lot of great humour too, so well worth scrolling through it lol! Glad you enjoyed~such a magical day for us, and certainly worth the 2hour journey to get there! :~))

16 Jun, 2010

 

Hi Flori! 2 hour journey is nothing if you can enjoy all these lol :) I do admire your photo skill by the way. I'm struggling with the new camera I bought last week; the memory card (fujifilm) doesn't seem to work with the camera (sony); I should have bought the one sony recommended. Bad luck :(

16 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Tommy, I am not as steady with the camera as I used to be, and that can be such a pain when you like taking close up's! Grrrrrrr! Sorry to hear you are struggling with your memory card, they should make them generic so any card fits any camera. I have two Fuji cameras, a point and shoot, and a bridging camera, that is a cross between an SLR and a point and shoot. It is probably this one that I get the best close ups, as I have supermacro on it, which means I can get as close as 4inches to the bloom! My OH bought me a Canon SLR at christmas, with a choice of lenses~haven't even got round to trying it out yet, I am ashamed to say!! :~(( Hope you get it sorted out soon, and be back to snapping away like the rest of us! x

16 Jun, 2010

 

Floribunda I hereby award you the "Terratoonie" Award for over 100 comments on a blog :o)

17 Jun, 2010

 

Well Pip, I will accept that treasured award with good grace and honour, but it's all down to Spritz really, all I did was photograph and blog it, you lot did the rest!
It has received a truly wonderful response, and been so much fun along the way. Goyers really are pretty exceptional people, in a world that is more often too busy to stop and look around at the beauty that surrounds us all, and take time out to chuckle along the way :~)) Bless you Pip! :~))x

17 Jun, 2010

 

Oh my goodness, lucky you, Flori! You are spoiled with cameras. I envy you Flori~~~!!!!!!! x

17 Jun, 2010

 

I like the sound of the 'in between' camera, Flori - my little Fujipix does a good job, but I've been wondering about a better one....and I have a b'day not that far away. Would you please tell me about it? I wouldn't want a 'bells and whistles' one - I couldn't get my head round that! More details, name, price etc please. Maybe a PM might be more appropriate. Thanks. :-)))

17 Jun, 2010

 

I have always had an interest in photography, so my camera collection has just kind of built up over the years, Tommy, but it is only recently that I have taken such an interest in Macro photography, hence why my wonderful OH bought me my latest one at christmas~which I hope to start using this weekend!! Goy has made me appreciate photography from a whole new angle, and I bless this site for it :~))

Hi Spritz, will pm you, my friend, but anyone interested in a bridging camera, there are lots available out there, just go into your search engine and ask :~))

18 Jun, 2010

 

Aren't you lucky to have such a sweet husband!?!! Not fair~~~~!!! I had to buy one myself :( Okay though, I'm going to use his Nikon someday if he allows me to ~~ But maybe such a thing won't happen~~~ Anyway it might be too complicated for me to handle it, hahaha~~~

18 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Tommy, was that buying a camera or a husband, as got a bit confused?!!!lol
Yes, he isn't a bad lad really. It is our 27th wedding anniversary today, I still swear you get less for murder..........Tee hee hee :~))x

18 Jun, 2010

 

Just catching up with all your comments Flori....Happy Anniversary to you both!!
Like you I like photography too and the same thing, it was because of Growsonyou that Ian bought me my fabulous camera...I love it, and discovering what it can see that I can't....depending on where you focus it Lol! Its a Panasonic Lumix with great magnification....I could spend all day faffing with it...:o)

18 Jun, 2010

 

Happy anniversary Flori~~~! I'll check the newspaper tomorrow just to make sure you had a happy evening, hahaha~~ :) Best wishes xxxxxxxxx

18 Jun, 2010

 

Thanks Janey and Tommy for your lovely anniversary wishes! Janey, have just pm'd you.
What ever are you implying, Tommy? lol.We are spending the evening revising, and I think it's starting to make me ever so slightly ga ga!! (What do you mean, you hadn't noticed any more so than usual????)Tee hee hee :~))x

18 Jun, 2010

 

Congratulations, you two - and many more anniversaries to come. You've got a long way to go to catch up with us, though! LOL. xxx

18 Jun, 2010

 

Ha ha ha~just getting here was a challenge, Spritz, but after all these years, the house training is just about starting to pay off! LOL :~))

19 Jun, 2010

 

Just catching up on everyone and everything Flori you lucky thing....Spritz's garden....Paradise...sigh. Really enjoyed your blog and comments lol. It has helped me make up my mind, not many of you know, but Spritz has asked me to come and live with her so I can enjoy her garden every day, she's so generous...and I've decided to take her up on her kind offer:-))))

19 Jun, 2010

 

That'd be in your dreams then would it, Bornagain? lol

19 Jun, 2010

 

Fraid so Wagger:-(

19 Jun, 2010

 

Aw!!!!!!!!!! Sweet dreams, then.

19 Jun, 2010

 

No, it wasn't! I have your room ready for you, Ba...Where are you? Your dinner is in the dog. Tsk tsk. :-((((

19 Jun, 2010

 

Henry is welcome to the dinner, as long as I can sit in, and walk around your garden every day Spritz, I'll help with the weeding too:-)) I've just come back from Gardeners World Live, Vicky's won another Gold! I'm just off to pack up my worldly goods, see you soon:-)

20 Jun, 2010

 

Hope you haven't tried to book with the "magic carpet" company,Bornagain,as when Flori,Janey and I tried to get to see Spritzhenry's garden,they never turned up...absolutely rubbish firm,and wouldn't recommend them to anyone ..Lol.

20 Jun, 2010

 

Happy anniversary Flori and may you be together for many more years to come :o)

21 Jun, 2010

 

Bloomer having read all your comments, I decided to use a more modern form of transport, the Laminate Floor Company. I believe it's a sort of giant slidey thing, where you sit on one end and 'hey presto' whiz off down to your destination, wheeeeee, here I come Spritz;-) Flori, I hope you both had a lovely day:-)))

21 Jun, 2010

 

Oh,dear,here we go again.!!...Your idea is much better than ours was,Bornagain,..where were you when we needed you?Lol. This is the 127th comment on this blog,will it make 150,do you think,and will it be a record?
Come on,Flori,Janey,and everyone else who has nothing better to do all day...lets try :o))) Sorry Spritz,you will regret opening up your lovely garden,I think...Lol.x

21 Jun, 2010

 

I'll give it a go Bloomer, but I have to put on a blog with pics from Gardeners World Live. It takes so long to up, or is it download? pics that it will take for ever. Is there a way to do it quicker that I don't know about?

21 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Ba......Bloomer....Wagger and Spritz!
Move over, Ba....I'm joining you, got room for both of us Spritz over at your Manor? Wagger was so right about that 'Magic Carpet' company, Ba, thought it looked a bit of a threadbare company when we first booked it, and they really pulled the 'Rug' up from under our feet, they just 'cut' and 'run', completely 'weaving' us out of the 'loop', so we were totally.....sh.....stuck!
Maybe the Laminate Floor company 'wood' have been a better idea, instead we 'pined' away over here,totally 'oak'ed that we didn't get to Spritz,life can be such a 'beech' at times, 'ash'ly,can't it, Bloomer? Is this a 'splinter' group from the carpet company, do you think? Or 'wood' that be just a bit 'tongue'n'groove?? Maybe, we just got 'fitted' up~whatever it was, it 'floored' us!
Actually, on second thoughts, Ba, this Laminate Company....would we really want to be fed through a machine, heated to a high temperature, and sealed both ends??? Come to think of it, it sounds positively painful......Tee hee hee!

Now a message for the only sensible one out of this group.....Thank you, Pip, for the anniversary congrats!!! :~))x

21 Jun, 2010

 

Ba,I don't know if its upload or download either..Lol.Seems we would get on well on our journey....:o))
Flori,..what are you like? really funny,and your puns are much worse than mine..Are you sure all that studying hasn't turned your brain ? now,now,dear,you will soon be better...just humour her,everyone,but don't tell her I said so :o))))

21 Jun, 2010

 

Ladies! This one I do know the answer too (I think!) You 'download' photos to your computer, but when adding them to Goy, you 'upload'~am quite smug now, lol! Does this make me a pc boffin now???(Yeah right!)
Am glad you appreciated my fine sense of humour(?), Bloomer, it has taken me many years to get my humour to this level.........(Having been married for the last 27 years has really helped too!) Sometimes I feel just so misunderstood.....LOL!

21 Jun, 2010

 

I don't misunderstand you, Flori - I empathise! lol.

21 Jun, 2010

 

LOL! Why bless you, Spritz, I'm beginning to wonder if Bloomer thinks that I am beyond all hope now, ha ha ha~where you and I know that it's an absolute certainty! :~))x

21 Jun, 2010

 

Lol....what a load of crackpots you all are....can I join please???Lol! Very funny Flori.....you can't ever be accused of being Wooden...lol ! You're misunderstood comment took me straight back to school, my surname then was Underwood, but used to get called miss Understood....:o(( Now, where's that laminate floor slide, we're going to have to cling on girls for dear life all the way to Somerset!

21 Jun, 2010

 

Hurrah,Thats another techno term I have learnt..thanks,Flori..but will I remember. ?As I now have it in writing,I can refer to this blog.So glad I was informed that PgDn meant "page down" button (thanks to Terra,as some of us were scrolling down all the time.)..duh...No,I don't think you are beyond hope,Flori,and echo the comment by you,Spritz.Lol.
Janey,how fed up you must have been at school,and people thinking you had not heard it all before...Shall I bring some high factor cream for the sunburn,as its very hot today,and some Sudacream for bumburn ? need to be well protected.Lol..

21 Jun, 2010

 

Hello Janey! The one thing that worries me with this Laminate floor slide, is the build up of static, and loose splinters~OUCH! Just brings tears to the eyes to think of it!!!! 'Plank' you for your lovely comment though, as long as i haven't 'Board' you yet, as I 'wooden want to do that! Hey, just had a thought, if we build up enough velousity, maybe we could hit 'Warp' speed! (Oh now THAT is really just SO bad, that even I have just disowned myself!)
You are our Chief Crackpot, Janey, we are just your motley crew! :~))x

Bloomer, I have only recently worked out the page up and down button too, my poor little fingers were beginning to resemble mere stubs with all this scrolling lark! Maybe that now elevates you and me to Super PC Boffins?????

21 Jun, 2010

 

Definitely,Flori.Lol.I am going to log off till tonight now,as I have had a PM from Bill Gates,and he needs my help apparently.ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!.

21 Jun, 2010

 

Ahem...I think you'll find that if you press 'end' you automatically whiz to the bottom of the page and if you press 'home' you whiz to the top of page. I think that trumps your page up/down. Now it's just occurred to me, as I was writing this, that this opens up all sorts of possibilities. What about it girls....with a bit of existential, out of the box thinking......we could possibly start our own travel business working on the above principles. I know it's a bit fuzzy at the moment, and I'm the first to admit that I have very little knowledge in this field, but I'm sure there's an idea here waiting to make us millions. :-))

21 Jun, 2010

 

Bornagain,you clever lady..I have been"ending" and "homing"like a thing possessed...so exciting!! doesn't take much.Lol. A long long time ago,(are you sitting comfortably?) I used to organise coach trips where I worked to see the latest pop stars of the day..don't laugh..the first one was Cliff Richard and the Shadows.He had just recorded Living Doll.It was so long ago,that Ike and Tina Turner were the supporting act !! I did have an ulterior motive,as I got a free seat and ticket,if I got a full coach load....so did lots of them.Lol.Does this count towards our new enterprise ? I promise not to sing it :o)) We now need a catchy name for our Travel Company..Over to the rest of you :o) Oh,goody,its time to press Home Lol.

21 Jun, 2010

 

What a coincidence! with your experience and my genius, we're half way there,but do you understand how we can use the 'end' and 'home' key to transport people? We need to recruit someone with a comprehensive knowledge of the internet. We will have to choose carefully if we don't want anyone to steal the idea, in fact I'm just about to contact the patent office. It's hard to know who to trust...I do believe we're on the threshold of a genuine breakthrough in travel technology. Just think.....we could travel anywhere at a moments notice...drop in on Spritz (how pleased she will be) at a moments notice....visit all our GOY friends in other Countries...the sky's the limit...in fact there will be no limit...........

21 Jun, 2010

 

I will give it some thought ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thats enough thinking for tonight.!!zzzzzzzz

21 Jun, 2010

 

You guys are a bunch of crackpots, I agree with Janey :o) LOL!
Thanks for all your handy tech tips guys lol
Try to reach 200 comments on the blog guys, I'll award you the Truffle award :o)

21 Jun, 2010

 

Glad you and Janey are in unison,Pip c,Yes we are,but very happy crackpots.Lol.Its being so cheerful,that keeps us going :o))

22 Jun, 2010

 

I've thought of contacting Dragons Den, what do you think Bloomer? Flori yoooohooooo are you with us? How much do you think we could ask for?

22 Jun, 2010

 

Here I am, Ba and Bloomer! Sorry, yesterday was a study day, my head full to overload with knowledge, as have our revision test tonight before the final exam next wednesday eve.(That's my knees you hear a-knocking!!!)
Well, Ba, what can I say?? You have been busy! I am so impressed~your thinking so far out of the box, that the box no longer in sight, not even a speck in the distance! LOL! Great idea about 'Home' and 'End', I've been playing with that too, so don't you worry, Bloomer, you are in good company my friend,hahaha!
Yep, Pip, Bloomer and I are totally barking, but still nice to know! As long as we take our meds we are allowed out in polite society for a few hours a week, Janey is an honourary member already, so fancy joining our rather elite club???
Hope you gave ol' Bill all my best when you met up, Bloomer, and could help him and his niggle out! :~))
Ba, am i right in thinking that you are working on a kind of transporter system, that could beam us up from our PC? Cool! I might just enjoy having my molecules scrambled, and then put back together~could I be a size 8 please???? Tee hee heee! :~))))))))))))))))))x

23 Jun, 2010

 

Good grief!! This little mini keyboard to the right is amazing...thank you ladies so much! I never used it either, but now I can't get my hand off it...it's stuck like glue to home, end, page-up and page down....I'm having to type all this with my left hand.....no...stop it....no give up!! Arrgh...there's another little keyboard further right...now what's that all about...nothing on mine works at all......come on Bloomer....I need lessons....lol! Oh, they're coming round with the tea trolley now......yes nurse...I will nurse....:o))

Transporter system? They're coming to take me away ha...ha....

23 Jun, 2010

 

Me too! isn't this so much fun..........just worked out that we all may be in the same institution Janey, what room number are you in? Mine's 38.......
Ooooooooooooh, I can hours of fun with this,up/down/home and end.......wonder what this one does if I press it..............hel!!!!!fhftyryertydhjgjkgdrgsdgrsdfj!

23 Jun, 2010

 

Flori,please put a cushion between your knees,so we don't hear them knocking,I'm trying to concentrate here.Lol.Bill Gates was useless,didn't even know about ..Home,End,page up or down...bit of a plonker,so told him to contact
Ba.
Janey..you have another bit of keyboard to the right ?.I haven't ..only bit I have is the floor :o) You are very upmarket aren't you?..Are you sure the tablets are working? must be a placebo....

23 Jun, 2010

 

I hope we are Flori........well mines 39......so it's your knees then I can hear knocking...I've been hiding under the bed, I thought someone wanted to be in! Loads off fluff and tissues under there....cough.....cough, now I've missed me tea!

Bloomer.....I'm wondering if I'm seeing things, I did lose my specs under the bed too......there is definitely another little keyboard on the right....how come you've just got floor.....are you sat crossed legged on the laminate tap tapping at your computer?? I've got space at the end of mine and floor 3 feet under that......what room are you in??

Well girls I shall be tiptoeing out later for a midnight feast seen as I missed me tea.....if I don't see you in the kitchen at 12, see you at breakfast.....:o))

23 Jun, 2010

 

If I'm ever over in England I must visit you all in the funny farm... sorry, I meant institution. You sound like three hopeless cases, but also appear to be well cared for. Does the institution have a ward for people who are crazy about stuffed toys? I might qualify for long-term care.

24 Jun, 2010

 

Titter Pip c.....totally hopeless I hope...if that makes sense....which it won't as nothing else has! Plenty of room for stuffed toy fanciers Pip....just depends what you are stuffing them with......miniature bottles, £20 notes, belgian chocs......mmmm......we''ll write your references.......:o))

24 Jun, 2010

 

Lol Janey, I've got a keyboard on the far right that doesn't appear to do anything as well. I envy you Bloomer....being able to sit cross legged. I'm glad I don't live in the same institution. I used to be an avid reader of detective novels, and it's obvious to me that your computer desk and your uselesslittlerighthandkeyboard (ulrhk for short) has been stolen without your noticing by a very clever useless object thief. Possibly someone carried away by the excitement of the up/down home/end keys....ring any bells??? Pip, you must be mad to even think of going there......oh, in that case......could be just the place:-) This has broken through the 150 barrier...will it be 200??? Do you think I've got nothing better to do??????;-)

24 Jun, 2010

 

Well,Flori,Janey and Ba,,and Pip,of course(but are you sure really want to join in all this intellectual banter?) Forgot to say my lapdog..oops sorry,Laptop is on a coffee table,or my knee,depending how the comfort factor is,and how long I am going to spend
on this machine ...so cushions all plumped up behind my back !!
Me,crossed legged on the floor.?? Is Elvis dead?You are silly...I am in room 40 if you want to ask the warden for the key,and pop round to inspect my missing right hand side.Lol.I've looked everywhere for it ,but nope,only have
Home,pgup,pgDn,End,......(a gap) and arrow pointing right..probably suggesting the extra bit is outside as pointing to back door.Probably planted it up in spring,..Nope,nothing growing yet,that looks remotely like a right hand bit...Where on earth can it be?answers on a postcard please...no prizes,as we are only allowed enough spending money,for silent knee knockers,bells with a muffler on,(not the scarf type,)...so fed up with that Flori's noisy knees.,sigh.I have a very fetching pink hairnet and matching rollers,..I suppose that would be a super prize,and very practical...

24 Jun, 2010

 

You didn't mention you have a laptop bloomer, don't feel deprived, but those of us with a pc do have a useless little keyboard that does nothing Ha! I'm sure you look delightful Bloomer, what about pink ear plugs to match...problem solved:-)

24 Jun, 2010

 

serves you right for not reading info going back to November last year,then..Lol....then you would have known...:o) So glad I have nothing to be concerned about,Ba,I can now stop wondering if it dropped off somewhere...I often drop off,..zzzzz...Pink earplugs? just the thing,sorry what did you say? I can't hear you ..!!!!

24 Jun, 2010

 

Now come on Bloomer.....time to tidy your room, theres a good girl.....you sure you haven't kicked it under the bed....I SAID IS IT UNDER THE BED!!

24 Jun, 2010

 

I specialise in toys stuffed with polyester, so I suppose I would be mercilessly rejected if I came near your institution, just because I wasn't pulling my load in the naughty edibles department.

25 Jun, 2010

 

Well, well ladies, I'm away from my keyboard for 24 hours, and look at what you all get up to!!! Janey, why have you put Fluff under your bed? She has only recently finished dangling out her window with her zoom, poor thing! Think you should get her out and dust her down, and find out if she located Bloomer's left end of her keyboard, (and there was I thinking you were such a lady, Bloomer, I am shocked that you are tapping on a Police constable instead, I hope he's wearing protection, those helmets do add a bit of height don't they, and echo quite nicely!)
I see that, Bloomer, you are only 2 doors (pg)up from me(or should that be (pg)down?), so almost room mates, and Janey inbetween us too, they are obviously keeping us all in the secure unit section~I wonder why???? Did I read it right that Elvis is alive and well, and wearing a pink hairnet and matching rollers, and sitting crosslegged on your coffee table, Bloomer, or am I just getting a little bit confused??????

Janey,that's morse code you can hear a-tapping, not my knees, so worry not, we are sending out an SUS,(or Save us Spritz), maybe we can all get day release in her care, and even have eggy bread with the lads from the RAF? Pip, we can always add another nut to our wonderful cause, so you'd be very welcome if ever over this way! As to the Polyester stuffing in the soft toys, well it will just confuse the guards, oops, I mean, nursing staff! I'm sure we can still smuggle in some bits and bobs, and they won't notice the clanking of the miniature bottles inside! Like the sound of the £20 notes too, come to think of it, but the chocs will just get very messy and gooey......

Ba, I've heard a whisper that they are reserving room 41 for you, and you'll be joining us any day now~we so look forward to it! They are just stocking your room with 'Whodunit?' books, and printing out wanted posters for the 'Uselessobjectthief' (UOT) for short, just to be on the safe side, as you never know who's out there!
Maybe, girls, if we all clubbed together, we could buy Bloomer her missing keyboard bit, plus a tube of Superglue to stick it on with!~what do you think? Would hate her feeling she's missing out on all the extra little keys!!!! LOL!

25 Jun, 2010

 

Words almost fail me Flori..it was the superglue that did it !! Thought it was that stuff for dry lips....they are now....Lol.You are completely bonkers,and as we are only halfway there,I think your cell..oops ,sorry,room,should be well and truly padded,with polyester wadding.I won't tell everybody what you are like,as my lips are sealed..and not through choice..Intravenous drip for me,I think....

25 Jun, 2010

 

Intravenous drip, Bloomer? Have we met him yet?Lol! You all stuck up? Never! Thought we should have got one of those nice nurses to apply the sticky stuff, but, hotdarnit, you just couldn't wait, so now you have a stiff upper, lower and any other way lip~just so pleased to see it hasn't affected your typing digit though~see~there's always a silver lining to every grey cloud!
I love my polyester padded room, and they say if I'm really good, I might get it upgraded to Draylon!!! :~))))))xTee hee hee!

26 Jun, 2010

 

I'll chip in five bucks for the superglue...

26 Jun, 2010

 

Lovely pictures Flori I am glad that you had a good time at Spritz's and OH's home. It looks a lovely place. :-)

26 Jun, 2010

 

Did Pip supply the polyester wadding? so kind of you Pip, hope you didn''t have to disembowel any of your stuffed toys, especially now she wants an upgrade, some people are never satisfied! Bloomer, I feel for you, an easy mistake. Richardpeeej you are the voice of sanity:-)

26 Jun, 2010

 

Yes, you may have,met him Flori,..in a way..surely you remember???and how did you know I used to type with one finger? I will have you know,I can now use the first digit on each hand and one thumb,occasionally.....Pip has now committed herself to complete insanity,I'm afraid.
We have been waiting for someone with a sense of decorum,Richard...If you know whats good for you,its best not to involve yourself...you will be on an ever downward spiral my friend...Lol.
Yes,Ba,Pip did supply the wadding,..thet cheap stuff from a far eastern land,
There was bits of birds nest material in it as well,left over from the soup making
..not nice.>>>and not talking feathers either ,which we would have deemed to be acceptable,from a comfy point of view...

26 Jun, 2010

 

Yuck :-{

26 Jun, 2010

 

Don't worry, I did not have to disembowel any toys, there was a special on stuffing at the local supermarket, the label said 'Ideal for people who like to bang their heads on the walls and require padded cells' and I thought of you guys straightaway.
And I bought the superglue (does anyone know where to find replacement computer keys?) so I had to figure out how to smuggle it into your institution. Flori, you are shortly to receive a parcel containing a new pair of Ugg boots, along with a note that reads 'here is a souvenir from our Aussie holiday, love, your friend Diane'. The superglue is under the woolly innersole of the left boot, OK?
It might not even be neccessary to smuggle it in... but I thought, funny farm staff always jump to silly conclusions don't they?

27 Jun, 2010

 

I am so glad I was informed about the 'Home' and 'End' keys, as it would have taken me forever to scroll down through all of these strange ramblings that keep being posted! I tell myself that I am doing a great service for the community by keeping certain loonies off the street and keeping them attached to their keyboards, I think I deserve a medal!! Yes, my fellow Goy Loons, I am back! Did you miss me?~don't answer that, rejection can be so hard to take, sob! :~((
Thanks for the 5 bucks, Pip, do we need to get them company? Will they travel ok from Aussie land to our green shores?What should I feed them? LOL!

Ba, it could have been worse, I might have wanted sequins and a glitter ball as well, but I'm not greedy, Draylon will be just fine for now! (No soft toys were disembowled during the writing of this blog~at least not by me! lol) The wadding was great, but just a bit itchy on the 'bear' bits!!

Rich~always my voice of sanity~think I'm going to post a warning on this blog, that anyone enters at their own risk, and abandon all hope yea all that do! Lovely to hear from you my friend :~))

How are the lips doing, Bloomer? Two digits and one thumb eh? Well I am mightily impressed at your amazing manual dexterity my dear friend, and what do you do for an encore, just out of curiousity? Tee hee hee!

Ba, I love your moustache by the way~it looks very Mexican!

Pip, I've got you room number 37, you'll be next to mine in the secure unit, I mean hospital! Look forward to the Uggs Diane,wink wink, nudge nudge!
How quickly you have slotted in with us fellow loons, and having an antipodean nut in with us gives us some street cred too~never bad for the Aussie/Poms solidarity front! I'm off back to my ward now...........Ha ha ha!!!!

28 Jun, 2010

 

I'll have to leave Oz before the Ashes, won't I? Then I can be nice and safe in my cell.. sorry, room.. before the British mount an anti-Antipodean front in November. Hang on - do you guys have TVs or is that another security risk???

29 Jun, 2010

 

The lips are much better,thanks Flori,but it was almost a surgical removal,as I tried to lick a stamp.....as you do..so my mail was delayed for a while..I was so annoyed,as it was a 1st class one too,..what a waste !! You really don't know what I do for an encore,but will "come out" now,and reveal that I am Ambidextrous !!(spelling?)
Think you are expecting too much,re TV,Pip.We are only allowed to watch "Coronation St", "Eastenders" and "The Bill"...on a good day,you don't want to know the rest.The Antipodean inmates have to watch "Neighbours" and " Home and Away".On a bad day,we ALL have to watch"Crocodile Dundee",and /or (we have a choice) listen to Rolf Harris...!!!.Are you sure you still want to come ??

29 Jun, 2010

 

Flori, how did you know I still have one? I cunningly grew some skin over it as a disguise:-( Bloomer, having seen the program choices I'm definitely not coming to stay, so you can be the one to tell Flori, though I do have a soft spot for Rolf....can you tell what it is yet?..............my brain 8~/

29 Jun, 2010

 

I hadn't noticed the moustache,Ba.shows what a good job you did Lol.Although I would have been a bit more tactful than some people...if you know who I mean !!!
You only have to watch them if you are good,,,so you will NEVER have to watch them.Lol.Still coming ?.You and Rolf will be in perfect Harmony then,..in your naughty corner together..and I don't want to know about your soft spot...really,you are going a bit too far now !!! Just find something to do,like practise on your Didgeridoo,or whatever you call it :o))

29 Jun, 2010

 

Ain't coming, not if I have to be naughty with Rolf:-)

29 Jun, 2010

 

Ok,...whatever...,spoilsport.!!!

29 Jun, 2010

 

Ashes? Rolf's Didgeridoo? Soft spots and naughty corners? That's a combination I would never have thought of putting together! Am glad to hear you now have loose lips, Ambi, (Ah, so you're not Bloomer at all) maybe you can play on Rolf's didgeridoo instead, 'less Pip is up for the challenge?
I might be wrong, but am I picking up just a slight resistance from Ba, to join us in our happy home? And we even have her room ready too! Boohoo! :~((((
Oooops, shouldn't I have mentioned the 'tash, Ba,? I thought it was very becoming myself........Tee hee hee! Am off for my meds now as I feel them wearing off and reality coming to the fore, and that would never do...... :~))x

30 Jun, 2010

 

CROCODILE DUNDEE! It only happens to be one of my most favourite movies! Hurry up and get me to the institution!!!!!!
Can't play a didgeridoo although a wobble board would be a lot easier to play and still a passable Rolf-esque music technique. Where can you get your hands on one?
And I appear to have room... was it 37?... booked for <moi>.....
are they getting it ready for me? Maybe we will find Bloomer's - sorry, Ambi's - missing computer key while cleaning.

1 Jul, 2010

 

Erm, what's Coronation Street?

1 Jul, 2010

 

You don't want to know Pip:-(

1 Jul, 2010

 

Come on,Ba,you know you love it!! for your information ,Pip,it is a series nearly as old as me,and goes on and on..and on,struggling to find a decent story line,and if they think it is a good one for the ratings,...it goes on ..and on and on.Bit like Neighbours,really,only not as sunny as Ramsey St.Lol.Oh,how I remember Kylie and Jason's wedding...(young daughter at the time,so had no choice but to watch it.)..secretly though,I quite liked it then...What a saddo,I was...you will note I said.. was !!!.You room no 37,is all ready and waiting ,Pip...Bring your own mattress,as the floor is a bit hard...,well,concrete usually is,...but otherwise ok..Only the walls are padded,for your comfort...See you soon.?...:o))) "Ambi"xx

1 Jul, 2010

 

Coronation street, didgeridoo, wobble boards.......another somewhat warped set of connections~you lot really don't need me to add my five pence worth in, you do brilliantly without me~now I know how Frankenstein felt!! LOL!
You could never be a saddo, 'Ambi', confused, bewildered, yes, but never a saddo my friend!
Shame on you telling poor Pip to bring her own matress!~what will she think of England?
Pip, they do supply a bed, yes, it is bolted to the floor, as is most of the furniture, so somewhat restricted if you fancied redesigning your room I must admit, lol!! Your soft toys will make great sound insulation when 'Ambi's' looking for the end of her keyboard, as she can be a little noisey at times~Janey and I are the quietest one's there come to think of it and Ba is still debating!!!!!! :~))

1 Jul, 2010

 

Don't you think I'm bad enough Flori? moving in there would push me over the edge and what a cheek saying Janey is noisy.. Does she have knocking knees? is she forever chomping on her nails? or coughing in a vain attempt to clear a lump from her throat? A case of pot calling kettle I think! I wonder if you could sue Pip over the lumpy throat? Why don't you try one of those 'no win no fee' jobbies that are always advertising on the telly? ahem...for a small consideration...I would be your witness, waddaya say?:-)

1 Jul, 2010

 

Oh Ba, Janey and I are the quietest one's there~it's that confused split personality Ambi/Bloomer who happens to be the noisey one looking for her missing bit of her pc keyboard, and muttering about superglue and lip gloss and 1st class lickable stamps! Janey is just quietly sat here disembowling Pip's soft toys, getting them ready for the miniatures, £20 notes and chocs(maybe it's Muddy's spare Galaxy!)
If you should come across that name calling pot being highly unPC to the poor kettle, let me know, and I'll be straight over! I want to be it's agent!
(Waddaya mean, push you over the edge? You are already way over the other side my friend........) :~))))))xxx

1 Jul, 2010

 

Well yes I have been the quiet one My friendly inmates...I've had no electric for a day and a half!!! No-one thought to check my room???? Talk about Lady Gaga..I've gone more gaga then I was before....and not even one soul came knocking, I was begging to hear Flori's knee music after a couple of hours!!

Now all's back to abnormal and I'm catching up with all your gossip.....the soft toys are ready and waiting to be filled with Pip's Belgian Chocs and bottles of the hard stuff she will be getting from Duty Free, in the corner is my Didgereedoo awaiting your experrt playing Pip....Rolf dropped it off after his stint at Glastonbury, in fact I hear he had a couple of nights here recuperation, slowly adjusting back to his senior status, and donated an incredible painting of Animal Hospital pets doing their own thing at Glastonbury, can't wait to see it, now my electrically locked padded door is open........now what's that music distantly playing down the dimly lit corridor.....TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN SPORT, TIE ME KANGEROO DOWN......steady on Rolfie, careful with your kangeroo...no gerroff!!!..............

1 Jul, 2010

 

Welcome back Janey! We just thought you had taken up deep navel fluff contemplation and getting in touch with the inner you, as well as preparing Pip's furry friends for such tempting goodies! Oops! Sorry!
We are passing Rolf's didgeeridoo onto 'Ambi', she of the flexible lips, and Pip is taking a crash course in Wobble Boarding over there in Oz. Hey, if we can include Rolfie, we might have us an antipodean band, and we can play in the basement, as they like music coming from 'down under', don't they?
As to Rolfie's 'roo, well I'm a bit bushwacked on that one Janey,'less we tie him down of course!(Rolf! Rolf! Leave Janey alone! She's traumatised enough already with Lady Gagagaga!) :~))))))x

1 Jul, 2010

 

Okay. I went and bought a new mattress today especially. I'm also going to smuggle in Bloomer's missing keyboard part - guess what - I found it on my jewellery shelf at home!! Maybe one of Ba's home/end transporting tricks went wrong.
Have finished my crash course in wobbleboarding and even tried a bit of didgeridoo, but I couldn't get the hang of it, maybe the Elvis on Bloomer's coffee table wants to try his hand at it :o)
Good to know you've ffinished disemboweling my toys, but where do we get the chocs from?

1 Jul, 2010

 

Sorry about that everyone, especially Bloomer/Ambi. BA Transport is in its infancy so there's bound to be the odd hiccup. Pip, you have a jewellery shelf? are you rich? would you like to invest in BA Transport (BAT) ? I've just noticed, when it's been going a while, it will be old BAT that's not very nice:-(
Elvis is there too? I always thought the people who said he never died were mad...it certainly makes you wonder....Thinking about chocs, doesn't GOY member David have a chocolate garden? Perhaps he has surplus come harvest time..just a thought. Janey, I think you've had enough of the hard stuff, leave Rolf alone, poor old soul was probably just wondering the corridors looking for his boomerang....Janey in negligee, having borrowed Bloomers lip gloss, standing provocatively in the doorway.. ..I can see it all. I suppose you were hoping to take your story to the papers, make your fortune, bring down Australias National treasure, SHAME ON YOU:-(

2 Jul, 2010

 

Well,girls,for once words fail me,.or maybe not..(grin).the thought of Janey in negligee,with MY lip gloss,is just too much to bear,especially awaiting the rampant Rolfie...has she no shame ?Who is that he is shuffling along with?..Why,its Jake the peg...with his wooden leg.!!! so glad he has brought his mate for Ba,..or Flori...or Pip....I've got my own,thank you very much,a lovely guy..and much more handsome.Can you guess who it is yet...?.No the name escapes me too,but the face is familiar..I will take my tablet first,and then it may come to me..is it ?..no that's not him.I really must sleep on it,night night ,everyone,night night.X

2 Jul, 2010

 

Has anyone realised, only 14 more comments and we're there, Yay!

3 Jul, 2010

 

Can't believe that we have got this blog this far and it is a month today since we went to Spritz's garden that started all this off!!!!!!!! For all our sanity, and for the love of Goy~let's see if we can those last 14 comments and then sit back and say this has been a job well done lol! I am having a hard job matching up with all the weird and wacky comments this blog has generated, I don't know about you lot, but oh this has been a lot of fun!! :~))))))))x

3 Jul, 2010

 

Flori,you have been reading my mind about bringing this to a close now,and I am going to try and lead it back to how we all started,with a love of gardening,especially Spritz's garden..so here goes....On my last comment,I said I couldn't remember the name of my handsome friend,and now I have had a good nights sleep..well.not so good really,as happens occasionally,I remembered.....It is Mr Bean !!!!!I bet you are all so jealous,Lol.He is,a very Green Bean,a bit of a broad Bean,and a very good runner!! A bit on the short side too,but don't really like to call him dwarf,..! Sometimes as a term of endearment,I call him Frenchy.!.Eat your hearts out ,girls...:o)

3 Jul, 2010

 

It has been great fun,Flori,Ba,Janey and Pip,and its amazing how one little comment can lead to another,well,a few more than that..Lol.My sanity may be restored ..for a while,and I may even celebrate with Eggy bread for breakfast tomorrow..much better than tablets..

3 Jul, 2010

 

That's it Rolfie you stay there....yes only a couple more toys to do......

Mr Bean Bloomer!!! Are you Mrs Bloomer Bean then??? Lol! He sounds delicious...do make sure he hasn't any black-fly though, black-fly, not black flies!!
Negligee...what's that in-mates?? Good old wincyette PJs do for me...yes nurse horlicks please......time for my beddybyes......there coming to take me away haha.............ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz........

3 Jul, 2010

 

Yes,my secret is out..Mrs Bloomer Bean I am...and all because he fancied an "Ambi" .Lol.Your winceyettes sound wonderful,Janey,hope the nurse has remembered to tie the sleeves across your chest,to prevent you struggling to break free...You are so lucky,as you have the only night attire that doubles as a straight Jacket...don't fight it anymore just go with the flow...its almost over now..9 more comments :o(((

3 Jul, 2010

 

Lol Bloomer!......anyhow how come your Bloomer and not Bloomers..now that's much more approp....approp.....well you know! I am lucky aren't I, and to be fed by nursey too......I have really enjoyed this girls, but my time-out has come to an end.....Time-out....now we could stuff those toys with them....mmmm.....

3 Jul, 2010

 

I go away for three days and look what you girls get up to.
I am not rich, jewellery shelf houses several bobby pins and plastic necklaces/brecelets/earrings/anything that I haven't put away. And come to that Australia has no national treasure... we're not that rich... so Janey you can burn that negligee.... NOW!
Good to know they are creative enough to make straightjackets out of anything at the institution and also they sound pretty well paid if they are prepared to feed Janey.
Hey guess what, move in day is tomorrow! Looks like I might only be with you for a few hours before the staff employ the patented '100 Comments Miracle Cure for Insanity' I heard a whisper about and we can all go home and be normal.
Only six comments to go all, then we officially get the award, now changed from 'Terratoonie' to.......... "Bornagain's flowerpot'!!!!!!!!
By the way please do not lead Rolfie's peg leg mate to my room. I'd sooner have a nice Aussie guy - who's within a decade of my age. I might even rope in a mate to masquerade as boyfriend. No Jake the pegs allowed in 37! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........................
Looks like we've all gotten a little lost in a little lost in Somerset. Still, isn't it good to stretch our insanity wings...... that's so bad isn't it LOL! I think I'm going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! Actually I should say 'uncrazy' because crazy is normal so get ready.......
I'm going uncrazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

4 Jul, 2010

 

I see your 3 days away didn't do you much good,Pip,but you tried,OMG,how you tried.!! The good news..(for us,that is,not fellow GOYers)is that ALL the rooms we chose,have been double booked,and I don't think we want to stay in the economy ones,...no padded walls,stuffed toys definitely not allowed,or male visitors either !!! Whatever will Mr Bean,Rolfie,and Jake do now?They will be inconsolable....oh,and our deposits of 1 slice of Eggy bread each,are non returnable...What a liberty....If this is the kind of service they have,I think we are all far too good for this kind of Institution,girls...do you agree? So unfortunately,all our well laid plans have fallen by the wayside,it seems.I have taken it upon myself to cancel the Magic carpet,on your behalf,as we have no further need of transport...how very sad,..Its been great fun,though,and I for one didn't realise I was so "disturbed".Keep in touch,Flori,Ba,Janey and Pip,...and in the words of the song"we'll meet again,don't know where,don't know when"..probably a much better class of Institution.Lol.Over and out..See ya :o)))))) sob,sob.....

5 Jul, 2010

 

just a final gesture of my " appreciation" Flori,..for all your hard work,in starting this very educational and awe inspiring blog,..Thanks a lot.!!!! I think it is only right and proper,that you should have the 200th final comment,for your love of Spritz's Garden,,..she may NEVER show it again,or not allow you to visit either .Lol.xx

5 Jul, 2010

 

Hi all my fellow in-mates! Am just back in time to add my five penny's worth as we start to go into windown, on what must prove to be the longest list of posted comments ever on GoY! (Now you just watch someone prove me wrong!)lol!

Ambi/Bloomer~I couldn't have done this without you, you are an absolute official crackpot, and it has been a pleasure pitching wit with you my dear friend.......

Janey....If I remember rightly, this all started with your suggestion of a flying carpet...and it kind of just took off from there (lol) and the bad puns just followed in it's slipstream......you have so much to answer for, young lady! You have helped add continuous inspiration ever since~thank you....

Ba, you are just as loopy as the rest of us, and truly earned your place as totally nuts~you just keep working on the 'Home/End' keys, we expect great things from you in the new technological age yet to be~Bill Gates, watch this space!! You could make transportation problems a thing of the past.......

Pip, our youngest and most recent fellow nut....you have done us proud my antipodean friend~welcome to our exclusive looneytoons club, you have been a star~bless you! You and Rolf are welcome anytime, with or without your wobble board!!

Everyone of you that has added to this blog, when it first began, and after it deteriorated into the 'twilight zone', Thank You All, you have given a lot of smiles along the way, and that to me is the greatest gift one soul can share with another~and you all have all blessed me with more laughter and smiles than I could ever believe! Let's get this to the 200 comments, and be proud of what we have all achieved between us~you wonderful Goyers Rock!!! :~)))))X

5 Jul, 2010

 

Hmmm...all crazy, but never mind. My garden has a lot to answer for in all this! Maybe I'd better get the concrete mixer out....???

5 Jul, 2010

 

I suppose it's my turn, 199th comment and yes Spritz it's all your fault, but PLEEEEASE don't concrete over, they may use it a a landing strip for the carpet and move in with you........and it's me who's moving in with you, not them. they're doolally and I'm not:-p.

5 Jul, 2010

 

I've got to no. 200!!!!! YAYY!!

OH would love to concrete the grass, so he doesn't have to cut it!

I promise I won't let him - and your tea's ready. Tsk, tsk. Late again! :-((

5 Jul, 2010

 

I keep pressing 'end', but nothing's happening, perhaps B.A.Travel needs more work:-) (Only makes sense if you read all the comments lol)

5 Jul, 2010

 

Lol....just look what your garden has inspired Barbara.........now that's a thought...if you get fed up with too much gardening you can create us our own Spritzhenry's home for bewildered Goyers...can you imagine how fab that would be......can I put my name down first....:o)))

Really enjoyed it Flori....love your wit, long may it continue....:o))

5 Jul, 2010

 

Iv'e lost the will to live...Just "log off,"Ba,,..you thought it was all over...it is now :o))))))..but are we really sure of that??????

5 Jul, 2010

 

'Spose I should add the last comment......thank you all, but especially Spritz, cos if it hadn't been for the paradise I found in her garden, this blog would never have been written! I feel truly sorry for any curious Goys reading this amazing blog from start to finish~you deserve a medal!

Thank you all, you know who you are, for joining in and making this the most fun I've ever had on a computer, (at least legally lol!), everyone of you is truly special, truly humourous and totally barking, and you each have a special place in (the Institution just down the road from me~don't worry, I've put a good word in for you! Tee hee hee! See you there!) I bid you all Goodnight! This is Flori, signing off........ :~))))))))X

5 Jul, 2010

 

XX

6 Jul, 2010

 

Well, I must also say my goodbyes, I am feeling very sad because I never made it to the institution - although I think I was definitely there anyway! It's been so lovely to interact with all you crackpots. I hope we shall meet again. As my last official Somerset duty, I award Floribunda with the 'Truffle' award for 200 comments. Use it wisely! This is Pip, signing off.

[Off]

8 Jul, 2010

 

omg just got to the end of this blog ,crackpots lol, enjoyed the tour catching up on a few blogs i missed bin so busy wth work and my garden 2 . completly went of on a tangent carnt even remember wot i read now. but the gardens gorgess.x

13 Aug, 2010

 

Just be thankful you were too busy to join in,Cristina...you would have ended up
as one of us!!! I wouldn't wish that on anyone.Lol...only joking,it was great fun...ah,the logic of women...imagination is a wonderful thing.:o)))

13 Aug, 2010

 

lol bloomer dont need to wish it on me am already crackers, in fact my granddaughter calls me crazy nana( ment in a nice way lol!!!!!!! i think ) ;0))))

13 Aug, 2010

 

Didn't think I would be posting back on this blog, after all this time, but Cris, you have earned yourself a medal for getting through all our wonderful, silly, light hearted ramblings, we had so much fun on here, it was kind of our prototype for Ba's Tom Duck blog....I never thought it could be repeated, but being the Goyers we are, we womanfully rose to the challenge.....!! :~)))
Great to see you back here ,Bloomer, back to our youthful innocent days of witty quips and playful banter~I still swear it was all that Janey's fault and her suggestion of a flying magic carpets.......it all went kind of downhill from there if I recall....LOL!!!

13 Aug, 2010

 

Lol Flori! Still reading....with the bi-focals or tri-vocals, of course......haven't escaped me yet,,,;o)) Have you seen our new addition....a baby JR and she is training us very well....:o)

14 Aug, 2010

 

Oops! Hi Janey! How wonderful to find you back on our old blog that became such a flagship for other weird and wonderful blogs....oh boy, didn't we have some fun doing this....? LOL! I swear I cracked a rib or two laughing at how we could out best each other in sparkling wit.....so many smiles went into this, and it was all thanks to Spritz's Open day~oh how that takes me back!
How is beautiful Lottie doing? Yes, although I am still trailing miles behind, have tried really hard to catch up on all my Favourites blogs, and 'Little Lottie' has captured my heart~bet you can really see her character coming out in her every day now, and that she is giving cause to many smiles! lol :~))
My 'lad' would love her I know! Great to see you back on our old stomping ground my dear friend.... :~)))))))))xxx

14 Aug, 2010

 

I've just been looking at Lottie pics....I'm in love:-)

15 Aug, 2010

 

Isn't she just adorable, Ba? Sounds she is going to have quite a character, mind you, as all of us JR owners know, when don't they??LOL! :~))

15 Aug, 2010

 

Well done Cristina for making it :o)

16 Aug, 2010

 

Yes, Flori, we know! WE KNOW!

16 Aug, 2010

 

You really should write a blog on poor Nobby, Pip, his memory lives on, even if it only in the trama he caused! lol!

16 Aug, 2010

 

Maybe, but you have heard it all before haven't you, Flori!

17 Aug, 2010

 

I bet there are a few JR owner's who would appreciate the giggle! I know that I certainly did! lol!

17 Aug, 2010

 

Okay, will see what I can do!

17 Aug, 2010

 

Lol Girls!....what have I been missing??? Paws over ears Lottie....I need to hear this tale of your forbears.....now do I or don't I......indecision reigns again....oh for a little stint in that nice place we talked of.....:o))

17 Aug, 2010

 

Should I be worried that you may never look at little Lottie in the same light again, Janey?~it's a tale that makes the most stout hearted quake...with laughter, and really could only ever happen with a Jack Russel....Over to you our Pip, the floor is yours....lol! {Ps , Janey, I still have our rooms reserved in that nice big house with the secure doors!)LOL!

17 Aug, 2010

 

Can't wait to hear it Pip, I need to know what I've let myself in for...:o)) Oh good Flori.....shall be prepared with a few bottles of wine...sounds like heaven...:o)

17 Aug, 2010

 

I found it Flori and I've read it, ALL of it. Taken me about an hour of and on looking busy in between. I'm speechless!
Ps Spritz's garden looks so lovely and your photos are wonderful, lucky you to be able to get there :-))))

18 Aug, 2010

 

Annella, you and Cristina are amazing to have actually read this blog from start to finish, you both deserve medals/therapy! It has been so much fun, and totally off the wall, but we did get some excellent giggles out of it! See what I mean about it all being Janey's fault? Her and her idea of magic flying carpets! LOL!
(Janey, it was inspirational, lol!)
Yes, at the beginning of this blog, there had actually been a sensible reason for it, and that was Spritz's incredible garden~I could only show a small snapshot here as to how beautiful it really was, but I am glad you got to see it. Thank you for your kind words on my photos, but I feel I have hardly done it justice!!

(Has speech and thought patterns returned to normal yet????) :~))))

18 Aug, 2010

 

The speech is ok but it's hard to tell about the thought patterns ;-)))

18 Aug, 2010

 

Well, if I'm honest....I did wonder about that! Tee hee hee! :~)))

18 Aug, 2010

 

We can just thank Spritz for everything, I think! I'm forever grateful to you, Flori, for doing the blog and letting us do the rest! And thank you, Janey, for starting it all off! I'm only regretting not joining in the convo earlier :o)))

19 Aug, 2010

 

Hey! Don't blame me for all this! LOL.

19 Aug, 2010

 

Sorry Spritz, it was Your Open Day, at Your Garden that started all this~this other mad lot just picked up the baton and ran with it, I was almost just the innocent bystander in all of this.....(yeah right!) LOL!

You might have been spared a little of the loopiness that invaded this blog, Pip, but you were soon as nutty as the rest of us~there's no hope for you my girl! :~))

19 Aug, 2010

 

No, no hope. I couldn't be more tickled about it!!!

20 Aug, 2010

 

LOL, Pip! x

20 Aug, 2010

 

And who was it that wrote the blog, then, Flori??? LOL.

20 Aug, 2010

 

Listen to Spritz Flori....Nah nah na nah na..

20 Aug, 2010

 

Ok, ok, I put my hands up! I wrote the blog, but my bit was sensible to start off with.....can I help it if it was hi-jacked?? M'lord, I was innocent, I swear!!! LOL! I didn't invite the loonys.....(but I'm awful glad that they joined in!) Tee hee hee! :~))

Annella, you'll be back in the naughty corner again......you youngsters, honestly!

20 Aug, 2010

 

You were hi-jacked by a flying carpet on its way to the No-Fly Zone, I seem to remember!

21 Aug, 2010

 

Youngsters? Another compliment I will gratefully accept, but I'm not going back in the naughty corner! You left me there for nearly two days without a care..

21 Aug, 2010

 

Well folks,I have now emerged from deep meditation...and medication,and I can honestly say it has done me no good at all....I have been in absolute turmoil,thinking,'should I try and put all this behind me,and pretending it has all been a bad dream'....but the .magnetic madness of HER who started this,is drawing me back in to the depths of insanity.So,it looks like the addiction is impossible to cure,so guess its go with the flow again....there,I'm feeling better already..:o)))

21 Aug, 2010

 

Did you have a nice time Bloomer? Even with the bad dreams...

21 Aug, 2010

 

Can't remember Annella...Lol. probably...:o)

21 Aug, 2010

 

Cool :-)))

21 Aug, 2010

 

Sweet :o)

22 Aug, 2010

 

This one is running and running! Whatever next? lol.

Surreal. ;-X

22 Aug, 2010

 

We all thought that would be the end at 200, Spritz, but evidently not, ah well!

22 Aug, 2010

 

Well.....we could have another magic carpet trip.......all filled up and ready to go...:o)))

22 Aug, 2010

 

Free on Thursdays.... we'd better go then.

22 Aug, 2010

 

OK. See you then! :-)))

22 Aug, 2010

 

The 'Flow' has returned! Oops, sorry, that was suppose to be the 'Flo' has returned....and glad to see the usual bunch of reprobates still gathering in the same place~where anarchy rules ok!

Bloomer, magnectic madness of HER? I don't know if I've been complimented or insulted by that! But I am glad to see you again, life just isn't the same without your sparkling wit and repartee!
Annella, I did look for you, but you said a cupboard originally, and I turned all those out and couldn't locate you, so thought Pip had Batted over from Oz and the yellow brick road, and taken you out! HONEST! Would I tell porkie pies to you???
Thanks for the reminder Pip, about the start of this madness, you can remember that far back??? I am impressed! lol! (How's Toto?)
Janey....are you mad, woman? that's what started it all in the first place....(Book me a space please, though Ba is not going to be impressed that we are not travelling by BAT.Com!)
Spritz, and there was I thinking you were the sensible one out of all of us!
Surreal doesn't even cover this my dear friend....I don't think they have invented the word for what this is yet....The Flo is back in the house, Ladies!

22 Aug, 2010

 

Way-hay and off we go again! Let the madness continue. $;-)))))

Note the bandage round the brain to keep a cool head for your arrival!

22 Aug, 2010

 

Just what are you saying Spritz? I thought you did that to ease headaches....oh, maybe that's what you were referring too.... :~((((

22 Aug, 2010

 

What's this??? as soon as my back is turned....have you forgotten you are all board members of Bat?? Is Janey offering higher pay?? Magic carpets are so yesterday, surely you all realise that? and I might add dangerous. True you get to see more if you have a head for heights, but think of the time saved using BATravel. One press of the 'end' = journeys end....one press of 'home' and you're home...what could be simpler? Janey, I'm making a hostile bid for Magic Carpets Inc and I'm sure there's a law about trying to tempt staff away from wonderful companies....I'm going to google it now!

22 Aug, 2010

 

Oh hi there Ba! Don't be silly, we are still all behind the Batty company, as you can see all too easily with this blog! But you must remember that it was Janey who first came up with the ide of travel, you cleverly saw a gap in your keyboard, and hence you modified the original concept....brilliant strategy by the way, if I may say so! (Any chance of promotion, by the way??Oh well, just thought I'd ask!) :~)) Look at Janey's idea of more of a sideline to the company, she does the fair weather sight seeing tours...you two could make a great team, but am worried just what will happen if you just trade nasty insults at each other...oh so you didn't mean That type of hostile bid?...oh well spud guns at dawn then....lol

22 Aug, 2010

 

I always wanted to be a 'Trolley Dolley' and I ended up in accounts(good money but dull) I don't mind which company I work for if any ones employing.
Can send CV ASAP :-))))

22 Aug, 2010

 

I'll look at it Annella, but I can't promise anything we're a small company, ..ahem..still trying to get off the ground...ahem.. hilarious play on words there what. Perhaps M.C.Inc would like to join forces with B.A.Travel?? then I won't have to be hostile. How say you Janey? :-)

22 Aug, 2010

 

Ha...ha..........Come on Ba, I'll let you pay me an extortionate sum and we can merge......Bat travel will be the umbrella company, Magic carpet...now renamed Vintage flights will take the more discerning clientelle for mystery tours, whilst enjoying champagne lunches at michelin star level, and meeting the needs of the more mature traveller. Now what has Batty travel to offer.....:o))

22 Aug, 2010

 

Find out what Janey has to say and come back to me.
I should warn you though that my sense of balance seems to go after 8.30, I think it's the drink but It means I can't do late nights on the carpet run. Hope this is ok because I would really like a change of career.
Look forward to your reply

Annella.

Ps I look good in dark colours, you may want to consider this for the uniform.

22 Aug, 2010

 

Was just wondering if we needed a longer run up to our keyboards, Ba? It might get us airborne quicker~I've got some Landing Lights, so that should be ok....
Are we now doing umbrellas, Janey? Is that just for light showers, not much good in windy conditions, though Mary Poppins seemed to do ok come to think of it...Annella,you need to add more water to it....didn't think Janey was doing late night haul trips on Runners, so you should be ok, there shouldn't be any underlay stopovers either. Fluorescent orange jumpsuit uniform not for you then??

22 Aug, 2010

 

Orange is a no no for me Flori :-))) Fluro pink...maybe

22 Aug, 2010

 

Of course I don't remember that far back, Flori... I've been catching up on my reading... lol. Have never read the first bit, so was doing it the other day - very funny!!!
Definitely not orange uniform - I look hideous in orange. Look out Spritz!!! Soon you will see us, floating over the Nuclear war zone on our BAT carpets, umbrellas in hand, trying to keep Annella from falling off..LOL

22 Aug, 2010

 

I suppose I asked for that Pip :-))

23 Aug, 2010

 

Excuse me - I don't 'do' landing lights - just watch out that you don't land in the stream - we've had some rain at last, you know! I suggest careful navigation - or added life rafts, dending on the accuracy of who's steering.

Any ETA yet?

23 Aug, 2010

 

It had better not be Annella then Spritz! Janey, I like the sound of your offer, as long as it's all under the BAT umbrella. I also love the sound of your vintage flights, but could you possibly reduce the age range as I'm one of Bloomers trendy young things (Btyt's) and would hate to miss out on the champagne lunches, plus I'm very discerning:-) Sprtitz, I just noticed your strange spelling of tea, was that an aside to your OH? and not a please or thankyou tut:-)

23 Aug, 2010

 

Just noticed my strange spelling of Spritz lol:-)

23 Aug, 2010

 

Don't worry BA, I never drive under the Influence, having said that I'm not sure which one of you I would trust to the job. We may have to advertise for a sensible GOY member..
I like your spelling mistake :-)))

23 Aug, 2010

 

Ba, you must put more water in yours too. with all these strange typo's, or is it? Could it really be a secret code that is passing on vital messagers....? The plot thickens!! Are you and Spritz in this together? Is there a plot afoot??? Da da da! Tee hee hee!! :~))

23 Aug, 2010

 

Not sure I do - 'PLEASE' edit it at once! 'THANK YOU'...LOL.

Champagne? Are you proposing to bring your own, then? We're OAPs, you do realise? :-(((

Love from Sxpitfrz. xx

23 Aug, 2010

 

Hello Annella! Sensible GoY member? They would run a mile once they had seen this blog....At least we keep most of the nuttier ones in the same place...Pete and Ajay should be delighted about that!! :~))

23 Aug, 2010

 

By the way, Flori -if you don't 'get' the inner meaning of the 'politeness' bit, I am running a campaign to improve the general respect on a certain other page on GOY...watch this space!

23 Aug, 2010

 

There's a lot of champagne quaffing going on here ;-)))
Stop slurring everyone !!!!!!!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Shbytthhs??

23 Aug, 2010

 

Oh absolutely !

23 Aug, 2010

 

LOL.

23 Aug, 2010

 

Hello Louise! Becareful hanging about on this page, it can prove all to detrimental as Annella has found out....once you have joined us you are a lost cause...Spritz, all I can say is that must be strong tea you are imbiding over there....lol!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Hic!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Coffee, coffee...that's why. On top of anti-bs it has a strange effect. Did you see the 12 orange birds with purple beaks flying in formation just now? I did. I know it's not the carpet yet!

23 Aug, 2010

 

No I must have missed them, but I did see the pink elephants heading your way,Spritz....that coffee...must be good stuff! LOL!

23 Aug, 2010

 

LOL. I'll have some brewing for your arrival, Flori. ;-)

23 Aug, 2010

 

Have just got to navigate my way around the purple spotted Zebras, and I will be there Spritz!!!.....

23 Aug, 2010

 

Oh dear, that's before she's had any of the coffee....

23 Aug, 2010

 

I'll have you know that I am drinking de-caf tea, blimey, it's powerful stuff! LOL!x

23 Aug, 2010

 

Yikes!.....look what I've missed having an early night with me ovaltine and tabs!!
Sexpotfrizz is booking to go to Antibes, where de cafes are serving de champagne lunches, while de 12 orange birds wid der purple beaks are doing der cabaret act????? Purple spotted zebras are dancing the can-can...... Annella and Louise dressed in safe navy blue are flying in on Vintage Tours...one hand on their trolleys, the other holding umbrellas keeping the passengers dry..........arrggghhh....I'm a GOY member...GET ME OUTAHERE!!!!!

23 Aug, 2010

 

LOL !!!!!

23 Aug, 2010

 

It's way toooooo late for you to escape now, Janey, you are a fully paid up member of the NGC now or ( Nutty Goy Club,) as of this last entry, girl!! LOL!
Der plan is de good one, but think der birds might be de-winging it, and der Zebras are just der hoofers, struggling more along de lines of de can't can't rather than de can-can, so de-cabaret could be a de-saster~emergency back up plans de needed desperatly! :~)))))))))x (And I'm de sane one!)X

23 Aug, 2010

 

Are you teaching us the code Flori? me no comprehend, has Spritz gone over too? is she joined by Louise? Is it a virus? EEK could it infect BAT, sort of clog up the workings? could it cause the crash of B.A.Travel as we depend so much, in fact totally, on new technology? We must have an emergency board meeting, say nothing to Janey, just in case she wants to pull out. Bloomer you bring the nibbles:-{0 Oh Nooo my moustache has grown back, must be all this stress. It's no fun being the boss of a Worldwide Company:-{)

23 Aug, 2010

 

Sane??? Angelic??? De-ranged or de-railed sounds more like it!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

23 Aug, 2010

 

I've always known how to do it~~~~~~~~~~~ Ha.

23 Aug, 2010

 

Ba and Annella, you two can be our new comedic star turn~Panic over Janey, the cabaret's back on, a little sheepish perhaps, but we now have 'BAA', Well that's if we can ever stop them playing with the ~~~~~~key. I think mine must be faulty, cos when I press it, it doesn't do a Wheeeeee at the end like Annella's!
By the way, Annella, you missed out on my other wonderful points, such as Delightful, debonair,deductive, delectational, demonstrative, yet demure, dependable and devotional....and that's just for starters kid! :~)))))))x LOL!

23 Aug, 2010

 

You missed DELUDED!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

23 Aug, 2010

 

Ah shucks, you don't mean that Annella...:~((((( And there was I thinking we were mates.....(sob!) I am now distraught!, distressed,distracted and dithering, what a disaster!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Didgerydoo! That gives Pip an opening for later~~~~~~~~~Dingbat,dipstick

23 Aug, 2010

 

Oh my! What did Janey and I start.....I think it's out of de-control...!!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Delphinium, there,now we are back to gardening :-)))

23 Aug, 2010

 

Dahlias good too, and so is Daphne and Dogwood and Dicentra.....lol!

23 Aug, 2010

 

You see Flori getting us back on the right track wasn't too much of a Dierama!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Ahhhh....I am feeling delirious!!!...... He he Annella.......I haven't a weeeeee key at the end either Flori....but I know someone who has.....NO LOTTIE NOT THERE!!

23 Aug, 2010

 

Woof,woof,wag.wag ooops weeweeee :-)))

23 Aug, 2010

 

LOL. Oh dearie me.....:-D)

23 Aug, 2010

 

Ha...ha......do you think I can lock it?....Lol!

23 Aug, 2010

 

I used to have two King Charles spaniels, they would wag their tails so much when I came home from work they looked like they would fall over and there was always the small inevitable accident. I used to go home twice a day! Excitable little dogs and dearly missed :-))

23 Aug, 2010

 

Yippee..the 300th comment..I think....which award is Flori getting?????

23 Aug, 2010

 

OMG Where is she when her award is being given out? No appreciation to her loyal fans Bloomer....
Shall we have another ~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeee while we are waiting

23 Aug, 2010

 

OMG Annella.......don't let Lotts hear you! Tee hee......I can just picture your little dogs paddle puddle paddle puddle....Mums home....:o))

23 Aug, 2010

 

That about sums it up Janey, they didn't mind having baths and loved the hair drier, infact they used to push in to go first. Always used to make me smile :-)
I'm dissapointed with Flori on her big night, I can multi-task....what's wrong with the women?

23 Aug, 2010

 

You missed Dingo, and also Donkey, but I think you've pretty much cleaned up on the D's, dudes, I can't deny you've deliberated on that dodgy topic delightfully :o)
That decaf - is deadly!
Look, I'm shhlurring already, thishh ishh all your ffffault Shhhprftliikntz! Get out of the chhhampagne, we've almost arrived!
(Sorry, I meant get out the chhhampagne - shhhmall point that.)
Floribunda, I hereby {hic} award you with the 'Conker' award for 300 commentshhh on a {hic} blog or photo. It ishhh, I believe, the firsshhht one {hic} I've given out - congratshh...
Excuse me, gotta go and sleep off that decaf :o{

23 Aug, 2010

 

G'day and goodnight Pip, After an evening of Ironing I'm off to bed. Stay off the Champers hun you obviously can't cope, stick to the 4xx :-)))))))
By the way did I spell didgerydoo right? my Ozzie spell checkers not working (he's asleep after watching the footie) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeeeeee

23 Aug, 2010

 

Didgeridoo with an i my dear friend {hic}
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{hic}~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wheeeeeee! {hic}

23 Aug, 2010

 

I tried Pip x Nite nite~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeee and off to the land of weird dreams

23 Aug, 2010

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Swheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet dreams

23 Aug, 2010

 

SIGH....I'm quite used to taking the blame - my shoulders are broad enough to take it. :-(((

24 Aug, 2010

 

Spritz, they're all mad on here, take no notice. I'm busy digging a tunnel out...say nothing...are you with me?:-)

24 Aug, 2010

 

Nope. Languishing at the moment, sorry. Can't even go out! :-((((

24 Aug, 2010

 

I'm back! Sorry, how did I miss my own award night?? Am devastated! Was being a little distracted elsewhere!
Thank you dear Pip, for the slightly sloshed award ceremony, I receive my 'Conker' award with great pride and utter humbleness....Can I thank Goy for allowing me the privilege of taking part, and my mum and dad, and my Raffles, who has been no help whatsoever, all the many and varied loons on here, that have made this stupendous blog what it is to this day......(Whaddiya mean, everybody has logged off? I've got another 276 people to thank yet...what are you doing with that wooden crook.....where are you taking me.....ahhhhhhhhhhh!) LOL

24 Aug, 2010

 

Hee Hee Hee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

24 Aug, 2010

 

........Exit Flori, with men in white coats. :-(((

24 Aug, 2010

 

They can't keep me off of GoY! I have my own internet connection in my private padded suite you know....you think you've got rid of me but I am still hereeeeeee!

24 Aug, 2010

 

Glad to hear it....when can we visit?

24 Aug, 2010

 

If half of my Goy friends turned up to visit me, they wouldn't be allowed back out into normal society...Spritz...not that I am saying that about you....until we had the 12 orange birds with purple beaks, flying in formation bit, I would have considered you perfectly rational...now I'm not so sure........ lol! Those antib's and caffine have a lot to answer for my friend!!!! :~)))x

24 Aug, 2010

 

They do indeed! :-((((

24 Aug, 2010

 

Get the feeling I'm safer just contacting on here, keep your chin up Flori, we are all behind you (a long long way behind you!!!)

24 Aug, 2010

 

LOL! And you are SUPPOSE to be my friend too, Annella! With friends like you, who needs enemas??

24 Aug, 2010

 

Oh no Flori do they give you those at the clinic, never mind just remember that people pay for colonic irrigation, It's sort of like a beauty treatment :-))

24 Aug, 2010

 

Well, I wasn't actually thinking in partaking in that Annella, I have a dozen better uses of a hose than that! Ouch, makes my eyes water just thinking about it!!!

24 Aug, 2010

 

Don't worry Flori... I'm your friend :o) Although I probably need to become your housemate....
You're the pioneer of madness around this joint!!!

24 Aug, 2010

 

Shucks! Thank you Pip, I'm sure that was some kind of antipodean compliment...I think! :~))))))X

24 Aug, 2010

 

Of course it was a compliment, if you weren't here, we wouldn't have had the nerve to stretch those insanity muscles now would we ???
ps. do you still want to hear the joke about dad and dave's french holiday, I'll pm you if you do...

24 Aug, 2010

 

Oh definitely Pip! Add my name to the list of those you need to PM it too! I won't be too shocked, will I???
As to stretching insanity muscles, I think you lot are past masters at it! I just add my tuppence worth and stand back to see where you all take it! Ha ha ha!

24 Aug, 2010

 

You make me blush Flori ;o))))

24 Aug, 2010

 

Don't worry Pip, that's just your first hot flush....Tee hee hee :~))))xxx

24 Aug, 2010

 

*Shocked face* Flori! You just succeded in getting my un-sulky back at Mrs Tom, now you're suggesting early menopause??? I'm not speaking to you any more, so there!!!!!!

24 Aug, 2010

 

Oh Pip, you don't mean that....Pip? Pip, are you there? Oh Pippin, you know I was only teasing you....honest...you are a mere baby... you have at least another 10 years or so before the big MP!!! LOL! :~)))))))))x (I am so dead after this, aren't I?! lol)x

25 Aug, 2010

 

Shall I hum the funeral march, Flori? Ot play it on the piano if youd rather? :-((((

25 Aug, 2010

 

Hello Spritz~I think you just may have to.......She's gone all down under on me...., lol :~))x

25 Aug, 2010

 

Pips like a boomerang, she'll be back!!!!

25 Aug, 2010

 

I dare say she will get her own back on me, she usually does! lol! Guess unless we are up late, it must be hard for our Pip to join in when we are all tucked up into our beds.....Mind you, saying that, she does hold her own,lol! :~)))

25 Aug, 2010

 

I said goodnight and goodmorning to her the next day this week.I get bored when I'm at work because everyone is off gardening, It must be worse for Pip, hours and hours of no sensible convo while we are all sleep :-(((( ZZZZZZZZZ

25 Aug, 2010

 

SENSIBLE????????????????? LOL, LOL.

25 Aug, 2010

 

She lives in Australia Spritz, we must sound quite sensible, maybe intellectual!

25 Aug, 2010

 

Oooohhhhhhhhhh........she'll have you for that crack! Tsk, tsk!

25 Aug, 2010

 

I know but it's so true, why else would she come here every night..bless her:-)

25 Aug, 2010

 

It's because of the great company, what else, Annella?? Our sparkling wit keeps her in stitches on that side of the Pond..... :~))

25 Aug, 2010

 

Pretty much what I was trying to say Flori :-)))

25 Aug, 2010

 

Oh? I thought you were referring to intellectual discussion, and that definitely isn't in our usual blogs, Annella, am so glad that you and I agree....Pip, should be on soon...WE MISS YOU PIP! :~))x

25 Aug, 2010

 

I'm confused I thought this was intellectual Flori, derrrr

25 Aug, 2010

 

Every night? I DO NOT come here every night, I come every morning, so there.

10 YEARS ?????!!!!!! *&@#% You've done it now...

25 Aug, 2010

 

Annella, where ever did you get that idea??? It started off that way, and went downhill rapidly.......abandon hope all yea who post now...:~))

25 Aug, 2010

 

Hello Pip! Don't go~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

25 Aug, 2010

 

Hi Sweetie! Lovely to have you here with us....See? Annella and I were both here waiting for you! Glad you could join us!

25 Aug, 2010

 

Don't worry Annella, I'm not angry at you, just Flori, can you inform her that I'm not speaking to her?

25 Aug, 2010

 

Again?? lol! just as well we are typing, and the spoken word doesn't have to arise.....You know, we can't fall out, our dogs are having a long distance relationship with each other..... :~((((

25 Aug, 2010

 

<silence>

25 Aug, 2010

 

Please talk to Flori Pip, I will get hell tomorrow...

25 Aug, 2010

 

Oh OK, I'll talk to her... for now... but I'm warning you, one more crack about menopause and I'm out of here...

25 Aug, 2010

 

Take no notice of her, I get them all the time :-)))) The flushes I mean

25 Aug, 2010

 

But you're older than I am!!!!

25 Aug, 2010

 

As if I would dare........! lol. I've got to sign out girls, as got somewhere I've got to be, so will leave you two chatting, and say Goodnight, Annella, and Good day, Pip....catch up with you both soon, and Pip, thanks for that joke, it was as funny as I thought it would be...! :~))X

25 Aug, 2010

 

You're welcome Flori, Sweet dreams!

25 Aug, 2010

 

Hey everyone, you know how nice and kind our Flori is....well...I've had what I think is a lovely idea.....Lets campaign to have a rose named after her! This, as I know you will all agree, would surely be a fitting accolade:-)

26 Aug, 2010

 

What a brilliant idea Ba,..now why didn't we think of that before....maybe something connected with her name..erm,lets think........wonder if there is a Flori something????Oh,and as we have a pic of her,what about dog something??? Iv'e heard she is a bit of a rambler,according to some of her friends......so much choice,what had you in mind,Ba ?

26 Aug, 2010

 

Well thank you ladies, and I use that term lightly! Oh how sweet, I'm welling up here all over my keyboard.....Is there a rose out there called 'Bev', then, just out of curiousity??? LOL!

26 Aug, 2010

 

Oh,you mean a proper name then?...well,put like that,we may have to shop around...don't you fancy Dog ?..:o))

26 Aug, 2010

 

Don't even go there lady! That is way too much ammunition for the others to have against me.....LOL! x

26 Aug, 2010

 

There's already a dog rose so your out of luck Flori, would have been apt though :-))))))

26 Aug, 2010

 

Ok Flori,just a thought...now,back to Bev then....could be a while,will have to ask David Austen...

26 Aug, 2010

 

Ah, a dog rose perhaps, but I bet it's not called 'Raffles'! I can't be just ANY dog rose I'll have you know lol! (Hope your head is better, Annella)..... :~)))))x

26 Aug, 2010

 

I could easily be found anywhere serving drinks! lol!

26 Aug, 2010

 

Bar maid rose??? No I don't like the sound of that, the wench rose? Naaaaah
Busty Bev, Oooooh maybe, come on Flori am I close to it??? Hold on it's not 'Trolley Dolly' is it ?????????????

26 Aug, 2010

 

Raffles????

26 Aug, 2010

 

Welling up all over the keyboard Flori? Sound like another medical ailment you'll have to combat. How's you're lumpy knees, your knocking eyes and your watering throat? lol
Busty Bev! Now that's a good one. Tee hee. Now we can all make cracks about Flori's age - how about Baby Bev?

27 Aug, 2010

 

I was thinking about ta da .....Rosa Floribunda!!!! whadya think? Genius or what?:-)

27 Aug, 2010

 

I was actually thinking 'Beverage,' just shows where your minds dwell,honestly, just what kind of motley crew do I associate with??? lol! Raffles is my avatar mutt, Annella, do keep up!! lol. I am the eternal youth, Pippin, might be a bit rusty on the outside, but overflowing with youthful joi de vie on the inside, my cup runneth over.....
Ba....I am speechless....What genius! What creativity! What inspiration! (Are you SURE it hasn't been done before??) LOL! :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))x

27 Aug, 2010

 

Ooooooh Noooooooo:-[

27 Aug, 2010

 

Does that mean back to the drawing board then my friend???? :~))x

27 Aug, 2010

 

I think 'Rosa Raffles' has a nice ring to it, I know it's your pooch Flori but it sounds better than 'Rosa Busty Beverlisious Bevy' :-)))

27 Aug, 2010

 

Oh I wondered where you had gone, Annella, good to see you back! :~)) Only you could come up with 'Rosa triple B', and yes 'R. Raffles' sounds perfect, even if he is a 'Dog' Rose!!! What would I do without you...? Well.....lol! :~)))x

27 Aug, 2010

 

So ,my friend,which one is it to be ?shall we stick with Ba's idea.? It is so blatantly obvious,it's pure genius !!!!!!...Only a TYT would think of that...oops, that doesn't look right...I mean ATYT.....or so she keeps telling us Lol.

27 Aug, 2010

 

I didn't know you already had a rose named after you Flori:-(

27 Aug, 2010

 

It's another trick Flori and it will most probably me that falls in the hole.....again
Like your comment bloomer, can't understand why you changed it?? :-)))

27 Aug, 2010

 

Lol,Annella...:o)))))))))))))

27 Aug, 2010

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tee hee hee & Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee

27 Aug, 2010

 

I'm a bit worried about R. Raffles - See there is a flower called Rafflesia... it's the biggest single flower in the world and it stinks like rotten meat. Not the sort of impression we want to associate with our dear little Jack eh???
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

27 Aug, 2010

 

I see 'Raffles' as being a lightly scented rose myself, definatly a double, infact a frilly rose.... I'm sure the real 'Raff' smells on occasions as my dogs did, getting wet, upset bowels. rolling in dead chickens(that really did happen) but this ,I think is the BEST name for your rose Flori :-)))))) A little support would be appreceiated.....

27 Aug, 2010

 

You've got it from downunder anyway :o)))

27 Aug, 2010

 

Thanks Pip, I'm already doing better than our goverments :-)))))))

27 Aug, 2010

 

LOL definitely less confused that our government!

27 Aug, 2010

 

I meant ours too hun, I'm sure I could do a better job!!! And I am thinking of standing for local stuff in the next couple of years...... Pretty much the same as we talk about on here, just not so clever LOL :-)))))

27 Aug, 2010

 

What's confused about your government?

27 Aug, 2010

 

What do you mean Pip, Cameron and his liberal deputy....sorry I can't remember his name right now.....

28 Aug, 2010

 

Well, girls, now I am torn...I should give Ba the honour really, as She was the one who thought of naming a rose after moi, after all...and all those nice comments she made about me, and there was only a little money greasing her palm...Can I be part of a Genus, and have hybrids named after me too? That way, I can please you both....? :~)))Oh, it's so tough being so popular!!! hahaha!

28 Aug, 2010

 

Rosa' Busty Beverly' it is then :-)))))))

28 Aug, 2010

 

That's a good idea Flori, you could be Rosa beverlii and have all sorts of varieties like 'Raffles' and 'Busty'...

28 Aug, 2010

 

I've already mentioned 'Bevalisious'

28 Aug, 2010

 

Good one...but spell it with a c... 'Bevalicious' :o)

28 Aug, 2010

 

I'm tired now Pip, still having the migrains, It has taken two goes at most things I've typed tonight, but you are right she is 'Bevalicious'....Speak tomoz hun...pm or am :-))))))))

28 Aug, 2010

 

Right then... goodnight Annella... go to bed now love....

28 Aug, 2010

 

:-))))) Wheeewellmaybenottonight~~~~~~~

28 Aug, 2010

 

The later it gets the crazier we become!!!

28 Aug, 2010

 

Don't blame the hour:-)

28 Aug, 2010

 

Just popped in after a spell away - I have been reading all the posts since I posted last. You are all a barrel of laughs...ha ha..... and definitely one crazy bunch...lol!
I can see I will have to get my new hosepipe out and give you all a good dampin' down......hee hee !
Only a couple more comments and Flori will have reached 400! bring out the wine bottle ...lol ;-)))

28 Aug, 2010

 

Come on friends just one more comment and Flori will get 400 comments and a new certificate.. what will the certificate be called?....any suggestions?

28 Aug, 2010

 

400 ;o))))
Flori, I have great pleasure in awarding you with the first ever 'Crocus' Award, for over 400 comments on a blog or photo. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never thought I'd see the day, I mean, we all said we'd stop at 200 didn't we... sigh.

29 Aug, 2010

 

I've started to wonder if it's allowed, is it a bit like vote rigging? Can we be flagged? Should we speak in code, something like the 'rose code'? then it would appear that each comment was about gardening. Any ideas??:-)

29 Aug, 2010

 

Its a bit wet to go into the garden today Ba so...Congratulations Flori on your 'Crocus' award. You have a very popular blog here my friend.Well done Pip for naming said award.

29 Aug, 2010

 

Congrats Flori......400 crazy comments....you have been well and truly certified!!...:o))

29 Aug, 2010

 

Congrats from me too Flori!!!! Hip hip hooray :-))))
I think the 'rose code' might be a good idea Ba, they are going to come for us soon.....our comments could become 'Blackspots' in their eyes..

29 Aug, 2010

 

She's missed out on her own awards night again ;o))

30 Aug, 2010

 

Only because she is running around in an ecstatic frenzy,Pip,and she want to appear cool,calm and collected,on being given this prestigious award....Probably counting to a hundred first,and then she will make a grand appearance..Lol.Come on ,Flori,you know you want to :o))))))))))))))))))))).

30 Aug, 2010

 

Tee hee Bloomer... Lol. ....65, 66, 67, 68.....

31 Aug, 2010

 

I hope we've got a pic of that Bloomer lol;-) She's probably pretending to be shy and unassuming...like she's not gonna grab it with both hands. Yoo hooo Floriiiiii:-)

31 Aug, 2010

 

3333,34,35,36.........She's really playing it cool, I don't know why we bother girls..

31 Aug, 2010

 

Flori... we are all missing you .... ;-)

31 Aug, 2010

 

Has anyone heard from Flori? Maybe the fame has gone to her head...........

31 Aug, 2010

 

Has she gone off us? is it something we said..?..69,70,71....surely not.!!

31 Aug, 2010

 

Hello there my little Florilettes! Yes, I am here, back from the wilderness~am so glad to see that I was missed!!! My 400 comment award was sooooo appreciated Pip, that I became quite overcome with emotion and started welling up again, and as you all know, that along with all me other dodgy ailments, rendered me speechless, and they had to put me under supervisory care....and no-one came to visit, so there was I all alone in my nice padded room, and the world had forsaken me......it just breaks your heart, doesn't it....? (Stop sniggering Pip and Annella!)
Thank you for my official certification Janey, there are many who would say I was certifiably nuts a long time ago, so this just puts it in the official recognition award scheme....LOL! I can't believe you all missed me so much!!! I am so touched and overwhelmed.....(Oh hang on, that's part of my acceptance speech),
What is this I hear about our Rich having to get his new hosepipe out and hose you all down....Just what have I been missing.......???????????????????????
Ba, Bloomer, you are going to have to update me....I'm CONFUSED of Wiltshire!!

31 Aug, 2010

 

Hi,Confused of Wiltshire,,,glad to have you back..of course we would have visited,but as you just swanned off without telling anyone..????.anyway,just remember,we need to know where you are at all times...its part of the parole regulations.!!

31 Aug, 2010

 

Swanned Off? Bloomer, I was abducted! There was I sat all welling up, and a van pulls up from GoY, and two( rather tasty guys actually), bundled me up in one of those rather useful white jackets with the long strings attached, and took me away! I did ask Raffles to go for help, but Lassie he is not, he just sat there nibbling his nether regions! Think I might have to be fitted with one of those beacons! LOL! :~)))

31 Aug, 2010

 

Good idea,Flori..I really didn't want to know about Raffles and his sexual preferences...but dogs will be dogs...Lol..He wasn't too concerned about you being abducted ,by the sound of it...and you looking after him so well too.....they just don't care,do they??:o)))

31 Aug, 2010

 

Nice to hear that even under pressure you were still eyeing up the men Flori but as Bloomer pointed out, it would be nice to know when you are going. Show Raff how to type woof so he can give us a sign in future, Oh and if he licks the keyboard remember to clean it thoroughly after!!!!!

1 Sep, 2010

 

Sexual preferences? No, Nether regions is the dog next doors...lol! I know, just what do you do? You feed them, walk them, groom them, give them every comfort...and do they appreciate it? No....and then there's the dog too, he takes it all for granted, just like the OH!! LOL!
Sadly, that is all I can do, Annella....but would be so wasteful not to appreciate a thing of beauty when they pass you by...Like a great work of Art, I prefer them still life....(well, with a pulse as well~that's a bean by the way~thought I'd in a bit of gardening knowhow lol~but they just insist on keep walking...ho hum...) As to Raff licking the keyboard...YEUK!

1 Sep, 2010

 

Heee Hee Flori, I've given up trying to groom mine, it wasn't working! At least when you brush a dog they look good for a while....
I like the way I can say what I want to younger men now, they just smile nervously and shuffle away from the old crazy lady :-))))

1 Sep, 2010

 

And you a mere babe at 50?!!! Don't believe it for a moment Annella...lol!

1 Sep, 2010

 

We are talking 16 to 18 year olds Flori ;-))))

1 Sep, 2010

 

I thought that that age group could hardly string a sentence together without 'Yeah, Right, Wotever', I just use sign language, it is not quite so taxing on them I find....LOLLOLLOLLOL! X (I am so not popular if we have any really young kids out there on Goy reading this!!!) :~))

1 Sep, 2010

 

I know Flori, but if you wink at them they soon shut up and look bewildered. It works well on my daughters friends, keeps them away from the house ;-))

1 Sep, 2010

 

If I was them, I would just put it down to the medication that you are on..Annella! That or a full moon....or an R in the month....or Volcanic dust...or.....the list is endless really, isn't it??? lol :~))))

1 Sep, 2010

 

That's a good tip to remember Annella, I will have to wink at my daughter's boyfriends too when they come around, they will deffo not come back then...lol ;-)
Nice to see you back Flori I am glad they didn't cart you away permanently my friend ;-)

1 Sep, 2010

 

Oh hi Rich! Lovely to hear from you again...Yes, I managed to slip out when they weren't looking, but can only be a matter of time till they find me again...I think I can hear the dogs baying even as I write!!! Infamy, infamy, everybodys got it infamy!! Tee hee hee :~)))x

1 Sep, 2010

 

Yes I would say that will work if you never want to see them again Rich, It's the others that may visit after I would worry about.....

1 Sep, 2010

 

Oh and Flori you're hearing things again...not a good sign..

1 Sep, 2010

 

Watch it Flori? Was that a crack about teenagers I just saw??? I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW WE ARE MUCH MORE ARTICULATE THAN THAT. I mean, you've been hanging around with me for however many months now, and you still think we are monosyllabic creatures????? I'll not speak to you again if you don't look out.

1 Sep, 2010

 

Pip, I am a youngster too there are not many of us younsters left who can remember buying a bag of sweets for three groats..lol :-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

{Groats?}

2 Sep, 2010

 

I believe they were an old fashioned coin that Flori used to use Pip..... ;-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

ooh,Richard,you will be in trouble now,from Flori....may have to give you a saucer of milk...meeow .Lol....maybe a big wooden spoon as well...Lol.

2 Sep, 2010

 

Oh dear - I think I will be in trouble from Flori when she sees it Bloomer. Will you visit me in hospital when I have a black eye .....lol ;-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

Of course Richard,but if Fori gets there first,you may have two...Lol...hope you have some good shades to hide behind...you could pretend to be a pop star , incognito...don't dress as Elvis though,...the King is dead..allegedly :o)

2 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha Bloomer great idea to get a pair of good shades. They have some at the local market and cost six groats and 50 sheckles each .....lol ;-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

Groats? Surely you meant 'Goats', Rich, as we had a bartering system long before currency, I will have you know!! Of course, our living conditions were a little basic then, Single Cave, Semi-detached. or High-rise of course...not like today. We didn't even have a McDonalds then! Food on the go, was just a passing Dinosaur, especially the 'Didyouthinkhesarus'....and as for Clubs....well most of ours were wooden! Nasty splinters at times....ouch!

Ah, my little Pippin~in body you are but a stripling,but mentally, you are a great Sage, with all that wisdom and dexterity of the written word....such perspicacity in one of tender years...:~))

Bloomer, I would love to say that you stood up for me against this onslaught of stick, but knowing you, you are sitting down at a safe distance, with St John's on standby for patching Richard up after I have finished with him! Run Richard, run.....LOL!

2 Sep, 2010

 

What a vivid imagination you have Flori with dinosaur burgers and caves ...lol
ha ha I wish I could run Flori but I am sure you wouldn't chase after the walking wounded lol I would have to fight you off with my crutch at the mo lol... ;-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

Imagination Rich? I will have you know my lad, that I was there, there's a cave somewhere with my initials carved into it~graffiti isn't a new thing you know!! Many a night I would be sat by the fire, roasting my dino burger with extra relish!
As to chasing a wounded man....I would give you a head start, so at least you would have a fighting chance, and as to fighting me off with your crutch...well I am NOT even going to go there...LOL! :~))))

2 Sep, 2010

 

I didn't know you were around in those days Flori I can't remember seeing you when I had my leopardskin wrap and club and trying to light the fire with my flint.
If only we had the www and computer in those days it would have been so much easier to communicate then instead of sending smoke signals...lol ;-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

Perspicacity???
Flori, although you may be two score and eight in years, you're still pulchritudinous, I'm sure, and mellifluous!

2 Sep, 2010

 

You were there as well eh Rich? Ah Flint, how that takes me back...he became a big actor didn't he? Flint Eastwood? And his brother went into politics, what was his name...Bill Flinton, that was it, had to leave as he had a stain on his career...they didn't have Vanish in those days you know....As to the www, how do you think that ''Ugh'' would have translated? A bit of a restrictive language barrier I feel...though I bet Wikipedia could have helped us out! LOL!

Ah Pip, you do say the nicest things.....LOL, Hope the knots in your keyboard don't take too long to come out after that! How is life in the world down under? :~))x

2 Sep, 2010

 

Good old flints...

2 Sep, 2010

 

I was wondering about that word too Pip ...so had to look it up on the online dictionary:-
perspicacity - intelligence manifested by being astute

now I will have to look up astute........lol :-)

Flori is a master of the English vocab and so are you Pip by the looks of things !

2 Sep, 2010

 

:o))))))) YOu're too kind Rich

Pulchritudinous is 'beautiful' and mellifluous is also beautiful, but relates to sound, as in "Beverley has a truly mellifluous voice!"

2 Sep, 2010

 

I just saved you 10 minutes on Wikianswers didn't I lol

2 Sep, 2010

 

Richard, use a lighter it's so much quicker than flint + don't wear the leopard skin wrap while you are winking, Flori it's time to go back to that safe place hun.....'Didyouthinkhesarus' is coming to get yoooooooooooooooooou~~~~~

2 Sep, 2010

 

LOL Rich, you are really implying that we are just smartbutts, aren't you?? I will leave the translation of that to whoever wants it....Tee hee hee :~))
Hello Annella, what are you doing up at this late hour too, or is this an early start at work to impress the boss?? lol x

2 Sep, 2010

 

Oh and good morning Pip :-))

2 Sep, 2010

 

I procrastinated there and five comments appeared from nowhere, I must be tired...

2 Sep, 2010

 

Ha... good morning Annella, in 3...2...1... Hey hey it's midnight for the Poms! 9am for the Antipodeans <cockadoodledoo>

2 Sep, 2010

 

Oh yeah ...Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~Pip, Mind you I have the day off tomoz so can play for a bit longer :-))))))))))))))))))))

2 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Annella from me too. ;-) It seems like dictionary hour is with us ...lol :-)

2 Sep, 2010

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

2 Sep, 2010

 

I swear my computer goes into meltdown mode every time I pull up this blog now due to the amount of comments posted! I will leave you and Annella wheeeeeing, Pip, but great to catch up with you again...I am off to see a man about a dog...night night ladies! zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz xxxxx

2 Sep, 2010

 

Goodnight Bev dear :o) Sleep well

2 Sep, 2010

 

Goodnight Flori ;-)

3 Sep, 2010

 

Any body home? Are you up yet Pip? Whats a happening? Hellloooo.... I don't think you lot really like me .......

3 Sep, 2010

 

I am here Annella will I do until someone sensible comes along...lol?

3 Sep, 2010

 

Rich I wasn't looking for sensible :-))

3 Sep, 2010

 

It sounds that I may do then Annella. Sorry about your headache have you had it all day?

3 Sep, 2010

 

Honeyyyyy, I'm hoooo-ooome!

4 Sep, 2010

 

welcome home honey!

4 Sep, 2010

 

Don't 'Hi honey I'm home' me Pip, you're never there when I need you and I know that you live on the other side of the planet but that excuse is wearing thin.......Ooooooh can you guess what I'm like at home?
Rich, yes I had a headache all day, I hate my migrains but refuse to give in to them :-)))

4 Sep, 2010

 

Good for you Annella hope you are feeling better now and are having a good time ;-)

4 Sep, 2010

 

I might not say a lot...but I'm still here...Annella! Hope your poorly head much improved.....Hi Pippin! Hope life is treating you well over there...Hello Richard...always good to see you on here my friend....I have missed you all! XXX

5 Sep, 2010

 

We have missed you too Flori....hope you have been OK while you have been away ;-)

5 Sep, 2010

 

I haven't been very far, just very busy....You know what they say about the devil making work for idle hands...guess I'm just not taking any chances! LOL!

5 Sep, 2010

 

Hope you can take it easy now Flori, now that all the work is done. Time to take off the dancing shoes and put your feet up :-)

5 Sep, 2010

 

Now that sounds nice...to curl up with a good book, and a glass of wine, or listening to music or chatting with friends late into the night, all the simple pleasures in life we don't make enough time for.... :~))))

5 Sep, 2010

 

That sounds very idyllic to me Flori it would be nice to find the time to do all this sort of thing wouldn't it?--where is everyone today? :-))

5 Sep, 2010

 

Do you know, I was wondering just the same.....Annella? Ba? Bloomer? Where are you all??? :~(( Richard, I think at the moment, you are just stuck with me, sorry! :~))

5 Sep, 2010

 

That's OK Flori I enjoy the chat..you are stuck with me too ;-)

5 Sep, 2010

 

Is it just my Computer that heaves a really heavy sigh everytime I ask to pull up this page???LOL....I swear that it is going to go off on a huff any minute!
Couldn't think of anyone nicer to be stuck with, Rich....don't worry girls, I will be the perfect hostess as you are all so busy out there that you can't join us for a natter....We must do it again, Rich....chatting always brighten up an overcast sky, it has been really wet over here.....too mucky to do anything today...what has it been like over in Leicestershire?

5 Sep, 2010

 

Cloudy day Flori I have been out in the garden for some of it then helped to get the dinner ready. I managed to pick some runner beans from the garden and we had them with a piece of roast beef. I am going now to get some sandwiches ready for our tea. I am tasked to do the tea on a Sunday as OH goes out. Maybe I will try and catch up with you all later. Have a good evening and thanks for the chat-it was great :-)

5 Sep, 2010

 

You are very welcome my friend, sorry to hear that it has been overcast there too.
Hope you have a lovely tea... :~))

5 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks Flori we had some stilton, gorgonzola, lettuce and tomato on some crackers witha glass of wine. Mmmm delicious too I should have sent you some in the post ;-))

5 Sep, 2010

 

Yum, sounds nice, but if you had sent me some through the post, the wine would have made it awful soggy, Rich! What was that? That I wasn't getting any wine? Just how cruel can you be.....? :~(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

5 Sep, 2010

 

Here I am,Flori,and Richard..are you looking for a bit of sparkling wit?...Well,don't expect it from me then..Lol.Ok,you two,I can see you are on your favourite subject,by the looks of things...Food... I have been out most of the day,doing the same as you..eating.Lol.We had a nice family Sunday lunch out,so a very nice day....It was so touching to see you were missing us...but,I do have another life,you know...hard to believe,but true..:o)))

5 Sep, 2010

 

What a life more important than Goyland? Hang your head in shame woman! You have been missed, Richard and I were wondering where everyone had gone! I thought that you had gone off on your cruise with everyone and left us behind...sob, sob.....As to your sparkling wit....well that was very much missed indeed, Rich and I had to resort to being sensible...unheard of, Bloomer, my reputation totally shot now....lol

5 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Bloomer we have missed you hope you enjoyed your Sunday lunch

5 Sep, 2010

 

Consider my head hung,Flori...and I was surprised at your sensible conversation too..are you sure you are OK ? No wine left? ah,that could be it...open another bottle dear,and lets have you back to the Flori we know and love...and on that note,I will say goodnight...as wouldn't sleep ,if I waited for the reply,I think I may get !!..Lol.Sweet dreams...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

5 Sep, 2010

 

Goodnight Bloomer sleep well ;-)

5 Sep, 2010

 

Do you poms have Fathers Day on the same day we do???

(Oh and Rich, how about coming to Australia with the girls and Annella's OHtobe? They've all invited themselves over and we thought you might like to come. We'll sort out bedding arrangements on arrival.)

6 Sep, 2010

 

Our mothers day is different to yours Pip, not sure about fathers..

6 Sep, 2010

 

I know, Bloomer, me being sensible....that would never do! I can be just as batty on Still water you know, alcohol doesn't even have to come into it, it just helps! lol! What day do you have Fathers Day on Pip? Are you going to join us Rich??? LOL!

6 Sep, 2010

 

I am on my way to Oz as we speak Flori just picking up my hot water bottle and sleeping cap as it may be cold over there now ;-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

You do know that we might have to dress you up as Richina, don't you, so that you blend in ok with motley crew?? Hahaha! What do you think Annella/Bloomer reckon we could just about get away with it?? :~)))

6 Sep, 2010

 

I think he could borrow Ba's Tankini,but will he have the legs for it ? Maybe Annella's caftan ..or was that Pip's?Anyway we will smuggle him in somehow...is your leg still in a pot,Richard ?mmm.that could be a problem..Lol.Unless,we all had one..ideal for hiding a Kaola in,to bring home...anyone got a Eucalyptus tree ?

6 Sep, 2010

 

Yep, I have!! Er....exactly what were you going to do with it, Bloomer??? lol!

6 Sep, 2010

 

From what Pip say's he just needs a pair of Budgie smugglers, not sure where he will keep the Kaola though?....

6 Sep, 2010

 

I hear he has a special little pouch for that, Annella, isn't that so, Richard??lol!

6 Sep, 2010

 

That's where the Budgie lives Flori, what if they don't get on? It could be painful for Richina...

6 Sep, 2010

 

Ooh, I hadn't thought of that....better take a first aid kit with us just in case, I did train to be a nurse, a long long long time ago, I used to take a lamp with me on my rounds....The worse case scenerio would be that Richard could end up being Richina on a more long term basis than he had planned...lol...Have you noticed that he has gone very quiet on us today....I wonder why?? tee hee hee!

6 Sep, 2010

 

See,you are getting so excited about Budgie smugglers,you didn't even notice I had spelt Koala wrong,unless you know another animal called Kaola..erm,Eucalyptus Flori,..do you want the poor thing to starve ??If it comes to your house,it will not survive on eggy bread and a glass of the white grape..I presume we will come home eventually??

6 Sep, 2010

 

Bloomer I changed my spelling to match yours, you being superior to me!!!!
Can we get him a back pack for the wallaby, It will be safer....

6 Sep, 2010

 

Could be dodgy going through customs with bouncy Speedos.....

6 Sep, 2010

 

Lol,Annella,you are so tactful..are you ill? A backpacking Wallaby sounds just divine...:o)

6 Sep, 2010

 

its time for me to declare......

6 Sep, 2010

 

That Annella has got an award on my behalf,for 500 comments,

6 Sep, 2010

 

I know Bloomer, I really want one :-)))))

6 Sep, 2010

 

THere,now you have one Annella...wonder what you will get.???I can do magic,you see...

6 Sep, 2010

 

How dare you offer Richard my tankini without so much as a by your leave? It would be a very odd shape when I came to wear it. I'm sorry Richard, but you'll have to knit your own! I have a cunning plan... he could disguise the wallaby... as a space hopper!!!...problem solved:-] that's what genius looks like:-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

What are you implying Ba ?funny shape.?.don't know what you mean.!!!
Oh,yes,a space hopper would be good,I hear all the best dressed men in Oz,have a space hopper,so he wouldn't look out of place...or even as a Teletubby:o))

6 Sep, 2010

 

And on this occassion I meant I wanted a Wallaby Bloomer!!!! I am so the queen of right place right time :-))
I said Rich should wear the 'smugglers' Ba, we are the 'Tankini girls' and we can't have cross dressers in our group ~~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeeeeeeeeeeee

6 Sep, 2010

 

Buy the way the spacehopper idea is brill, one of us can be pretend to be pregnant and hide the space hopper, any offers???

6 Sep, 2010

 

Oh I am blushing here thinking of knitting my own swimming trunks and going in the Tasmanian sea with all you girls watching me.....lol :-))

6 Sep, 2010

 

Just how much crazier can this blog get? By the way, thought this was originally my blog, so what do I get for over 500 comments, apart from a long-term stay at the local nut house??? There was Bloomer and I saying that we would bring this to a close at 200.....gosh, that is....let me see...just be a minute...bear with me...308 comments ago!!

Ah Bloomer Koala's do nibble on Eucalyptus leaves, but yours was a Kaola...and I have absolutely no idea as to what they nibble on! lol! I am so sorry Richard, with this lot on board my friend, I think that I am blushing for you....!!! lol!

6 Sep, 2010

 

Well Flori, thanks for blushing with me, you are well on your way to notching up a 600 certificate now. Should take all of two days by the way it's going my friend. I thought Kiora was a drink and not something to nibble lol :-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

Hee hee hee....you losing the plot just like me my friend!!!! No wonder we get on so well....I personally wouldn't nibble on a Koala, a Kaola or even a Kiora, as that would be just plain messy......lol! :~)))

6 Sep, 2010

 

ha ha so true Flori I think I have deffo lost the plot lol ;-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

I see you are already embracing the Aussie lingo, mate...Pip will be mightily impressed!! And how's the knitted trunks coming along, hope you haven't dropped any stitches....could be just a tad embarrassing...Tee hee hee! :~))

6 Sep, 2010

 

I am doing one row of pearl knitting in pink and one row of plain knitting in green and will be casting them off soon my friend....lol ;-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

Casting them off? Are they making their own way to Oz, Rich? Hope that you are packing sandwiches for them to go on the long journey with, even if they do end up a mite soggy....LOL!

6 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha Flori were you surprised that I could knit a pair of swimming trunks. I can knit a pair of trousers too for Australia and put a few extra pockets in them for my sandwiches and knitting needles...lol :-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

Somehow, Rich, as a Goyer, I don't think anything you do would surprise me, but are you really sure that knitted trunks are the way to go? What happens if they get waterlogged?? I am trying to spare your blushes here my friend....lolx

6 Sep, 2010

 

I do find that they get a bit soggy now you mention it and are difficult to hold up when they are wet and get heavy especially when you are carrying a tray of sandwiches on the beach at the same time lol :-)

6 Sep, 2010

 

Budgie smugglers are fine, koala smugglers maybe not as BAT Customs officers might get suspicious! I wouldn't reccomend the tankini, and will one of you girls puh-lease help Rich catch up with Galileo??? It's spring over here!
Bring on the sambos I'm starving!! Can't wait to see those knickers - sorry, swimming trunks! You'll have to start calling them 'togs' or 'cossie'.

7 Sep, 2010

 

Floribunda, I am proud to present to you the 'Holly's Beauty Fuschia' award for 500+ comments on a blog or photo :o)
I am completely taken with them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Holly's Beauties that is)

7 Sep, 2010

 

Well, thank you Pip, for this wonderous award, I couldn't think of anything nicer, I have prepared a little speech...Friends, Fellow Goyers,and Nuttyloons...it gives me great pleasure...where are you all going? ...But I haven't finished yet...I've still got at least 10 pages to go, and lots of emotional, overthetop tears yet....oh....it seems I'm on my own....oh well............................. :~(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((x

7 Sep, 2010

 

I'm here Flori, congratulations my friend :-))))

7 Sep, 2010

 

Goodmorning Annella! And how are you on this fine day? :~))x

7 Sep, 2010

 

I'm ok Flori, the weathers a bit better than yesterday :-))

7 Sep, 2010

 

We had downpours yesterday, but much improved today, the sun is out and skies are blue :~)))

7 Sep, 2010

 

The skies are blue here too Flori, it really helps to cheer you my friend :-)

7 Sep, 2010

 

We've had sun too so took dogs for a walk and got caught in a thunder storm! About 10 minutes after we got back...sun again:-) I'm confused again, what are Hollies beauties?? is it a euphemism again? Annella, I know you never offered my tankini to Richard, it was someone else I could touch with a small stick, you're my best friend now ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~wheeeeeeeeee..ooops I didn't mean...erm anything by ....erm :-0 Richard, could you knit me some of those pearls please?? we could go into business together. Possibly sell them in our in flight magazine at B.A.Travel...whadya say??? Another stroke of genius there, I think, girls:-) Flori sincere congaratulations, who'd have thought that from so small an acorn.....:-)

7 Sep, 2010

 

I will knit you anything you want Ba my friend, we gardening friends have to look after each other in this world don't you agree?. I will very kindly knit you a cardigan and all I want from you is just a simple thank you....... and a new car ......lol ;-)

7 Sep, 2010

 

You could knit yourself a new spade then Rich.......

7 Sep, 2010

 

Good Idea I will do that Annella, I just have to get myself some steel wool now.....;-)

7 Sep, 2010

 

Lol... steel wool... good one Rich :o))))
I'm on earlier than usual today... in fact I've had most of today! It must working hours for you Annella.... make sure to keep the boss happy and turn the Pacman off when the customers arrive, that's my drill ;o)

8 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Pip, 12.30pm and yes I'm at work....yawn. Don't worry I'm quick with the minimize button :-)))))))))))))))))))))

8 Sep, 2010

 

Where did you get Pacman from, Pip? I used to love that! My son got furious because I scored higher than he did...haha.

I thought I couldn't get it on this newfangled PC - but if you have, maybe there's hope!

8 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Pip nice to see you again I think you are 9 hours in front of us? so it is evening with you 9.30pm? I am just thinking about getting some lunch maybe a tuna mayo sandwich and cup of coffee. Then start on knitting my spade Annella, maybe I should knit two then you can have one as you lost the last one I lent you..I'll give it you for your birthday ...lol ;-)
Hey..Annella's and Spritz's posts just appeared they weren't there when I started typing hello both!!

8 Sep, 2010

 

If I found Pacman on here Spritz I'd get no work done at all, I used to love It too :-))

8 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Richard - make sure you wear gardening gloves when you knit your spades, won't you - that steel wool could cut your delicate skin! ;-/

Anne - I just HAVE to know now - Pip might help! :-))))))))))))

8 Sep, 2010

 

That happens to me a lot Rich, I think it's bcause I look at the pics of Spritz's garden before I scroll down. Thanks for the spade offer, if they knit up well maybe we could get on 'Dragons den' with the Idea :-))))

8 Sep, 2010

 

Anne - instead of scrolling down, press your 'end' key. That takes you to the bottom of the blog. Hitting 'home' takes you back up to the top! Clever, huh?

8 Sep, 2010

 

Very clever Spritz :-)))))))))))))))))))))))))

8 Sep, 2010

 

I will have to knit a pair of gardening gloves now then Spritz before I start on the spades...lol :-)
Dragon's Den it is then Annella ....we will make a fortune!..
...where's our friend Flori today?........calling Flori .......
...calling Flori....calling Flori ..... ;-)

8 Sep, 2010

 

Did someone call?? Sorry, had a rough night with my poorly mutt last night, so am all behind today, if I suddenly go very quiet and lots of weird letters come up, it's because I have fallen asleep on my keyboard!! What have I been missing?
In answer to Ba, I think that she was implying that from so small an acorn, such a big nut could grow!! This blog has really taken on a life of it's own.....

Good lord, Richard, you are a busy lad, knitting Pearls, Steel Spades,Gloves AND Swim wear too....how gifted are you??? Your fingers must be a mere blur of flashing needles...I hope you have fair maidens on standby, mopping your fevered brow as you work so industriously my busy friend...LOL!
Hello Annella, Pippin, Ba and Spritz....lovely to see you all here...think Bloomer is at sea now..... :~))
Had to smile about Pacman...yes I remember it too. My OH and his best friend have been playing the same computer game for over 21 years! It is called 'Chaos Engine' and is an old Atari game....will these boys never grow up, lol!
Think I need Strong Coffee, lots and lots of it!!! Anyone wanna join me?? :~))x

8 Sep, 2010

 

Might need it, Flori - we're off to the vet's in a few minutes, and it wouldn't be good to fall asleep in his surgery, would it? I can't keep my eyes open - like you, I suspect!

Pacman might help you...on the other hand, it was a bit mesmerising, I seem to remember, so maybe not. Loud music (through earphones so you don't disturb Rafff) and coffee...that should do it!

8 Sep, 2010

 

LOl...lots and lots and lots of it, I think! My poor OH will have trouble getting me off of the ceiling, I will be on so much caffine overdose! Hahahaha! Good luck with Henry my friend....Raff sends a pitiful tail wag...the best we are going to get out of him I think at the moment... :~((( He is not a happy little lad...

8 Sep, 2010

 

Awwwww.....I hoped he might have perked up a bit...it's going to take time, isn' t it. Pat, pat. Hug, hug! xxx

P.S. You get to choose which of you gets which! lol.

8 Sep, 2010

 

Hope Raff is feeling better now and a bit happier Flori, and that you managed to get some rest this afternoon ;-))

8 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks Richard, he is such an unhappy little lad at mo...hate to see him like this. Having a quieter day today...I need it! lol! Thank you for your concern though... x

8 Sep, 2010

 

What's up with Raff Flori??

8 Sep, 2010

 

I hope Henry is ok too Spritz x

8 Sep, 2010

 

Love to Raff and Henry - what's wrong with Raff???
Remember that Google Pacman thing they had a few months back? Well you can still play it you just type Google Pacman into Google and look at what comes up :o))))
Richina of the flashing needle fingers, what does your dragon's den look like?

8 Sep, 2010

 

Evening girl's, this is only a brief visit, cos I am cream crackered...Raff was diagosed with a cancerous tumour last week, so on Tuesday, he had to go in and have it operated on..we are waiting on the results of the biopsy, but he is one very sad little puppy at the moment.... :~(((((((

Spritz will be delighted to get your info on Pacman, Pip! You might not know what you have started...lol...bit like this blog really!
Thanks for your concern over Raff, Pip and Annella, Spritz and Rich, it means a lot to me...x

8 Sep, 2010

 

oh I'm so sorry to hear that, I had no idea, give him a big pat from me and Franny sends all her love :o))))

8 Sep, 2010

 

I didn't want to say too much till I knew what we were dealing with, Pip...it came as a huge shock to us too~we had no idea....But hopefully he is now on the mend, and it won't prove serious...I will let you all know when we know any more info my dearest friend X

8 Sep, 2010

 

Hi all I hope you are not too tired Flori after your hard day with no sleep my friend.

8 Sep, 2010

 

Well, I'm not as fresh as a daisy, but still awake just, Rich! :~}} Ooh err, should we be talking...? You know that Pip, she'll have us married off next! Tee hee hee!

8 Sep, 2010

 

Make sure you get fitted for a wedding dress soon Flori! It wouldn't do to have you tripping down the aisle in your wellies and gardenig gloves now would it?

8 Sep, 2010

 

Now you've done it Pip! That's every one of Richard's gardening fantasies rolled into one! It's going to take us ages to settle him down again after that comment...What have you done........?!!!! LOL! :~))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha I'm late on duty today as I have been buying some plug plants from Aldi this morning. I can't settle down today Pip after the talk of wellies and gardening gloves especially if they were the knitted ones. Flori you would look a picture in these my friend :-)

9 Sep, 2010

 

Knitted Wellies? Now I have heard it all, Rich! Oh Pip, Pip, just what have you done??? Richard's going to be all fumble fingers now after you have given him that eratic image (lol) of me walking up the aisle, adorned as above.... those poor poor plug plants, my heart goes out to them.....and there will be no controlling Rich for days, if not weeks now!! Down, boy, down!!! LOL!

9 Sep, 2010

 

NOW I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT HIM.....

9 Sep, 2010

 

LoL Annella....the poor guy will be fighting to gain back his good reputation at this rate!!! No chance of him getting it back whilst he is on our blogs...Tee hee hee! :~))))

9 Sep, 2010

 

He may aswell stay here, what with the cross dressing and welly perving...he stands no chance out there :-)))))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha girls I had no reputation before so don't worry I have not lost anything.. now where are me wellies and pink plus fours? :-))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Tell me you don't wear a mac Rich, pleeeeease :-))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Anyone seen me pac-a-mac and tam don't want to get me bald patch wet while I am digging up me parsnips!!

9 Sep, 2010

 

As long as that's all you do in it!!!

9 Sep, 2010

 

Thats one of the things Annella.... they call me well dressed 'ere as I don't go shopping in me pyjamas....lol ;-))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Have you two ever thought of becoming a double act? You should, you really are as bad as each other! lol. Richard, hun, you really are not helping yourself here, just keep trying to dig your way out, without getting arrested, there's a good lad! LOL!!! :~))x

9 Sep, 2010

 

Do a double act with a man who says 'me mac' not 'my mac' and lives in a town where they shop in their pjs......Yeah I'm up for it!

9 Sep, 2010

 

I thought that sounded right up your street, Annella,lol! Now all we have to think of is a name for your act....tee hee hee, ooh, this could be fun... :~))

9 Sep, 2010

 

Rich and the bitch? Very clever lady and a bloke? Annella and her pet? He does she can't (knit that is)

9 Sep, 2010

 

...Lady and the Tramp? Annella and Nutella? .Annella and Knitella? pity I can't knit though..ha ha lol ;-)

10 Sep, 2010

 

'Ann who the Ellar you'? We may aswell go for 'Titch and Quackers'...do you remember them?

10 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha yes I can remember them well Annella watching them from my pram...lol ;-)

10 Sep, 2010

 

I was allowed out of my pram to watch them :-))

10 Sep, 2010

 

I was too young to get out of my pram and sit up Annella and had to be propped up with cushions in there :-))

10 Sep, 2010

 

I am very good for my age Rich I'll have you know.... extreamly good infact :-))))

10 Sep, 2010

 

Well Annella I don't doubt that for one minute you sound much better than me.
I fell down and broke my leg ..lol ,,but it's nearly back to normal now :-)))

10 Sep, 2010

 

SO glad to hear that your leg is all well lol.

12 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks Pip I can walk without the crutches now :-)

12 Sep, 2010

 

Hello Pip,How are you hun?

12 Sep, 2010

 

Hello Annella hope you are OK too.. ;-))

12 Sep, 2010

 

I'm fine... how are you two?

12 Sep, 2010

 

Morning everyone and Hi Pip it is 11am here so you will be enjoying your evening-8pm? Hope you had a nice day and are now unwinding. I have just come in after a morning walk which blew away the cobwebs...lol ;-)

13 Sep, 2010

 

I'm at work :-(((((

13 Sep, 2010

 

I remember that well Annella, never mind at least there is only 30mins left of the Monday morning and then the rest of the week gets better ;-)

13 Sep, 2010

 

it's 10:10 over here so 1am over there.... Don't epect anybody to be up...
where are bloomer and Ba? I haven't seen them for ages on this blog...

14 Sep, 2010

 

I think Bloomers still on her hols Pip, Floris quiet too....hope everythings ok..

14 Sep, 2010

 

I'm with Bloomer:-)

14 Sep, 2010

 

No your not Ba, you little fibber!!! Bloomer wouldn't have left me behind.......Have you heard from Flori?

14 Sep, 2010

 

Hang on a minute Annella, just rinsing my tankini...been swimming with dolphins, fantastic. No I have pm'd her, I'll check my inbox and get back to you. Hope Raff is ok:-)

14 Sep, 2010

 

I did notice my Tankini never came in the post.........

14 Sep, 2010

 

I Batted it to you, it's instantaneous...I see your little plan, you think I'll knit you another one, they're fetching a fortune on Ebay. Well you can think again my girl hrmph :<[

14 Sep, 2010

 

It was worth a try, they will be good as undergarments in the winter ;>))))
This is comment 592 already!!!

14 Sep, 2010

 

Wonder what the record is?? Get back to work !

14 Sep, 2010

 

Ok boss :-))

14 Sep, 2010

 

There must be 595 comments now so not long for the big six Oh Oh. Hi Fori, Annella and Ba and Pip and anyone else who is lurking around .....lol

14 Sep, 2010

 

596 Wow!!! Hi Rich :-))

14 Sep, 2010

 

Have you finished knitting those spades yet, Rich? It's taking you a long time....:-/

14 Sep, 2010

 

Hello everybody in the Land of Nutty Loons, how are you all? Have you missed me again? You really need to start improving your aim by now you know! I daren't miss my next award or Pip will get Rolf to do a flypass in the nuddy, or should that have been Noddy? See? I am still confused...lol! How's the world of spade knitting going Richard? A bit wooly I would guess!! My Tankini a lovely fit Ba, but I'm still having trouble with the Sherman bit, is it suppose to have a dirctional nozzle? 'Cos mine has......
Hello Annella, Spritz and Pippin! I'M BACK! :~))x

14 Sep, 2010

 

599 and I need to go and shower,typical! Glad your back Flori I've missed you x

14 Sep, 2010

 

DA DAR!
***********************600 comments!****************************************

And I didn't miss this one either~Pip will never believe it! Not bad for a blog we had originally brought to a close just after 200 posts is it Girls (and Rich)?
I can't believe we've done it!!! Where too next?????

It's good to be back Annella, I have missed you all too...more than you can imagine! :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))XXX

14 Sep, 2010

 

Congratulations and celebrations da de da ....Cliff Richards won the eurovision song contest with that and I was watctching, can't remember the rest of the words now....but I think you got what I was trying to say Flori x

14 Sep, 2010

 

I didn't:-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Didn't what. Ba? Watch that Eurovision Contest? LOL. Far too young, weren't you??

15 Sep, 2010

 

Annella ... coincidence ... Cliff's Eurovision song ...
There's some alternative Congratulations/Variegations words on my latest blog.. LOL...

~Well done Flori on 604..... :o)

15 Sep, 2010

 

I will check them out for no.700 TT :-))))
I remember Lulu and Sandie Shaw (her with no shoes) winning it too, of course I was very young at the time.......

15 Sep, 2010

 

As we all were, Anne. ;-)))))

15 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks for the info on the Home and End buttons Spritz, it saves so much time with such high comment counts :-))))

15 Sep, 2010

 

No Spritz, I didn't understand what Annella was trying to say in her comment above mine. You'll have to back up about 7 comments, I couldn't make head nor tail of it lol:-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Hey Spritz, wasn't that the secret of BATravel you've given away to Annella!! Yes Spritz I was waaaay too young, what's that? my nose? it's always been this size:-):-) Hello Terra, I'll have a look now:-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Ba I was singing Congratulations to Flori for 600 comments, I just couldn't remember the words :-))

15 Sep, 2010

 

I think you've a bottle secreted beneath your desk :-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Good idea, but no Ba :-)))))

15 Sep, 2010

 

If not, why not, Anne? LOL.

15 Sep, 2010

 

Because it would be naughty :-))

15 Sep, 2010

 

Isn't wasting time here instead of working hard a little naughty?? One day I will reveal myself.......oh why not now...I'm your boss....you're fired!!:-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

I can see you and your still smiling at me, oh and you are a man.....naw that's not you Ba. I'm going home now anyway :-)))

15 Sep, 2010

 

What, clocking off early again. Anne? Tsk, tsk. ;-/

15 Sep, 2010

 

Your boss wouldn't be smiling at you if he knew what we know, and she's moonlighting at BATravel too Spritz;-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Ummm...I think we need to know where she works, Ba! We could be whistle-blowers! LOL.

15 Sep, 2010

 

Or blackmailers Spritz, could be quite lucrative :-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Don't be horrible girls, I work very hard! I leave at 2.30 to pick Jamie up from school 10 miles away, then we go to Sainsburys, then I hoover and load the washing machine, then I cook dinner, and some nights I get to go outside in the garden....but it's getting dark early so not much time, then I go to bed and do it all again the next day. I really neeeeeed a lottery win :-))))

15 Sep, 2010

 

Hello I have been so busy knitting spades and now I have an order for a knitted wheel barrow and knitted greenhouse with buttons instead of a door. ...lol :-)

15 Sep, 2010

 

Well, I am very impressed Rich, you are obviously expanding your business opportunities, great flexibility in knitted wheelbarrows I would think! I reckon the knitted Greenouse is just a cover up personally though!
There was I so worried about missing Pip's award for 600 comments and she didn't even pop in, sob, I'm gutted......! Thanks everyone for the congrats, over 600 comments, surely that has to be a record on GoY? Couldn't have done it without you nutty lot though....lol! :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))XXX

15 Sep, 2010

 

Where is Pip?

15 Sep, 2010

 

Scarpered, obviously. She has more sense than we have, that's for sure! LOL.

15 Sep, 2010

 

Would Pip be asleep as is 2am in Oz now, 7pm here?

15 Sep, 2010

 

Think our Pippin worried about her street cred since joining us nutty lot on here, Spritz and Richard....She is awful quiet over there in Aussie Land.Wakey waky Pip! We are missing you....

15 Sep, 2010

 

Oh Flori - don't wake her up! She needs her sleep. :-((

15 Sep, 2010

 

Hello there Spritz! Am going to pm you my dear friend....am still alive and kicking...honest....! LOL! :~))X

15 Sep, 2010

 

That's good - I'm waiting! :-))) xx

15 Sep, 2010

 

Just sent! lol :~)))))))X

15 Sep, 2010

 

Replied, too! Speedy fingers, me. LOL. x

15 Sep, 2010

 

Why Spritz, is that your non de plume? Miss Speedy fingers? lol.Don't tell Richard, or he will have you employed in his knitting empire he is busy creating, he is looking for Goyers who are nifty with their digits! LOL! Thanks for your pm XXX :~)))X

15 Sep, 2010

 

Tee hee well done Flori and I am proud to present you with...

THE TERRATOONIE AWARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well deserved.... Now I'll warn you that there aren't any more awards till youi reach 1000 - then its the 'millennium massive'

Hello speedy fingers, Ba, Annella, Rich and Flori my dear friend! What have I missed? I must say it ws very unsporting to assume that I was sleeping.... I was exercising!!!! With Franny!!

15 Sep, 2010

 

OOOOH! The prestigious TERRATOONIE AWARD, now I know that I have reached the pinnacle of my GOY career....Thank you Pip, I might be one of the few up at 4am, but I accept it with great humbleness and gratitude. This really belongs to all my fellow nutters, who have made this crazy, crazy blog what it is, but hard cheese, coz this award is coming home with me...so there! Tee hee hee! :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))X

16 Sep, 2010

 

Didn't expect you to be up Flori... and logged off :o( ahh well in an effort to keep track of time it's now 8:25pm here... which means it's morning tea over there... devonshire tea I expect, you poms never seem to be depicted as eating anything else... except yorkshire pudding, roasts and mini sandwiches :o))

16 Sep, 2010

 

Cheek! What about bangers 'n' mash, fish 'n' chips? And I read in the paper that CURRY has taken the first place in the British food love list!!!!

16 Sep, 2010

 

OOOOPS Don't talk about food Spritz we have all just come back from a lunctime meal out for our son's birthday today and are full as an egg. We all had a great time and the food was good :-)
Flori you are well on the way to your 700th post now...lol ;-)

16 Sep, 2010

 

Hello Spritz, Pip and Rich! I can't believe this is still going! Hope your son had a great birthday, Richard, sounds as if you had a lovely meal out! The sun is shining here.....and I have been busy potting up a lovely fuchsia cutting.... :~))

16 Sep, 2010

 

It's not bad here, either. I managed to plant most of the treasures I got at the plant fair. Had to retreat indoors, though - the wind was hurting my poor face and ears! :-((((

I want to know what you ate that was so good, Rich! Please????

16 Sep, 2010

 

20.16 girls and I have just come in from turf digging out the front, lovely mild evening in Northants. Three more evenings should get rid of the lot...Sooooo tired now :-))

16 Sep, 2010

 

Pip, we eat plum cake...see shirleytulips recipe, yum. I've had a few hours off, shopping in Brum. Bought a cardi from Primark and slouch socks and leg warmers (yes they're back) and a pretty beret from Marks and just popped into their food section...and bought lots of stuff 'cos it looked nice. Unfortunately didn't quite taste as good as it looked, but I didn't really have time to cook. :-) As a matter of (some) interest, I actually went for some boots :-)

16 Sep, 2010

 

That's always the way with me Ba, never come back with what I went for but spend loads more. Oh and I'm at home now so don't report me pleeeeeeeze.....Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee....

16 Sep, 2010

 

You put your feet up my dear Annella haha i'm pretending to be nice wheeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:-)

16 Sep, 2010

 

I can go with pretending Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-))

16 Sep, 2010

 

I notice you always have a massive wheeeeee, I think you're just showing off:-)

16 Sep, 2010

 

Poor Anne - never mind, you can have a 'wheee' at any time you feel like one! Didn't you need a torch out there at that time? It looked rather dark here.
Oooh - I don't like it when the evenings get shorter, do you? By the way, didn't you like any of the boots, Ba?? Or did you forget about them?

17 Sep, 2010

 

When you come back in the house you realise how dark it is outside, the neighbours must think I'm bonkers. I miss the long evenings and get quite depressed when we have to change the clocks :-((

17 Sep, 2010

 

Spritz, I did like some of the boots, and no doubt would have bought a pair had they my size. 5's seem to sell out quickly, I have common feet:-( or looking at it another way...popular feet:-) I want a flattish comfortable pair, probably suede, (for walking around Malvern haha). Only Flori and me going as far as I can make out...and we're going for a cuppa too! I don't like the dying of the light either:-(

17 Sep, 2010

 

Ba I looked at Spritz's blog, how nice that you were all able to meet :-))

17 Sep, 2010

 

I don't think that Louise and I will be there this time...sob, sob. Lack of a chauffeur. :-(( I've been working on OH, but with not a lot of success up to now.

Who likes Dylan Thomas, then? Me too! :-)))))))))))))))))))))))

Sorry about your feet - since I retired and stopped wearing heels, mine are now size 6, up from five-and-a-half. Isn't that weird?

17 Sep, 2010

 

Anne, in spite of a dreadful day - wet and cold, we had a great time there. You never know. We 'might' get to the Spring one if we don't make the Autumn one.

17 Sep, 2010

 

I lost two stone a few years ago and went down a shoe size :-))

17 Sep, 2010

 

Oh, stop boasting at ONCE!!! In spite of being so poorly recently, and not eating, I am STILL not losing my 10-ish excess pounds...I want to get into my clothes again! Boo-hoo - you are so cruel, Anne!

17 Sep, 2010

 

Sorry Spritz, a lot of mine has gone back on so I'm trying hard again at the minute. I have a wardrobe full of clothes that look like they belong to someone else cos they don't fit me :-((

17 Sep, 2010

 

And me! I keep saying I'll clear them out, and I did send some off to the Sally Army recently , but...maybe, just maybe, one day I'll get into some of them again! Are your feet still the same size now?

17 Sep, 2010

 

Size 4 now but went down to a 3, I'm 5ft 4" so the pounds soon show on me. The big weight loss came without trying when my husband left, a worrying time.

17 Sep, 2010

 

I used to be a size smaller too, but I like lots of room so I can put on my woolly socks. Yes Annella, they match my tankini;-) There was a very good play on radio 4 a while ago covering his time in America. What a sad waste, Annella take heed, throw away that vodka now!!! She won't listen to me Spritz:-) We haven't heard from Vicky for a while have we?? i suppose now the show season is almost over, she'll have the time again. Would you like me to have a word with your OH Spritz, I could wear my knitted long legged, long sleeved tankini, woolly socks and my new angora beret (it has littlt pearls in it) men find me irresistable in this outfit:-)

17 Sep, 2010

 

Ba you are becoming my fashion icon :-))

17 Sep, 2010

 

Aw shucks, thanks Annella....have you got nothing better to do, work slow lol? :-)

17 Sep, 2010

 

Yes please, Ba. In that outfit, who could resist your wiles? LOL. A photo or Youtube video will, of course. be needed! ;-D

17 Sep, 2010

 

Youtube...do you think the world is ready for that Spritz? Lol

17 Sep, 2010

 

How else will OH get to see this glamourpuss? LOL

17 Sep, 2010

 

I was thinking of BATravel Spritz, be with you in a minute (after popping in to Walsall to buy some fruit at the market) so pop the kettle on in about 2 hours. I shall travel incognito in a burkha to save the sanity of any males in the vicinity:-)

17 Sep, 2010

 

Sorry, no good today, Ba - he's at work! Try again tomorrow. Shame - it's a lovely day down here! :-(((

17 Sep, 2010

 

We've had sun on and off today, but it's quite cold:-)

17 Sep, 2010

 

I actually crawled into the garden this afternoon, and managed an hour out there, before I got exhausted again and had to come back in. At least I did a bit! :-)

17 Sep, 2010

 

I went out for an hour after work Spritz but I was cold :-(((((

17 Sep, 2010

 

Oh dear. I hope we get a good day tomorrow! Sunday's forecast isn't too hopeful here.

17 Sep, 2010

 

The same for Northants, I will cut my grass tomoz :-))

17 Sep, 2010

 

I'd love a pair of wellies, but they're so expensive!!!

17 Sep, 2010

 

Are they? We can get them cheap and cheerful up to posh and expensive. Why are they so expensive over there? Are they rare things? Don't people wear them?

18 Sep, 2010

 

Doubt they have much call for them Spritz, they wear thongs (flip flops to us) most of the time :-))

18 Sep, 2010

 

Ohhhhhh....I see. I thought they had torrential rain over there?? I remember Marguerite telling us about it. Maybe that was a different State, though.

18 Sep, 2010

 

In Australia wellies are called 'gumboots' - but we hardly ever wear them because they have a reputation for giving blisters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19 Sep, 2010

 

Very wise, my feet always hurt when I wear them:-(

19 Sep, 2010

 

:o( Ouch
Plus my feet are very big - I doubt they would come in my size!

20 Sep, 2010

 

Oh, i'm sure they would, Pip! I agree that they're not very comfortable, though. I need to wear them when the weather's been ultra-wet and the paths around here get ankle deep in mud. Henry still needs his walks - so on go my wellies plus socks. I get aching legs by the time we get get home!

20 Sep, 2010

 

We received a gardening catalogue in the letterbox this morning, from our local nursery. Not a wellie to be seen, although you can buy a 'mini vertical garden' for 50-something dollars, and get a free basil plant if purchasing a 'health kick' tomato.

20 Sep, 2010

 

You can't wear those when it rains, though, can you? LOL

21 Sep, 2010

 

omg just hit that end key , lol u learn something every day. dident know it did that haha. well carnt b leve this blog .everys ones gone mad bonkers lol;0)))) in fact does any one even know wot they are talking bt .... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha

21 Sep, 2010

 

Have you read everything Cristina? Well...you're as mad as us then:-) Oh and the answer is NO we've no idea what we're talking about;-))

22 Sep, 2010

 

683 comments and most of them are random Cristina, but the end key tip is useful Lol :-))))

22 Sep, 2010

 

read most of it last time i comented bt half way bak .read a bit more then hit that key lol. u right i am as bonkers as the reat of ur lol . xxx ;0)))))))

22 Sep, 2010

 

Where is Flori? She's not been on for 5 days:-(

22 Sep, 2010

 

Hi everyone! Yes, it's me! Sorry I've been a bit quiet, but dealing with our Raffles~don't panic, he is still doing ok, probably better than my OH and myself if I'm honest! My OH came back from Suffolk after a week away, on Sunday, so he has been catching up on everything, so I have been a bit of a busy lass! (And, NO, not what you lot are thinking either! LOL!)
Lovely to see you on here again Cris, and thanks for all your concern, as you are all aware what our situation regarding my adorable Raff is...I will keep you all updated I promise...Raff is so well known on GoY, he has an army of fans out there...

Bloomer must just be returning from her cruise about now, lucky soul, and our Rich pm'd me, as he and his family are on holiday in Derbyshire...

It is so lovely to see you all on here, and I can't thank you all enough for the personal messagers that I have received, you truly are an exceptional bunch of Goyers out there, and I love you all to bits... :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))XXX

22 Sep, 2010

 

flori we all loveyou too and missed you and your wit as well hun . hoping you are feeling a little better now and that raff is getting lots of cuddles from all of us. its so nice to c you bak on . and chatting . keep us updated on wots going on wont you . as i am sure i can speack 4 every 1. we are al concerned bt you and raff .lots of hugs to you both love christina and a big hug from my rosie too xxx

22 Sep, 2010

 

Guess what Flori - we all LOVE YOU TO BITS AS WELL!

22 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Flori, I've missed you!!!! Glad you are ok xx

23 Sep, 2010

 

Me too - we're all thinking of you. Hugs. xxx

23 Sep, 2010

 

Hola,Bonjour and Bonjourno! I'm back,and missed you guys.I am trying my best to get in nonsensical mode again,having had to be on my best behaviour..sort of,..for the past two weeks.We have had a fantastic time,and everything was just perfect...So, back to reality,washing,ironing,shopping all done .so lots of me time again.Got your PM Flori,and really hope Raffy will be ok,so sorry to hear of his illness.Keep your chin up,my friend.It has taken me ages to read all the comments since I went...amazing....what with knitting Richard,,wellies,berets with pearls...feet changing sizes...so glad to see you haven't changed a bit... as I can't cope with sane people...WHeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!

23 Sep, 2010

 

It's about time you reappeared, Bloomer! Holidays? I don't know. Tsk, tsk.

(I'm jealous, really! ;-/)

23 Sep, 2010

 

Knitting Richard? is that our next project? Are we making a lifesize stuffed model or just a full bodysuit for him to wear?
(Look on the bright side Rich - it'll hide the wrinkles and greys!)

23 Sep, 2010

 

Glad your back Bloomer Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~

24 Sep, 2010

 

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
to you too Annella :o)

24 Sep, 2010

 

Haha Pip wrinkled and grey would you be talking about a school jumper that needs ironing ..lol. I am still away and managed to connect to the Internet. Will catch up with you all soon. Glad you are back Flori I have missed you too XX

24 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks Annella,nice to be back on here,but was in Sorrento this time last week,so its back down to earth with a bang,especially as it is cold today..ah,well..never mind.I think a full body suit might be best Pip,as we don't know whether his legs are fit for viewing,do we? A seperate balaclava may be more comfortable so he can remove it to stop him scratching his ears from the itchy wool...

24 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Bloomer glad you had a good holiday and nice to see you back. I took a photo of your shop which I saw one day up here in the Derbyshire Dales, hope you like it :-))

24 Sep, 2010

 

Thanks Richard,just going to have a look at my shop....intriguing!!

24 Sep, 2010

 

Lol,Richard..I look as though I am made of good stuff... built to last !!!
By the way,Flori,think this is your 700th comment well done..yet another award,..what can we give her this time ??

24 Sep, 2010

 

What good taste you have, Bloomer. I love Italy, especially the Amalfi Coast! Did you go to Ravello?

24 Sep, 2010

 

Our favourite country too.We were docked in Naples so went to Sorrento for the day,as we spent out silver wedding there,11 years ago,so lovely to go back again.we haven't visited Ravello and the Amalfi coast,but intend going back to stay sometime,and will do it then.The first time,we did Pompeii,Capri,and the top of Vesuvius,which was one of my ambitions realised...don't think I could do it now though.Lol..We did visit,Portofino,St Margherita and Rapello another day,which was lovely....oh well,its back to everyday life :o((

24 Sep, 2010

 

I went to Ravello on my way to Capri, I loved it all and was desperate to come with you Bloomer and wear my Tankini......but It wasn't to be this year.....very glad you had a good time hun xx

24 Sep, 2010

 

Have to think of an award, you lot....

25 Sep, 2010

 

OK, OK, but we're all thinking wistfully about the blue Mediterranean sea, sunshine and oooooohhhh... those views!!!

Hmmm....a gilded packet of 700 seeds? One for each comment...haha.

25 Sep, 2010

 

Good idea,Spritz.I'm sure Flori would love them....come and collect your award ,our friend..:o)))

25 Sep, 2010

 

Well done Flori on your 700th plus posting I think you deserve a knitted trophy ..lol x

25 Sep, 2010

 

The 'Seed Packet' Award....is yours!

26 Sep, 2010

 

I am sure that Flori will be pleased with The 'Seed Packet' Award Pip ;-)

26 Sep, 2010

 

Why don't we give her a knitted seed packet LOL
You can do the knitting Rich ;o)

27 Sep, 2010

 

Pip where were you? Flori and I waited (with a cuppa and some grub) for you and you didn't come. Flori is well, just taking a little breather, and looked lovely in the sheepskin lined luminous pink tankini, which you can find it in my new 'BAT Autumn Fashion' catalogue. Malvern was a little disappointing in the gardening department. I found nothing worth buying!!! Most of the show was devoted to other things, but I enjoyed all the animals, food and shops. Some very nice unplant things for gardens though, I fell in love with a metal teasel sculpture for under £2,000 and some very nice wall art. Ended up buying very expensive balsamic vinegar, some lovely oil and shoes:-) Richard, do you think you could knit me a teasel sculpture?:-)

27 Sep, 2010

 

Getting my knitting needles out now Pip ;-)
Ba..I will knit you anything my friend, you just need to ask and it will be done tout suite! :-)

27 Sep, 2010

 

Why was Malvern so un-garden-y this year? Louise said the same. I wasn't able to join her this year, and from the sound of it, I didn't miss much!

You were soooo unselfish to leave that teasel sculpture for someone else to buy, Ba! I'm pleased to hear that Rich can knit one. :-))

27 Sep, 2010

 

Hi my nutty loons! Bloomer, you are back!! I have so MISSED YOU! Sounds like your cruise was just perfect, and I am only sorry that you are now back in chilly damp Blighty, but the warmth of us having you back will help brighten your day a little I hope! Thank you kind Floretts, for my latest award, a designer bespoke knitted seed packet for our 700th posted comment on this crazy crazy blog...all those seeds! Hope you lot will help me plant them lol! Thank you Spritz, Pip, Annella, Ba and Rich. I like the sound of that knitted trophy too, so it's back to steel wool for you, Richard, my lad! LOL!
I enjoyed Malvern a lot, though awful chilly and overcast, till this strange beret wearing woman crossed my path....Ba has a smile that can light up the darkest of days, and a humour that kept us warm as we nibbled out chips and fought over Shirleytulips Plum cake...it was almost like a scrum!!! The instigator of the demise of Tom Duck and his mum, Tomasina, also joined us, R has a humour so like her mother, it was like watching a double act!! Think we were the noisiest table in the entire showground!! We also met other family members there, and it was wonderful, I wouldn't have missed it for the world!
As you can imagine, Ba's latest fashion creation, the luminous pink tankini was an instant hit, I did stand out in the crowd! The orders are just flooding in, so Ba is looking for more Tankini knitting grannies to increase her work force if any of you fellow loons are interested....?LOL!

27 Sep, 2010

 

ha ha trust you to have the noisiest table Flori ..I wouldn't have expected anything else...lol ;-)

27 Sep, 2010

 

Hi Flori, glad you and BA had fun xxxx

27 Sep, 2010

 

Not fair! I couldn't go this time.....what did you buy, Flori?

27 Sep, 2010

 

Hello Rich, Annella and Spritz! Lol, Rich, it was Ba and I on our mobiles trying to find each other through a mass of people...I was the idiot stood waving like mad in the middle of them! We did get some very strange looks indeed!
I bought some dwarf Wallflowers, which was what I went for in the first place, a lovely metal artwork picture, of a bridge over a stream, and I almost made it out of the Showground without buying any plants, well, I did say 'almost'...lol!x

27 Sep, 2010

 

So thats where you have been? glad you all had a great time despite the weather...It looks like you dodged the security men to get in..we had forewarned them you were coming..but you were obviously too clever by far,..were they carrying white sticks,as I don't know how they didn't spot you a mile off,with the fetching outfit that Ba was wearing....that must have been such a turner of heads Lol...Didn't you even get the Asbo,that Annella,Richard Pip and I,bestowed on you,as an extra award to go with your knitted seed packet ?...Security not what it used to be then.! I will be putting in a complaint to MI5 ASAP.....

27 Sep, 2010

 

Ah the joy of BA Travel, Bloomer, and very long trench coats! The Security guys didn't stand a chance of catching us....I did think that Ba looked a little silly with the balaclava on, 'specially with the false nose and her wonderful handlebar moustache that has taken so long to grow, but it was good to meet up again...As to the Asbo, well that 's sat up on my mantlepiece next to all my other awards......Did I misunderstand what it was for???? OOOOH, it's so good to have you back home again....... :~)))))))X

27 Sep, 2010

 

You didn't misunderstand Flori,and I'm sure it will look very nice on your mantlepiece,next to the handcuffs,and the summons you ignored..maybe it will look a tad too much with the knit one purl one seed packet as well..you could blue tack that to your forehead,then you will have a permanent reminder of all your very kind friends...its not that good to be back,to be honest,with the rubbish weather,but being back on here is making me laugh...

27 Sep, 2010

 

On here the weather is always good, Bloomer, we are your little rays of sunshine personally assigned to you...oh you lucky lucky soul...
You really shouldn't mention the handcuffs if Annella is about, that or shovels actually, as that is a bit of tender subject with her too....
I would look so silly with my knitted seed packet stuck to my forehead, Bloomer,'specially as I have a fringe....what do you think this is, Grows on You?

27 Sep, 2010

 

Just as well - I'm sure Sorrento is still bathed in warm sunshine....Viva Italia!

Hey, Flori! You got in first - that comment was meant for Bloomer! :-(((((

27 Sep, 2010

 

Lol Flori..I can't cope with any more of this insane humour ..enough is enough for tonight..remember I am having to get used to it again,having been missing all my lessons for two weeks,so I will bid you goodnight,and try to deglaze my brain before retiring to my cabin..oh,sorry its bedroom again...X

27 Sep, 2010

 

Thats ok Spritz,she always wants to be first...Lol

27 Sep, 2010

 

Hey girls, I'm not known as Flaming Fast Flori for nothing you know! You would be surprised at just how quick I can whip in there, I am just a blur! Well, don't they always say that greatness always floats to the top.....And NO, Bloomer, don't even go where that thought process is taking you, this is a genteel site remember!
Ooppps! Sorry Spritz!! Night night Bloomer, watch out for those bears out there...!!! :~))))X

27 Sep, 2010

 

You are full of...it ,tonight Flori..nite nite xx

27 Sep, 2010

 

The words you were searching for was sparkling wit and interlectual repartee, Bloomer, don't worry, I will fill in the blanks for you...Nite nite!! :~)))))X.

27 Sep, 2010

 

I'll think of a good excuse Ba.... just give me a minute....
Shame that it wasn't very gardeny.... looks like I didn't miss much... but I would have loved to meet you all, really! HOw did you find the tankini Flori - wasn't too cold for an autumn day was it?
Goodnight Flori, you Flamin' Fast, Full-of-it Female you............

28 Sep, 2010

 

THAT WAS NOT A FALSE NOSE FLORI !!!!:-(

28 Sep, 2010

 

I'm not talking to Flori, for the rest of the Florettes I will tell you that a large number of dog breeds were there with their owners to be petted and admired, so Aislinn (4) adored it as did we adults, There were 4 absolutely beautiful borzois. I always fancied having one of those...walking along in my latest tankini, the long legs of which covered in fur for the winter, furry balaclava on my big nosed mustachioed head and accompanied by an elegant borzoi...how glamorous I'd look...sigh.... There were many rare breeds represented too including some goats. I can't remember the breed name, but the billy had massive horns on top of his head and side horns which looked like big handles. The boy who was sitting outside the pen said I ought to see billy as he's not out often. I crouched down before this magnificent creature and stroked his forehead. He acknowledged this by lowering his head and attempting to butt me. Fortunately the section forming the temporary pen were all that knocked into me. I looked horror stricken at the boy who's face was contorted......with laughter!!! He said I was the fourth person that had happened to today...I suppose he had to lighten the boredom somehow:-))))

28 Sep, 2010

 

You should get a medal for bravery, Ba - not hoots of laughter!

I'll award you one, anyway. :-)) I'd have enjoyed seeing the dogs, but I'd have been disappointed, as a paid-up plantaholic, if I hadn't been able to take home some prized gems. I'm just imagining OH's face had I arrived home with a GOAT! LOL, LOL.

28 Sep, 2010

 

Tee hee... fun, fun for Ba at the show....
Don't you wish we all could be paid up plantaholics?

28 Sep, 2010

 

Oh,so sorry to be laughing ..
Ba,but the mental picture is just too much Lol.What are you like,eh ? I do so wish I could have been with you all,as you sound as though you had great fun,but a shame about the lack of garden-y stuff.Never mind,as long as you enjoyed it.
Your OH may have liked a goat,Spritz..think about not having the need for a lawnmower anymore..!!.LOL.

28 Sep, 2010

 

He wouldn't have liked this one Bloomer:-( Thanks for the medal Spritz...I just thought....I was literally the butt of the joke! My daughter, nearly daughter-in-law and granddaughter thought it hilarious lol. The lack of plants was disappointing, I left the family in the shopping parts to try to find the 'garden' part of the show, I had taken my 2 trolleys, bought at the Spring Show, in hopeful anticipation...and I had a little list. I could have bought bulbs, but didn't want any. I looked at a few exhibits and checked the price of plants...very dear for what they were. There were quite a lot of people who were wondering around with 5 foot tall verbana bonariensis plants, don't know how much they'd paid, but there was no way they would get them home in one piece. There were no creches as they were not needed, it wasn't a garden show. We all enjoyed it nevertheless and nearly came home with the cutest furriest mini lop type bunnies you ever did see and an alpaca with large dreamy eyes. Mitch (nearly d-i-l) took some phone pics so I'll see if I can upload some. Did anyone take any pics?:-))

28 Sep, 2010

 

Its lucky I don't need a lawn mower or goat anymore as I replaced our lawn in the back garden with decking. I can just sit out there with a glass of wine and contemplate the old days of cutting the grass, tripping over the lead, or cutting the lead with the lawnmower......cheers lol ;-)

28 Sep, 2010

 

Are you talking to me yet, Ba? The nose really was quite elegant, and suited the handlebar 'tashe perfectly, that and the Tankini, you were the star of the show! Anyway, I was really nice to you further up this blog.....you just can't please everyone I guess...lol! Pip, Spritz and Bloomer, and not forgetting, (Who is he again??), ah, our Richard, (lol) we would have loved it if you could have joined us there, but as Ba said, the plant stalls were few, and I have no idea why so many people were buying Verbena bonariensis, cos it can spread like a weed! I ended up with 6 packs of dwarf wallflowers for £5, plus just before we left at the end of the day, I got offered 6 x Clematis for £10, and 2 x large Pennisetum setaceum 'Fireworks', which is a striking red grass only just recently introduced, for £5. I won't tell you what my OH said, when he saw me advancing towards him with my latest plants, but it had very little to do with gardening, I can assure you! Meeting up with Ba, had to be the best bit of my day though.....!x

28 Sep, 2010

 

You won't get around me like that Flori....well maybe you will lol:-)) How big are your p. fireworks? I had some early summer, but they haven't grown much at all, had one little plume about 8-9" high and I think they have to come in in the winter. I'm not going to order mail order this year from the big companies, in fact I won't even look at their catalogues...well maybe I'll look. I like verbena and it isn't a problem here (wish it seeded more) I don't have any now. I did see the wall flowers, but I wanted particular colours which I thought would be available at the show. Most of the plants on the few stalls I saw were not in very good nick. Trust you to find some good stuff and bargains! Did you see my giant metal teasel sculpture? I bought a tiny bottle of pomegranite and fig balsamic vinegar for nearly £9....and tiny oil for over £9 that's what happens when there's no plants:-( It was lovely seeing you again too Flori:-))

28 Sep, 2010

 

Last year there were plants! That's where I bought my beautiful HUGE Carex plant - and Louise and I had fun finding all sorts of things - she got a beautiful pink Dahlia. She has told me that it wasn't the same this year.

Oh - I forgot - was Vicky there with her Heucheras?

28 Sep, 2010

 

See, I knew you couldn't stay rattled at me for long, I'm just way too adorable!! :~))) These are pretty good size plants, and they are suppose to be winter hardy, but we shall wait and see.....I must have missed your metal Teasel Sculpture, but I did find a lovely perspective metal artwork of a bridge over a stream, which set me back £30....But no doubt of it my friend, meeting up with you was the hi-light of my day!!! :~)))))))))))))))XXX

You popped in there before me Spritz! Yes, Vicky was there, she had won Gold again, and was very busy with lots of customers when I saw her as we passed by!

28 Sep, 2010

 

That's good news - she hasn't been on the site lately, so now most (all?) of the big shows are over, we might see her again.

28 Sep, 2010

 

I was surprised that Ba wasn't there salivating over all the gorgeous Heucheras! lol! :~)))x

28 Sep, 2010

 

Your plants are just too cheap over there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrr don't make me jealous you lot ;o)

29 Sep, 2010

 

Pip I did pay £55 for a cercis lavender twist if that helps, plus postage?? It's still in its pot too as I can't quite decide where to put it. I bought it originally for the front garden, but ....... I did see Vicky's exhibit and fell in love with her particularly beautiful acer. I didn't go right up to it as there were a lot of people by it, and I know she doesn't have the heucheras I'm interested in 'til next year as they were sold out. I'm sure she'll be back after a rest, I can only imagine the work exhibiting entails. Spritz, which carex did you buy last year? Don't forget to put a pic of your metal art work on Flori, so pleased Vicky won another gold, I only saw from afar so didn't know. By then I was feeling a little flat and disappointed....If I went to the autumn show again, it would be for the animals and other attractions such as Flori in her sheepskin lined tankini......... and I wouldn't lug around 2 trolleys lol. My other granddaughter wants to go too next year! Flori you were the highlight of my day too and I'm sure people around us were totally bemused by the insane cackling from our table. :-)))

29 Sep, 2010

 

Not all of them, Pip - at shows, you can get bargains. but don't forget that you have a hefty entrance fee to pay as well!

How do prices compare, then? I paid £7.00 at a Garden Centre for a Heuchera the other day, for example, and a Clematis from a GC would cost from £8.00 upwards - some would be about £12.00

Ba - it was my HUGE Carex trifida 'Rekohu Sunrise'...I staggered around with it, as it really was enormous!

29 Sep, 2010

 

I really couldn't say, not having very much money to spend on plants, I bypass the shrubs and trees section completely!!

29 Sep, 2010

 

Well - how about doing some research, then. Next time you go, just note a couple of prices so we can compare. :-)))

29 Sep, 2010

 

For me Pip, the best way to increase your stock of plants is to swap cuttings and seeds with your local friends, although you will already know this. Not worth swapping with friends in the UK though due to postage. I am always collecting seeds and cuttings from my plants and swap with the gardeners around here. After a relatively short time you run out of room anyway. :-))

Your metal sculpture purchase sounds good Flori are you going to put it in the garden my friend?

29 Sep, 2010

 

I don't know about that Pip,plants seem to have shot up over this last year even over here. As Spritz said, a Heucher for £8 when they use to be £4.99 each, and Clematis has become ridiculous, I have seen some of the evergreen ones now selling at £20 plus! At these prices, they are just too expensive to take a loss on, and our last Winter here killed off so many plants, and this one could be just as bad....
I could have done with that sheepskin lined Tankini Ba, wasn't it chilly at the show?!!!! I don't think that I've ever been called an attraction before, lol, makes me sound like an exhibit, mind you in my fluorescent knitted Tankini, some just might have said that, lol! I did buy myself another scarf, to add to the hundreds I have stuffed in drawers at home, but it was only cos I was so cold!! Bbbrrrrr!
Did you see those kids in the huge water spheres Ba? My OH wanted a go, I swear that he is just a big kid at heart!lol!
Good idea on exchanging plants and seed to increase stock, Richard, thank heavens for Goy! Haven't decided where to put the metal artwork yet as I have a few already in the house. I may not draw anymore due to my hands, but I can still appreciate a nice piece of work! Will post a pict as soon as I find a home for it.... :~))

29 Sep, 2010

 

I'd love to be able to swap seeds and cuttings with you crazy lot - sigh. But maybe you'd just sneak a jack-in-the-box into the package - and I'd get a shock when I opened it. (No, just kidding, I know you wouldn't be so cruel and heartless LOL)

30 Sep, 2010

 

I've googled your carex Spritz, it looks lovely, is it evergreen? I only have one carex now elata aurea(Bowles golden sedge) which I love. I fortunately managed to get rid of c. pendula in the makeover, 'though I still find dratted seedlings everywhere! I missed the huge water speres Flori;-( but I did see a ferret making a complete fool of its handler poor man:-) Looking forward to seeing a pic of your new purchase:-) Pip, I'd send a jack-in-the box lol, I'd pretend I thought it was a jack-in-the-pulpit;-)

30 Sep, 2010

 

We have a lot of C. apressa around ours. I like the look of them but I think they're a bit of a weed.

30 Sep, 2010

 

Hey, this will never do! This is looking more like a gardening site now than our witty nutty blog, I think we've got a computer virus, as mine sneezing and wheezing!! I think we've been infiltrated by the sensible Goyers out there, battle stations every body, before it spreads!!! :~))))X

30 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha that is my fault Flori talking about seed swapping and seed planting..lol ;-))

30 Sep, 2010

 

How could you Richard? Ladies, we have a gardener in our midst, bewarned!!
I should have guessed, infiltrating from the ranks within.....oh woe is me, I am undone! :~((

30 Sep, 2010

 

Someone is masquerading as me........and being...gulp...sensible:-( Yes it's your fault Richard:-)

30 Sep, 2010

 

Flori, DO YOURSELF UP!!!

30 Sep, 2010

 

I am touched Ba thank you..I have never been called 'sensible' before..I think I like it lol ;-))

30 Sep, 2010

 

Don't get your hopes up Richard,it won't last,if us nutty lot have anything to do with it...Gardening indeed.! Have you lost the plot ?:o)

30 Sep, 2010

 

Ha ha well how silly was I Bloomer...lol when I joined I thought GOY 'Grows on You' was a site that was something loosely connected with gardening now I know it means Gardening!!! Oh You're having a laugh..........lol :-)))

30 Sep, 2010

 

I certainly am Richard.Well,that's it for tonight,as I am getting typists cramp...so nite nite,and sleep tight..mind the gardening bugs don't bite ..:o))

30 Sep, 2010

 

Quick, someone do Flori up!
Nobody call me sensible, OK? I might die of shock.

1 Oct, 2010

 

Ok,Pip,we don't want to lose you..Lol...and Flori,no wonder you are undone,how many scarves did you say were shoved in your drawers ????.methinks you need to upsize your clothes,or move your buttons.!!! tee hee.

1 Oct, 2010

 

I am at this moment knitting Flori a winter tankini with two furry hip panniers and a dinky little kangaroo type pouch front and back which should accommodate all her scarves and give greater comfort and relief, so no need to worry Bloomer:-)))))))

1 Oct, 2010

 

Hooray for Ba!
Knitting today,
When Flori buys scarves,
she doesn't do things by halves,
Bloomer's got typing cramp
and suggests a wardrobe revamp.

1 Oct, 2010

 

That sounds delightful,Ba,Flori will love it.Especially in case the weather is very cold where she lives,as she will be so cosy,and her important bits wil not get frostbite.Lol.Its immaterial that she may look like Nanook of the North,as comfort and warmth is the top priority,I think...you are soooo thoughtful,my dear..:o)
Our Pip is so clever and talented,isn't she?I could have never written such a sonnet...like what she has Lol.I think she could so easily be the next poet Laureate..Simon Armitage,eat your heart out...by the way,talking of name dropping,he lives in one of our villages..but don't want to brag about the talent we have around here...it would be so boring,and tasteless..!!!

1 Oct, 2010

 

Well, sorry, but I'm going to answer Ba's question of about 15 comments ago -

YES, Ba, my beautiful Carex IS evergreen - and it produced some huge flowers like brushes this summer. :-)))))

If that was gardening, well, I shall not be apologising, as this blog started life about MY garden! LOL, LOL. (So there!)

1 Oct, 2010

 

I have a feeling Flori is going to be mad at both of us, Bloomer, when she finds out I've eclipsed her in the Flori Lauri stakes. (Far from it, Flori, don't fret)
Spritz, get outta town - you're banned! LOL

2 Oct, 2010

 

Spritz, it's on my little list:-)

Pip you'll go far, our Australian star
but at poetry?
I'm sorry
you can't compete with our Flori:-(

Bloomer,....I'm all heart:-) On the subject of talent...I think Boy George came from Walsall...oh well maybe not...you win.:-( Ah as I am actually a scouser, I may trump you in the famous people dept, but not on beauty:-)

2 Oct, 2010

 

I've just noticed, my last remark looks a bit creepy, I was of course referring to your birthplace lol:-)

2 Oct, 2010

 

:o)))

2 Oct, 2010

 

Ba,..lol.That's ok La.See,i know a bit of scouse too.! Do they still say La? I remember it well,when I lived there for a couple of years.loved it,and lots of happy memories of Liverpool.Remember Blacklers store,and Reeces Icecream?

2 Oct, 2010

 

I haven't been back since my Dad died Bloomer, I have no-one left there now. My brother lives in Southport. I would love to go back and see the docks and the Pier Head to see how they've changed, you know, as a tourist. When I was little my friend's Uncle Ted showed us where they manacled the slaves when they were brought ashore. It was a city built partly on slavery. Whereabouts did you live? Our area was called Edgehill, Liverpool 7:-)

2 Oct, 2010

 

Sure you weren't one of those manacled slaves - manacled to Goy that is! I think we al feel a bit manacled sometimes..

3 Oct, 2010

 

You will be glad to know girls,( and Rich), that I am all fastened up now...I really must sort through my drawers, the scarves are taking over.....!lol Bloomer do ty often have a drink problem, let alone cramps? I learn something new everyday off of GoY! :~))
Ba, the new Winter Tankini is very fetching, though not tooooo sure which way is the front now as I have little pouches throughout......but thank you for thinking of me...obviously the meds are working well dear friend....lol! Those little grannies are working overtime to meet all the rush orders from Malvern, no doubt....

Spritz, you are forgiven...many posts ago, lost in the eons of time now, this actually was about your Garden, not that you would have guessed by the last 610 comments....so, as it's you my friend....
Ha! I have a young Pretender coming through the ranks in the guise of Pipkin!

Flori isn't sorry, that she's the great Poetic Lauri,
and her clever lines keep flowing clear and true,
so some little great pretender, isn't going to offend her,
by adding the odd line, or maybe two!
But what is this I see? Is Ba trying to be me?
Though she graciously admits, that I am gifted,
Everyone adds in for free! Oh dear how can that now be?
Forget the nice act, I am definitely mift(ed)!!! Boom Boom!

OR:

Our Ba, was once a Scouser, so now and then we have to douse her,
but the Midlands is where she does now reside,
And once Bloomer, (she confided), in Liverpool abided,
and traces of the lingo still survives!
Having pondered long and deep,(and even in my sleep),
I saw the light, and so I eagerly observed,
This isn't truly Ba and Bloomer, they have asumed a nom de pluma
these two are really the original Liver Birds!!

Now Rich, he is so shaken, cos was easily mistaken,
as he thought that Goy, indeed a Gardening site...
But Flori (Poet Lauri) and Bloomer (Nom de Pluma),
were hasty quick to put this lost soul right!
Then Spritz added to the mix, by putting in her bit,
and confirmed this blog once was garden-rated,
Cos Flori wrote the blog, didn't mean the blog to hog,
but now the subjects are almost all x-rated!!
Pip, our Aussie bunny, suddenly got funny,
as Sensible would cause her to be pozzled,
yet Rich thought it so charming, yet somehow quite alarming,
And Bloomer's typs were permanently sozzled!

3 Oct, 2010

 

I used to live in Tuebrook,Ba,and it was nice then,but believe it isn't the same now.I lived at Everton too,for a short while...I lived in Liverpool from 1967-1970,..happy days.I remember Edge hill,for the railway station,but didn't know the area.I moved back to Cumbria when my dad was taken ill,to help mum look after him.

3 Oct, 2010

 

Ha ha Flori lovely pair of poems I love them so much. You are well on form my friend.
My OH was in Liverpool around that same time as you Bloomer in college there. She enjoyed it living there too and we still meet the group of friends she met at college every year for a reunion. We all go away to somewhere different in the country and have a jolly few days...lol ;-)

3 Oct, 2010

 

Tchah... you win Flori..... this time.

4 Oct, 2010

 

Oh Pip you are so cruel
And I'm feeling such a fool
I refuse to 'go away'
For 'GOY' is where I'll stay!

So 'Boo' to you, my friend -
My garden I'll defend
I'm off to go and plant
Just to add a gardening slant -

I'll come and read again
But the clock has just chimed ten
The sun is shining bright
And my time today is tight.

Henry wants a walk
So I cannot stay and talk
I really have to fly -
So goodbye. my friends, goodbye.

4 Oct, 2010

 

Nice one Spritz ...I really enjoyed your pretty ditty ;-))

4 Oct, 2010

 

Spritz, how impressed am I, whatever have I started? lol! Gorgeous day here in west Wilts, warm and sunny, it reminds me of all my gardening mates on here....! Hope Henry enjoyed his walk... :~))x

4 Oct, 2010

 

He did, thanks - and I have planted another 300-odd bulbs! That will make 750 all together, once the final few are in. How about that? I hope you're impressed with that, as well. :-)))))))

4 Oct, 2010

 

I am Spritz, and with your poem, but I think...all things considered, those last poems of Flori's, her great turn of phrase and talent for punning...make her Flori Lauri indeed:-)

4 Oct, 2010

 

Ah shucks, I am blushing here with such praise! Thank you Ba, I am so deeply touched, (No need to add a comment to that, Thank You my little Floriettes!) lol!

750 bulbs, Spritz? Good lord, your garden is going to be well illuminated, I do hope that they are all low energy ones my friend...tee hee hee! :~))))x

4 Oct, 2010

 

Have you heard about Sprtz's new career? Wild life photographer..... or should it be pornographer?? Whatever you do DO NOT LOOK AT HER LATEST PICS!:-)

5 Oct, 2010

 

Oh Ba.....it was only one photo! I am far too innocent to know what the craneflies are doing, so I hoped that you might know....maybe you do, from the sound of it?

I'll switch on the bulbs and see if I can see any other creatures up to no good tonight. No, they're not low energy, Flori. They have to have the strength to get through the soil/compost and flower in the spring, tra-la!

5 Oct, 2010

 

How on earth did you manage to get hold of 750 bulbs Spritz???? I had enough trouble getting 8.
Looooove those craneflies - everyon eshould print them out and use them to introduce 'that' talk with their kids!!!!!!
I think we're all going a it Flori Lauri around here. No more Lady Gaga for us

6 Oct, 2010

 

I buy them in bulk from a catalogue, Pip - so they arrive in a large heavy box by courier right to the doorstep. They're a LOT cheaper that way.

Long story - but I have 12 wooden boxes to try to hide the ugly wire fence put up by our neighbours. It was supposed to be temporary, but we're not holding our breath. They take 200 bulbs!!!!!

I can't believe that one photo has generated so much interest! ;-O

6 Oct, 2010

 

Yes, but What a photo it was, Spritz! I see that you are still protesting your innocence...... lol :~)))x

6 Oct, 2010

 

Now then, Flori - you've met me. Am I not an innocent person? It's all those other naughty people who keep on about 'that' photo! lol.

6 Oct, 2010

 

Exactly! I couldn't have put it better! You and that cheeky glint in your eye, Spritz! :~))x

6 Oct, 2010

 

You'd want to have a good knee cushion Spritz ;o)
Cheeky glint!?? I bet it's a lot more than a cheeky glint sometimes, if I have the measure of our Spritz...!! Still, Flori Lauri, I bet you've had a 'glint' sometimes too ;o))

7 Oct, 2010

 

Yes, Pip - I have got a kneeler - and this week, with damp grass, I've put a polythene sheet down first, with the kneeler on the top so I don't get wet jeans legs.

Cheeky glint? Me? Hey ho, tra la, I'm not saying anything on that. LOL.

7 Oct, 2010

 

Nice photo Spritz. I have a garden kneeler too and I put a cushion on it also to kneel on ....lol ;-)

7 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Richina... welcome back :o)

I'm still to much of a novice gardener to own stuff like wellies and kneelers lol

7 Oct, 2010

 

I bought some pads from Wilkinsons this year, that fasten around the knee with velcro straps, very fetching. Wore them a few times, answered the door in them once as they'd become rather comfy and I didn't notice I was wearing them. They certainly keep your knees warm. :-)

8 Oct, 2010

 

I did wonder about those, Ba, but I thought they were a step too far. For me, I mean, not you! LOL.

Now you say they're comfortable, I shall have a re-think.

Pip - how do you do the weeding without kneeling down? Or don't you have any weeds in Oz?? ;-))

8 Oct, 2010

 

I'll know it's you if I ever walk up to an English door and see a batty looking lady wearing fetching kneepads ;o)

8 Oct, 2010

 

Hello all !!! It's Friday afternoon and I'm oh sooooo glad, can't wait to go home.
I use an old towel to kneel on in the garden, one that came back from a very nice holiday with me. I can imagine Ba wearing her knee pads with her Tankini.....Mmmm I think I'll give them a miss :-))))

8 Oct, 2010

 

Annella! It's so good to have you back! you have been missed my girl! Hi everyone, just popping in to see what you have all been up to... :~))x
Kneelers eh? My OH works in a foam factory, so our house dotted with old off cuts of foam, so my one's nice and thick...not that I want to boast at all of course...tee hee hee!
Glint in my eye, Pippin? I've got a full beam! lol! Lovely to see you all again...xxx

8 Oct, 2010

 

Ooh, Oooh Oooh! I'm so excited! I just posted the 800th comment!!!!!!!! Pip should be so impressed....What's the award for 800, Pip? :~)))X

8 Oct, 2010

 

Sounds like you've got your full beam on and your winkers (as my kids used to call indicators) Flori!!! 800th comment too, congrats & wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee from me to you :-))))))))))))

8 Oct, 2010

 

LOL! My 'winkers' are in fine fettle my friend...Oh How I have missed you,petal, and hoping to see Bloomer back on here soon too....Are you all de-bugged now, Annella, and back to your sprightly witty self? (Those aphids are a terrible problem...hahaha!)

8 Oct, 2010

 

Yes I'm bug free now, still got the worms though....

8 Oct, 2010

 

That must be the Tequila you imbided to get rid of the aphids, Annella! The worm is suppose to STAY in the bottle my friend...I shalll see if I have any spare Doctor Martin's de-wormer for you, and pop it over asap! LOL!X

8 Oct, 2010

 

Your so kind Flori, that would be a big help. It's amazing how they survive in such strong alcohol, in my stomach that is...hee hee

8 Oct, 2010

 

Off home now TFI Friday xxx

8 Oct, 2010

 

So good to have you back with us Annella! :~)))x

8 Oct, 2010

 

Glad to be back and I will try to keep up :-))))

8 Oct, 2010

 

Woooooo... I'm impressed - how abouta Tankini award, but I'm fast running out of ideas and I'm at work and the commonwealth games have been on Late Late, so I'm not at my best level of creativity lol
Tankini and Kneepads !! I love that image- that's so Ba...
Hey that's a good one actually...
Flori I give myself and you great pleasure to award you the first ever 'Tankini and Kneepads' award for 800 comments. Even more special because I'm using the dodgy work keyboard LOL ;o))))
Nice to see you two back, we have missed you. I've pmd you Flori :o)))))
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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

8 Oct, 2010

 

Can we call this the 'Annella award' Pip ,to compensate me for some of the images I have visualised of Ba's gardening kit.....please :-)))))) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

8 Oct, 2010

 

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8 Oct, 2010

 

Why don't we make that 900??

8 Oct, 2010

 

Ok Pip I would be honoured, I like the Tankini & kneepad idea + I won't have to wait long LoL :-))

8 Oct, 2010

 

Yeah. won't have to wait long :o)

8 Oct, 2010

 

Well I have found my way back here, and am feeling warm and fuzzy....I've been catching up with your comments and now need a quiet lay down, is room 39 ready and waiting???

9 Oct, 2010

 

Congrats Flori on your 800th post award ' The Octotankini ' award. Well on your way to 900 now.
Glad you are feeling better Annella and you are now back to 'normal'....:-))))

9 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Janey - welcome to the madhouse! The men in white coats are lurking around in several areas of the UK, as well as in Oz. LOL.

9 Oct, 2010

 

Janey!!!!!!!! :~)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))X Oh it is sooooooooooo greatttttttttttttt to see you back here! Yes, I can imagine you must be on overload if you have been catching up on comments here, it just gets bigger and crazier by the day, and we have even corrupted poor Richardpeeej, so he is another lost cause being baffled and bewildered on here, though he does seem to be holding his own (Bloomer, Annella...behave! lol).....I can't tell you how excited I am to see you!
This blog has gone to over 800 posts, and there was Bloomer and I shutting it down at 200...it has taken on Frankensteinian proportions~a life of its very own!!!!
You can see how 'igor' we are to keep the nuttiness going onwards and upwards, lol.
Thank you for my 'Octotankini and knee pads award', for hitting the 800 mark everybody, I will be the fashion icon of west Wilts in that~eat your heart out Vivian Westwood! I wonder if we can get this too the 1000th comment...? Now that would be a challenge...My PC going into meltdown whenever I pull up this blog, as it is! hahaha :~))) We are still missing Bloomer, I am going to offer a reward if anyone can locate her and direct her back to us, poor soul, I think she's now heading up the escape commitee....Am chuffed to bits to see everyone still here~you all make my world so much brighter, who needs sunshine when I have you lot on here??? :~))))))))))))))))))))X

Ps, Pip I didn't receive your PM, hun, is it still over in Sidney?? PPs, Thank you for my award, I am speechless (Well, almost!) Tee hee hee!X

9 Oct, 2010

 

That'll be the day, Flori! No chance. (I'm glad to say!)

Time for another poem?

Oh where, oh where has the PM gone -
Oh where, oh where can it be?
We will all have to dig
A big hole in the ground -
For there, oh there it will be!

(P.S. a really, really deep one to get to Oz! LOL.)

9 Oct, 2010

 

Well,well,so much to catch up on....nice to see you are feeling better,Annella,and I knew you couldn't resist coming back to us,Janey...we are soooo irresistable..Lol.What a week I have had,..fantastic.Yorkshire Dales break was ace.Friends came to stay when we got back,so today is the first time I have got round to this.Wow,its amazing.Hi,Flori,Spritz,Pip and Richard..
Glad to see you guys are still keeping it going.I LOVE your Octankini and Kneepads award Flori...Knit me one for Christmas please Richard..I had hoped to get one for my recent birthday,but as you were busy scrubbing,I will forgive you...just this once..:o))

9 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Bloomer and thanks for your concern, I am now feeling back up to full power. I've had a lovely day in the garden planting with Spritz's shoehorn and having a good tidy up (soz to mention gardening on here but it was nice) I feel a bit deceived about the weather forecast though, I reckon we could do better girls, even in our tankinis....Oh and you Rich, bet you would be as good as Michael Fish (if not better)
Keep talking cos Pip has promised me 900 can be the 'Annella award' Wheeeeeeeeeeee....Very prestigious Flori, bit like a BAFTA Lol :-)))

9 Oct, 2010

 

Janey!! It's lovely to see you back. Your room is ready and waiting. See? I told you I would come and visit!!!
I'll try and send the Pm again - and just as an aside, Flori, could you not call me 'hun'? Sorry if I've offended you but I'm not entirely happy with the word at the moment, seeing as I've had a fight with a friend who used to call me 'hun' all the time... hope you understand :o)
Hi Richard! Good to see you in the madhouse too... but I woudln't call it corrupted, would you? Just liberated - LOL

10 Oct, 2010

 

liberated is the word Pip ..isn't there some item that is usually burned when this word is mentioned ..tankinis come to mind..lol ;-)
Well Flori my horticultural friend you are well on your way to the 900 or nonocentaur Annella award. :-)))
Oh I am good Annella ..but in what?? I must be better than Michael Fish in something ,,the mind boggles as to what it is though !
One knitted knee pad heading your way for Christmas, Bloomer, does it matter if there is a knee inside it also..attached to a leg.... and a body? lol ;-)

10 Oct, 2010

 

Rich I am sure you are better than Michael Fish on all fronts ,weather fronts, get it ? Yeahhhhh :-))))

10 Oct, 2010

 

Hey can you send one of those kneepads with knee, leg and body included over to me for Xmas? I'm putting in a request for a handsome buff-looking young male knee, leg and body in the kneepad - but I think you forgot to mention - does the knee, leg and body come with CLOTHING?????

10 Oct, 2010

 

Shock, horror - whatever next? What would the Customs Office do if this male knee + additions was sent...errr...unclothed? Arrest someone? Faint? The mind boggles!!!!!

11 Oct, 2010

 

Will look forward to the knitted kneepad with a shapely leg attached,as long as it is better than the one I already have,..or equally as good as the other one..I am very affluent,Richard,as I have two of them,you know.!!!..
I suggest you will need a mega roll of Christmas paper to send it,or maybe you could use lots and lots of Gardening vouchers,covered with Garden Fleece instead??..Lol.
I don't think Richard mentioned the sex of "The leg" Spritz,or the body to go with it...there you go again,making assumptions...wishful thinking on your part ?:o))
Does make you wonder though:Lol..Do you think he means himself? Methinks he is digging another big hole.!!!!
Pip,does it really matter if it's clothed? At least it will cover the knee,so modesty will prevail.:o)..

11 Oct, 2010

 

I don't mind if mine is a bit older and clothed, just think how useful that could be around the garden Spritz....Knee pads with an extra pair of hands. Not to sure about Pip intensions though :-)))

11 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Bloomer, we were syncronized then Lol :-))

11 Oct, 2010

 

Bloomer, you are back! And there was I offering a reward for your safe return to us! Am glad to hear that you had such a wonderful birthday my dear friend, I have missed you! :~))

Oops! Sorry Pip, promise I won't use that term of endearment again, I remember you telling me about a fall out recently, forgive me? :~(((((( Got your PM, by the way, will be in contact!
Thanks for the poem, Spritz, I can see you usurping my position as Flori Lauri at this rate! Richard is now taking (That date near the 3rd week of December) orders for his creative knitwear catalogue range...Have you and Ba gone into partnership, Rich? lol. I like the idea of the fitted body parts as well...do we get a choice of whose body???Tee hee hee!
Annella, I just can't believe you missed the obvious comment about Y fronts, and went for W fronts instead! Girl, alphabetically you are letting the side down! I was looking forward to a titter, or maybe that's just my humour....lol

I think a boggling mind would be the very least of their problems, Spritz, if that turned up at Customs....
Has anyone seen Ba, recently? Ba, where are you???

11 Oct, 2010

 

What the hell are Y fronts Flori????? Does Calvin Klein market them??? A vauge attempt to look young and trendy,but in my defense the last pair I saw were on my dad.......

11 Oct, 2010

 

You are having a laugh,Annella..Lol...go on,rub it in ,why don't you ? I must remind you that we are TYT's and at the very' front ' line in the fashion designs,young lady..I must also say Calvin Klein hasn't got the upper edge now,..with all the young men showing off with their label showing....WE have got our 'Sloggi's' and can show them off just as well above the knitted Polyester
trousers..so there !!!

11 Oct, 2010

 

Glad to see you as well,Flori...hope all is ok.I am just catching up a bit...such a busy life I lead...:o))))

11 Oct, 2010

 

Bloomer have you been out prowling on young men again, that will be the cruise then :-)))))

11 Oct, 2010

 

Could be,Annella...could well be...Lol...remember
Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke? ..ooh,young man !!!!!

11 Oct, 2010

 

Hey, Bloomer - it was Pip that mentioned her wish for a male leg, not me! Go back a few comments, and you'll see!

11 Oct, 2010

 

Flori!!!!! SO good to have you back, girl, and of course you're forgiven - you didn't know now, did you? Did you? LOL
What the heck are Sloggi's Bloomer?

I may be a TYT
but lost I be...
And Flori is sorry
for causing me worry.
Bloomer's getting mixed.
Someone get her fixed!
and Spritz is a poet
and doesn't know it!

11 Oct, 2010

 

Flori is dipping, in to see Pippin,
Annella is hunting to find Rich's Y fronting,
Bloomer, Fav GoY, needs a toyboy,
and Spritz is Our Spritz, our Somerset hit,
without who, this blog would have crumbled to bits.
And even Janey, our sweet, pops in for a peep,
and adds a quick post, before going to sleep!
But where is our Ba? Has she said ta ta?
Is she knitting Tankini's in her hand made bikini?
Or busy in kitchen, making linguini's,
or cruising for staff in her new Lamborghini?

D'you know Girls (and Rich), sometimes I just stun myself with my own talent!! Thank you Pip for getting me started...Tee hee hee! :~))X

11 Oct, 2010

 

Ohhh ha ha ha did you have to rub it in? LOL

11 Oct, 2010

 

you are right Spritz,so she did,
your forgiveness,I do beg,
I'd much prefer to see Henry's leg.!! :o))

12 Oct, 2010

 

Pip,...Sloggi's are very popular here....You are much too young to wear comfy underwear...but maybe one day.Lol.Bet you can't wait.:o))
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12 Oct, 2010

 

Oh thank you for noticing I'm missing ... .. I might have been dead for all you care ..... don't worry about me...I'm ok NOW thank you for asking ..not!:-((

There may have been a terrible accident...my tankini may have unravelled in a public place and I may have been arrested for public indecency!! But don't you, my dear friends enquire...oh no....don't trouble your dear heads about little old me....don't ask if I need help in paying the fine..( all donations welcome) :-((((

12 Oct, 2010

 

Can't WAIT Bloomer!
I'll put a coupla bucks onya Ba... to put towards the fine of course!

12 Oct, 2010

 

Go on then Ba, where have you been?

12 Oct, 2010

 

Thank you Pip, but not quite sure what a buck is. Annella, I notice no mention of a donation??? Don't you believe me?? Due to my recent, unfortunate incident..ahem ...I am badly in need of funds, and unless my dear friends rally round...I may be forced to sell B.A.Travel!! Now you see how serious this is. It is no fun at my age (very young) to be branded a flasher in the local press. I have come to the sad conclusion that sabotage may be involved...a little snip here and there.....I'm not one to cast aspersions, but a certain Richard has set up a rival knitting company... and one can't help but wonder... Any donation over a fiver would be very welcome. :-l

12 Oct, 2010

 

Maybe you should sue Richard Ba, I hear he's making a packet out of his new line in knitted Y fronts and has orders from Oz for his knee pad + body idea...

12 Oct, 2010

 

Excuse me! I was worried, I even wrote wondering where you were in my brilliantly clever ditty, Ba! Where have you been? Have you been done for public indecency?Did you unravel on one of your travels? Recruiting Grannies for Tankini's R us? Expanding BA Travel across a Global Empire? I WAS WORRIED, HONEST! As to the others, well, they just did it inwardly.......

Ba has now returned,thinking no one cared,
that she was gone a while, did we notice she's not there?
But we had Goyers searching, hunting high and low,
Had Ba been abducted? Where did our dear Ba go?
Our nails are chewed, through worry, sleepless nights we had,
Scouring towns and country, it almost drove us mad!
What mystery of her whereabouts, now she has returned?
Ba, welcome back, good to have you home with us mentally infirmed!

(Well, I would have put 'challenged', but have tried to rhyme that??? LOL!)

12 Oct, 2010

 

How did you two sneak in whilst I was busy composing yet another stunning witty ditty? You weren't there a moment ago....Ba, I think a buck, is a male Stag, don't quite know how it would help towards the fine, but it is almost the Festive season (See? I didn't mention Christmas now, did I???Oops!) is almost upon us, they could always use him towards raising funds for the Policeman's Ball!

The latest headlines in the news, say that Ba's a Flasher,
her Company could soon be crisp, just like a bacon rasher!
Could sabotage be evident, is Richardpeej to blame?
Could he have had a little snip,and destroyed our good Ba's name?
Surely not, it cannot be,not one to drop a wink,
but once sodden, spun, and pulled about,
I think Tankins shrink!!!
We must dig deep, dear fellow GoYs, and help raise a donation,
does our poor Ba deserve to live with a soiled reputation?
And BA Travel, now at risk, to sell, it cannot be,
or back to flaming Flying Carpets, and the demise of B. A. T!!!

12 Oct, 2010

 

Just you be careful, thinking about those flying carpets! I'm going to a Parish Council Meeting tonight, and guess who's coming to give a talk?

Only The NUCLEAR POLICE, that's all! So - should I warn them about you lot? No, on second thoughts, they might be watching out with their machine guns pointed at the sky to the east - or west - or south - or north. Now I'm confused as to your route. Who's last on the pick-up list?

12 Oct, 2010

 

I think me and Ba are safe Spritz....

12 Oct, 2010

 

Hmmmm~methinks that I might be last on the pick up......:~((((((((((((((((((( lol

12 Oct, 2010

 

Yes but Spritz didn't say if that was good or bad now did she...If we are all on the carpet are they going to select the last pick up or blow the lot up ????

12 Oct, 2010

 

I think Ba Is bankrupt...sorry and all that but...

12 Oct, 2010

 

Don't you worry Annella, we just stock up on Eggy Bread missiles! Spritz and I have been here before~She is launching the Ground attack, while we are launching the Air one~these poor lads don't stand a chance! :~))))X
Ps, Love the new avatar, that will send Rich's blood pressure up...Tee hee hee! I would change mine, but I really do look like this, just ask Ba! I'm adorable aren't I, and with such a waggy tail too.... :~))))))))X LOL!

12 Oct, 2010

 

I'm sure you are all very beautiful, Raff certainly is.The pic was me on a good day in Spain two years ago, the hair is shorter now but that is me (slightley heavier now but don't tell anyone Flori)
I am very encouraged to here about our defenses and also like the idea of throwing missiles xxx

12 Oct, 2010

 

Poor you,Ba,I would love to help you out financially,but as a impoverished pensioner who had to save her fuel allowance since it started.,for a cruise,..and had to freeze every winter since,I might add,...I can only offer you sympathy,my dear,and some leftover wool,to try and get more orders out than Richard....

12 Oct, 2010

 

Don't you worry Ba, I will sell my body to the scientific research unit just so we can keep BA Travel up and running! Will £9.50 help get you out of the red and back into the black? We need to start a campaign: S. O. B. E. R~Save Our BAT Emergency Rescue fund....

Glad to hear that you liked our defences Annella, generally they can be found in degarden, next to deborders! LOL! :~)))X

12 Oct, 2010

 

I spend most of my time in degarden working on deborders, now I might have to go to depark to raise Ba defunds to clear her name, won't be that quick now so see you soon, I hope.....love you all and I'm sure it will be worth it in the d-end :-))

12 Oct, 2010

 

A buck is a dollar, Ba. Not Prancer, Dancer, Flasher, Rudolph or Zippy or whatever they are called. Reindeer! That's it. That's what they're called. Have I dazzled you all with my brainpower?
Love the avater Annella :o)

Ba's very poor
Spritz prepares for nuclear war

Not quite sure why.
Rich's blood pressure is up...so's BAT's survival - up in the air, that is.
Sounds like BAT is turning into shock,horror a magic carpet company - Coir, anyone?

Just back from watching a Chilean miner be extricated..... fantastic :o)))))))))

13 Oct, 2010

 

I tried to print this blog, for posterity - then realised it was 105 pages long.

13 Oct, 2010

 

Now THAT's really good news! I must put the TV on and watch.

The Nuclear police don't fire at carpets over-flying the Power Station, by the way, they radio to the RAF, who fly fast to intercept 'norty people' who might be terrorists! See - I was listening to the talk last night!

So just watch out - missiles thrown overboard onto the uniforms below will have no effect.

13 Oct, 2010

 

I'll bear that in mind I i am ever batty enough to venture into you r part of the world. I might get mugged by knitting, tankini clad, Clem toting warriors who strangle people with steel wool and use an innocent gardening website to discuss their top secret plans in plant-related code.

13 Oct, 2010

 

Too right Pip...who needs Trident. Thank you my dear friends for your valiant fund raising effort. I'm deeply touched. :-} BAT is saved!! I can stand my disgrace and hold my head high in the knowledge that I was the innocent victim of malice. It is fortitude like mine that made this country great, and, of course, generosity such as was shown by you wonderful Goyers,....but enough about you..... I saw an amazing thing this morning. My pond has been the playground of loads of pond skaters, but these last few days they have almost disappeared...a mystery... solved today. I watched in amazement as a little wren tried, as I thought, to get a drink from the edge of the pond...and having no success kept moving round the edge and reaching down with its beak. Then success... up it came, with, as it happens, the last pond skater..dropped it on the pond surround ,and ate it! What a hunter! :-) Now decipher that my little Pipkin:-)

13 Oct, 2010

 

Think you had better warn Torville and Dean about those wrens, they could be skating on thin ice, Ba! Boom boom! (That's from Basil Brush, should you lot be too young to recall!)
Excuse me~not that I am being pedantic here, young Ba, but I did you two wonderful ditties par excellence...and said I would sell my body for science just to help raise funds to keep BA Travel operational, and do I get acknowledged for my sacrifice? I think not! Pip was going to send you one of Santa's reindeer, and Bloomer didn't have a spare bean, and Annella thought the company was a forgone goner, and Rich has gone into hiding cos of the possible impending law suit against him (Knitted, of course). Spritz, the wisest of us all, just held her own counsel!
I mean, not that I am pointing fingers here...BUT...

13 Oct, 2010

 

Excuse me Flori, I've just spent a night in the park trying to raise funds for Ba...........No takers unfortunatly, must be losing some of my charm..

13 Oct, 2010

 

Flori, I certainly appreciated your efforts and you poems just get better and wittier, and I rhapsodise about your turn of phrase....happy now lol? Annella, at least you tried. Were you wearing your see through silk tankini? Thought so, always a mistake. Men, my dear, like a little mystery. Try sticking some cabbages or sprouts in relevant places...you will know which size is right for you...they'll be queueing up. if you need any more advice, please feel free to ask. and thank you again:-)

13 Oct, 2010

 

LOL, LOL.......I'm getting hysterical here........oh dear......I can't type for giggling!

13 Oct, 2010

 

I might try that on OH tonight before I go out in public, should be able to gauge his reaction. Thanks for the tip Ba and control yourself Spritz..

13 Oct, 2010

 

Just a thought,Annella,..why don't you wait till Halloween,and display your Pumpkins ??..that should be a good fund raiser!!. A word of warning though..don't display them on bonfire night,and ask for a Penny for the Guy...Ba hasn't the time to be counting all those Lol.

13 Oct, 2010

 

Ah bless you Ba, my feathers less ruffled, or should that Raffled! Annella, trying to raise funds on a chilly Autumn eve in your local park might mean you end up with more than you bargain for...frostbite for one! I know that the trees are being stripped of their leaves as Winter approaches, but you just might be taking this Autumnal theme a little further than advisable!
Mind you, if you are going for the more fruit and veg look, Harvest Festival has just passed us by, I'm sure there must be some leftover bits and bobs, just make sure that they are not over ripe....urgh, very messy!

Spritz, was that giggling or googling you were up to.....? lol! :~)))x

13 Oct, 2010

 

From what Ba said I'm looking for bits and 'boobs' Flori :-))))

13 Oct, 2010

 

Oh yeah, and where is Rich? Do you think my avatar has scared him off? Should I go back to being a flower.....

13 Oct, 2010

 

Excuuuuuuuse me Flori - Basil Brush used to be my most favouritist tv show when I was little!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I believe it's still running on Aussie tv sets......
Just realised that sounded a bit funny - I mean the programme is still running... not Basil Brush. lol.

Pumpkins in spring, eh? A foreign concept ;o)
Definitely go back to a flower Annella, maybe then Rich will come back! I could formulate some theories about where he is, of course, but they would end in tears! {For him, not me.} And why are you even showing off your pumpkins? Haven't you got one of those marvellous tankinis, why don't you show that off instead - play nicely now dear! LOL.

13 Oct, 2010

 

Don't worry ladies, I have spoken to Richard, after he was released from the secure lock up, and he is popping in on Thursday to see what we have all been up to, which means I better lie low, (no, not the inflatable kind, Annella!), cos I think I might be in so much trouble! Tee hee hee! :~))))x

14 Oct, 2010

 

Li Lo Flo hee hee hee ;^)))

14 Oct, 2010

 

Put your flower on for thursday then Ann :o)))
Ooooh I hate this new layout, it's taking so long to type a single blinking comment - I'm now writing the comment on Word and pasting it onto the comment space - you live and learn.

14 Oct, 2010

 

Hello everyone. I have been abroad to see if they can manufacture my knitted knee warmers for less bucks, so I had to learn a new language. Here goes.... I can speeka zee goood now I likazee new avata Annella butta oooommmaaa cord!!! zee bloodaprezzure eeet izzaa verra high and ammma feeela zooo hotta!!! Whezza Flori?? zhee is ina bigga trubbble!!
:-))

14 Oct, 2010

 

So you went to Ireland then Rich....

14 Oct, 2010

 

I think it is all to do with his fajitas, Annella, it has sent our Richard rather continental.....Oh dear! I had a feeling that I would be in trouble with him....no-one tell him that you've seen me, ok? I wasn't 'ere!.......... :~))x

14 Oct, 2010

 

Ok Li Lo Flo xx

14 Oct, 2010

 

I have a headache from the new colour-system, so I won't be commenting a lot today - sorry! I'm finding this new glaring white all too much. Boo hoo! xx

14 Oct, 2010

 

Just you watch it, Annella!lol, I don't get mad, I just get even.....nuttier!
Yes, Spritz, I am partially sighted, and the glare of this white really makes my eye ache....There has been a few remarks made on this change....Not too keen on the blue either.....Can you tone it all down a bit, fellers? :~((

14 Oct, 2010

 

Same here girls, I can't do very long on here now without a break, I want the old GOY back :-(((((( Noooooooo Wheeeeeeee tonight.......Maybe Ba can organise magic specs so we can see this in small print too, I feel like a kid again reading Ladybird books at school..

14 Oct, 2010

 

I have eyesight problems too Flori,but the bigger print is much better for me.I don't like the blue either,but don't mind the white,but after looking at it for some time now,it is a bit..in your face...I think a creamy shade may be a bit less harsh,if its possible to have that.

14 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Bloomer my dear friend! Poor Ajay and Peter are taking some flack for the colour scheme...I just added my 10 pence worth too. Don't mind the larger print, or even new layout, and LOVE the new bigger size photos, but this blue and white a struggle for me, as, it seems, the majority. Have toned down my Monitor screen to make it a grubby grey, but would love to see the green back again! Not many happy smiling faces on GOY tonight, which is a pity, 'cos all of this change over must have been hard work for Ajay and Peter....

14 Oct, 2010

 

I think it would be good to have a dark background and light letters that should work so well. Better still if we can choose our own colour scheme from a few different ones. Would this be possible Ajay and Peter? this one is a bit glaring for me also, but the new layout with larger letters is fine for me too. :-))
maybe I should have put this post somewhere where Peter and Ajay can see it and not used Flori's Somerset blog ;-))

14 Oct, 2010

 

FOr heaven's sake, this is ridiculous, what happened to my comment of yesterday?? It has disappeared - and , worse, in it was a warning for Annella to put her flower on for Thursday - You feeling okay, Rich?
I'm sorry to disregard all P+A's hard work, but this is ridiculous... am having to write the comment on Word and paste it to the blog because it takes too long to write... sorry boys!

14 Oct, 2010

 

Just saw old comment, maybe it wasn't gone after all arghh

15 Oct, 2010

 

I am Ok thanks Pip sent you a message yesterday and that seems to have disappeared now. I said about your missing post being about 12 posts above. Hope you are well and having better weather than we are here in the UK it is so cold here at the moment. :-)

15 Oct, 2010

 

I don't like it either, it feels weird not seeing what you type, when you type.....and I too hate the glare:-(

15 Oct, 2010

 

Fellow loons and nutters, this will be the 892 post, and we are almost at the 'Annella award' of 900 comments! I know the majority of us are struggling with the new changes, but we all could do with a smile :~)) Someone, add something funny....Ba, Bloomer, Pip, Rich, Spritz, Annella, Janey, if you are out there! Let's do what we Brits (and Aussies) do best in adversity, chin up, chest out, (Rich, behave!), and brightest smiles, fixed like bayonets! We will overcome my fellow Goyers! We will fight them on the beaches, we will fight them on the land....(Whaddiya mean it's teatime, and will have to wait till after???? Come backkkkkkkkkk!) LOL!

15 Oct, 2010

 

893... Come on you lot hurry up, I deserve an award for joining this blog!!!! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

15 Oct, 2010

 

894..Ok Annella, almost ready to rumble...won't be long now..are you excited? :o)))

15 Oct, 2010

 

895..I said..are you excited?...:o))

15 Oct, 2010

 

896...come on girls.I don't care if its blue,white,green or mucky white...just get on here you lot...Lol

15 Oct, 2010

 

897 very excited!!!

15 Oct, 2010

 

898 very, very excited!! Is this cheating by the way?

15 Oct, 2010

 

Got to watch Gardeners World now but still excited....

15 Oct, 2010

 

Well Annella, for you here is number 900...Congratulations Flori we fought them on the beaches, and in the parks and mountains and rivers and you are presented with the prestigous Annella Award for Absolute Authority and Austerity ;-)))

15 Oct, 2010

 

Well thank you Richard for giving out the AA +AAA award, That will be the double alcoholic award then....Congrats Flori xxxxx

15 Oct, 2010

 

Flori, I hereby award you the "Who's Annella You" Award...
Name respectfully suggested by Flori... don't know why.
Congrats on your AAAAA Award Annella :o))))))

15 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Rich... nice to see you - didn't get your message...

15 Oct, 2010

 

I've just had my computer fixed, it was making noises and freezing so I had to keep turning it off from the tower. It had become so bad that I could only have it on for a minute and it would happen. I haven't been able to watch you tube for about 6 months as it would freeze. The lovely boy (about 12 years old) took it away and fixed it. Brought it back same day. "What was the problem?" I asked, trying to look as though I would understand. Oh the shame ....It was caused by dust ,which was so bad as to jam the fan:-(( I didn't even know there was a fan, that explains the funny noise...Ba the slattern!! Cost me £40 including vat, cheap at half the price, whatever that means. After he left, I rushed around the house hoovering and generally cleaning up:-(

16 Oct, 2010

 

You're welcome Annella, nice to see you too Pip.
You can bring that hoover over here Ba and run around with it at anytime!

16 Oct, 2010

 

Can you hoover PCs, then? I don't. Oh dear - maybe this one will explode, as well!

I have nose-out-of-jointitis. Who was it that told you all about pressing the 'end' and 'home' keys? ME. ME. ME.

Who got the credit? NOT me. NOT me. NOT me. Boo hoo!

I'm off - this glare is killing me. I'm going to bite my elephant again. Bye! \./ \./ \./ (Waves)

16 Oct, 2010

 

Waving not drowning Spritz? Are they going to do something about the glare? What can we do to convince them to do so? Richard, you may have guessed that I'm a messy devil, so do your own hovering lol:-)

16 Oct, 2010

 

No, I'm still taking breaks between each short session outside. It's not nearly so cold as it was on Thursday, so that's better. I 'was' waving, honest! I haven't been in the stream today, though I need to to cut back more plants there. :-((

I don't know if P&A are going to help over the glare. I do hope so! It's just awful. :-((

\./ \./ \./

16 Oct, 2010

 

I agree Spritz, you gave me that invaluable piece of information and they have taken my Wheeee response too....We have been sold out :-((

16 Oct, 2010

 

Ladies, ladies, (oh, and of course, our Richard!), it's good to see you all on here, despite the intense glare bouncing off our eyeballs! I am the same as Spritz, just getting bad headaches and can't stay on here for long till this gets sorted and we are back to normality again....whatever That is! Thank you for the 9ooth comment award Pip, and Annella, who it was named after, I am indeed humbled. Thank you, Richard, for so graciously awarding it, I am deeply touched.....tee hee hee! :~))X

16 Oct, 2010

 

I strongly believe you will see a 1000th Flori...and we are worth it, as the advert tells us :-))))) + Wheeeeeeeeee just because....Some one Knicked it .....but whatever

16 Oct, 2010

 

OK, OK. Yes, they did. However, I'm a forgiving soul, so I forgive whoever it was, mentioning no names, naturally, but "You Know Who You Are".................lol.

16 Oct, 2010

 

We all know Spritz........

16 Oct, 2010

 

Poor Rich is hovering all on his lonesome - methinks I might join him.... hovering sounds like fun... LOL

16 Oct, 2010

 

One little mistake and I'm ridiculed!!! Anyway it may not have been a mistake...I may have inadvertently let slip a new little project of mine, so there Miss Pipkin8~P

17 Oct, 2010

 

You will note, Ba, that I did not ridicule you about your hovering...Cos I am your friend.....(and I was too busy rolling around on the floor laughing, to get to my keyboard!) I quite fancy levitating, myself, are we back to Janey's flying carpets again? Actually, with cutbacks being the way that they are, I think it has been trimmed down to just a Runner now! lol!
Actually, Spritz, I recently had 'Nose-severely-out of Jointitis' too, but Ba grovelled so appealingly, that I forgave her....
Hello there Pip, and Richard.....:~)))x
I love the waving, by the way!
Thank you, Annella, I believe that we can reach a 1000 too, what an achievement that would be for all of us! :~)))x

17 Oct, 2010

 

I would love to bring back the old magic carpets, too, by the way... for a moment I thouht Janey was back on board and could have lent us one.. but no luck. :o(((
The waving was a Spritz invention - but I helped!! Hee Heeee
Have Pm'd you, FLori -but I expect you already know that. :o))))
~~~~~~
Wheeeeee

18 Oct, 2010

 

\./ \./ \./

18 Oct, 2010

 

Pip, your PM has gone adrift again...I haven't received it :~(((
Spritz, I think all that waving that you are doing is really with batons to guide Janey's magic Flying Runner into land,personally! Shall I put on the landing lights again? Tee hee hee! :~))
Hey, we've now got a dark green edging...........! Has to be better than blue! Thank you Ajay!!!

18 Oct, 2010

 

I can see the landing lights from here Flori, they show up better against the green...Wheeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~

18 Oct, 2010

 

Hip,hip,Hooray,is what we say,
For flori's blog,and Annella's 5 A's
The waves from Spritz
Had me in fits (laughter,not the blue colour)
So did Ba,oh my,what can I say?
Hovering over her keyboard today,
Trying her best to get rid of the dust,
It could have been worse,as its better than rust.!!
Hi,guys,hope we are all happy with the green now ,let's go forward with optimism to the big 1000.:o))))

18 Oct, 2010

 

This is Racing Car Green isn't it, or the green baize you find on a Snooker table...much better than Blue!!!
Hello Annella and Bloomer!

'Bloomer now has penned a verse, that had me here in fits of mirth,
She got all subjects in there too, Annella's A's, and fits of blue!
Spritz's waving got a mention, 'cos to us, a new invention!
Even Ba, though hot and bothered, now cleans off dust, each time she hovered!
And even I got put in print, cos it was my blog, that started int!
Now a colour so less clashing, has us now to Ajay dashing,
to give our thanks, we sing their praise,
The borders now like Snooker Baize! ':~))X

18 Oct, 2010

 

Just love the new green colour! It's so nice.... not to feel like I'm stuck in a fridge.
I'll send that PM again, Flori - I hate it when that happens :o((((
(So you will soon be recieving Julia Gillard in a padded bag - be warned! LOL)

18 Oct, 2010

 

Hi all and a wave to everyone.
The darker colour background is much better too and not so glaring. ;-)

19 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Pip, and lovely to see you on here too, Richard, I thought we had lost you my dear friend! Pip, got your pm....Didn't anyone like my witty ditty? I thought it was funny...but that might just be me....Hi everybody!!!\0/...wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm waving tooo!\0/ x

19 Oct, 2010

 

Very good Flori, as always hun ~~~~~~~~~Whee & \0/ x

19 Oct, 2010

 

Where's my comment? Another one gone, is there a comment thief on here?:-(

19 Oct, 2010

 

Just be patient,flori lauri, YES,I LIKED IT!!! Ok?.Lol...Its only a day away...as the song goes..:o)\0/ &Whee....

19 Oct, 2010

 

Us artistic types need a little recognition, lol.We are like rare and delicate flowers, raising our heads into the sun...(Well, for heaven's sake..this is a gardening site, after all, so I'm coming over all horticultural...hee hee!) I enjoyed my wheeeeeee, Annella, might even do it again...here goes..WHEEEEEEEEE!\0/
Hi Bloomer, Hi Ba!

19 Oct, 2010

 

I came across a little poem recently and thought it seemed appropriate.

By the badger setts of sorrow,
Past the Morrisons supermarket,
Stands the cottage of Spritzhenry,
Honouring two dogs, Spritz Henry.
And her garden filled with wonders,
Rare and lovely shrubs and flowers,
Tended by the hand of Barbara,
prinked and prettified for hours.

Came with camera Floribunda,
Named for roses, floribunda,
Started something weird and magic,
Flights of fancy, words of madness,
Blossomed like the lovely flowers,
Prinked and prettified for hours.

When we're old and in our dotage,
We'll remember Barbara's cottage,
Think how all the words of madness,
Kept us entertained for hours,
Laughter blossomed like the flowers,
Prinked and prettified for hours.
B.A. Short A

20 Oct, 2010

 

Lovely poem Ba....
YES I LIKED YOUR DITTY TOO FLORI
But I liked Ba's poem beter. LOL.

20 Oct, 2010

 

But there's only one way to find out......FIGHT!!!! For those who are not fans of Harry Hills TV Burp...this will make no sense. I don't suppose you've heard of it either Pip..so I don't know why I bothered:-)

20 Oct, 2010

 

Flori, I love your poems, they are always witty and uplifting. I think others on here deserve an honourable mention too, if only I could remember who...ha. For some reason, my poem makes me feel sad, perhaps thinking of my dotage lol...nearly there:-) Or perhaps thinking of the end of this blog, I don't know how much longer we can carry it on before the cyber police close us down for illegal banter. Is there such a thing as a cyber prison? Oooh eck, we may all end up in there:-( Still...thinking about it...it would be a laugh wouldn't it:-))

20 Oct, 2010

 

Oh Ba, I think I must pass on my Lauri crown to you...I LOVED YOUR POEM! My witty ditties pale into insignificance in comparison...
Thank you Pippin, for your back handed compliment....I know that you meant well...sob!
Ba, you so far from your dotage it is a joke! It is a bitter sweet poem though, but absolutely heart touching....you one gifted lady. Running a multi international transport company, a fashion icon with your Tankini range, and a Hover project in the pipeline, And you still get time to pen poetry ...I am indeed humbled in your presence.......
I am determined that we will reach the 1000 comments, cyber police or not! I won't go down without a fight....but as Bloomer and I agreed that we would bring this to a close at 200 posts, I think that it has very much taken on a life all of it's own!

By the way, I have 'met' a new GOY, he's called 'Geranium dad', and has his own site for poetry, and he is very funny if any of you want to check him out, he sounds like a lovely guy....his poetry will make you chuckle....
Onward and upwards my fellow loons.....\0/ xxxxx

20 Oct, 2010

 

Who the heck is Harry hills TV burp anyway?

21 Oct, 2010

 

My dear Pipkin, Harry Hill used to be a doctor, now he's something else. He has a program which.. erm...makes fun of other programs and people sent in knitted animals and had to spot one particular knitted character in other programs. On every program there is a fight, often between say..a person in a banana skin and erm another in a cup of tea costume, to sort out which is best. I hope you now understand...simples. How strange you antipodeans are:-] \./ yoo hoo Bloomer Annella Spritz Janey Pam Richard. Where is everybody?

21 Oct, 2010

 

Good morning Ba.I wonder if we are experiencing a bit of 'white page Syndrome'..? mine still looks very white,so haven't been on as much,..although the green borders are much better..just gets a bit hard if I'm on for a while,as before...apart from that,no other problems...will wave to you,my friend \o/ \o/..:o))

21 Oct, 2010

 

Flori, you are our Poet Laureate, I have only written one and it was a downer lol. Just as everyone has a book in them...I had this poem...it just popped out. As a child, I was in the Liverpool Schools Choir (rubbish voice, but could remember words). We were taught by Mr Jenkins, leader of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and we performed in the Philharmonic hall. Proud parents took their children to 'Paddy's Market' to buy a worthy, second hand outfit for the stage colour theme. One year we 'did' Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, Longfellow, and I admit I have plagiarised it a little lol. I always got mixed up with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, the former wrote the music and was one of our forgotten black composers. His father named him in honour of Coleridge Taylor. It was a fantastic idea and I loved all the music, I wonder if it still happens? I'll Google it:-)

21 Oct, 2010

 

Ba - I loved your poem. I was about to say that it was like 'Hiawatha' when you said it. It's very appropriate for this area - Coleridge lived in a cottage 3 miles from here - his cottage is a National Trust Property. He wrote poems like 'The Ancient Mariner' here, and he had a circle of poet friends who came here to stay and walk the hills. There's a walk of 40 miles called 'The Coleridge Way'.

Just up our lane is a large house where his benefactor lived - they all used to congregate there.

How about that!

21 Oct, 2010

 

I get it Ba.. sort of like a British Chasers....

21 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Spritz, not so apt, as I see you've mixed up Taylor Coleridge and Coleridge Taylor just as I always did lol. The music was by Samuel Coleridge Taylor and the poem by Longfellow, hence B.A Short A. I'm so pleased you liked my poem, did it make you sad too? Hope you're feeling better??:-) Pip...no not at all, but I don't mind if I do :-)

22 Oct, 2010

 

No I didn't! How very dare you! (LOL) There was me, trying to inject some 'culcher' into Flori's blog, plus some history, and anyway, you can't help but know which one was which when you get escorted round his cottage. They do keep a close eye on you there...not sure why! There's not much to pinch.....lol.

I'm trying to think which other famous poets came here to stay...I may have to do some research on that.

I 'am' feeling better, if not completely, thank you. I'm off to tie a damp towel round my head to help me think and research. \./ \./ \./

22 Oct, 2010

 

Lol Spritz, I've just gone back and read what I had written...got them mixed up again8~/ Coleridge Taylor wrote the music.. doh. Perhaps it was Coler Taleridge...oh nooo, Can I use the persons from Porlock excuse?:-) As to famous poets, don't forget Short A lives very near where I live:-) Can we have a pic of you in your damp towel? B.A.Fashion is always on the look out for original trendy fashion accessories:-)

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello, Pip, Bloomer, Ba and Spritz, and Richard, wherever you are!
This is all getting very highbrow for me, I am well out of my league what with poets and composers and long walks and general confusion, which in my case, really doesn't take a lot!
Now, Harry Hill, that is a required taste! Makes me have even greater concerns for our National Health Service when I know that he use to be a doctor~SCARY! This 'culcher' stuff leaves me floundering....ooh I wonder if there is a ditty in there somewhere?Tee hee hee!
I see that Ba is still after your fashion tips, Spritz! She is a sneaky one that Ba...you've got to keep an eye on her you know.....
Bloomer, you are much missed on these posts......I need all the help I can get!! \0/lolX

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Flori:-)

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello there Ba...how you doing ? \0/x

22 Oct, 2010

 

I'm fine Flori, how's your good self?:-)

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello all, I will lower the tone!!! I love Harry Hill and his knitted friend, my son makes me watch it every weekend so I think I have become brainwashed.....FIGHT???? Lol wheeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Flori..sorry,i'm not into 'culcher' either,so out of my depth ..so will leave it to the experts...but I do remember The Ancient Mariner..:o) nice to see you are missing me..I will try to do better..lol..as I can't stay away for long,too nosey I guess..and I am reading posts, so still in touch in spirit..:o) \0/ \0/ \0/ to everyone...

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Bloomer :-))))))))

22 Oct, 2010

 

Well - you 'should' remember the poor old mariner, as it's a lesson to us all not to go round killing off albatrosses, whatever they look like, LOL. I don't think i've seen one on my bird table - how about you?

I ab-so-lute-ly refuse to post a photo of my new fashion accessory - it's far too scary. I'd get flagged, I'm sure! ;-((

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hello everyone! Is this the clan gathering of Nutty Loons? I am fine, thanks Ba....Annella, lovely to see you, and Bloomer and Spritz...anyone seen Richard recently? I know the one about;

'Mary had a little lamb, it stood next to a pylon, a thousand watts shot up his tail, and turned it's wool to Nylon'!

See how 'culchured ', I am lol \0/X

22 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Flori, Annella, Ba, Bloomer, Spritz, Pip, looks like I have been missed, well I have some catching up to do now. That'll teach me for slacking!

Nice poem Flori I think it needs publishing somewhere ;-)

22 Oct, 2010

 

Ooh look...you've jumped onto here now, Richard, how good to see you back amongst us, now I definitely know that it is a clan gathering....wonder where Pip and Janey are?
Might take a while to catch up, this lot have been busy being all culchural....tee hee hee, glad you liked ditty, but not my own, got it off a birthday card, I am such an honest soul......I am sure to ascend straight to heaven....hahaha yeah, right!

22 Oct, 2010

 

Yes Flori such good ditty my friend. I have been busy lately doing some gardening before the winter sets in. Digging around and tidying the bush in the front, and collecting seeds ready for planting next spring after the frosts have gone. All this keeps you going, but is good exercise !

22 Oct, 2010

 

Oh you have been a busy soul, no wonder we haven't seen much of you Richard! I am having to think about my tender plants and getting them under cover soon as it is turning awful chilly of an evening now.....I am thinking of finding a burrow and hibernating, anyone care to join me? hahaha! Here's a wave just for you \0/x

22 Oct, 2010

 

Here I am, here I am...
Excellent, hibernation - maybe I could escape from my frantic life for a while!!
Culcher, me? No wayyyy... who'd be culchered when you can be a tomboy, I say...

22 Oct, 2010

 

How odd that people have let a little thing like gardening keep them off this blog! Is this the spirit that made Britain what it is today? Some people need to get their priorities in order. Now back to me:-] I've had one of my paparazzi friends covering Spritz's cottage and have obtained pics of her latest innovative fashion accessory, the damp towel toque. it is to be knitted for B.A.Fashion's spring show. New colour for spring is finnyaddy pink with a sky blue border. There will of course be my trademark long sleeved, long legged cashmere tankini in co-ordinating colours. Unfortunately, I still haven't come up with a design for matching foot wear, and there will be a huge bonus paid for the best idea....anyone? :-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

Hey, Ba! Do I get a % of the takings? I invented it, you know!

How about matching leg-warmers to save having blue knees in the autumn chill? Good idea?

23 Oct, 2010

 

As you know Spritz, my tankinis do already have knitted legs, but another layer could be just what we need. Now as to percentages, you didn't willingly give your pic did you? so I had to pay paparazzi for them. I did give you the chance, but you refused so I'm sorry but.....that's business. :-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

So where's your pic then, Ba? Am I the only one to have my rightful well-earned gains denied me? How cruel to a poor old-aged pensioner you can be! :-((

Well - if you are so cold-hearted, how about my new design for the leg-warmers? I demand 50% of the takings for that and no negotiations. I am determined here! I can stand up for my rights, you know. :-/

23 Oct, 2010

 

I wondered if you could re invent the very tasteful'Derri boots' of the 70's and 80's,Ba ? I realize the colours were very limited..brown,brown,and more brown..but for comfort and warmth,with a luxurious furry lining...so my mum said...something to think about..only in hues to complement your wonderful tankini's ?? failing that,one of those big foot muffs,the like of which are only to be found in a Sunday supplement,of things you cannot live without..Granted,we would only be able to hop in one of those,..but I think it would be possible to hop on a bus,to present your bus pass...Don't know what you are going to do Annella..but you could take it to work with you,..somewhere to put your lunchtime sarnies?

23 Oct, 2010

 

Bloomer, I think you're on to something there...let me think...a giant knitted boot...up to the armpits, possibly held up with braces. We could sell it as a fitness aid too. For those less able, wheels..a small engine could be fitted. Far more chic than those mobility scooters...we could all whiz along and take up less room too:-} Spritz, this is the sort of thing I'm after...I'm afraid leg warmers are a little old hat..sorry, but that's business, we entrepreneurs have to be ruthless. We could all be whizzing around Malvern next spring:-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

The mind boggles at your very intelligent imagination...it gives a whole new meaning to Annella's Wheeeeeeeeee.:o)
By jove,I think we've got it !!!

23 Oct, 2010

 

Ba - did I understand you to say thatI have to wear my designer legwarmers on my head? Hey, ho. OK, if I must. SIGH...

23 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Peeps! Only me....Hey I've still got a pair of 'Moon Boots', and they are all fluffy inside......you can see what a Fashion Guru I am.....and they are dark blue, not brown.....Maybe we could invent Saturn Boots with jewellery on, after all, doesn't Saturn have rings going round it? (Was that a groan I heard then)???lol

23 Oct, 2010

 

Lol lol Spritz, that damp towel is confusing you, I may drop it from my new range otherwise we may behave in a confused way when whizzing along in our boot. and then wouldn't we look silly!8-0 :-))))))

23 Oct, 2010

 

Trouble with the 'up to your armpits boot', Ba, is exactly what would we do with Annella's wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee? Unless you have drainage holes of course, actually that would ventilate temperature....but you still could end up with rising damp....and greenhouse gasses, come to think of it.....

23 Oct, 2010

 

Flori you snuck in, I'm a little concerned about Spritz, possibly water on the brain! Keep working on your ideas, some gems there, but I'm rather taken with Bloomers boot:-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

You just snuck in again!!! Annella hmmm, that could be a problem...I think your drainage holes the best solution, keep up the good work:-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

It must be that Tap on the head that poor Spritz had fitted, that causes water on the brain so I hear...And I was talking about Bloomer's Boot too....think that it is a brill idea, pure genius our Bloomer...We are indeed in the presence of greatness!
'Stone' me, it is just another 'facet' in out 'Out the Box' thinking. A 'cut' above the rest obviously, Ba!! \0/x Tee hee heee!

23 Oct, 2010

 

Have you been wearing Spritz's toque too Flori lol?:-)

23 Oct, 2010

 

Brilliant idea Bloomer, i'd happily wear an up-to-the-armpits boot....
This wet towel range sounds veeery exciting - any chance of me doing some modelling? I am a TYT you know, and it strikes me as being a bit dangerous, all you lot modeling. People might vomit, you see.
Just joking, of course...

24 Oct, 2010

 

It would have to be a mighty big one to stretch across two Counties, Ba, if I had...lol!

No problem on the modelling Pip, I will get you some clay, 'cos I am really good to you like that...tee hee hee !
I know, I know, it is sickening, isn't it~all of us slightly more mature glam things, looking as good as we do for our age....O'lay, the Spanish-Irish Moisturising company, are after our secret of eternal youth even as I speak.......Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

24 Oct, 2010

 

If only Pip could see us...she would eat her words, we are so young, especially me, that we're positively childish...so there:-p

24 Oct, 2010

 

Please can I take my towel off? It's making my head very chilly. I think a tea cosy would be more appropriate, especially as it has a convenient hole for the tap! :-))

24 Oct, 2010

 

Hi you two! Ba, we were all made for the word 'Glamorous'it is what it was invented for, but you know these youngsters....'specially the Aussie ones from Sidney.....I'm just going to kick start her modelling career by investing in some 'Play-doh', for her.....tee hee hee!

Love the tea cosy idea, Spritz, can come in a multitude of colours ......very practical place to pop your nozzle out too...and you can keep your tea brewing and hot too...the woman is a GENIUS! Ba, you have got to sign this woman up!! \0/x

24 Oct, 2010

 

Well I have only missed two days and now there are load of posts for me to catch up on. Coloured tankinis, taps on heads and moon boots ... my mind is working overtime to figure out what such a person would look like ...lol
Only 23 posts to go for your 1000th post Flori...we will all have to think of a name for your new award ;-))

24 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Rich! \0/, according to our Pippin, it is the 'Millennium Massive Award' when we hit 1000 comments...and we are getting close my dear friend.......lol.
Hope the thought of me in my moonboots didn't increase the blood pressure too much over there.....just one tiny step for man, one gigantic leap for Man-kind, well, more like Flori-kind really!!
They have been sat in my wardrobe forever, but you never know when you might need them.....Winter approaches!
I personally think that this whole Tankini/taps on head and boots could start a whole new fashion revolution, don't you? LOL!

24 Oct, 2010

 

Tea on tap sounds good, as I suspect that should the Nuclear Police suspect that anything stronger had been imbibed, Ba might lose her licence. We can't have that, can we? That would be the end of her flying days, and a nice little earner. :-(((

'Vogue' might be interested, Flori, then again, perhaps it's more 'Farmers' Weekly' gear. What do you think?

24 Oct, 2010

 

Spritz, B.A.Fashion is interested in your innovative idea, never mind Vogue!! I'm willing to offer you a place on the board. If I remember rightly, you are already on the board of our travel arm, B.A.T. B.A.F's backroom girls are already sketching the outfit as we speak and we expect it to be on the catwalks in time for the Spring Shows in Paris. How jealous the french will be:-] Flori, what a lot of talent we have on her:-) Richard, I am going to put the past behind me and forget about your act of sabotage (unravelling tankini) and offer you a partnership in B.A.Fashion. With all the new orders coming in following the spring shows, we will need a much larger workforce and extra knitting needles. Whadya say?:-)

24 Oct, 2010

 

Lol Spritz, do take it off, I almost forgot to say:-)

24 Oct, 2010

 

So many retailers who would go mad for these outfits..the creme de la creme,in fact..Sparks and Mencer,Mon Barche,to name just two,and Farmer's magazine sounds just the best for advertising..I am certain the orders will come flowing in..just the thing for watching 'Countryfile' in...sounds good to me,so snuggly,comfy and warm,..and no need for the heating on..we could save a fortune,and save the planet at the same time...:o))

24 Oct, 2010

 

We may win the Nobel Prize for.....erm....well....everything! Have you any ideas about how we can power the boots for those less able to hop bloomer? I've been thinking about gas from cows, could we possibly use that? Here's my idea: each cow, or bull would have a bag fitted to its backside, the bag would have a hole in the bottom for waste, and the top half of the bag would fill with gas, this being lighter than waste, would rise. Here is the clever part, the top of the bag is made from expanding fabric, and when it reaches a certain size, the farmer will detach it and empty it into a large tank on site, to be collected later. We'll cut right down on greenhouse gases, the gas, being a by-product would be free, and we would certainly be hailed as World benefactors. We've solved the heating problem and global warming in one fell swoop. We'll all be knighted Hoorah for Goyers!!! I'm sure there will be some detractors, those only too ready to pick holes...but be won't be deterred, onwards and upwards:-)

24 Oct, 2010

 

Thanks goodness you actually got my latest PM, Flori!! Or did you? I'm losing track.
Can't wait to win a Nobel Prize... although methinks there might be some altercations over who steps up on stage to receive the award...

THE CASES FOR US...

Flori - actually started this magnificent blog.
Bloomer - came up with the moon boot idea.
Spritz - came up with a fantastic tea cosy idea!!
Richard - definitely deserves an award because he KEPT OUT OF IT lol
Me - I've been here all along haven't I?
Annella - ?

I think that's it. I don't think I've missed out anyone.

24 Oct, 2010

 

Splutter splutter ***!!!**!!!!***!!!!!!!:[[[[

25 Oct, 2010

 

Sorry, I was lost for words. Firstly young Pip, the giant, to the armpit boot was emphatically MY IDEA, Bloomers quite good idea was to copy one of those boots into which you put both feet to keep cosy while watching tele. These, in case you don't know, reach only to the calf! A little grovelling will not come amiss Miss Pipkin (traitor) Nor can one buy motorised ones, this would be silly, as the people for whom they are intended, would be falling out of them with amazing rapidity, what would they hold on to Miss Smartiepants?! It would not hurt 'some people' to get their facts right. There may be a letter from my solicitor!:<|

25 Oct, 2010

 

Hear hear Ba..Flori already has a pair of moonboots,..well,she would,wouldn't she? I was amazed she actually 'came out' and admitted it! Still,I 'came out' a long time ago,and admitted I was ambidextrous..nice to clear the air..which will be as fresh as fresh,when Ba's invention will have bottled all the methane....are we going to do the same for the curry fanatics,mushy pea and baked bean eaters? we need a theme tune for the ads too..something like 'The air that we breathe' or 'every breath I take',or woe betide we have a leak,and then it will have to be 'Breathless'...

25 Oct, 2010

 

Okay, Okay.. You invented the armpit boot!! Bloomer, you're no longer up for the privilege of walking out on stage - Sorry! LOL.

25 Oct, 2010

 

'Nuff groveling for you, Ba???

25 Oct, 2010

 

don't be so sure Pip,I may just attach a skateboard to mine...so there..I will have my moment of fame on the stage,one way or another.....I may only be sweeping it,but I will be there,and that's what counts..Lol.

26 Oct, 2010

 

Bloomer, I like the cut of your gib :-) So pleased to know you, at least, are taking saving the planet seriously. I like your theme tune ideas, but I can't figure out how to get curry, bean eating types to wear the bag. would they have to have extra large pants to contain them? Women as a rule worry about the size of their backsides, and may report us to the European Court of Human Rights, or some such namby pamby stuff and nonsense. Don't they realise the Earths very existance is at stake?? No, I'm afraid we'll have to stick to the animals, but well done, good blue sky thinking:-)) Ok Pip, I'll put your poor memory down to your extreme youth, all is forgiven:-)

26 Oct, 2010

 

Comment 993, this has to be the most popular blog in GOY history and my home computer just can't cope with it!!!! I am dissapointed that we will not be having methane collecting capsules for our OH's but I suppose I can live with it....have done for long enough. Also I have big concerns about the lack of Wheeeeeeeeeee holes in some of this years clothing range Ba :-)))))))))

26 Oct, 2010

 

No 994..you may find it difficult Annella,but think the rest of us are fine..you may have to make suitable alterations to yours...:o))

27 Oct, 2010

 

995..I really don't fancy warm, wet feet ;-))

27 Oct, 2010

 

Annella, Flori did bring up your little problem some comments back, and suggested drainage holes...don't tell me you don't read every comment religiously? Always remember, where there's a will there's a way, onwards and upwards:-)

27 Oct, 2010

 

Just thought....this blog could become a book! Some enterprising publisher may come along and see its full potential. What a great coffee table book (whatever that is ) a perfect gift for birthdays and Christmas. We could all become famous...spots on chat shows...invited to take part in 'Strictly' (I'll pass on that one), the World would be our oyster! Spritz's garden would be overrun with visitors, she could charge a fortune....am I getting carried away? No surely not, what an exciting prospect lies ahead of us...onwards and upwards!! erm...Anyone know any publishers? :-)

27 Oct, 2010

 

No... 998
What is 'Strictly'? Sounds dangerous.... and posibly fun(!!)

27 Oct, 2010

 

Hi Pip, it's a program where 'celebrities' learn to dance 'ballroom', partnered by professional dancers. It seems to have become a national treasure it's so popular. Not my cup of tea though. I won't comment again on here again until Flori makes the 1,000th comment. I wonder if Annella can be sat on ? :-)))) Wheeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

28 Oct, 2010

 

I'm here, I'm here! And we have DONE IT! 1000 posts! Can you believe it??????Couldn't have done it without you all though.....CONGRATULATIONS fellow loons~you should all be very proud!

A 1000 posts that we have made, can't quite believe it's true.
A 1000 posts upon this blog and so much down to you....
Ba, you and your Business skills and entrepreneurial post...
Bloomer, and your sharpened wit, bright sparkling the most...
Annella, and your Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeing, and the smiles you give us all...
Pippin, antipodean, Award-giving, always 'Cool'...
Richard, dear dear Richard, our only surviving feller,
Knitting, and being humorous, giving stick to our Annella...
Janey, who first let this slide, into the world that it became,
And our Spritz, a heartfelt thank you, you are our claim to fame!

And for every one who ever logged a comment on this page, I thank you all so very much, you quite my day have made...
And little me...what can I say, it has been a joy, and some...
one thousand posts, I wonder, shall we just see where this might run? \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/ XXX

28 Oct, 2010

 

Lovely speech Flori and Whooopeeee for 1000!!! I really wanted to comment today but as you can see BA I can keep myself under control when I need to......nearly did it without looking at the numbers, but Ba's comment stopped me....Whoooooopeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We can do 2000 :-))))))))))))))

28 Oct, 2010

 

Oh and it was my GOY birthday yesterday, I notice only Pipkin congratuladed me on my blog....thanks Pip and shame on the rest of you....

28 Oct, 2010

 

Shame, shame , shame and I have to cut my own Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee holes in the clothing range....I'm starting to think you don't like me girls?

28 Oct, 2010

 

Congratulations Flori, ring out the bells!!!!!! Another brill poem too. Annella, you were a good girl and many happy returns:-) I wonder if anyone is interested in the book idea I posited a few comments back? I have been approached by a very famous publisher:-)

28 Oct, 2010

 

Ooooh! I am, Ba. I never know what to buy for C*******s presents for the family, and that would be ideal! :-)))))

Happy GOY Birthday, Anne, and congrats to you, dear Flori. 1,000....my laptop takes ages to load the blog, but I read a page of the newspaper while I wait, so it's fine. :-)))))

28 Oct, 2010

 

I have been waiting and waiting for you to comment Flori..the suspense was killing me..Congratulation,and Jubilations..WOW..and love your Flori Lauri poetry...how come we managed all this madness for so long..but hasn't it been fun?
Happy belated GOY birthday Annella,sorry you have to make your own Wheeeeeeeeee holes.Lol...and Ba was very
clever in her subtle comment,as I almost forgot too...Lol.
Where is Richard.Stiil knitting furiously? and Janey and Pip?We need you here to share in our triumph,..all of us together...My laptop takes ages too Spritz,but never mind,we have nothing else to do.:o))

28 Oct, 2010

 

I am VERY, VERY proud to award you the 'Millennium Massive' Award, Flori Lauri!
My computer takes ages too, but who cares...
(Who says I've got nothing else to do anyway? Bloomer?)

29 Oct, 2010

 

Thank you Pip, I accept your award in gratitude...but it really does belong to all of us, cos without you lot, we couldn't have done it! So this 'Millennium Massive' Award is for us all.

Have been in touch with Rich, last seen chasing worried looking sheep across Wales...and no, I didn't ask him what he was doing either! lol. :~))))))))

I know I owe some Pms, I will answer asap. It is 2.45 in the morning, and I am just about to collapse into bed, as exhausted, but wanted to congratulate you all on this tremendous achievement....I am so proud of each and every one of you......\0/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Ps,
And I love you all to bits too XXX \0/ XXX Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!

29 Oct, 2010

 

Annella, HAPPY GOY BIRTHDAY! Sorry I missed it,my dear friend, but have not been on GOY so much recently, as really busy, so apart from being miles behind on photos, I am on everybodys blogs too, so it is only 'cos I haven't seen your blog yet, Annella, that I didn't pick up on it........am really sorry!!!!!!!!! :~(((((

I love the idea of the book Ba! Didn't Pip say that she was going to print this blog out, and it was 108 pages long????
I am still trying to get my head around the idea of inflatable expanding Methane collecting bum bags for cattle, could be awful messy if one exploded......flame grilled Steak anyone????

I think our Richard has been abducted, if so, do you reckon that we need to raise a ransom for him? Ba...you are not behind this are you????? Now come clean...this isn't a form of Tankini revenge is it?

29 Oct, 2010

 

Maybe he's too ashamed to show his face after the sabotage attempt on my tankini! Richard I forgive you....do come back, I thought we were going into partnership? Yes Flori, she did, and it's even longer now! Unfortunately, talks with famous publisher have broken down. The silly man thought we were paying him!!! He doesn't realise what he is missing, we will be the toast of the literati, Melvyn (Bragg) will be pestering us for an interview...we'll be the new 'calendar girls' not the stripping sort:-[ more the writing type...they'll want to make a film about us....we'll all have to go to Hollywood! ..... get face lifts.... breast augmentation (ok just me then?) tummy tucks...brow lifts..botox..onwards and upwards...tally ho...wheeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oh Flori, we can fit a valve, fancy you not thinking of that:-)

29 Oct, 2010

 

Hi All Many Many Congratulations on your wonderful achievement X ! X ! X ! X !
somehow I managed to miss this event ( I still blame those tomato fumes!!)
But pleased to be here now!!!
well done and does anyone know what the Goy record is??

29 Oct, 2010

 

Hello everyone ( I have been hibernating) and well done on your 1000 award Flori. I liked your's and Ba's poems too. I think the BMW (Bovine Methane Waste) unit is a good idea Ba and you should get a patent out on it.
Happy GOY birthday Annella! I have ordered a new BMW for you..... ;-)

29 Oct, 2010

 

I've always wanted a BMW! LOL. I've also always wanted to be a calendar girl....

29 Oct, 2010

 

Hello Pippin \0/! What, dish shaped and full of holes????Ooops, thought you meant Colander!!!! You only little, we would never be able to spread you out over 12 months, and you would have to have a spiral spine so we could turn you over!!!! Sounds positively painful to me.......:~(((((
Richard, one Bovine over here for our Pip, she has always wanted one she says.....

Nice to see you back here Richard, front isn't too bad either, come to think of it! Tee hee hee! \0/ I'm back!!!!!!

29 Oct, 2010

 

I'm front!!!

30 Oct, 2010

 

I'm in the middle:-)

30 Oct, 2010

 

'IF' you ever get here, which I doubt, as the Nuclear Police are watching the skies 24/7, Flori will confirm that there are plenty of bovines in the farm next door, and they even stand in the stream just beyond the bridge in my garden! So don your wellies, and get organised - you could catch one each. LOL. P.S. You might need to bring nets.

30 Oct, 2010

 

Lol Spritz, with your usual perspicacity, you have found a small problem with the BMW (brilliant name Richard, good thinking....I mean BMW not Richard er which is a very nice name) plan, who's going to fit them?.....it's nothing that can't be overcome if we all try a brainstorming session...we've done it before...and we'll do it again..onwards and upwards:-) Flori, isn't it wonderful when antipodeans volunteer to undergo surgery in the noble name of art. Pip I salute you and your spiral spine, love that idea:-)

30 Oct, 2010

 

Oh Ba - don't tell me I have to wear my damp towel AGAIN, please! :-(((

30 Oct, 2010

 

%$*&@#*%&!!!!!!!

31 Oct, 2010

 

Scuse me... I'm just speechless... as you all very well know, I did NOT volunteer to be twisted in a very unhumane way!!
Spritz, one question remains....

WHY THE HELL DO WE HAVE TO BRING NETS??????????? I mean, you know, fishnets are fine, but bovine nets - um, no thanks!

31 Oct, 2010

 

(I love you gals&guys :)

31 Oct, 2010

 

Pip,I will spin you round very fast,till the spiral spine is straight again...see how much I care ?...:o))We love you too,Pamg,although I sometimes fear for our sanity,,or is it us that are normal...and will we ever know,unless someone tells us otherwise? ..Methinks people are afraid to join us,..just in case Lol...

31 Oct, 2010

 

I think we are fearless Bloomer and the insanity helps....Pig net hold ups could catch on Pip as long as they are not the scratch n' sniff type..Wheeeeeeeeee~~~~~
Happy Halloween all!!

31 Oct, 2010

 

thankyou Bloomer dear you all seem perfectly normal to me!!!
Lookout Anella--" Ghosties &Ghoolies & longlegged beasties & things that go bump in the night whoooo~~~~~~~~"
or are you out this evening? <);O)

31 Oct, 2010

 

Glad you like the BMW name Ba.

Flori asked me to post the kit off to you Pip. The Aussy version is much more efficent than the UK one because the extra heat gives rise to much more gas production. Flori also wanted me to send you her empirical gas production formula based upon temperature inversion:-

Gas Production (GP)/sq m =No. of cows x mean temp squared/(acreage) x 365/(2k x 32/212C/F) Kilo Joules= very much more gas for Pip's cooker!! this also depends upon moisture content and dampness of the surroundings lol ;-)))

31 Oct, 2010

 

OMG,Richard..not only a nerdy Knitter...but a bovine mathematician as well...Pythagaros would have had no chance with you around......Hope the square on your Hypotenuse is ok today..oo er :o)))

31 Oct, 2010

 

the chalice from the palace is the brew that is true

31 Oct, 2010

 

Pip, have kno fear - Richard will KNIT the knets. You will knot have to bring one. Bloomer says he's a knerdy nitter....errr...I think that's right. ;-/

31 Oct, 2010

 

I'm interested in Richard's pig nets but not if he still using wire wool...Bloomer & Spritz I would have to say he
has some very strange thoughts for a nerd and Pamg, no not out tonight, staying in with my cauldron this year..Whooooooooooooooo~~~~~~

31 Oct, 2010

 

Excellent - can't wait Spritz!!
An-knella, where to the pig nets come in? I'm lost... what's new...

31 Oct, 2010

 

Good heavens! Where did all these comments come from??? Pam, it is such a pleasure seeing you on here....I really miss our old Tomato blogs, they were almost as mad as this one...well, madder...come to think of it...though Windy Pigs in fishnets would be considered just a little wacky...So pleased you have joined us my dear friend......
Bloomer...you nuts,..it is official...Ba...you a Genius...that's confirmed....Spritz...You are as confused as me! Pip...Interesting new symbol Aussie language...sure we'll get to grip with it when you finally stop spinning around.....Annella...Where exactly did the Pigs come into this?...I thought that they were cows...or maybe they are cows in disguise...a bit like Pigs in Blankets....now they would be 'Undercover' pigs! (Boom Boom!)
And Richard...our knerdy knitter of Mathematical numerological nerve...well....words fail me....(Don't you wish!!)LOL! I will never look at another BMW in the same light again!
Has anyone contacted Janey yet, so she can share in our Award? I swear that it started to go downhill when she suggested Magical Flying Carpets.....she really should be here to accept some of the blame too...Blame? Did I say 'Blame? I mean...Praise, lots and lots of praise for her inventive, well...
Invention...... A wave from me...\0/ to all of you out there..X

1 Nov, 2010

 

Pigs in blankets--- is that like Angels on Horseback only not quite?

1 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pam, I'm confused too. Only been off here a day and look what happens!:-) Spritz my dear, as if I'd have you modelling the damp towel toque again, you have done more than your fair share:-) Everyone, where have the pigs come from?? Who wrapped them in blankets?? and why has Pam introduced angels into the equasion? Richard you are our maths genius, equasions are your department. Perhaps Pam is on to something. Are they causing climate change too? So much to do...so little time...Richard you may be our only hope:-(

1 Nov, 2010

 

Well Ba:-
PGP (Pig gas production) is a function that correlates with fat percentage per weight of pig/ pig weight in kg. This is not as efficent as cow waste due to other indigestble compounds such as wheat husk, fine undissolved starchy matter and amino acids.

PGP (Kg mol./kg) = wt%/wt kg ..kJ/Kg

in other words the fine metabolic rate induced is inversely proportional to the temperature of surroundings. Australian pigs are slimmer due to more exercise, running around (streaky bacon) and sunbathing profusely on their backs (back bacon)............. :-))))

1 Nov, 2010

 

so why do they need a blanket......?

1 Nov, 2010

 

Oh Pam...it stops them getting sun-burned that is why!!!! I don't mind a little crackling, but I fear the sore pigs might object...lol
Thank you Richard, that was very clear...glad to see we now have PGP as well as BMW......as well as WOEIHROA....(That's...What on earth is he running on about?)LOL!

1 Nov, 2010

 

That's all very well Richard and very easy for a genius like me to understand , but what about the angels?? Pam there are no pigs, who introduced pigs?? My invention was solely for cows as they are part of global warning.. nobody mentioned pigs...have you all gone mad?????? :-)

1 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Ba!\0/ It was that Annella who brought Pigs into the equation....she was thinking of hold-up net stockings for them...at least I think that was what she was referring too????
And you give Richard (Prof) an equation and he just can't help but run with it.......
The Angels on horseback, that Pam refers to is not so much Divine intervention, though heaven knows we need it....but I think might be the same as my little porkies in blankets....some delicacies you see more around the Festive Season, that goes on your dinner plate along with the turkey....Now that could be interesting, Turkeys in hold-ups, no, not the Country, the fowl kind......Well I'm sure to another turkey, they must look attractive......lol!

1 Nov, 2010

 

theres Devils too but you have to like prunes.....

and having lived near a pig farm I'm sure theymust contribute and turkey with pretty pollys over their heads-- my mind is happily boggling as it hasn't for quite a while....

2 Nov, 2010

 

Phew, I'm glad that's been cleared up, somehow angels and flatulence didn't seem quite right. I don't think I like prunes Pam, or devils come to that, but I'm sure they don't contribute to greenhouse gas. Oh noooo........greenhouse....maybe it's gardeners who're to blame!!!!????? They'll come in the middle of the night and fit us with hmw's (human methane waste) collectors, not as glamourous as Rich's BMW's...and I was going to learn to drive too:-( We must flee the Country!!! B.A.T. is at your command, there's not a moment to lose! :-o

2 Nov, 2010

 

DONT PANIC---flee to the country with the prevaling southwesterly winds the gas cloud will travel northeastwards out to sea

(I always thought that the glasshouses Contained the greenhousegasses and we gardeners were the good guys )

2 Nov, 2010

 

The country will be the most dangerous of places Pam...swarming with methane police fitting bmw's to cows bottoms...who knows what they'll do to us...they'll be able to tell we're gardeners by using soil-sniffer dogs on our finger nails :-(:-( Where are the others? We must let them know. \0/ Hello Everyone red alert!!!!

2 Nov, 2010

 

HELP Ba, Ive got cows to my right, and horses on the other three sides ..... doomed... doomed I tell you ....

2 Nov, 2010

 

I love the idea of turkeys in Pretty Pollys,( strengthened sections come as standard),kind of beats foil, doesn't it, that just gets so creased around the legs, a bit like Norah Batty's, in Last of the Summer Wine! Pam, oh Pam, that's the wrong kind of 'Hold up's, lol, have you ever seen a turkey on Crimewatch wanted for a heist??Now you are just being silly my friend....lol!

Ba, what flatulent angels?Are they wind-born and not air-born as I first thought??? All those spare gasses, Greenhouse and human, drifting out to the north sea, maybe they could be captured and recycled to help reduce our fuel bills this Winter...whaddiya think??
Aha,Ba, latex gloves are the answer...if I could just figure out what the question was.....ah yes, that'll fool the soil-sniffer dogs and keep them off our tracks......and keep our fingernails nice and clean too...Genius...no wonder you and I get on so well, we recognise highly intellectual ability when we see it my girl!
As to 'Doomed doomed', Pam, your fuel bills will be non existent, surrounded by all that natural waste product from all the 'wee beasties' that surround you...just don't light a match, and don't tell 'em your name Pike!! (Now THAT will really confuse our young Pipkin) LOL! \0/ \0/ \0/X

2 Nov, 2010

 

what did Jonesy say...... It would certainly deflate things!

not sure about turkeys but I wouldn't turn my back on a goose even if it was wearing tights! and as to fuel bills we could do with something-- trees just take so long to grow

2 Nov, 2010

 

Cows, pigs, turkeys and now geese wearing tights what ever is the animal kingdom coming too? all that is needed now is for them to have lipstick and high heels and they can go out to the disco (do they still have those?)on a Friday and Saturday night ;-))

3 Nov, 2010

 

Don't think they do Richard you sweet old fashioned thing you:-)

3 Nov, 2010

 

at the Palais Richard or the Il Rondo?

3 Nov, 2010

 

Palais Pam? I'll pick up you and Ba and we will a rare old knees up with the Valetta and the Catherine Waltz...can you write my name down in your dance diary lol:-)))

3 Nov, 2010

 

And there was I thinking you all such trendy young things....I'm beginning to think that our Pippin not the only youngster on here...move over Pip, I'm joining you!!
Annella's very quiet.......Where are you, we need your sparkling wit?

3 Nov, 2010

 

oh I love the valeta--theres not enough about these days!
you young things don't know what you're missing why the turn of a pretty ankle could make a man swoon....

4 Nov, 2010

 

I've never danced I'm afraid Richard, always felt silly, never knew what to do with my hands, lol. The valetta does sound fun though, I'd expose both my ankles at once Pam, ha that'd teach 'em! I always think the minuet, or whatever it is they do in those period jobbies, where you and your partner stroll about sedately and you know exactly what to do and where to put your hands, would be the thing for me. Oh and I forgot, you whisper intrigues and such in each others ears, possibly plotting the downfall of a Monarch....I was born at the wrong time methinks:-) Flori, now you've crossed over, you can't come minueting with us, you'll have to street dance with Pipmunk :-)

4 Nov, 2010

 

Goodmorning Ba and Pam! \0/, here is a morning wave especially for you both...
I am one of those amazing woman who straddles (ouch, sounds painful) lol,time zones, Ba, I can get down and dirty with the kids of today, or glide regally around in my evening gown with you ever so slightly more mature ladies of a certain age....On my 3oth birthday, (Now lost in the sands of time!), I even learnt how to dance an Elizabethan Pavane and Court Galliard....though we were careful just what we flashed in those times, as you can imagine!!
Oh, that does take me back, Sir Robert Dudley and I, gliding across the court floors as if there was no tomorrow.........and I the virgin Queen....

4 Nov, 2010

 

Anyone remember Joyce Grenfell and her monologues this came to mind...
Stately as a galleon she sailed across the floor
Doing the Military Twostep as in the days of yore...

4 Nov, 2010

 

Sorry Pam I'm far too young :-))

4 Nov, 2010

 

Now what's all this about dancing? I can't for the life of me imagine any of you girls-n-Rich swanning around a dancefloor in your Armpit boots with drainage holes, pigfishnets and steel wool tankinis - you might cause a sensation!! And what is a valeta, anyway?
I like your latest equation Rich - or at least I would if I could understand it! And where did all these myths about Aussie pigs come from!!!!?????

5 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pip! \0/.....I didn't want to ask what a Valeta was, 'cos I had absolutely no idea as well...I thought it was one of those Scooter things that came in the late '50's/60's, but you can't dance with one of those, that would be just plain silly!

As to our fashion sense....., maybe the Armpit Boot would be a bit restrictive to boog-a-loo to!! And the drainage holes might slosh a bit......
And as to myths about Aussie pigs...Richard, my lad, the floor is all yours....Tee hee hee \0/ xxxxx Nice to catch up with you Pippin! xxxxxx

5 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Flori!!! Lovely to see you too :o) You're up late!

{Canberra Countdown - 9 days 12 minutes and 30 seconds!}

6 Nov, 2010

 

And there was me thinking that Valeta was the capital of Malta! Ooops - sorry -that's 'Valletta', isn't it?

If you need a dancer to explain it all, then who will contact Ann Widdecombe on our behalf? Any offers?

6 Nov, 2010

 

Not me!!!
The veleta is a lovely dance If you think of the St Bernards waltz or the gay gordons or even the barn dance-- we used to go to dinner dances and at weddings these things would be played ( Hokey cokey anyone)but the veleta was lovely-- remember maxi dresses in the '70's--we even went for dancing lessons at the school hall( not very good but had a lot of fun!)
Were you a Mod our Flori-- on your scooter....
or a mad Rocker!

6 Nov, 2010

 

I was but a wee spark in my dad's eyes, Pam, I came along towards the end of '61, so no mods or rockers for me.....but I am a well read young lady....lol!
Hello Pip, I see countdown to Canberra is on! How long are you away for my little Aussie buddy?
Spritz, how lovely to see you! Anne Widdecombe has just the right attitude....dancing should be about fun....I vaguely remember learning the 'Gay Gordon' at School...my, how that brings back dim and distant memories.......hahaha....

6 Nov, 2010

 

mine are dim and dizzy memories ....

6 Nov, 2010

 

My favourite at junior school was the Dashing White Sergeant....'now the fiddler's ready let us all begin, to step it out and step it in, to the merry music of the violin we'll dance the hours away... tra la.....:-)

6 Nov, 2010

 

ooh I remember that one Ba!--- these young things just don't know what they missed!

6 Nov, 2010

 

The mind boggles..only been away 5 days..have you all gone mad???..going from knerdy knitter to Dashing White Sergeant...are we back to Richard again?..Valeta,Valletta,Viennetta,...or summat like that,I am very confused....and as well as BMW,there is now PGP,
methinks I am in need of LSD,(Large Stiff Drink) but seeing as I abstain,it will have to be TAT (Tea And Toast).....and then some time spent in contemplation,away from the madding crowd,whilst I gather my thoughts together,and feel strong enough to carry onwards and upwards,as you keep telling us Ba..

6 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Bloomer, had a nice time?:-)

7 Nov, 2010

 

TAT sounds good to me....

7 Nov, 2010

 

We had a good time Ba,just not long enough to visit places we would have liked to see..a return visit will be needed sometime..:o)

8 Nov, 2010

 

Me too Pip,can't beat TAT for breakfast...sounds a bit like some of my gardening gear as well,or come to think of it,some of my 'going out'clothes too Lol....Still awaiting delivery of my knitted tankini...The service is sooo slow,don't you think?? It is very chilly...Please hurry up,knerdy knitter..!!

8 Nov, 2010

 

Hello every one and Flori our hostess with the mostess...I have had to have a week off due to a very heavy work load (don't laugh Ba it does happen sometimes) and feel that I should admit to getting my animals mixed up....Bovine are cows not pigs, are pigs Porcine? But I do love pigs and as you can see in my avatar Miss Piggy has had a strong influence on my hair style, plus pig nets sound better than cow nets. Bloomer I'm still waiting for my order too, I need to wear under garments at work and thought the Tankini would help me fight the cold as I work in Mr Scrouge's office, have you sacked the knerdy Ba?

9 Nov, 2010

 

Bloomer, it is so good to have you back amongst us again, and you young Pip, and you, Annella, and Pam...and mustn't forget Ba either...hang on we are missing someone.....Ba, what have you done with Richard, our knerdy knitter? You haven't sacked him have you? And Spritz is quiet too...Where are you Spritz, are you out there????\0/ xxx

10 Nov, 2010

 

Don't you ever go to bed Flori? I think Richard has hibernated, don't blame him. I don't like this cold damp, dirty, dull weather...think i'll join him. I've so much to do in the garden, but can't get started. I'll have to conjour up Spritz's elephant:-) I think you'll find Annella that my friend Bloomer was referring to Richard....I don't have a nerdy bone in my body...and yes...I can see the Miss Piggy influence, ha! Bloomer, are you doing a blog? if so, don't let Annella see it:-]

10 Nov, 2010

 

Morning Flori..you are up early like me...its all the suspense of wondering where knerdy has disappeared to...has he been headhunted by a rival company,and taken his wool and needles with him?..does he really care how cold we are,awaiting delivery of our tankinis? ...Annella,I do hope your nether regions are coping with this weather in Mr Scrooge's office...how awful for you..some people are so mean...

10 Nov, 2010

 

Don't you just hate it when people push in, morning Bloomer:-)

10 Nov, 2010

 

Don't tell Annella, but she will shortly be receiving her winter tankini .....laced with itching powder ha:-}

10 Nov, 2010

 

Good morning to you too Ba..if only Annella had used a comma ,between nerdy and Ba,it wouldn't look as though it was your fault !! I don't know, the standard of English is going down hill rapidly..Hope you get 'The Elephant'feeling soon,you will feel much better when and if,you get your long awaited order,..and you can get out there all snug and cosy...I was thinking of doing a blog,Ba...mmm,will have to give it some thought now..Lol.

10 Nov, 2010

 

Well,here are the three of us,up and about and its 6.30am already...doesn't time fly when you are having fun?come on Annella,get up,the day is almost over,and you have'work' to do...

10 Nov, 2010

 

She's probably skiving Bloomer:-) Do you always get up early? I don't, but just couldn't sleep for some reason, woke at 5am:-( oh well, it makes the day longer:-)

10 Nov, 2010

 

No Ba,but I was the same as you this morning..it happens occasionally...and can't lie in bed awake,so always get up.Don't you just hate it,when you can't get back to sleep?
Think Flori must have nodded off again..Lol. Lucky her...

10 Nov, 2010

 

somebodys sending out vibes this morning-- 6.15--up before the lark or the sparrows really -- they didn't get up for another hour!
I think I might be a knerdy knitter and could oblige if someone has a pattern....don't do fancy holes tho, they appear naturally

10 Nov, 2010

 

I'm sure there's nothing nerdy about you Pam, wish I could knit. I'm looking for classes locally to learn to make cushions and curtains, my daughter and nearly-daughter-in-law also want to go. I've had a sewing machine for years, but to tell you the truth , I'm frightened of it lol. I slept in this morning Bloomer, 8.30am :-) \0/hello everyone:-)

11 Nov, 2010

 

two of my friends daughters are expecting babies, one dec, one march so its little cardi's at the moment ( one blue other don't know!)

have you a fairly modern machine Ba, they are much lighter & 'user friendly' now!

if I can help in any way to teach you to knit or sew I would do :o)))

11 Nov, 2010

 

I used to knit a lot ,years ago,but eyesight not very good now,so don't think I could do it..and as for sewing,I bought a sewing machine a long time ago.intending to do wonders, ..I attempted to make some pillow cases ,and they would have fitted a Duvet when I finished. ..absolutely hopeless.I wouldn't mind,but I never liked sewing anyway,so don't know what possessed me to buy one in the first place..I was once shamed into sewing the hem up on Russell's work trousers,as the lads were fed up of seeing him look like a tramp,and they stapled them..Lol. You can tell how much I loved sewing !!
Glad you had a sleep in this morning Ba,I did better too..7.30am...by 8.30,been in shower,and made a start on a chocolate cake,and 2 cheese and onion pies, for the freezer..Thought I would do something positive,as the weather is so awful,and knew it would be a stay at home day..Hate staying in all day,hope its better tomorrow..
\O/to you all too..:o)

11 Nov, 2010

 

Light coloured chunky or even super chunky on big pins may suit you Bloomer, theres some lovely yarns and really easy patterns since knitting became popular again--other than baby things aran wool is-- ifind-- the easiest, I have trouble with my hands an d think knitting helps-- not too much but keeps me occupied these dark nights \*/--saw that on Stickitoffees comment--its a plantpot!

11 Nov, 2010

 

...and \./ \./ is me waving!

Hey, folks, what a horrible day, isn't it. One for TAT by the logburner, methinks.

Years ago at Youth Club, we used to do Scottish Country Dancing - 'Eightsome Reels' etc. Great fun...ahhh...happy days! :-))))

11 Nov, 2010

 

I had forgotten all about Chunky and even super chunky Pam..now theres a thought for the long winter days..I may give it a try..and hope it turns out better than my sewing.Lol.I was actually quite good at knitting,as I used to knit jumpers and cardigans,for my daughter,and my mum,and I loved knitting all the outfits for dolls that Father Christmas brought. I like the \*/ .Did Sticki name the flower? Lol.

11 Nov, 2010

 

Yoo hoo Spritz..\o/ \o/I am waving back..we seem to be creating our own GoY sign language..Lol. Glad you like a bit of TAT,you can't beat it can you ? BOT is quite nice too..beans on toast..:o)))

11 Nov, 2010

 

Chunky knit tankinis sound good to me Bloomer, have a word with Ba cause I don't think she likes me......and it's not because of the silly punctuation mistakes :-(((((

11 Nov, 2010

 

That sounds a good idea Annella..looks as though Richard has copped out of knitting..so I will just have to do my own..
I will send an urgent message to Ba..Mayday,Mayday..come in Ba..Annella needs to be reassured of your friendship....over and out..:o)))

11 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Spritz \./ \./ \./
Well it seems a lot of stuff has been going on since I last dropped in - Annella, skiving off work, that's just awful(ly good)....
Good luck with the hibernation Rich - tell us where you're sleeping it off and we'll all come and join in!

11 Nov, 2010

 

I knitted a super chunky on odd needles 6.5 & 4.5 and it worked really well light but warm. I did some dollys clothes for a young friend and there are some lovely christmas patterns about-- did some for a craft fair last year but no-ones yet mentioned a pattern for the tankini--if its for swimming won't it stretch a bit....TTFN \*/ :))

12 Nov, 2010

 

Hi all I have been very lazy lately, but thought that I would sign in again to say hi before you all forget about me. Hope you are all well :-))
Well done Flori for getting over 1000 posts on you blog :-))

12 Nov, 2010

 

Ummmm, what happens when it stretches? Wouldn't it become more see-through???

12 Nov, 2010

 

Richina! Simultaneous posting! Lovely to see you, my good old mate, and so glad you've finally slept off that terrific hangover!

12 Nov, 2010

 

Good thinking Pip..back to the drawing board then...fine wool and small needles? It's going to take a very long time to knit,but then again,its a long time till summer..:o(((((((

13 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Richard,glad to see you just can't keep away.Lol.We know you were just itching to join in again...you are forgiven for being lazy,and it has given your brain a rest from all this intelligent conversation...:o))

13 Nov, 2010

 

\0/ Hello all:-) what a lot of comments since my last visit, took me ages reading them all. Pam, I bought the machine about 10 years ago I think, second hand, from a s. machine shop. I just lack the confidence and worry about the right needle, the right tension if fabric is thick, everthing really lol, and how the heck to put in zips. Worse thing is..I've just bought chenille fabric on Ebay, it's gorgeous and what a bargain, ....27mts! Also a few weeks ago bought some expensive fabulous fabric for patio windows from a local shop and although I've cut the fabric and hung it (looks beautiful) I haven't sewn it. My rings have little bulldog clips, and I'm ashamed to say.... I just pegged them up lol:-) The BAFashion tankinis have long sleeves and long legs so we can at least preserve our dignity:-) Bloomer, tell that Annella that of course I like her...I'm just not talking to her :-) Can't remember why now, but i'm sure I had a good reason:-)))) Where's Flori??

13 Nov, 2010

 

P.S. The massive amount of fabric is not all I've bought and I've bid on even more....what's wrong with me????? Must be a little manic:-))))) It's the story of the ivies all over again:-(

13 Nov, 2010

 

\0/ Hello all! I am back, I am here....where is everybody??? This will be the 1100 comment posted...yay! I am so very proud of us all! Welcome back Bloomer! Hello Ba, I see you have released Richard, did the ransom get paid in fabric then? Hello Rich, Annella, Spritz, Pip and Pam...did you all miss me? Yes, i have been away for a few days...what do you mean that you hadn't really noticed? I am cut to the quick!!! :~(((((

That early morning that I got up and met you on here, Bloomer and Ba, was when I went out for my daily 15 mile run, cleaned the house from top to bottom, and de-weeded my garden to Show Standard, all before I had my first cup of tea....I can tell that you are all mightily impressed with all my vim and vigour, as well you might be.....and then, and then, darn it, I woke up!!
Lol, well I had you going for a few minutes.....tee hee hee! I have missed you all!! XXXX \0/

13 Nov, 2010

 

\o/ Hello Flori, where ya bin? :-)

13 Nov, 2010

 

\o/ from me too Flori..come on,do tell...you know you tell your friends EVERYTHING ....and so you may as well tell us too..Lol.

14 Nov, 2010

 

She's very secretive Bloomer. I think she may work for MI5 or whatever...... Mata Flori. Spending her days scanning websites for hidden messages, no wonder she's interested in Goy. Let's hope she hasn't cracked our code! :-0

14 Nov, 2010

 

Oh dear, Mata Flori sounds like she needs to come in out of the cold, my cover has been blown! Yes, I worked for MFI, but since they went into liquidation, (That was just SO messy in the Blender!), and got fitted up (You have so got to watch these Flat Pack Firms), I have been 'outed'.......I was scanning websites, but the spiders put me off a bit....so that didn't last either....
You two are so cracked, that I think your code is quite secure, though I am a bit concerned about the Wool Fetish taking over this blog.....I think Ba's Tankini Range was nothing more than a cover-up personally, and even Knerdy Knitter Richard is in on it, no wonder he has gone to ground......And as to Pam's post about needle size, well that's definitely suspicious....I think that she might be sending secret messages too.....Your Knitted, Pam!! LOL!

14 Nov, 2010

 

You've got me bang to rights Mata, the tankini was a cover up, but you've seen right through it:-(

14 Nov, 2010

 

Aha! So Mrs Ba, you were trying to pull the wool over our eyes, ewe crafty devil...but I won't lambaste you over it too much! lol. You've been ram-raided and banged to rights, bet you're feeling sheepish now young Ba. We have scuppered your scheming skein......\0/.....lol, what a yarn that was...You could be in for a long stretch.....

14 Nov, 2010

 

Hi everyone! just been cooking the dinner and I made a rice pudding too ....anyone want some?

Hi Flori, lovely to see you again my friend, I can see that this blog is very popular and I thank everyone for letting me join you all. I think I need someone to make me a fleecy tankini to go into the garden and sort it out. My garden is looking a right old mess after the winds and rain lately.:-O

14 Nov, 2010

 

Hello there Richard, lovely to see you on here again...I thought you had gone to ground due to the Tankini cover-up that has been blown.....lol
Ooh, can I join you for dinner??????? I'm on my way over, can I bring anything with me????? \0/

14 Nov, 2010

 

What about me? I could bring the tankini:-)

14 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Ba, I think that you are a lot closer to Richard's than I am, tell him to keep dinner warm for me will you...?lol I can see you are trying to woo him with a fleece-lined Tankini, from your Inclement Weather Range......And there was I just going to bring up a bottle of Vino and a hot water bottle......I know when I'm beaten...sob sob! :~((((((

15 Nov, 2010

 

Beaten Flori?? I was just going to gate crash....but whatever......get a grip, don't cry, after all you are the hostess with a HUGE comment score ;-)) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~

15 Nov, 2010

 

Yours is the 1111 th Annella..how cool is that?? Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~:o))

15 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Annella and Bloomer! \0/ Well, you'll be glad to hear that I am resilient, so I bounce back, that was just to make Ba feel a teensy weensy bit guilty, but knowing her Entrepreneurial skills, for business, she will just shrug and tell me that all fair in love and war and lots of dosh.....
Now why didn't I think of gatecrashing? I was just so looking forward to sinking my teeth into Richard's Rice Pudding.....bet he hasn't left me any...:~(((
Bloomer, I hear you have been throwing yourself at the fireside Hearth and breaking bits of you that you shouldn't..OUCH! Get yourself better soon my friend.....we are all wishing you a speedy recovery Ambi \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/ XXXXXX

15 Nov, 2010

 

morning all...I too have been away-- to the frozen north--- which turned out to be a darn sight warmer than here!!! Brrrrr whats been happening to 'old england' I was away for a few days and have woken up to freezing fog....
must find a pattern for fleece lined tankini/thermal vest

16 Nov, 2010

 

No need Pam..you will be sent one (complimentary) with best wishes from B.A.Fashion Ltd. Would you like one of Spritz's wet towel toques to accessorise? Hello Flori \o/ you bite rice pudding? It was a good night we made of it wasn't it? Richards cooking skills were so unexpected, move over Masterchef:-) What a pity the door got stuck after we arrived. I felt so sorry for poor Annella with her nose pressed up against the window pain....still if she will gatecrash.....:-] Bloomer\0/ what have you done? I'm going to look in case you've done a blog:-)

16 Nov, 2010

 

I'm waiting with bated breath .....
yes what have you done Bloomer ---little plant to cheer you \*/....

not sure about the wet toque ... I think it would freeze to my head today :0))

16 Nov, 2010

 

Ok Pam, just the tankini then lol:-)

16 Nov, 2010

 

Afternoon all! \0/ Yes, it's me, just checking in and saying hello to everyone...Bloomer's blog about Remembrance Day will give you all the info about her break dancing activities, she is our one armed bandit at the moment, poor soul.....Ba, with your woollen enterprise, maybe you can help Ambi knit together faster......
We wish you a speedy recovery my friend...
Hello Pam, yes, it is a bit nippy isn't it? Wouldn't say it's cold here, but just saw a Polar Bear and two Penguins wander past the back door......
Yes Ba, that was a wild night over at Richard's, I didn't know that he could be that gifted! Cooking, Flame throwing and Juggling balls at the same time, and as for his Rice pudding....Cordon Bleu or what?!!! I did wonder about his suggestion of playing the 'Steamy Strip Poker' card game, but we got three walls done, between us...(I am sure that he was cheating!)clever way to redecorate though.......Very crafty!!
Poor Annella, I did suggest she try and get down the Chimney, but think she is still up there as haven't seen her since....

16 Nov, 2010

 

Thanks Ba..need all the layers I can get today...I really don't like freezing fog....I wouldn't have been able to see the polar bear unless it knocked on the door and asked for a glacier mint....

16 Nov, 2010

 

LOL Pam, that was SO bad, that it was brilliant...am still chuckling....! It must be cold, the penguins still had their wrappers on! \0/ x

16 Nov, 2010

 

oh flori, isn't it nice to have a giggle-on-Goy xxx

16 Nov, 2010

 

I love having a G-o-G on Goy...it keeps the chill from these bones of mine...I am so delighted that you have joined us here Pam....your humour always makes me smile....
Wonder where all the others are today? Ah well, I have the quality if not the quantity on here chatting to me.......tee hee hee \0/X

16 Nov, 2010

 

its nice to be here Flori... I don't know how I missed you for so long...the others will turn up soon unless they're fogbound!

16 Nov, 2010

 

It's chilly but clear over here so far Pam...just done the weekly shop, oh joy! We'll keep the home fires burning till the other's turn up shall we, and have mugs of Hot chocolate topped with marshmallows on standby for them......or warmed Mulled wine..... \0/X

16 Nov, 2010

 

I did turn up at Richards and press my nose against the glass....but sorry I just didn't fancy it....Joking you .....and I think I've been watching too much Come dine with me. I Soooooo want to hibernate now and not go to work, am I alone? I want my garden back girls:-((((((

16 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Annella \0/! You not fancying a nibble and steamy strip poker~that's not the Annella I know and love! Are you pining for something my girl???
How weird is that 'Come Dine with me'? Don't think that I would want my culinary efforts scored out of 10 to be honest with you....lol
I am hibernating, I am in a cave with great internet access, and a very thick duvet with the highest 'Terry's Old tog' rating that I can find!!!
My garden going into shut down , my poor plants look so sorry for themselves at the moment....Going to apply loads of mulch to give as much protection as pos in case this Winter is as hard as last, and it is looking that way....Brrrrrrrrrr!! Got a space in my cave for you if you want it Annella.......((((\0/))))) lolX

16 Nov, 2010

 

Sorry I missed Richard's 'do'..I was so busy breakdancing,I totally lost all sense of timing,as well as my balance..i have always wanted to bite some rice pudding....that good eh?.The one armed Ambi bandit is doing nicely thanks...going to try and learn 'Thriller' next...
I have had a brilliant thought for a new knitting design..what about all us poor plaster casted one armed idiots in the cold weather? Is there a market for one large mitten to fit either hand? My little black sausauge like pinkies,were quite cold today..and I searched everywhere for some..only child sizes. I thought if I wore my one black magic glove on my good hand,I could have had a black mitten for the other..stop B... laughing.! .What was I offered by one bright spark?... a Sock..but the cheeky man expected me to buy two..how dare he be so uncaring,and materialistic to even suggest I buy a pair!!!There must be someone somewhere who only wants one mitten or sock..Richard..I am pleading with you...I want to change my order from Tankini,to one black mitten,or sock..large, please :o))

16 Nov, 2010

 

Bloomer/Ambi...will you let something like a broken meta tarsal hold you back from posting on this here brilliant blog? Of course not! What a trooper you are....You are in luck with the long armed mitten though...As it is coming up to that season where we spend lots of silly money, how about a long S@@ta Stocking? That could go right up to your shoulder and be held on by velcro strips...what think you? As to the guy who wanted you to purchase TWO socks, he ought to be flogged with wet kippers on a rainy night in December! Does he think that you are made of money??????

16 Nov, 2010

 

What a inspirational idea Flori..methinks it may clash with the only coat I can wear..a shocking pink waterproof little number..but then again,no holds barred when it comes to colour at xmas...and the furry top would double as a scarf.!
I could use it for a shopping bag too..or a spot of shoplifting..plenty of room in it for those little extras..such an expensive time...now what do you suggest to beautify the big bruise on my ta ra de bum de ay..A sprig of Holly...??? could be a tad uncomfortable..maybe if I used a non prickly one ? and take off the berries Lol...wouldn't want to look silly,..or as if I had piles..LOl ..:o)))
" tis the season to be jolly,
Bloomer's got a sprig of Holly"
trala la,la la,tra la la la "Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.\o/

17 Nov, 2010

 

Ohhhh bummer, I missed the do! I was in Canberra all along, I wish I could've come, as I am the only one who wouldn't have suffered while playing steamy strip poker!!!! That rice pud sounds great <wistful sigh>. Still, you didn't get to watch some political heavyweights sling mud at each other in the House of Reps, did you? If I'd known about your 'do, Rich, I would have arranged a live television crossover!!
Who would ever want to buy two socks? Altogether ridiculous suggestive marketing if you ask me!!

17 Nov, 2010

 

Simultaneous posting, Bloomer! Hey hey.... wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Congrats on 1100, Flori - don't have an award - didn't think that far ahead! What's so unsayable about Santa stockings, anyway!?

17 Nov, 2010

 

you mentioned the unmentionable Pip ( banned until december I understand) our revolt against commercialising christmas *.*.*.*.* altho theres snow in the highlands ( and the lowlands) and there you are basking in glorious sunshine could you send us some virtual sun--- whats it like Pip are you toasty warm without the need of a thermal tankini or a wooly plaster coverer... I could knit you one bloomer if you send your size .....

17 Nov, 2010

 

Ello ello ello, I have recently been recruited by the GOY Police and your blog has been flagged!!!!! Someone on here has mentioned the forbidden word...in fact it has been mentioned more than once and by more than one person. There are rules you know. As this is a first offence I shall turn a blind eye..but if it happens again ....its off to the Goolags with you! Flori, your idea of the S***a stocking is sheer genius, why didn't I think of that? I bought 2 lovely ones from a local charity shop and I'm going to hang them up too on the mantle shelf. I also bought some cute little stuffed things from there for x***. Think I'm in my second childhood:-( I love C*******s :-))))

17 Nov, 2010

 

I put my hand up--I admit it!!-- led astray by S****s little helper!!

17 Nov, 2010

 

Thank you Pam for your kind gesture..but word on the street has it,that large mittens are available at Holmfirth craft market...Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee :o))

17 Nov, 2010

 

ooh good Bloomer ---nice excuse to potter around the market-- hope you find some :0)))

18 Nov, 2010

 

Hi all -just passing through, so I dropped in to wave at you all. \./ \./ \./ \./

Got to go - things to do. Bye!

18 Nov, 2010

 

Is that because we have been "chatting" about Italy Spritz? Lol.

18 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Spritz \:/ and a cuddle for Henry (o)-- ok henrys asleep

18 Nov, 2010

 

Evening everybody!! \0/ Wow, you lot have been busy posting comments....there was only Pam and I for a short while.....and terrible Winter puns! how is everyone? Pippin! So good to have you back with us, well I know that physically you are actually in Sidney, but you know what I mean...lol! I hope you had a great time in Canberra, and didn't give 'em too much aggro in the House of Reps!!! Will PM you, my Aussie flower.....
Bloomer, so glad you liked the white bearded's stocking idea....I did think of the little conveniences that could be snuck away in there too, but would never suggest such a thing...but no wonder we get on so well...Great Minds eh?lol As to the bruise on your ta ra de bum de ay, surely clothes would be more convenient than holly, less you are of a Naturist intent, of course, in which case I would suggest Anti-freeze spray, lots of it! You are going to need it!
Hi PC Ba, ooh a stint in the Goolags sound nasty to me, can you get ointment to apply for that?.....I was trying really hard not to mention Chusxxwejkhmas word too early....Ooh Pam, am I S***a's little helper then? I'm more his little 'Elf and Safety advisor, tee hee hee No, I'm sure it wasn't me who mentioned christmas------OOPS! Sorry!!!!!!
Spritz, Hi.....................................Bye.................................... :~(((((Was it something that I said?) \0/x

18 Nov, 2010

 

it was probably the X*** word!!

18 Nov, 2010

 

I am glad you all enjoyed your night out at mine a few days ago. It was nice to see you all..and what a good night we had. I started the washing up when I got up in the morning after the party thats why I have not been around.It has taken me such a long time to wash up all the dishes, plates, glasses, forks, spoons, and to sort out all the clothes after the strip poker because there were no name tags in the clothes. All the tankinis were mixed up so they have gone in the black bag and collected by the bin men who were around this morning :-)))

18 Nov, 2010

 

Hello there stranger!
Ba, Richard invites over his lady friends over to sample his Rice Pudding and gets us steamy wallpaper stripping for him too, though it was a bit of a giggle and we did get a bit warm, building up a head of steam...hahaha
Don't know where you got all those spare Tankini's from Richard, but they weren't ours....I think that you must have a private collection over there! Ba, can strip a wall in record time, she is so multi-talented....maybe we can hire her out girls! I swear that she is our Noughties version of Wonder Woman!!

Did you locate Annella up your chimney Richard? she did look a bit grubby when I last saw her....And as to the washing up, well I did offer.......lol \0/x

18 Nov, 2010

 

Wha-... Bu-... He-...
You actually THREW OUT tankinis, Rich? I'm speechless....
Got your PM, Flori - have PM'd you back....

19 Nov, 2010

 

The tankinis were past their best Pip, they were covered in wallpaper paste and white paint after the decorating.
No signs of Annella, Flori I think that she has either gone to ground, or is well booked up for going down chimneys practicing for taking Christmas sacks up and down them.. lol ;-))

19 Nov, 2010

 

Decorating?? Of what?? Actually, maybe I don't wanna know....

19 Nov, 2010

 

Pip, a few comments ago, you will read that Richard invited Flori and me to a lovely meal. Annella (who wasn't invited ha:-]) tried to gatecrash, but the door was 'stuck' so she attempted to enter via the chimney. Now is all clear? What Flori and I didn't know, is that it was all a pretext for Richard to get his decorating done for free! No-one knows the whereabouts of Annella.....I do hope she's not still stuck up his chimney...must send a search party..... next week:-)

20 Nov, 2010

 

Its not long till X%*# ,she may as well stay where she is..I'm sure Richard will throw her a mince pie up now and then..OMG,I hope he still hasn't got any rice pudding left...shock,horror.. she shouldn't really wear a beard..should she ???

20 Nov, 2010

 

Erm, does Santannella like mince pies? Cos if she doesn't, it seems she's going to be starving up there. Hope you thought of that, Bloomer!! We could all be had up for human rights offences!

20 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pip! Hi bloomer, Ba and Richard....Just thought I'd pop my head in to say Hi and see what you lot are up to tonight....
No Annella/Santannella yet? Maybe we should send out a search party.....whadiyathink girls? Ooops,( and Richard?) She was last seen at yours.........LOL! \0/x

20 Nov, 2010

 

Flori, now you mention it, both Santanella (good one Pip) and Richard have been very quiet on here. I hope she hasn't been using her womanly wiles on our poor innocent Richard:-(( Bloomer, you know what it's like, you just get so attached to your beard, I know I do. We could all club together and get Sa a lady razor for C*******s. Or maybe she's gone feral and run off with Wagbo!!! It happened to a cat I heard about that got stuck up a chimney...it went feral I mean, not that the cat ran off with Wagbo...that would just be silly. Pip Human Rights Shuman rights, that's what I say, no idea why though:-))))

21 Nov, 2010

 

Well, we can always 'bank' on Santannella to get herself out of a sticky situation...heeheehee, and as to that Richard, well, I'm beginning to think that he may not be as innocent as he looks, Ba...
not that I would cast aspersions on his character of course!!
I am just a trifle confused..Ba, who is 'Wagbo'? have I missed something? Am I out of the loop? Have I taken my finger off of the pulse? I'm confused, as well as being bothered and bewildered, but not quite bewitched......lol \0/x

21 Nov, 2010

 

I'm glad you asked Flori---I didn't like to show my ignorance....

21 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pam! \0/, Oh I'm happy to show my ignorance....it gets a bit of a bore knowing everything, so I'm trying it the other way round now..I know nothing!!!
Of course, it could be Ba's meds haven't quite kicked in yet.....Or maybe 'Wagbo' is 'Subo's' brother, or uncle or nephew or even dog! Watch this space, no not that space, this space, for the next exciting instalment of Ba's tail, oops, I mean tale...I think...! Do I sound confused?????????????

21 Nov, 2010

 

Think Ba is just setting the timer,in readiness to get rid of her 5o'clock shadow...I mean,if she gets so involved explaining who 'Wagbo' is,the beard could be down to her waist...a bit like Rapunzel really,only on the wrong side of her head...are your beard tresses golden Ba,or strong and wiry?

21 Nov, 2010

 

so Subo is....? something like wrestling/ she shouldn't do that you know or is that really how she hurt her arm....

21 Nov, 2010

 

So who is Wagbo and Subo? As for Santannella, how is she supposed to use all her feminine wiles on Rich from up a chimney?? A lot of plaster dust and bits of brick have never been likely to arouse anyone, you might agree.

21 Nov, 2010

 

Hello my little ignoramuses\0/fancy not knowing Wagbo...he is the mad offspring of Mary Byrne and Wagner, who is rampaging around the Country. What's that?...who is Mary Byr......Oh I give up :-{ Bloomer, my beard tresses are a lovely shade of gold, as is my hair. Both are totally natural and contrary to tittle tattle have never seen a 'Preference' hair colour!!! :-)))))

21 Nov, 2010

 

I really, really, don't get it, and who is Subo!?????

22 Nov, 2010

 

and whats my art teacher got to do with it--i don't think she likes wagner....

22 Nov, 2010

 

Sigh....I don't know who Subo is Pip...do you think I know everything?!!...tut! ...Pam, I'm fast losing the will to live...I've never met your art teacher, does she sing? which Wagner doesn't she like? Just to clarify previous info re my hair and beard...I know it used to be dark brown, but since becoming more mature, it's became rather changeable and has turned some very strange colours in the past few years. Has this happened to you yet?

22 Nov, 2010

 

mine-- luckily-- is a nice shade of silver, like mum and gran ( which is a relief as we're all allergic to the dyes!)

and maybe she does like wagner but why is she here?...

22 Nov, 2010

 

This is getting to be more like the Home for the Terminally Bewildered, everyday....
Right, before Ba's tresses, bearded and otherwise, turn grey, or pulled out in chunks, I shall elucidate, shall I?
'Subo', no Pam, not rather large guys, wearing loincloths and frowns and throwing each other about...that is Sumo, not 'Subo'. 'Subo' is Susan Boyle, a Scottish lady of mature years who was in 'Britain's got Talent', (A Talent show Pip), and went onto turn out a couple of albums....ok?
'Wagbo', confused me at first, then I got into Ba's rather odd think pattern, and guessed it might have something to do with 'Wagner' (Pronounced Vargna~no, not Viagra, not even in the same ball park as they say)....lol~don't ask!
Now, 'Wagner' (Pronounced Vargna), is this really weird Brazilian mature nutter, in X Factor (A Talent show Pip, yes, another talent show, so called) He can't sing, he can't dance, he has no sense of timing...and getting very cringeworthy, but HUGE entertainment value, for those that like him.
'Mary Byrne', is another singer of mature years, in the X Factor,(Talent show) but is actually very good, she use to work in Tesco's, you know....
Now, according to Ba, and we all knows that she keeps her finger on the pulse, 'Wagbo', is the strange off-spring of Wagner (prounced Vargna), and the Irish singer, Mary Byrne who use to work in Tesco's...Personally, I think it highly unlikely, but then again, what do I know?
Is that all nice and clear now? That's what I thought....Ba, you have a lot to answer for my girl! Pam, I think that your Art teacher might be moonlighting to gain greater recognition, and Wagner, wasn't that a circular chocolate bar, and you got two in a pack? Wagner Wheels, I think it was called.....though I am sure that there is a musical link in there somewhere.....
Anyone got a spare wig, to cover my bald patches........?

22 Nov, 2010

 

Flori -- you must be thinking of Robert Wagner--Hart to Hart.... and thankyou for your elucidation I understand so much now that I didn't before ( probably because I don't watch talent shows--- the last one I watched had Hughie Greene in it!!

22 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pam!! \0/ A wave for you my petal! Ah yes, I remember hart to Hart, way back in the 70's (That's the 1970's, Pip, not the 1870's before you ask!!) (A TV detective series, Pip) that was a bit cringeworthy too come to think of it........Am so glad to hear that my elucidation help enlighten you Pam....lol \0/x tee hee hee!

22 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Flori your erudite explaination was a complete success except for making me realise that those blokes ( like starsky & hutch and theprofessionals as well ) are now old men-- whilst we young things are nothing but spring chickens...
\o/ \0/\o/ thats the exercisies done for the day !!

22 Nov, 2010

 

I liked Freeway....don't ask Pip. Now, Wagbo is not an invention of mine Flori, no it actually exists...I've seen it on tv.... Harry Hills TV Burp. Pam, what a good voice your art teacher has, fancy hiding her light under a bushel...whatever that is:-) When I was little, I broke my foot. On the way home from hospital, my mum always bought me a waggon wheel ...they don't taste the same now...and they're smaller.....or maybe I'm bigger...:-)

22 Nov, 2010

 

It just goes to show that men age so much faster than us youngsters who have found the elixir from the Fountain of Yoof! Pam, lol. (oops...except for you our Richard, that is!) I would take my secret with me to the grave, but just realised that I will be about for 100's and 100's of years of Repeated Harry Hill's indigestional come-backs....NO!!! Don't wish that on me...I didn't watch it the first time around.....HELP!!!!
I had such a horrible feeing that Wagbo was some nasty little man's invention...and I was right!

Who's/ what's/ 'Freeway'?
I use to love Wagner Wheels......Ah, how that takes me back...and back....and back...and back....\0/x

22 Nov, 2010

 

Did Freeway say...Woof Woof? or am I on the wrong Dog?As for Wagner,..how many times did you vote for him Ba,to keep him in? Do you fancy a Brazilian.??????????? Referring to his country of origin..I think!!

22 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Bloomer! \0/ I'm still no wiser as to who or what 'Freeway' is or was.....though I hope that you enjoyed my enlightening of the truly bewildered on this blog regarding 'Subo' and company.....mind you, Pippin hasn't popped a post in yet.....
Wasn't 'Woof woof' Lassie, or 10001 Dalmaltions? Or could it be 'Flipper'?Actually he wasn't a dog was he, he was a Dolphin, so don't think he barked.....

So Ba, it is YOU keeping 'Viagra' in X Factor!!! shame on you woman! Bet you kept voting for Chico and JedWood too!!!!! LOL!

22 Nov, 2010

 

Thank you, my Pommy friend, for your enlightenment.....
Erm, Ba, what is Freeway?
Now hasn't Harry Hills TV Burp popped up before? I'm sure it has, but I still don't know what it means, just an old peoples thing I suppose!

23 Nov, 2010

 

Freeway was a cute dog Pip--- and Wagon wheels are smaller And have you seen the size of jubbly these days--

23 Nov, 2010

 

\0/ /0\ \0/ /0\ Whew, just trying out Pam's exercise routine, it's really good Pam, I feel so toned:-) someone mentioned Hart to Hart...Freeway was their cute little dog ...erm...so my Grandma tells me:-) Oh I used to love jubbly...two sucks and you were left with an ice block lol:-) Pip..like so many stoics, I have suffered from HHTV Burp for many years..It can be very embarassing, especially on social occassions. It is no laughing matter..and for your information, it doesn't only affect the elderly (of which I'm not one!) but can attack at any age, especially in the Antipodes:-)

23 Nov, 2010

 

oooh painful Ba, pleased you like the exercise regime \~//o\\~/
---- (I used to do yoga)

23 Nov, 2010

 

Can someone get Rich to chuck me up one of those Wagner wheels...I'm starving, oh and some vodka in a plastic bottle please. It's not as much fun being Santannella as I thought it would be, cold, dark and sober........GET ME OUT OF HERE!!! I'm missing I'm a celebrity................

23 Nov, 2010

 

Ooooh I think you are a little more supple than I am Pam...just got back from A&E trying to follow your last exercises....got stuck....prefer the others:-)

23 Nov, 2010

 

Search party on its way Sa...hold on...couple of beefy firemen on standby...don't know why I said beefy...doesn't sound so hot does it? :-) Working hard Annella??? :-)

23 Nov, 2010

 

After a week stuck up here, beefy will do just nicely Ba :-)

23 Nov, 2010

 

Santannella!!!!! \0/ So good to see you on here, we have been so concerned! Does Richard know that you are still! stuck up his chimney? I hear that he is lighting a fire tonight, so at least you'll stay warm!! See~'always look on the bright side of life..da de dum de dum de da de dum~(That'll set Ba off.....) Beefy Firemen rescuing a damsel in distress, well de-tankini really, and to think that you missed out on all the fun of steamy strip Poker too....can't believe that......

(Ah ha! so that is who 'Freeway ' was....I am indeed enlightened now...)
Hi Pippin, and Pam, and Ba and 'Hellooooooooooo' to you too way up there, Sa, you can practice your grubby womanly wiles on the nice men in uniform, if you can stop nibbling on them long enough!
I am off to do my exercises now....UP...DOWN...UP.......DOWN, right, now the other eyelid.....tee hee hee \0/x

23 Nov, 2010

 

went to a funeral once ( lovely man) and they played that as we went out-- I think he would have approved!---
nice to see you're keeping up with the exercises-- start with the easy ones --its a cold night coming so Ihope our 'chimney girl' is soon free but with these firemen ... the mind boggles...

23 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Everyone long time no see, where have you all been?
If I send up a brush with the vodka Santannella could you give the chimney a good sweepin' as it hasn't been done in years. You had better do the sweepin before the swiggin as we don't want you falling down the chimney before Hunky Harry the hoseman and Foxy Fred the firefighter get here to rescue you. ;-))

The soot will be good for your garden Flori and you would get some extra exercise, from your usual, in walking it through the meadows and fields between Leicestershire and Wiltshire. ;-))

23 Nov, 2010

 

\^/^\^/^\^/___
Ahhh that felt so refreshing!
Santannella, it's so good to see you! I'm glad you're back as I've been having to drink my way through Rich's cellar unaided!!!!!!!
Well, Ba, I'll watch for the symptoms - is there any treatment for HHTVB???

24 Nov, 2010

 

None whatsoever I'm afraid Pip. Annella has it too, wonder if Richard has it now?:-[ or possibly beefy fireman?:-)

24 Nov, 2010

 

I wonder if beefy fireman has arrived yet? Santannella certainly seems to be quiet on the posting comments front...!!

24 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pip! Pam, and Ba!
Richard! What do you mean, where have we all been....? We've been here, we thought that Santannella was holding you hostage.......(I know, you should be that lucky!), but our poor intrepid soul is kind of stuck up your flue....have Hunky harry and Foxy Fred turned up yet to get her out??? regarding your soot, thank you for the offer, but trekking from Wiltshire to Leicester, even through the fields, for a bag of soot, somehow just doesn't appeal....funny that.....

Chim chiminey
Chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
A sweep is as lucky
As lucky can be, I choose me bristles with pride
Yes, I do
A broom for the shaft
And a broom for the flume

Though I'm covered with soot
From me 'ead to me toes
A sweep knows 'e's welcome
Wherever 'e goes

Chim chiminey
Chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee!
When you're with a sweep
You're in glad company

No where is there
A more 'appier crew
Than them wot sings
"Chim chim cher-ee
Chim cher-oo!"
On the chim chiminey
Chim chim cher-ee
Chim cher-oo!

(I hope you were all singing along...I had hoped to supply a bouncing ball....but it went flat....just my luck!) lol!

Pip, Richard has a cellar containing alcohol? Don't tell Santannella, whatever you do...........................it'll take weeks to dry her out! Tee hee hee!\0/x

24 Nov, 2010

 

Hi Flori \o/ nice to hear you exercising the vocal chords-- much easier than the yoga! o o o o o

25 Nov, 2010

 

Wasn't that what you were doing when you gatecrashed his bash, Flori, drinking your way through his house? I figured you must have had some alcohol to even think about playing Steamy Strip Poker!!

25 Nov, 2010

 

Pip, Flori was invited I'll have you know, as was I... hrmph (noise signifying a huff) It was Annella who gatecrashed...so typical..... The strip poker was Flori's suggestion, poor Richard pretended he thought she was talking about decorating and got his steamer out...now you know everything...I made my excuses and left:-[

25 Nov, 2010

 

so you all left Anella there stuck in the chimney.......Ahhhh I see it all now...

25 Nov, 2010

 

Lovely song Flori....I can hear you singing it all the way up here in Leicestershire, can anyone else hear it?.... ;-)

Hope Santannella is OK she is very quiet up that chimney..maybe she is still getting through all the vodka that's up there.... ;-)

25 Nov, 2010

 

all I can here is
'oh dear what can the matter be'
'Santanellas stuck up the chimenny'

25 Nov, 2010

 

Ba, I do not believe what you have posted!!!!! My gasp is totally flabbered! I did not suggest playing steamy strip poker, that was Richard, and his crafty way of getting the decorating done for free (Haven't you heard that there is no such thing as a free lunch~especially with home made rice pudding!)...Richard, please defend my honour!! I am innocent of all charges......You stripped at least three of his walls, Ba, before you made your excuses, and that was only because he said about the washing up!!!! Hrmph, so much for being my buddy!!!!!!!!!

Pam, I only suggested the chimney for Santannella, 'cos Ba had locked the door and pretended that it had 'stuck', If I had known she was still up there, I would have given her some brushes to clean it out at the same time......And young Pippin, apart from a couple of glasses of wine, I was sa suber, saber, sober sa a jidge, jodge, judge....
Glad that you enjoyed my melodious musical musings, Richard, all I was missing was Dick Van Dyke......and Mary Poppins......

Oh, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Cor, I feel SO much better after that.......tee hee hee! \0/x

25 Nov, 2010

 

how about this one ( should read 'dad & 'mother)
its an old music hall ditty

don't jump off the roof 'ann'
you'll make a hole in the yard
'richards' just planted petunia
the and seeding were hard
if you must end it all'ann'
please won't you give us a break
just take a walk to the park 'ann'
and there you can jump in the lake

( hope you are singing along...its even got a gardrning theme
all this cold weather is making me a little 'stir crazy'

25 Nov, 2010

 

Ba, despite you grubby slur you cast upon my name, I am just about going to forgive you.....'cos your Music Hall ditty is hilarious, though not so sure that Santannella will see the brilliance of your ditty, but it's awful funny.....And it includes Richard's garden seedlings as well, he will be well chuffed!

(Yes I am going a little stir crazy too, this could be a long Winter!! I'm off back to my cave and duvet)......................! \0/x

25 Nov, 2010

 

Vodka? Up a chimney? Where else have you hidden alcohol, Rich? I promise I won't tell a soul if you reveal your secret hideyholes...lol.
Can you stop the singing... it's giving me a headache! There's not a single pair of earplugs in my house, can you believe it?
What's this about winter.... it's stinking hot here at the moment....

25 Nov, 2010

 

Pip, what a lovely surprise to find you on here so early! Now if you look back, you will see that the only reason Richard stuck the vodka up the chimney was for Santannella at her request, as she was drying out a bit........
Cheeky devil! Our singing so melodic......It must have been you drinking out Richard's cellar that has given you that headache, it can't possibly be us!!!!

Oy! Stop running about on about your Summer over there, it's just plain chilly and miserable over here, and we are all going a little stir crazy.....lucky that we have GOY to stimulate us and keep us sane!! lol! \0/x

25 Nov, 2010

 

Sane - I remember that! LOL. Just Pm'd you, Flori...

25 Nov, 2010

 

Thank you flori for that accolade for my ditty.....don't you just love it when you reap the rewards of someone elses efforts...sorry Pam;-)))))

26 Nov, 2010

 

Oh Pam, I am grovelling, I am abasing myself...how could I possibly have given Ba your worthy credit???? I am mortified! I wouldn't mind, but she even accepted my praise for your hard work!! Ba, you are still in my bad books, and not forgiven for my grubby slur, so there!! HRMPH!!!! (Very disgruntled Huff!)
Pam, YOUR ditty was hilarious and I loved it!!I am waving at you \0/\0/\0/!

Pip, I use to remember those days of sanity too....a long long time ago now though....Thanks for PM......

Richard, where are you? I need my honour being restored after that nasty Ba, smeared it......Typical, never a man about when you need one...Santannella, put him down...you don't know where he's been.....hahaha!\0/x

26 Nov, 2010

 

Sob, sniff sniff:-(

26 Nov, 2010

 

Don't cry Ba--- we'll share the glory xxxx
Hi Flori --I shall rise above it and put it down to your 'senior moment'-- never mind dear it happens to us all in time \o/\~/ \o/

26 Nov, 2010

 

Sad but true. Pam,...even at my yooful age, I have been known to have the odd, very odd, senior moment or two.....Ah, go on, Ba, don't cry...you'll rust! Ok then, I kinda forgive you, but it could takes ..oh....hours...to repair my poor tattered pure reputation....I am positively angelic, though you may find that a little difficult to believe! I have even been been appointed the position on top of the X***S tree this year, and you can't get more Angelic than that, I will have you know!!
...\0/
... /\
../ * \
../* *\
./ * * \
.~~~~~
.\__ /
LOL!x

26 Nov, 2010

 

oh c*******s tree --you are so clever Flori, now can you just sort out my present list please its nearly time to post it;o)))

26 Nov, 2010

 

I am now in a secure detention ward in the asylum after fiddling trying to make a *****C tree on a PC....I'll sort out your present list after treatment, ok Pam.....it could take a while..........ahhhhhhh!

26 Nov, 2010

 

What's a *****C tree Flori? I was just going to say you were very clever at making a C*******s tree on a pc, now I don't know what to say:-(

26 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Ba.... A *****C Tree, is the cussing I was doing as I was trying to figure out how to do a C*******s tree on a pc......so I shall accept your hesitant praise with glee.....\0/ lolx

26 Nov, 2010

 

I've come here to restore your honour Flori ...well I will do my best although my reputation on here leaves a 'bit to be desired' Nice interpretation of a C~~~~~~~S tree though very artistic ...how about a computer pic of a tankini my friend!

26 Nov, 2010

 

Well,well, well...(A deep hole, often containing water!lol), a bit belated but am so glad to see you back where you belong Richard, here on our Somerset blog~I don't see much defending of my tarnished honour that now lies in tatters, thanks to Ba's thinly veiled insinuations, going on yet, but it is good to see you my gallant friend.....lol...\0/. Glad that you liked my C******s tree, if you knew how many bald patches I now sport due to the trouble that I had designing that...you would not be asking me for a PC Tankini....honest!!! \0/...(This is not me waving..it is me throwing my hands up in horror, at the very suggestion!) LOL!

26 Nov, 2010

 

Nice X*** tree, Flori! Can't wait to see a few of those in real life, actually....
Actually, Rich, where have you been? Sa might need to get her Dettol Hand Sanitiser out, or Dettol Anywhere Sanitiser really!
Flori - have replied to your pm :o)

27 Nov, 2010

 

You two are very secretive:-(

27 Nov, 2010

 

have a nice lay down Flori-- its the stress of Cxxxxxxxs thats causing all your problems my friend! And guess what Pip-- its come early this year and most of Great Britain looks like a festive card!! pretty but totally impractical-- and its freezing! Brrrrr
Chilly in this neck of the woods isn't it Richard but not as bad as 'up north' ;o)

27 Nov, 2010

 

It is so cold here Pam, we have had quite a bit of snow today have you? Do you like my tankini Flori? ...lol
_ _
! !-------! !
! !-------! !
! !-------! !
! !_____! !
! hawaii !
\_______/

27 Nov, 2010

 

Its white over and the village roads are a bit 'hairy' beautiful sunset at the moment
bye the way did you drop a stitch ?

27 Nov, 2010

 

Hello everybodys!! It's me.....Too cold to do much but sit on the radiator, so I thought that I would pop my head round and see who is about......Hello Pip, Ba, Pam and Richard \0/.....
I think Ba getting a bit concerned about all our pm's, Pip...... lol! Ba, you know that we love you lots....xxx It is very cold here and we had a little snow....walked around the garden, avoiding the odd Polar bear and bars of Penguins....oh dear, it does look so bleak out there...no wonder we are all a bit stir crazy, though a great time to plan ahead for future planting, and areas that need to be redesigned when everything is down to bare structure...Hey! I almost sound like a gardener.....lol...

Hello Pam...yes, sadly you could be right about this time of the year...if I had the spare energy, I would be really stressed out by the approaching season that we dare not speak of, as it is, I am just ignoring it for as long as I can...heeheehee!! I have been a busy little Flori, 'cos I have spent the last couple of months recording a Ch******s CD, which is just about nearly finished...it is a Jazzy kind of festive album...anyone interested in one, let me know.....Richard and Cristina have already put in their order....brave hardy souls that they are....lol, and I didn't even have to bribe them either......(well, much...).
As to your Tankini, Rich, well, really my friend, I am ...speechless...err....which way do you put it on exactly??? Does it come with instructions? Is it one-size fits all? If it is from Hawaii, does that mean that it is rather loud and in your face, or country of origin? Or should it only be worn in said country?

I think Pam, that he might have dropped a few rows, let alone the odd stitch....but don't tell him that I said that....tee hee hee! \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/ I am waving to keep warm!!!!!x

27 Nov, 2010

 

I'm going to put in an order for one of your fabulous CD's, Flori! And I expect it to arrive by Xm*s! I bet I can design a better tankini than yours, Rich, but I just couldn't be bothered ;o)

28 Nov, 2010

 

morning all--hows it with you -- its minus 8.5 deg here and solid COLD tell me how the weather is with you Pip-- It may warm me up just thinking about it

28 Nov, 2010

 

Good Afternoon all! It is another chilly one down here in west Wiltshire, but we are snow-free at the moment, so I am grateful for small mercys!! Oh Pippin, THANK YOU! This will make me an International Singing star if I can get one tuit suite over to Auss land, move over Kylie, Flori B is the new 'Girl' in town!!! Tee hee hee!! \0/
Hi Pam...it is a bit parky, isn't it? And there is our Pippin, sweltering in Oz......funny old world......lol \0/x

28 Nov, 2010

 

OK Pam, well right now it's completely overcast, with no sunshine, rain has been falling on and off for about two days, and there was a distinct nip in the air when we woke up this morning! (It's gone now, though, thank goodness.) Does that make you feel any warmer? ;o))))
I'll be contacting Kylie's agent as soon as I recieve the CD. :o)

28 Nov, 2010

 

No Pip!! I was expecting talk of lovely blue skies soft breezes and the smell of barbies in the air---ah well ! seems we must all dream of barmy oops balmy summer days

29 Nov, 2010

 

Oh come on.... give us until Christmas for an overdose of barbecued food, please, or our stomachs will be groaning in deep layers of cholesterol by New Year!
(Ahem - I think barmy would be a little more appropriate!)

30 Nov, 2010

 

Hello all, thought I would pop in and say hi I'm ok. The last of the firemen escaped this morning so I've got a bit of time on my hands. Well I had lots of fun with Beefy and his crew, oh and the policemen that came to rescue them...I was going to get an ambulance out for Hunky Harry the hoseman but he got away while I was on the phone, never mind I'm not so keen on the ambulance uniform anyway.
Sorry about all the sooty mess Rich and I've no idea where your brush is now but that's your own fault, you should have learnt from the spade incident......Off to have a well deserved bath now \0/\0/\0/ Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ps Nice tree Flori...not sure about the Tankini Rich

30 Nov, 2010

 

Hello Pam, Pip and Santannella! \0/!
Santann...where have you been???????? I have missed your sparkling wit my friend, it must have been hell up that chimney with just the Firemen for company and a long hose....how did they get you out in the end, or was it too messy to go into detail for us of a weak disposition......?lol\0/
Not so much as dirty dancing as Grubby groping instead by the sound of it my friend....and you managed to lose Richard's brush as well...he will be devastated......
Reminds me of when my OH decided to clean the kitchen chimney...the brush went up ok, but it came back down minus brush head!! that was years ago, and I haven't been able to use that chimney since....hahaha, the brush head is still up there somewhere.........
Glad you liked the C Tree...I think Richard's Tankini design was more Tankard based, than woollen fashion wear, if I'm honest...After all, we all know that a woollen tankard wouldn't hold a lot of liquid, that would just be silly......'less it was his range in swimwear......LOL! Back to the steel wool, my lad, and start knitting......\0/x

30 Nov, 2010

 

Afternoon all, so glad to hear that you had a good time with Hunky Harry, Santannella! Sort of makes me think that maybe society isn't all bad, after all.....

1 Dec, 2010

 

snowed in here Pip-- looks pretty but highly inconvenient!!
must have had 3 inches--could make my own christmas cards....

1 Dec, 2010

 

I think I was a little too kind to Santannella, I didn't mean her to have that much fun!:-( \0/ Hello everyone, it's freezing here too and although I usually love the snow, I can't quite feel the same about it now it's come too early...I wasn't ready for it. It's like when someone's coming to your house and you have to clean up and tidy...then they turn up while you are dressed like a ragamuffin and your house is looking even worse than before you started...what's that? oh just me then:-( I've been decorating. Suddenly needed lounge to look cosy and C********sy, rather pleased with it so far. Getting excited about C*******s wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:-)

1 Dec, 2010

 

Bah Humbug....

Its altogether too ch******ssy here

1 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Scrooge..er Pam, I might put my decorations up this week too if all is finished wheeeeeeeeeeeee:-)) I bought some lovely things from a local charity shop, robin in a woolly hat, little Father C*******s, two felt stockings, it will be just like a scene from Dickens...I've even put up red and gold wallpaper paper on chimney breast...second childhood here I come wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:-)))

1 Dec, 2010

 

Sounds fantastic, Ba, we haven't even thought about decorating yet, much less buying a X*** tree!!!

1 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Pip, Pam and Ba! \0/
Still no snow here, I must be one of the few! It must be the real warmth of us west Wiltshirites , snow just melts here, it doesn't stand a chance! lol. Keep warm and safe all you out there that are struggling with bad weather.....

Ba, so by the sound of it, you are keeping a busy lass with all the decorating going on......We did that last year to our kitchen and it made the Living room so tired looking, that I then had to go in and freshen that room up too!! It did look nice for the festive season though.....
Sorry Pam I enjoy C*******s too, there's a kid deep down in all of us somewhere...C. shouldn't just be for kids....Personally, I can't wait to sit on Santa's knee and tell him what I want for Chrimbo......tee hee hee...And Santann has already had hers by the sound of it! \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! :~)) Ps....Hi Pippin! \0/x

1 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Flori \0/ :o))))

2 Dec, 2010

 

Hi all \0/ Still snowing here and very cold, I've dug out my festive red fur tankini. It's so original...it has a matching hat, just like Santas...now for the bit I know you fashionistas will just love..Santas beard is placed in strategic positions...one on each knee, and one on the chest, so cosy:-] Not that I need extra warmth there you understand, being so young, but it may help those of you who are a little more mature:-) Orders are still being taken for X**s, which brings me to a rather touchy subject. Now Miss Flori, I hear you have a sure fire hit out for C*******s! Where's mine???? As President of the Floribunda Fan Club, I demand to know why I've been left in the dark... hrumph... Pip, I'm afraid my tree gets put in the loft each year:-)

2 Dec, 2010

 

still snowing here too, just watered next doors chickens as I can't find the garden

2 Dec, 2010

 

Why did you water the chickens Pam????
I'm not to tired to sit on Santa's knee Flori, takes more than a fire crew to wear me out ;-)) Any chance of ordering one of the red fur tankinis Ba? Sounds right up my street...Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee jingle bells, jingle bells\0/

2 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Pip! \0/....Hi Pam and Ba! *\0/*...
Yes, Me and my big mouth! I woke up to a white blanket of snow outside our little bit of the county this morning....oooohhh, it does look pretty, but I'm staying indoors...call me a well watered chicken (Thanks Pam), or not, but I'm not as green as I'm cabbage looking! It's bbbbbrrrrrrrrrrr...slightly nippy as well! Longjohns and fur lined Winter Tankini's, here I come...I am sat here like a little Eskimo, all you can see of me is my red nose.....!

Love the idea of your red Tankini, complete with hat and movable bearded sections...is that velcro you are using to stick it on with, Ba? Should I ask where you keep your reindeer???

Ba, ba,ba...as if I could forget you! As soon as my surefire, guaranteed smash hit of the decade is released, you will get one hot off the press, even if you didn't want one, you're getting it...'cos I have to look after the President of the Miss Flori Fan Club, don't I? Would I forget you? As if I would dare!!!!
Pam, I bet those poor chickens are encased in blocks of ice now! How cruel can you be.......Chicken flavoured ice cubes...now that could be a novelty lol!!!!!! Do you reckon that it could catch on? After all we have those little stock cubes with the funny noughts and crosses.......*\0/*
Santann! Just saw you as I posted...How are you my little Pixikin?? This years Santa is really tasty, so I hear.....lol! \0/x

2 Dec, 2010

 

well they were frozen solid but a drop of warm water thawed them out (I'm on chicken duty for my neighbour who is enjoying the snowy lake district-- they're off-lay too so no lovely eggs-- the chicks not the neighbour)
I think I'll forego the tankini for a fleece-lined pashmina and thermal socks.....

2 Dec, 2010

 

You don't know what you're missing Pam:-) I look forward to it Flori:-) Santankini on its way Annella, see ..I'm full of the X**s spirit:-) Does it take everyone ages for any words to appear or is it just me?? Maybe it's the length of the blog?

2 Dec, 2010

 

I think its the blog--maybe when it gets to 3000 it will collapse in a gibbering heap....

2 Dec, 2010

 

You mean that it doesn't do that already Pam? It does take a while to load...wonder if this has beaten Terra's longest blog yet? It isn't bad you know, there is only about 7 of us keeping this going ....so much for Bloomer and I shutting it down at 200 posts!!!!
I did bravely venture into the garden this afternoon..it is very white out there....Raff thought that it was great fun dive bombing the snow! I found our two chickens out there (Actually, they belong to the neighbour but seem to have moved into our garden!)...but they were not frozzled..Do you do a line in Chicken Tankini's Ba???
Glad to hear that it isn't the neighbours laying eggs, Pam....I would have been 'shell-shocked' if it had have been...\0/x

2 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ x x x x x x\0/--- veri good flori!!

2 Dec, 2010

 

Poor chickens & ha ha Flori at least you will never be egg bound!! Looking forward to the Santanella tankini Ba, if it gets here before x*** I might even post a pic of me wearing it.....what do you mean NO don't do it ???? Off now as my home pc can't cope with this blog Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :-))

2 Dec, 2010

 

It's not just you, Ba, I have taken to writing my comments on Wordpad and then pasting them to the blog, it's so much quicker!
I wrote my letter to Santa today, it went like this:

Dear Santa, this year I would like one of Ba's red furry tankinis and some chicken iceblocks please! Hope you, Mrs Claus, Santannella, the elves and the reindeer are all well, although I believe the reindeer are missing at the moment. Love, Pip xx

I'd love to see the look on his face when he gets the letter. LOL!

2 Dec, 2010

 

I know where they are Pip--theres a road across england call A66, its closed now because of the snow but mid november Santa had sent the reindeer there for a break before their big day
Pip I thought Rolf Harris said kangaroos pulled his sleigh in Oz-- Big white Boomers ;o))

3 Dec, 2010

 

Sounds like Santa has a bumpy ride in Oz then Pam :-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

Comment 1244........Just had a sneaky peek at TT's blogs and the highest comment count I could see was 1101
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee \0/

3 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Santannella! Wow! Have we actually beaten Terra's posts? I think for the amount of us that post on here, we deserve a pat on the back!!! WELL DONE EVERYONE! Lovely to see you here, and you Pam and Pip.....
Well, I still have a white world outside my window, and it is still nippy!! BBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! Bring on Spring, I am tired of Winter already....I ventured into the garden yesterday to look at my plants, and they do look so sorry for themselves with the hard frosts that we have been having....:~((((((

Love the letter to Santa, Pippin! lol.....That would make an interesting vision, Santa's sleigh being pulled by 'Roos...now that I would pay to see hahaha.....Talk about shaken but not stirred! Thanks for pm's, will get back to all of you....
Santann, have you sat on Father Christmas knee yet, and found the surprise that he has for you yet? Ho Ho Ho!

3 Dec, 2010

 

Ho Ho Hee Hee Flori, no not yet but I'm sure I will like it ;^)

3 Dec, 2010

 

I'd write out the words but I thought I'd leave that to Pip!!

3 Dec, 2010

 

Hahaha! Santann, I don't know who is worse, you or me! :~)))
Pam, is that the words to Santa and his 'roos? It's a new one on me, must listen out for it! lol. It's really parky over here, even though the sun is trying to peek through.....Hope you are all keeping warm out there......\0/xxx

3 Dec, 2010

 

I think we are as good as each other Flori!! Will you be recording Santa & his 'roos when you get the lyrics?! \0/

3 Dec, 2010

 

As soon as Pam/Pip send me the lyrics...hahaha! I already do 'Iz zat you Santa Claus??' which is a bit of a giggle, let alone, Pesky Rudolph and his multitude of companions...Dasher, Dancer, Prancer...etc etc...
Do you think that I need to get out more Santann??????????lol \0/x

3 Dec, 2010

 

six white boomers
snow white boomers
racing santa claus across the blazing sun
six white boomers
snow white boomers
on his Australian run

I think thats the verse

-8 last night and -3 now but supposed to be better tomorrow---Please----

3 Dec, 2010

 

Oh can you believe it Pam? I have just checked on Amazon, and the song is called '6 white Boomers', and was released on 12th October 2009....you can get it as a download! I am still chuckling away like mad here...Oh Oz has a lot to answer for......lol \0/x

3 Dec, 2010

 

hope Pip appreciates our research for her ;o)))

3 Dec, 2010

 

Could be your first no.1 Flori!!!!!! Off to check it out on Amazon...............Be interesting to see you do that on the X Factor, OH AND THEN you could be on I'm a celebrity!!! All that Ozzie fame because of your x*** hit :-))
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeee can I have your autograph pleeeeze Flori \0/\0/xx

3 Dec, 2010

 

I went shopping yesterday to get a few things from our local shops and some fresh air. I was dressed very warmly and wore sensible ridged snow boots. I stepped out smartly as befits one of my tender age. I looked with amazement at a silly woman ahead of me who was wearing quite thick 2 1/2" heels! Silly woman I thought as she turned the corner, no wonder she's walking so carefully. Just as I was thinking this...I went flying sideways and hit my head on the pavement. Luckily the snow was quite deep and I didn't really hurt myself. I scrambled quickly to my feet and carried on (more carefully) and feeling rather foolish lol. That'll teach me:-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

oh Ba its treacherous--I really hate blackice-- I was wrapped up hat scarf & gloves and a man in tesco carpark in his shorts--not young either...

3 Dec, 2010

 

Were his legs blue Pam? or perhaps extra hairy? lol:-)

3 Dec, 2010

 

Lol..love it Ba, I'm struggling in wellies let alone heels. I get changed in my car before I go into work :-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

extra hairy!-----ughhhhh

3 Dec, 2010

 

Those hairy types don't feel the cold Pam....yuk :-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

no but an anorac & shorts....

3 Dec, 2010

 

Hairy blue legs in shorts, Pam?.....doesn't quite float my boat either, funny enough.....
X Factor, Santann? More like Y? Factor, and as for being a celeb, well I am so modest, I keep my light well hidden under a bushel....lol.\0/

Oh Ba! Hope the only thing that you bruised was your pride, 'cos that sounded really painful...Ouch!!! I damaged my back quite badly, taking a bad fall in snow many years ago....this stuff is nice to look at, but dreadful to walk in...bet you are still our number 1 Fashion Icon though.....Hope that you are ok my friend....:~)).
At this rate, I think that I will have to don my moon boots after all....I will be very retro....hahaha!
Keep safe my little Florettes!!! \0/x

3 Dec, 2010

 

Keep safe too Flori....I think X factor would love you ;-))

3 Dec, 2010

 

Hello all! I never did know the words to six white boomers, so thanks Pam...
A black hairy thing in anorak and shorts, sound like a funnelweb spider to me!!!!!!!

4 Dec, 2010

 

PS Flori, I have PM'd you, and don't dare complain about being out to the loop, Ba.....

4 Dec, 2010

 

See...you're doing it again Pip, I've just pm'd everyone but you and Flori...so there...ha:-]

4 Dec, 2010

 

:o}

4 Dec, 2010

 

Hello out there! \0/.....What is this? A WHOLE four days without anyone posting a comment? Where are you all? Have you deserted me? Helllllllllllllllllllllooooooooo out there....!!! \0/x

8 Dec, 2010

 

we're snowed in and frozen solid...

8 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Flori!!!! I had my daughters 18th birthday party at home on Saturday and have been X*** shopping on line at work.
Can we say it yet??? You know...the X*** word \0/\0/xx

8 Dec, 2010

 

I think 2012 would be about right Annella.....

8 Dec, 2010

 

Hey Flori, I think that's a case of the pot calling the kettle...where woz you? Annella's got an excuse, Pam's got an excuse (frozen solid) I've got an excuse which I'm just about to make up ...so what's yours?? I suppose you and your friend Pip have been busy pm-ing each other 8~P

8 Dec, 2010

 

Frozen solid? Not me, I've been sweating like a pig!! Aussie Weather Report for the 9th of December: hot,sunny, humid, no breeze!!
Heeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllloooooooooooooooo to you, too, Flori! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So how was this party, Annella? Just as we got - sorry, Hunky Harry got you out of Rich's chimney, you're back on the bottle, at a booze-up cleverly disguised as an 18th birthday party!

8 Dec, 2010

 

I didn't really desert you all, and you know that I am in hibernation in my centrally heated cave, with my Terry Wogans tog duvet...but I have been a bit off-line just recently...and have missed you all LOADS and LOADS! Honest!!!
Yes Pam, it is brass monkey weather and no mistake...Our snow has gone, but the frosts are severe....I don't think that my garden has thawed out yet!!! I know that I haven't!!!
Congrats on your 18th, Santann!! Could have sworn you were more like 21, but if you want to be 18, that is fine with me....Ooops, Nahh...you way too young to have an 18 year old daughter.....lol..Hope party was a huge success \0/ (Why weren't we invited?????)
Ba....my little treasure.....now don't tell me that you were just waiting for me to kick start this again....I had to rest after my oh so witty 'Santa Paws' poem on your photo....I know that I'm gifted, but these witty ditties do take it out of one...I bet that 'Wobblylongdart' (Better known as Shakespear~think about it, think about it!)LOL! didn't get this aggro after he completed yet another masterpiece!!!

(Pip, do you think that Ba is on to us?? She is getting mightily aggrieved at all these PM's we keep sending...lol)

Would nip over to Oz on Ba Travel, but getting a bit of a sticky keyboard just recently, so I could end up ANYWHERE!...
(Now, Ba, you don't really mean that now, do you? I'm suppose to be your friend......) Pip, we could do with some of your warm weather right now.......Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee\0/x

9 Dec, 2010

 

I second that Pip--- its sooooo cooolllldddd...ddd

9 Dec, 2010

 

I spose I could try and BAT some over, but I'm not sure exactly how far the capabilities of BATravel stretch - I'll leave that to the Managing Technical Engineer, Ba. So, Ba, is the BAT system suitable for long distance weather transferral?

9 Dec, 2010

 

BAT is the finest form of transport in the Universe!!!! how can you even ask Pip?.....Unfortunately...erm...what with the weather and...erm.... all that....erm ...and the wrong sort of leaves...and a mass walkout by ....erm...those people who always walk out...ALL FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE:-(((((

9 Dec, 2010

 

It's horribly cold here, more snow again today...I don't like climate change:-((( They're having to close the Suez Canal too. I've taken some pics of our little dog walking wood...beautiful, worth sharing I think and will sort out a blog soon. Anyone know how long this awful weather is predicted to last? It's not even looking pretty today, never mind, I'm making Christmas in the house:-)))

9 Dec, 2010

 

Good morning all! \0/ It is still cold out there and I'm beginning to think that all this Global Warming has obviously passed us by...'cos, warm this is definitely not!!!
B.A.T. is battened down, Ba? Horror! Shock! Gasp! Bet you are just waiting till the prices goes up in January.....I know how canny you Entrepreneurial business folk can be.....
Glad to hear that you are making Christmas in the house, Ba...if I send you some fabric, could you make me one too?????LOL!
\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0\/\0/\0/\0/\0/Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

9 Dec, 2010

 

Funny you should mention that Flori, let me introduce you to B.A.Homes. For a small consideration, we transform your homes for Xmas. One of our crack teams will waft in, cover any wall with paper (any paper) regardless of existing wall covering, and waft out again ( as seen in my last pic). This is ephemeral decorating at its best. When you grow tired of it, call us again, in we come and recover (no stripping involved) your house will eventually be much cheaper to heat with all that insulation. You will not need so much carpet or furniture as the walls close in. All in all the environmentally friendly way forward! Just visit our website: BAH.CHRISTMAS for a free quote:-)))

9 Dec, 2010

 

sorry Ba-- the bad news is for this to last to new year( bbc monthly outlook :~((
the good news is that its a slightly warmer weekend maybe even+1deg sat night
speedy shopping then this weekend then I'm either hibernating or going batty to Pip

9 Dec, 2010

 

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing all the fun. I don't know -I risk my life, get blue feet and hands taking photos for a blog to keep you all amused and your brains ticking over, and do any of you even read it? Nope. :-((

So - I'm off again. I retire hurt! Boo hoo! \0/ \0/

9 Dec, 2010

 

I'm going to look Spritz 'cos I'm your friend:-} even if you come on here shamelessly touting for comments lol.....ahem, I too have just put on a blog:-)

9 Dec, 2010

 

Sob, sob. ;-((

9 Dec, 2010

 

Hi all. I have been missing all the fun too Spritz. I went around the village the other day and took a lot of frost pictures.. everything was white. It has been very cold here. How is your Christmas album coming along Flori? can't wait to hear it...

9 Dec, 2010

 

its just that my fingers have frozen to the shovel.... ok I'm going.....ouch!

9 Dec, 2010

 

My, this is busy this evening! Hello everyone! \0/ Hello Spritz! Hello Richard! I'm just missing Bloomer and Santann now and we are all here....
Ba....You leave me speechless(Just a temporary condition, lasts a nano second!), Yet ANOTHER business venture, does it ever stop? BAH.Christmas! You saw it here first folks!!! Sounds like a bit of a Cover-up to me, a Paste and run job....This new business just might go to the Wall in our Global recession at the moment....
I think that you might just be Lining your own pockets here Ba....but I guess that you are on a Roll, at the moment! Hahaha!

Oh Pam....once we have defrosted your poor little fingers frozzled on the shovel...we will go and take a look, Spritz, don't cry...you'll end up with icicles on your cheeks! Bear with us, we will catch up eventually!!!! Are your hands and feet a particular nice shade of blue by chance? You are a brave soul, going out there snapping pictures, same as you Richard, you intrepid hardy souls....Anything outside my backdoor is off limits at the mo.....

Christmas album should be in the post to those of you that wish to suffer excruciating pain to their eardrums, Ooops! I mean...wanting to hear my delicate vocal warblings of the Festive kind, over this weekend....You have been warned! LOL! \0/\0/\0/\0/Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

9 Dec, 2010

 

I was planning to BAT myself over for Flori's Carols by Candlelight performance - but what with - erm, one thing and another, maybe I won't!!!!

9 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ \0/ \0/ Hello everyone..where am I ? is it summer? I seem to have been in hibernation,..the temperature has just risen above freezing..and have defrosted slowly....OMG,its still winter :o(((. .. I know just how those poor little chickens feel..Well,what a lot has been going on...glad to see you are all staunchly carrying on , I may have to disappear again soon,as the white stuff is said to be coming again...Will BAT be back in service by the 22nd,as I may need it...and the flying carpet to the Airport.....

9 Dec, 2010

 

Bloomer, my old pal !!!!!!

9 Dec, 2010

 

Pippin, Pippin, Pippin...You really don't know what you are missing, not coming to my Carols by Candlelight....Actually, the way the weather is here, I think that I would rather come over to you...it is a lot WARMER! And if BATTY can get sorted, maybe our little lot will come over too...I can see Ba's eyes lighting up even at this distance! lol
Hello Bloomer! (My very young trendy pal!) Good to see you again!! Where have you been? I have missed you buddy! \0/
I too, have been in hibernation...I have a really nice cave, all centrally heated, great internet access too......I don't like this cold weather anymore!!! :~(((((((

10 Dec, 2010

 

Glad your cave is nice and cosy,Flori...so is mine...and it is a balmy 3 degrees this morning...I just don't seem to have got round to you all lately...but nice to see you all keeping it going,as I knew you would..onwards and upwards,my friends:o))

10 Dec, 2010

 

I would be happy to have you all at my church's Carols! I'm actually on the barbecue, so come and get a free snag just to whet your whistle before you start warbling! By the way, as I've never seen you all before, how am I supposed to know who you are, like, do you have any distinct features???

(Erm, I'm not actually on the barbie - I'm serving the barbie!)

10 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ Pippin,my YOUNG pal..Lol.you will recognise me ,as I am your OLD pal..Lol. I also have 2 eyes, a nose and a mouth..the latter will be wide open,drooling ..as opposed to dribbling ..over your barbie...:o)))

10 Dec, 2010

 

we'll be the ones with red noses and blue about the edges-suffering frostbite and chattering about the weather--not saying we're obsessed or anything.....

10 Dec, 2010

 

Ladies ladies...have you forgotten? We always wear our moustaches when meeting as strangers. Pip you will most certainly recognise us as we will all be wearing our tankinis as well. How will you introduce us?:-)

10 Dec, 2010

 

The mind boggles. Pip's friends and neighbours will never speak to her again! :-(

10 Dec, 2010

 

Ba I wish you had said sooner, I've just had mine waxed.....It will take weeks to grow back so may have to miss Xmas in Oz :-]) (Handle bar moustache smiley)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee

10 Dec, 2010

 

A false one will do Annella, preferably handlebar like mine :-})

10 Dec, 2010

 

\0/Ooooooh, am I going to be the 1300th comment? Hello everybodies!!! It is your fabulously fantastis, floriferous Floribunda here....How is every one? Pip, I'd get off that bar-b-que, you must be a little bit crispy by now.....lol I am very distinctive, I have floppy tan and black ears, a black wet nose, and a white active tail....you ask Ba, she has met me!
My moustache being cleaned at the moment, but could get it back to wear over to Oz, if you insist...lol
Glad to hear that your cave nice and cosy too, Bloomer, so good to have you back with us again....I said that you were my young trendy pal, so must be in your good books by now...lol.Spritz!! Helloooooooo! \0/And Santann too \0/Doesn't waxing your moustache just make it stiff, Santann????
Ba, has a great handlebar moustache...it even has a bell, so that we know that she is coming.....Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!\0/

10 Dec, 2010

 

)( )( )( )( with bells on !( we need to Hijack Terra-- she can do music.....

my words have gone big..is it me...or too many mince pies

10 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Pam~Wheeeeeeeeeee! \0/ I have just put the 'Flori's' Festive CD's in Post for those that requested one...they are on their way~don't say that I didn't warn you...Hahahahahahaha!

Pam, thank you for the you know what, that is going on the, you know where....love the colour, and perfect fit! (Hahahah~that will get them all wondering!!! Tee hee hee!!! What ever could Flori be talking about?????) It will match my Tankini Winter wear wonderfully well......\0/x

10 Dec, 2010

 

Ba...I am concerned that my moustache is darker than yours...my mum is Irish, could that be the problem???
Flori I can't wait to receive the long awaited 'Flori festive' CD, but why are Ba and me not included in your pm list AND NOW THE WHATS GOING ON AND WHERE????? I feel very hurt and left out....Sulk,sulk and more sulks.....not so wheeeeeeee...............Sanatanella :-[(((

10 Dec, 2010

 

prototype A orB? both attractive in their own way for different occasions for the you-know-what-to wear wear
I've powered up the windup cd player in readiness....

10 Dec, 2010

 

I'm going to pm Annella...lots of times about ....ha... wouldn't you like to know ppppppp (blowing of raspberry) :-P

10 Dec, 2010

 

Awwwwwwwwwwww, Santann, You know that I think the world of you and Ba...but if you don't PM me, how can I PM you back????Pip and Pam are the only ones who pm me....sob sob....!
And as to the moustache...I would think that you would look very striking with a dark 'tashe and blond hair....very distinguished.....Very 'you'.....

Love both the prototypes, A & B, Pam....and I don't resemble a 'Swan Vesta' in either.....heeheehee!\0/ If I pull them both down, no-one will recognise me, but would have to do a heist in Braille....May have to resort to Pretty Polly! Trouble is, the feathers make me sneeze....and the wingspan is always a problem.....Back to the drawing board, I think......

10 Dec, 2010

 

pleased A & B are a success-- maybe less feathers next time xxx
I still think that I prefer B but-- what floats your boat ;O))

10 Dec, 2010

 

So what are we saying here Flori? Sorry or pm u more often?.....still sulking :-{ and I have gone for Ba's moustache, but the sad version~~~~~~~~~~~~~

10 Dec, 2010

 

nite nite--my feet ache....

10 Dec, 2010

 

Well, if I don't have any friends left after Sunday, I'll know who to accost :o((
Can't wait to see you all in mo's and tankinis! Which colour tankini are you going to be wearing, and are you going to be accesorising with the waist-high boots?

10 Dec, 2010

 

morning/afternoon Pip---greens the colour- we've thawd out--no nore 'slip sliding away' and back to fashion boots so be prepared \o/ \o/\o/

11 Dec, 2010

 

Ohhhhhh dear.....

11 Dec, 2010

 

Don't be sill Pip, as if a woman with my style credentials would wear waist high boots in Oz....I'll be sporting my waist high sandals and be I'll be totally in red...it is Christmas after all:-)

11 Dec, 2010

 

Hello! Now, now, Santann, you know that you can't stay mad at me for long...honest...no, you can't...really....Oh well, if you really insist... :~((((((
Hello Pip, Hello Pam......Hello Ba....Love the fashion style...you were made to be noticed, Lady!!

11 Dec, 2010

 

red will match your nose if you insist on wearing only summer sandals....

11 Dec, 2010

 

Oh Pam...surely she isn't flashing again? Ba, is one of our greatest exports, Pip, don't think she'll be allowed back in Britain...You might be stuck with her.......Oops...sorry....! lol \0/

11 Dec, 2010

 

Pam, whatever do you mean...I never go anywhere without my tankini! I assume it's warm in Oz at the moment so possibly my red sun toque a la Spritz to go with it ....ooooh and a red sun shade. Yes Flori I was certainly meant to be noticed:-)

11 Dec, 2010

 

Ba, we would ignore you at our peril, my friend! You would remind me of our long lost Tom Duck, with all that fruity red fashion wear on....(Sigh..) Oh how he is much missed.......'R', you still have a lot to answer for my girl! lol

11 Dec, 2010

 

tom duck.... gone but not forgotten.. ...long summer days sitting on the patio drinking Pimms...
( wait a minute..pouring rain watering down the pimms and smoking the barbie... sausages black on one side & soggy on the other ....roll on summer..?)

11 Dec, 2010

 

It'll be better next year Pam, isn't it funny how we were all exhorted to plant for hot dry weather...and when we do ....cold rainy summer...someones having a laugh:-) R. is still feeling bad about Tom Duck Flori, but I've forgiven her now:-)

11 Dec, 2010

 

it was a fitting end :o))
and yes the mediterranean gardens have taken a bit of a nozedive, at the bottom of my road is a nurserywho buys in huge olibe trees and babboos worth at least £50-60, and many more large unusual trees the other day there was a skip there with dead plants stocking out, I've not bought anything from there partly because too expensive butmainly as the'd die here ( too wet & windy on our hill) I can only think he was sucked in to the dry /mild forecast

12 Dec, 2010

 

Well Carols are over for another year, and I was dissapointed that none of you showed! Start making up your excuses now ;o)
Still, we did run out of sausages, so maybe you would have been disappointed if you did come!
Habe you beeb habing a goob day, Bam, with your olibe trees and babboos?

12 Dec, 2010

 

going out to sing carols soon ( sorry couldn't come to yours but a previous engagement )--yours would be warmer-- is it odd singing about the'bleak midwinter '& water like a stone.....

ab ib not dot a told yeb Bib... but....

12 Dec, 2010

 

Oooooh can I play? yabba dabba doo...wheeeeee:-) Bip you are bery naughty :-)

12 Dec, 2010

 

I knob...

12 Dec, 2010

 

bob:-))

12 Dec, 2010

 

blobblob-- weeed?

13 Dec, 2010

 

????

13 Dec, 2010

 

Bobbolot you lot!! \0/
Oh Pam, I think that Poor Pippin has yet to hear about the 'Flower Pot Men and WeeeeeeeeD'! Maybe it never got as far as Aussie land....(Pip, you have been spared!) It was a children's tv programme Pip......though I think that many children were psychologically scarred by this programme, personally...as you can see by Ba...poor thing, and Pam, has obviously been touched by it too, in some small way....As for me, well I'm perfectly normallllllllll....Wheeeeeeeeeeeee! I feel for poor Stickitoffee, she is battling her way through this blog....yes, Sticki, we are all under medication on here as you can probably tell by now......some, more than others....no names mentioned....Ba....
Pip, I woz there for the Carol Service, but where woz you?? Even Rolfie and Kylie couldn't track you down....I think that you are trying to avoid me....I wonder why...? I missed out on the sangers too......! :~(((((((( Tee hee hee! \0/x

13 Dec, 2010

 

EEEEEEK Sticki is wading through this blog???? She's obviously as mad as us!!!! Pab, don't forget, don't mention weeeeed to Annella...she's still a little sensitive:-)

13 Dec, 2010

 

I don't think that poor Sticki knows what she is in for, Ba, though I have tried to warn her that potentially, she could be in danger of losing a few marbles....She has said that it could take some time....But then, we are a very Elite club of strangely distorted Goyers....do you remember when our Pip first joined, and she is a total lost cause now....Oh Sticki, bewarned......!!!!
I have seen Santann's garden, I don't think Weed would dare raise her head there.....but as to Bill and Ben....well.......I have heard that they have gone a little potty.......

13 Dec, 2010

 

Which brings us to Terratoonie of course:-) I'm off to see grandaughter Aislinn's nativity play, she's four and a little put out at not getting the top part!...she's a musician...in the nativity play...????? She wanted to be Mary or as she said, a fairy, think she means angel:-))

13 Dec, 2010

 

Oh how wonderful, Ba. Bet that she will be a little star in her own right!! These nativity plays are very open to interpretation nowadays you know....Ah, but remember the song, 'Little Drummer Boy' (Featured on my latest Festive Album, you know!), His music was the gift he gave when he had little else....X

13 Dec, 2010

 

Bib started it-- I thought that she knew what she was doing-- I should have known better!!-- her education is sadly lacking....
hi sticki--stick withit my dear...this altenate world is not for the faint hearted... blobblob
a very young friend of mine wouldn't come out of the wendy house at last years nativity-- all you heard was 'no'-- 'dont want to'--brought the house down!!

13 Dec, 2010

 

Stick with it, Sticki, or Pip, whichever appeals to you most!
I seem to remember Bill and Ben, the Flowerpot Men, but I never watched it (so you can all let out your breath now!!)

13 Dec, 2010

 

" Little Drummer Boy" Flori?...lovely...I will await the postman with 'beating 'heart....isn't that just sooo bad ?

13 Dec, 2010

 

redeemed Pip! not watching it? was it Skippy instead...

little drummer boy is one of my favorites, do you remember 'childrens favorites' and family favorites' all those songs seem to have disappeared like 'puff the magic dragon' and 'rockin rollin ridin'

14 Dec, 2010

 

Yes Bloomer it is...but strangely good:-) I'm afraid I remember none of those Pam, you forget, I'm one of Bloomers tyts:-)
Guess who's been dancing around the kitchen this morning??? Guess who feels impelled to make mince pies??? Guess who's had her Christmas Album??? Thanks my dear Flori, will pm you and not let others know what I'm saying...ha:-}}}}

14 Dec, 2010

 

minesnotcome minesnotcome minesnotcome.....

14 Dec, 2010

 

Mine was delivered by BAT Pam, perhaps yours is coming via Magic Carpet Co? I've just made some pies usibg Stork, not keen on the pastry though. Not keen on the mincemeat either and it was very expensive, hand made on a farm etc and sooooosweet yuck...I added whisky, but still not good:-( Must make more, anyone got nice pastry recipe (hang the high cholesterol) and where to buy good not too sweet mincemeat? :-)

14 Dec, 2010

 

8oz plain flour
5oz soft marg
2oz sugar
1 egg
using an electric whisk swiftly mix everything together-except the egg
you want breadcrumbs don't overmix, keep as cool as possible and don't overwork
add the egg and a swift mix then flour your hands and lightly pull it all together on a floured surface
flour your pin and roll out-- if it begins to stick or break just pull it all together & begin again--
I usually cut the mixture int two pieces its easier to handle
cut the bottoms from a plain cutter bigger than the patty tin and the tops from a crinkle cutter to fit inside, damp top before applying
I flour a smaller cutter and use the blunt side to mark the top to seal it and make a small cut in the top to let the air out
cook at 180 for 15-20 mins-- not too long or the sugar burns
This is my sweet paste recipe and I hope you like it

14 Dec, 2010

 

as to mincemeat I use Robertsons classic

14 Dec, 2010

 

Ba,I always use stork for pastry,but the block type...2oz stork,2oz cookeen to 8oz SR flour....it always turns out nice..I only use a supermarkets own 'basic' flour too...no difference in the end product at all...!I might try your pastry recipe Pam,when I make something with a sweet filling..sounds nice.. I'm not making mince pies this year,first time since I got married,as going away,but I used the same supermarkets luxury brand.,as I went off the one you mentioned,it seemed to change,and was too sugary,and cloying,I found...

14 Dec, 2010

 

makes nice pies-- I always use it for fruit and mince pies, sort of soft but crisp if you know what I mean
you can bake it blind and fill with pastry cream & fresh fruit --this is making me hungry jus as I'm cooking dinner....

14 Dec, 2010

 

I'll try both, thanks. I see you use extra marg Pam, and you Bloomer mix the fats and use an egg, think this was what my mum did with half lard. My older son is a veggie, so no lard lol. I used to make lovely pastry years ago, but when you don't do if for ages, you forget what you did ....or is that just me lol? I may not do it for a few days as I've come down with man flu...feel rotten, head hurting and coughing... oh and weak and achey...poor me:-( May go to bed soon 'til I feel better, well men can:-))

14 Dec, 2010

 

Tsk tsk, Pam, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE: I am most certainly not old enough to have watched Skippy! That's only for old people... Waaaaah.... Okay, I'm going to have a sulk now! :o(((((

15 Dec, 2010

 

That came on quick Ba.you were dancing round the kitchen this morning ! Sorry you are feeling rotten,Ba..Its an awful feeling...It is Pam who uses the egg...I havent done that recipe,but will give it a go...Anyway,pastry will be the least of your concerns at the moment,..just buy some mince pies...hope you feel better soon...and yes,go to bed...best place when you are feeling poorly..XX

15 Dec, 2010

 

sorry Pip but the flowerpot men-- and Andy Pandy-- were in the 1950's before I went to school so don't cry I know you're a BYT-- or even a TYT :o))

keep warm Ba and I hope you feel better soon xxx

15 Dec, 2010

 

What the bleep is a BYT? this sounds dangerous...

15 Dec, 2010

 

bright young thing Pip \0/\0/\0/

AND itscome itscome will pm you Flori !!

15 Dec, 2010

 

ITSCOME ITSCOME ITSCOME ITSCOME HERE TOO.....

15 Dec, 2010

 

Flori goes International hurray )()()()(

winterwonderlands forecast to come back this weekend-- straight down from the north pole

16 Dec, 2010

 

Something else is coming down from the North Pole in 9 DAYS!! Anyone else still panicky?

16 Dec, 2010

 

well I've done the present shopping ( still waiting for on-line orders to arrive) just the food shopping but weather this weekend is more of the white stuff now that does make me panicky as we've visits to make

Merry Christmas All * \0/*\0/*\0/*

And Merry Christmas Pip */0\*/0\*/0\*

16 Dec, 2010

 

ITS COME,ITS COME,ITS COME here too..:o))). I will PM you,Flori,..the snow is falling,..again.but I am snug and cosy inside...all pressies wrapped,no food to buy..just hope the flight won't be cancelled,or it will be a mad dash round the shops...!

16 Dec, 2010

 

when are you flying Bloomer--and i've missed where you are going -- somewhere warmer & drier I hope :o))

16 Dec, 2010

 

Hello all!!!! Mine's come too!!
I've been busy painting my kitchen after work since last weekend and yesterday I woke up to a flood because the washing machine had leaked so not had much chance to come on here :-((
When do you go Bloomer? I'm very jealous, wish I was going somewhere warm :-)))
Have PMd you Flori \0/\0/
Merry Christmas....Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

16 Dec, 2010

 

\o/ Pam, \o/ Annella..Off to Spain next Wednesday,22nd-27th...Staying with our daughters partner's parents,who live there.,along with Alison,Anthony and Grandson Thomas,of course..A real family Christmas for us all...can't wait.:o))
Sorry about your washer,Annella,hope it is mended now..we found a small leak from our combi boiler yesterday,so our good trusty Plumber is coming later today,as we daren't risk coming home to a flooded kitchen...oh dear,more unexpected expense..:o((

16 Dec, 2010

 

oh have a wonderful time Bloomer, just think warm.. sea air.. family there.. and santa too ( unless he's been stuck in a snowdrift over Britain :O)))

16 Dec, 2010

 

Have a lovely time Bloomer, don't even give me a second thought, here, suffering from swine flu I think:-(( I hope I'll be well enough to welcome you back...well I am feeling better than I was tuther day, but make no mistake...I'm very ill. One minute dancing round the kitchen to Flori's cd next I'm at deaths door:-))

16 Dec, 2010

 

Thanks Pam...its not as warm over there either at the moment..won't be taking the suncream....:o(( but spending it with family will be the best thing,anyway...Bikini out of the question( for the past umpteen years ,at least )but as my Tankini never arrived..I will have to re plan my outfits....

16 Dec, 2010

 

Aw you poor soul,still feeling poorly? I'm glad you said not to give you a second thought..thats ok then,I won't......I know you wouldn't want to send me on a guilt trip...as you aren't a bit like that,are you?..its your own fault...dancing around in the kitchen,to Flori's CD,wafting your apron in time to the music..you have obviously been in a draught...
was it track 6..The Christmas Waltz?....well,there you are then !!!.....I was very sensible,and just listened..:o)))
I hope you get better soon..and no more dancing till it gets warmer...Lol.x

16 Dec, 2010

 

I particularly like track 2, "Jazzy Aussie Jingle Bells", Flori has evidently included that one just for me!!!
I love your Xmas greeting, Pam, as it seems to depict me with my arms over my head sheltering from hailstones.... which... wait for it... was exactly what happened yesterday arvo!! We had storms/hail/pouring rain, which is just another indication that summer is here!

16 Dec, 2010

 

aww Pip there-- and I imagined you in glorious sunshine cooking on the barbie surrounded by beautiful flowers.....

we appear at the moment to be frozen solid-- but its still too dark to see :o((

17 Dec, 2010

 

Bloomer, i don't like to think of you as callous, but moaning about your missing tankini when I am so ill I can barely speak or function properly...well I suppose you thought I should stagger to the post office...or would you rather I crawled there on my hands and knees coughing and sneezing so you could have your tankini to go gallivanting in Spain...I'm exhausted now:-( and it's snowing and freezing again:-( Good job there's internet shopping:-)

17 Dec, 2010

 

are you not any better Ba, the local paper is calling it the worst flu epidemic for a decade!!!( what happened last year then?)keep warm & give them an iou for the sales, Don't worry about Bloomer its the thought of sun thats set her off :o)))

17 Dec, 2010

 

Lol Pam, I never got flu last year, I'm obviously due a dose:-) I've actually eaten today, it takes your appetite too this one so maybe on the mend:-)

17 Dec, 2010

 

You sound as though you are hopefully on the mend Ba,but if you insist on crawling to the post office ,would you mind putting the Tankini on hold,and getting me a snugglesack instead,and a foot muff? Hope this won't be too inconvenient for you...Maybe we won't get away,if it gets really bad,its a bit scary now..we are all a bit concerned...seriously though,I do hope you are feeling better..

17 Dec, 2010

 

Lol,Pam,you are right,its the thought that counts...:o))
and it looks like thats all it may be...a thought !!!.
I do hope not..

17 Dec, 2010

 

Hello!!!
i cheated and got to the end so i could see the current gossip ~ oh sorry i mean serious gardening comment.
i use white flora for my pastry ~ its great! pastry just melts in your mouth!
losing my marbles ~ what can you mean? how many did you have to start off with??
i dont think i can even think about a tankini ~ having spent 3 hours with my coat on and scarf ~ and the heating was on!! im keeping it on all night now!
been out to see the new narnia film ~ fell asleep but dont tell OH!!!
i promise i will go back and read all the blog but work wont give me a week off to do it! could stay up all night i suppose??
nice to meet you all ~ its quite a cosy little corner here in this blog!

17 Dec, 2010

 

Tee hee, hello Pip #2! Lovely to see you joining in the madness, I admit that I did have some marbles before I joined this blog, but they are sadly departed - think I can get them back??

18 Dec, 2010

 

I've got all my marbles thankyou Pip dear-- I got them in a christmas cracker last year and i'm keeping them thankyouverymuch

Hello Sticki-- I think you'll like it here....

Ba so pleased you are feeling a little better but stay in the warm and the fleecelined tankini will help keep it off your chest

Bloomer I do hope you get away where do you fly from It seems worse further south--good luck!

Its just so cold I'm wrapped in one of those fleece that you wrap around but I'll have a snuggle muff too if you have time and the post gets thro the snow--you could Bat it as its the only thing working at the moment
you must admit all those folk dreaming of a white christmas are getting it with sleighbells on
****merry christmas****

18 Dec, 2010

 

<jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle jingle>
Hello Pam :o)))

18 Dec, 2010

 

* * * * * hello Pip happy christmas* * * * *

18 Dec, 2010

 

nothing getting thru here ~ snowed all day ~ now over 6" deep ~ perhaps a st bernard with alcohol would be good???

18 Dec, 2010

 

its clear here Sticki but very cold--no st bernard just alcohol.!..how about rum in your hot chocolate.... keep warm xxx

18 Dec, 2010

 

When you say 'nothing getting thru here'..OMG..you have succumbed to this madness already.!!!...you are now one of 'The Somerset superstars,'..welcome to the house of fun:o)))) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

18 Dec, 2010

 

you didnt know how mad i was before i came on here bloomer!
but thank you for the welcome!!
rum, brandy, whisky ~ anything thanks pam!

18 Dec, 2010

 

I'll just have the St. Bernard, thanks :o)))) I'm a teetotaller...

19 Dec, 2010

 

thats cos you don't have -19 deg minus 19!! where Sticki lives ( so the bbc say) we're -7 positivly Barmy!!
St Bernards are gorgeous-- epecially as puppies -- the've got such big feet :0)))

19 Dec, 2010

 

I have a strange feeling we might get to know the'other side' of you Sticki,if you hang around long enough...Lol.
Can you nake it 2 St Bernards please ? as I am teetotal too.....
-7 ? balmy indeed...-5 here. brrr.I have heard about you and the big feet fetish.Pam...:o))))

19 Dec, 2010

 

hmmm theres something about big hairy feet......

and floppy ears ;O)))

19 Dec, 2010

 

I couldn't go tea-total...I don't like tea...

19 Dec, 2010

 

I do! :-))

19 Dec, 2010

 

big hairy feet sounds like hobbits in lord of the rings ~ are you into that too???
minus 10 here tomorrow its saying ~ i only hope OH goes to work ~ ive had enough of him being here!!! especially as he doesnt like me being on GoY!!!!
my computer is struggling with this blog ~ i think it nearly crashes everytime i ask it to open up!!! perhaps it knows something???

19 Dec, 2010

 

Mine's been doing that for the last 500 comments, Sticki, so I wouldn't worry if I were you :o)
We've had a cold snap here!! Can't believe it, one week away from Xmas and it's only 17 degrees (but less than that with the wind chill - brrrrrrrrrr!). After some hard Xmas partying all yesterday I was not happy to wake up this morning and find that it was extremely cold outside my warm bed... would still be in bed if I had my way... but... get this... Mum wanted to wash the sheets! So I was driven to the computer... hurry up and BAT those St Bernards over, will you?

19 Dec, 2010

 

they havent got here either pip!
im not happy! will have to complain to st bernard himself!
wash your sheets!!?? get a fleece and stay in bed next time!!
how do you BAT???

19 Dec, 2010

 

By pressing the 'Home' and 'End' keys on your keyboard - don't ask me how it works, but you can send anything to anyone, including weather! Unfortunately, when I tried to BAT some over to you freezing Poms, Ba (the inventor, managing director, and chief mechanical technician) informed me that the system was temporarily 'down' - so no luck. :o(

20 Dec, 2010

 

need to be careful then Pip if the reverse charm worked you might get our weather by mistake and the -8 freezing fog I have at the moment could wizzzz over to you ---we're not used to this let alone you... keep warm my friend

Hi Sticki you need patience with this blog ( I often make a coffee, wash up do my nails and then its there ( not quite but you get the drift....)don't give up its lovely to have you here....

20 Dec, 2010

 

Whenever I comment on the blog now, and press 'Add Comment', the internet stops functioning and I have to close it down and start again!!!!!

Please do be careful if you are experimenting with BAT - I do not want your weather!

20 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ Hello, I'm back in the land of the living having defeated the dreaded swine flu (not quite as bad as real flu) I think the worst thing about it is it takes away your appetite and it's not back yet:-((( Hope it's back in time for Christmas. How come Sticki has not heard of B.A.Travel?? Methinks she gave up VERY early on in her blog reading and has therefore not passed her Blog Proficiency Test. You'd better get cracking Sticki as I'm going to be testing you. You also showed great ignorance re the B.A.tankini. Everyone knows the B.A. tankini has long legs and long sleeves and is suitable for any occasion, after all Sticki, ahem...we are no longer teenagers:-)) Where is our dear leader?? Has she too succumbed ?

20 Dec, 2010

 

thanks pam ~ i can understand about the drift ~ i think i am in one ~ 7" deep?
its taken me a day and a half to get on this blog!!! even with the state my nails are in and a whole jar of coffee it wouldnt come on!!!!
oh well i shall take the chance while i am here!!
you are a very welcoming bunch! \*/ ~ that looks like a bunch??
im worried about this BAT now ~ i have a 12" icicle outside my window ~ if i bat that ~ who knows what will happen?? when do you press it? at the end of making a comment?? sorry to be so slow ~ blame it on the snow ~ or the drift????
will be back when i can
bit like the arctic ~ "i may be gone for some time!" ???

20 Dec, 2010

 

Sticki, during this blog (which you'd know if you read it!) I told the Florettes how you could get to the bottom of the page by pressing 'end' on keyboard, and back to top by pressing 'home' We were in the middle of an intellectual discussion about the pros and cons of magic carpet travel versus my more up to date invention, laminate travel. It suddenly occurred to me that this could be the new technological breakthrough in cyber travel, using 'home' and 'end' on the keyboard and that was how B.A.Travel came into being. If you need to know more, you must read all.......herein lies the path to true knowledge and fulfillment:-)) Hello Spritz\0/ I like tea too:-))

20 Dec, 2010

 

there Sticki ...Ba is the fount of all knowledge--- as to our revered leader she's probably deep in the 'crisp and even' with no GKW to bring the vittles....

but do be careful we don't want poor poppin to get frostbite too \*/ \*/

20 Dec, 2010

 

All for one and one for all Pam, if we get frost bitten ...she gets frost bitten...yay! for the florettes \0/ \0/ \0/ wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee phew..that's tired me out, still recovering:-))

20 Dec, 2010

 

What have you done, Sticki? I looked up a minute ago and saw a foot-long icicle sticking to the garage roof. Well, at least it'll melt soon!

20 Dec, 2010

 

Poor Pip! We know how you feel!

There was more snow in our area today - Ba - please take note and suspend your flights, as has happened at all the airports!

I repeat - DO NOT FLY in this. :-((

20 Dec, 2010

 

fridge space is getting tight after yesterdays shopping trip thro the freezing fog my fride is at +2 and the garden -9 wheres the best place for the turkey I ask .....
and therePip -- a taste of britain in the iceages...

21 Dec, 2010

 

Spritz, worry not..all suspended...wrong sort of snow:-) Pam, I have a delivery coming tomorrow morning including the turkey. Hope everything comes, if not we won't all starve, just won't have a proper Christmas dinner, but my cake is made:-) I even have dried milk in case :-)

21 Dec, 2010

 

1400 Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

21 Dec, 2010

 

Annella, your accounting skills are amazing, perhaps I have offered you the wrong job? :-)

21 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Sticki have you started reading the blog yet? Has Bloomer managed to fly away to a warmer climate and where is Flori????

21 Dec, 2010

 

havn't seen Flori for a few days-- do you think her screens frozen???

21 Dec, 2010

 

Very possible Pam, I've pm'd her:-)

21 Dec, 2010

 

Can we BAT her some de-icer?
Ba I came on here to look for Flori & found 1400 free so I had to go for it, just lucky really....my accounting skills are ok, boring but ok. I've posted a blog with a new hat idea based on my experience up the chimney at Richards ;O))

21 Dec, 2010

 

I've seen THE hat,Annella..:o))its great..and I am still here !! Fly tomorrow.....:o)))))))))))))))

21 Dec, 2010

 

Have a lovely, lovely time Bloomer....Brilliant avatar xxxx

21 Dec, 2010

 

Fingers crossed for you Bloomer, and might I add that you're looking very dapper in that santa hat:-) I'm going to look for yours now Annella:-)

21 Dec, 2010

 

Thanks Annella.I thought if you were into the festive mode,with your hat,Thomas would like you to see his..XXX

21 Dec, 2010

 

It is very 'me' isn't it? pity its not mine..but that can be arranged...Lol...hope you are feeling much better,and looking forward to Christmas with your family..XXX
See you all next week sometime...byeeeeeeeeeee!

21 Dec, 2010

 

Pleased to hear that you can't BAT over any more snow-related articles!

21 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ \0\ \o/ Bloomer! Happy Christmas. :-) xxx

21 Dec, 2010

 

Hope you're on your way and not reading this Bloomer but its a bit white here---I think oir Flori's batted down to Pip and not told us!!

22 Dec, 2010

 

Thanks Spritz,same to you and yours too.xxx \o/

I'm still here Pam ! going in about 2 hours..1pm.I have seen you have the snow now,hope it goes quickly for all of you..\o/
\o/Pip...\o/ Ba..\o/ Flori.\o/ Annella \o/ Sticky....there I think thats everyone...
MERRY CHRISTMAS Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

22 Dec, 2010

 

Bon voyage Bloomer, hope all goes well:-)

22 Dec, 2010

 

Hope you've gone Bloomer and can't reply! I tried to get to work this morning but had to turn round and come home after two hours in the car (20 min drive most days) Never mind I went into Sainsburys and did my Xmas booze run so LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW :O)))))))) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee not back to work till the 4th of January...I am a very happy chicken xx

22 Dec, 2010

 

Ba did you find my hat? It's risen to fame on TT's Goy wellies page now!!!

22 Dec, 2010

 

Merry Christmas Bloomer, although a bit late now!

Hat? What's this?

22 Dec, 2010

 

Obviously every one is out and celebrating while I finish painting my kitchen, just you and me then Pip....and you're sunbathing.....call me Mrs Fed Up.....Oh Whatever...

22 Dec, 2010

 

many congrats Santanella -- Goy wellies page \o/\o/\o/
merry christmas
the hat is santa headfirst down the chimney--great fun!
if we still have all these snowy rooves he'll have to be very careful tomorrow night!

23 Dec, 2010

 

Annella, you're like those 'celebrities' who go on shows just to advertise their new book/dvd or whatever. YES I saw your hat!!! I was just about to comment (which I will do now) when I received a call to duty. Very frustrating...okay I'm going now. By the way, I thought you'd have finished the kitchen by now....you should have called in B.A.Decorating, we'd have had it done in no time:-)

23 Dec, 2010

 

Hello \0/ I have returned! I am back!! Did you miss me???? Hello Sticki, Pippin, Pam, Ba, Santann, Spritz, and BLOOMER! (I'm yelling 'coz she should be in Spain by now!!), Richard, wherever you are, and anyone else that I have missed...Yay! I have missed you lot so much!!\0/

I have been isolated in my little cave, snowdrifts up to the back of beyond, I have been digging my valiant way out...(where was my Saint Bernard when I needed one????) I would blame it all on the weather, but as I crawled out of my hibernation cave, through the blocks of ice...I found a signature in the snow that read....'I woz 'ere' Santann-ella.'...so maybe she was plotting some kind of take over whilst I was resting on my laurels.....Hmmmmmm.....LOL!
Sticki, are you still with us??? Thank you for all my PM's, I promise that I will get back to you all....

Glad to hear that all those that requested .Flori's Festive Frolics CD, all received in time for Chrimbo....though I should have added a disclaimer that listening to my dulcet tones will not give you flu!!! Hope you are so much better now, Ba \0/x

I just want to say a really Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all our wonderful barking 'Somerset' lot, and want to thank you all for the amazing effort you have put in to keep this blog going and going and going....Who would have ever thought that we would now be over1400 plus??
I know that some of you are now having trouble loading this, even my PC now quakes each time I ask it to load...can we bring it to a close at 1500? Start 2011, with a fresh new blog ....What do you all think??? Suggestions, (Clean one's please!) are welcome!!! Merry Chrimbo Everybody! Loads of love from Flori-lauri \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/XXX

23 Dec, 2010

 

Okay, Okay, clean plate at 1500... but you're in charge of starting the new blog!!!!

24 Dec, 2010

 

I second that Pip\0/ hello flori:-)

24 Dec, 2010

 

I third it-- my spellik hascon do pot as j scant see ttu tiip

love to all Pam \o/\o/\o/

24 Dec, 2010

 

My method is to write the comment in Word or Notepad or whatever and paste it to the blog!!!

24 Dec, 2010

 

Hello girls!!!!! So glad you're back Flori, I danced around my house this morning cleaning to your CD with Ella (my mini me!) Glad you liked the hat Ba, I think it summed up being trapped in Rich's chimney.....where is Richard? I so hope he is not with the spade and brush......can't remember what happened to them :-((((
We do need a new blog Flori, can't you just call it Sommerset part 2, this one crashes all the time. We can make a note of the score and go from there. Have a lovely day tomoz if I don't get back on here, Pip don't get sunburned xxxxxxxxWheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee :o)))))))

24 Dec, 2010

 

Arrrrrrrrrgh talk about 'Christmas in Australia on a scorching summers day', the day is well.... scorching! Sun's blazing down outside, had to give all the plants CPR, and worst of all I'm absolutely starving and lunch is still a looong way off!

25 Dec, 2010

 

merry crimble Pip-- which is worse I wonder scorching hot or freezing cold ( -7.7)-- at least I can get the log fires going and cooking the turkey always keeps me warm! have a mince pie and sing 'in the deep midwinter
frosty winds may moan-- earth stood hard as iron-- water like a stone'-Brrrrrrr thats so true this year , hope its cooled you down and you have a lovely day

25 Dec, 2010

 

\0/ Merry Christmas all, I've got the turkey in everything's in hand....until last minute panic..off to get more done, see you tomorrow:-)

25 Dec, 2010

 

\O/\O/\O/ All cooked, all eaten, and cleaned up the kitchen. Off to bed feeling two stone heavier.....why do we do it??? :O)))))

25 Dec, 2010

 

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhh Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ouch.... I feel like I'm saturated with sugar... ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I've eaten too much food arghhh

26 Dec, 2010

 

I prescribe a long walk Pip-- I'm sure Frances would agree!!
We're off to family to help eat up their leftovers and it bubble & squeak here tomorrow!
enjoy your day xxx

26 Dec, 2010

 

Groan.....(left over from yesterday) I ate 3 helpings of trifle after dinner:-( My husbands daughter and grandaughter coming today and my son, nearly daughter-in-law Mitch coming with Robyn...will I never get rid of them? two days on the run. Possibly going to Rebeccas later if OH up to it...so we'll all meet up again! Must go and clean up house a bit. Hope you all had a fantastic time yesterday. It's funny, all that work....and now it's over lol:-)

26 Dec, 2010

 

Had Brie on Crackers and broken glass pudding for brekky this morning... arrrgh
What do you mean, the work's all over? I have to... gulp... CLEAN UP....

26 Dec, 2010

 

Serve you right young Pipkin, bet your mum has been waiting on you hand and foot....what the heck is brokenglass pudding? :-)

26 Dec, 2010

 

It's really yummy - it's a Granny traditional recipe, which we always have when the rels pop round on Boxing Day! It's made with three colours of jelly, cubed, hence 'broken glass'.

27 Dec, 2010

 

the children I was with yesterday absolutly adore jelly so can we have the recipe please Pip--- the'd love the name!--
happy new year all and take it steady now-- time out to recover xxx

27 Dec, 2010

 

I love jelly too:-)....but not for breakfast:-(

27 Dec, 2010

 

hmm I suppose porage & jelly's not quite right .....

27 Dec, 2010

 

Must be some strange antipodean custom Pam;-)

27 Dec, 2010

 

prefer th porage myself!-- do you have mince pies Pip--- and christmas cake....
thawing here now so maybe Pips lovely warm weather has thawed our ' big freeze'-- and I hope it stays away now Mr Snowman ( but it did look lovely christmas day with the sun glinting on the snow--I can't remember a christmas like it)

27 Dec, 2010

 

Not a jelly fan myself at any time of the day...although I have heard about vodka jelly :o))
No sign of Flori then girls..has anybody heard from her??

27 Dec, 2010

 

Antipodean custom? More like Antipodean desperation... although I looooooove jelly, I could eat it anytime! Especially passionfruit flavoured jelly....
Last night for dinner I had ham, turkey, coleslaw and cheese cubes omelette... if that isn't Antipodean desperation, nothing is! Pretty disgusting actually...
I'll gladly PM you with the recipe, Ba :o) It's dead easy, you'll be pleased to know.... as long as you don't tell anyone that it's a secret recipe, and rechristen it 'BA's Broken Glass Pudding', no-one will be any the wiser!

27 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Pip!!!! I'm sure Ba would never steep that low..but you never know...patent the jelly first luv xx

27 Dec, 2010

 

I am here, but I'm really poorly! Got flu on Christmas day, and and been suffering ever since.....Am a pathetic heap at the moment....Sorry that I have been a bit quiet......000 (haven't got the energy to do arm waving....cough cough splutter.....)x

28 Dec, 2010

 

Flu on Christmas Day, how awful :o(((((( Get well soon Bev! Enjoy your new Year...
Forgot to mention it's not my secret recipe - it's Granny's, which she handed down to me in traditional fashion.

28 Dec, 2010

 

oohhh flu on christmas day how awful :~((((---hope you feel better soon xxx
could I have a recipe too Pip Pleeez and altho the snow is slowly going its damp and misty and chiiiiily ( maybe anella's vodka jelly the answer ( or my christmas day trifle-- bit of a heavy hand with the sherry..... )

28 Dec, 2010

 

Oh no ...I hope I didn't send you swine flu in a card Flori?????? Have you felt horribly nauseous too, no appetite??? I still cough like a 60 fags a day man although I'm well now. Hope you feel better soon. Pipkin, recipe received with thanks:-))

28 Dec, 2010

 

hey!! at last i got on here!!! sorry you are not well bev, hope you are on the mend soon ~ flu going round here too!! i made sloe gin ~ would you like some? BA you can have some too!
can i have the recipe too please pip? sounds like a cure-all to me!!

28 Dec, 2010

 

Hi all, if you want to see something funny/odd have a look at Terry11 next to last pic:-)

28 Dec, 2010

 

will try to find it BA
not sure if this will work but try cutting and pasting it ~ someone sent it to me ~ its very sweet!
http://ak.imgag.com/imgag/product/preview/flash/pdShell.swf?ihost=http://ak.imgag.com/imgag&brandldrPath=/product/full/el/&cardNum=/product/full/ap/3173936/graphic1

28 Dec, 2010

 

Not sure about the cutting and pasting but glad u are still alive Flori....My computer is struggling with this blog so If I don't come back it's not that I don't love U all xxxxxxxx

28 Dec, 2010

 

We got that one sent to us too, Sticki! it's very cute...

Secret Recipe's are in the mail to Stickitoffee and Pam :o)

28 Dec, 2010

 

Pip, the secret recipe is safe with me...I printed a copy off ......and ate it! (MI5 training) I suggest you others follow my example. Enjoyed the performance Sticki:-) Annella, all you have to do is highlight it and it appears in search box. As to problems with blog, as our great leader is ill abed, perhaps you would like to lead us to the Somerset 2 blog. There would have to be a gardening type blog to start or we'll be flagged, and I suppose it could be somewhere other than Somerset?? We could pm all contributers to Somerset blog and re-direct them. You could be a sort of sat nav with a bossy voice. I'm sure you're missing work and bored by now, it will give you something to do ha ha :-)

29 Dec, 2010

 

thanks pip
it could be called deepest somerset or on the way to devon or flowers from somerset etc!!!

29 Dec, 2010

 

Just add some of your best garden pix to the blog, entitle it 'My best Garden pix redirected from Somerset' and we'll do the rest!!! LOL... Yappy New Year to you from me and Franny, who got hold of a friend's canary this morning but thankfully didn't kill it and was left with a mouthful of feathers!

29 Dec, 2010

 

Hello all my little Florettes out there \0/...This is Flori-Lauri rising from her sick bed to say an early HAPPY NEW YEAR! just in case I relapse again...oh this is not a nice virus, I wouldn't say that I was short of breath, but I sound like Darth Vader's Grandmother on steroids...lol! I am missing you all and all your chatter and yes, we are now on countdown to complete this wonderful blog at 1500 comments, bringing it finally to a well deserved close.....I am shedding a tear at this point...sob...We have had so many laughs along the way, and,oh boy, our lot have had the best and cleverest twists in subject matter too...I am so glad that no one objected to our lighthearted banter and we have been left to cogitate and stimulate and sometimes even substantiate, delegate and masticate on our wonderful conversations. Only 42 comments left to close down!!!
Am open to suggestions as to where we go from here, 'cos this has just been way too much fun to stop altogether....
I can do another Somerset blog, as I took over 60 plus photos at Spritz's, and only uploaded a few on here, or we could do something totally different....'tis up to you, my little Florettes....\0/

30 Dec, 2010

 

Oh no, please put on more Somerset pix!!!!

30 Dec, 2010

 

\o/ \o/ everyone.I am back from sunny Spain,albeit very windy and cool at times,the last day was gorgeous,and we all had a lovely time..so sorry you have felt so ill,Flori..and hope you are on the road to recovery.Its a good job you were having a quiet Christmas at home,as it would have been a no no for you anyway.Russell isn't too good,and I have a suspiciously tickly throat...oh,B****R! anyway,onwards and upwards Lol.Looking forward to seeing how the new blog will take shape,..can't be anymore manic than this one...can it ???.An early Happy New Year to you all too,just in case I sucumb to the dreaded lurgy as well.:o((.I wish you all you wish for yourselves for 2011,......be happy and well...XXXXXXX.
Think you did too much singing,Flori...all those lovely songs on your CD...:o)). gets the throat working overtime....I get the same,but mine is with talking too much !!!.Lol.Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeex

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hello fellow Florettes, glad to hear you are all well and that Bloomer got away to have a lovely holiday. Ba I wasn't suggesting a different blog, I think Somerset part two would be the best choice for all of us. So many times now I have tried to post on here only to be kicked out.......or is that the plan???????
My Jamies 16th birthday today so I've had a lovely time at my mum and dad's overnight then came back this afternoon now he has a friend from school round for the evening. Jamie has Autism and it is brilliant to see how he has turned out, such a nice young man, tall and I would say very handsome. All plus points for his future :O)) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeexxxxxxxxxxx~~~~~~~~

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Everyone. I hope that you all had a good Christmas. Sorry to hear that you are under the weather Flori I hope that you will soon be on the mend.
I know I am early but I am wishing you all a Happy New Year and I hope it will be a good one for you all :-)))

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hi Rich, did you find the brush I lost up you chimney....or somewhere in the vicinity?? Happy New Year :O))))

30 Dec, 2010

 

\o/ Hi Annella.Hope Jamie had a lovely birthday,he sounds a lovely young man,and you are rightly ,very proud of him.
glad you have had a nice time too...Hope you and your loved ones have a very Happy New Year...and hope you find your brush...!!.Lol xx

30 Dec, 2010

 

\o/ Hi Richard...wishing you and your family a Happy New Year too...:o))

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Everybody! I am still in the land of the living....just! Nice to see you all on here...Good to see you Richard, and Bloomer...Am so glad to hear that you got away ok, Bloomer, when the weather was touch and go regarding flights getting in and out. I am so glad that you got to spend time with the family at Christmas, as know how much you were looking forward to it. Keep warm, my friend....
Santann!!! Glad that you are still just about reaching us here on this blog.....Let's see if we can get it to the 1500 comment and then put this baby of ours to bed once and for all. I will happily do a second Somerset blog, if you would like one done...or I can do a Stourhead Blog, which is a stunning Landscaped National Trust Garden, that I have gone to a couple of times, not too far from me....I have some great photos.....And congrats to Jamie on his 16th birthday today, Santann! You are one proud mum!

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Bloomer and Rich!!! Nice to see you again...

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Pippin! Happy New Year for tomorrow! You have yours a lot earlier than ours here!!!\0/x

30 Dec, 2010

 

Hello Flori Lauri... Have PM'd you...

I had an idea while looking at David's latest blog.... I could go around to all the botanically significant spots in Sydney and then blog about them... what do you think girls? But only if you promise not to come and gatecrash them!!!!!!!

Yes, it is New Year's Eve morning here! 2010's been a bit hectic, hope next year is not so bad. Now I have to think about changing calendars.

30 Dec, 2010

 

its like that old programme called the 'waltons' on here ~ do you remember when they all called goodnight to each other?
oh pip ~ you will get new year first wont you?
stourhead or sidney blog would be good ~ but im sure you will make any blog good.
happy birthday jamie
hope you are feeling better flori and hope bloomer doesnt succumb!
are you doing a special award for the person who does the 1500th message??

30 Dec, 2010

 

Sticki! how great it is to see you with us still! Glad that your PC hasn't completely given up on this blog, but we are heading into countdown now......Ah, bless you for your vote of confidence!! lol Yes, I must have 11 outstanding Pm's to get back to, and I will pen a reply to each and every one I promise....
I was thinking that if we went for the Stourhead blog, I could call in 'Sidetracked in Stourhead'...whaddiyathink???LOL!
Pip, the posts awards are your department...hope that you have something really special lined up for the 1500th comment!!!\0/x

30 Dec, 2010

 

Blog name sounds great, and I promise I will design a nice certificate, to be posted on my photos page, dedicated to the doer of the dirty deed!
Have no idea what the award should be called though, is there anything more spectacular than Millenium Massive?
And by the way, Flori Lauri, how do you pen a PM?

31 Dec, 2010

 

I thought I'd add to this and add it again to fill up comments. I've actually put it on 'word' and pasted it...who's a technophobe?? Unfortunately I can't do it in bits to fill up more, not that clever:-)

BY THE BADGER SETTS OF SORROW
PAST THE MORRISONS SUPERMARKET
STANDS THE COTTAGE OF SPRITZHENRY
HONOURING TWO DOGS SPRITZ, HENRY
AND HER GARDEN FILLED WITH WONDERS
RARE AND LOVELY SHRUBS AND FLOWERS
TENDED BY THE HAND OF BARBARA
PRINKED AND PRETTIFIED FOR HOURS.

CAME WITH CAMERA FLORIBUNDA
NAMED FOR ROSES, FLORIBUNDA
STARTED SOMETHING WIERD AND MAGIC
FLIGHTS OF FANCY, WORDS OF MADNESS
BLOSSOMED LIKE THE LOVELY FLOWERS
PRINKED AND PRETTIFIED FOR HOURS

GARDEN LOVERS, MAD AS HATTERS
SIMPLY SPOKE OF GARDEN MATTERS,
NO-ONE NOTICED, NO-ONE FLAGGED US
WHEN WE TOOK OUR FLIGHTS OF FANCY
WHO COULD TAKE THE TIME TO READ US
WHO COULD FIND OUR FLOWER CARPET
FLYING, MAGIC, FILLED WITH FLOWERS
PRINKED AND PRETTIFIED FOR HOURS

SPECIAL HOME FOR GAGA GARD'NERS
NURSES TO LOOK AFTER THEM
WHERE ROLFIE RAMPANT, WARBLING, BLINDLY
TYING DOWN HIS DOWN HIS KANGAROO
ROAMED THE CORRIDORS FOR HOURS
SEARCHING FOR THE TENDER FLOWERS
OF GARD'NING LADIES HE COULD WOO

WHEN WE'RE OLD AND IN OUR DOTAGE
WE'LL REMEMBER BARBARA'S COTTAGE
THINK HOW ALL THE WORDS OF MADNESS
KEPT US ENTERTAINED FOR HOURS
LAUGHTER BLOSSOMED LIKE THE FLOWERS
PRINKED AND PRETTIFIED FOR HOURS

31 Dec, 2010

 

well done poet laureate BA ~ very clever.
thanks for the welcome flori ~ computer behaving today ~ just hope it will continue ~ dont want to miss meltdown or the end of the epistle. love the sidetracked in stourhead title.

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN:

THERE ARE NOW 26 comments to go ~ i think!!

'Twas the night before countdown, when all through the blog
Not a comment was made, from gardener or dog
the computers were frozen in the long blog from flori
stuck deep in the snow like a long distance lorry.

the florets were waiting all snug in their chairs
while ideas of stourhead popped up in their pairs
While BA and Pip and Flori and Bloomer
Annella and others started off the new rumour

when all of a sudden a new blog was born
and the friends from the old were immediatly torn
away to the new blog sidetracked as they were
and met strangely in stourhead as if in a blur

it seemed most appropriate, apt you may say
to finish the blog just before new year's day
a triumph in blogging, in length unsurpassed
which parallels friendships holding fast at long last

and so as two thousand and ten comes to end
this blog to you all i will post and will send
and with it comes wishes all good for next year
happy blogging and gardening to you all without fear!!!

26 TO GO?

31 Dec, 2010

 

Definitely a Florette Sticki, there's no hope for you now Bravo\/ \/ \/ supposed to be applause, but not sure I've remembered how to do it. Maybe, as it's the season of pantomime, all our last comments should be in rhyme??

I like sidetracked in Stourhead,
it's such a good name
Let's hope the new blog
will bring more of the same

but the names not important,
In fact I'm not fussed,
Most important of all...
is that we don't get sussed!!!

Happy New Year to one and all:-)))
Welcome home Bloomer\0/ get well soon Florie and anyone else who's succumbed:-))

31 Dec, 2010

 

I remember examining at the siphons at Stourhead..I am sure everyone will be intrigued to hear this...lol
There are some very witty poems on here!!!
I haven't found the brush yet Santannella. Maybe Santa took it when he visited the chimney!
Happy New Year to everyone!

31 Dec, 2010

 

23 to go
we wouldnt like to crow
the longest blog on here
whose end is very near

if i wasnt going out this evening i would suggest we all tried to post the 1500th comment!! ~ all at once!!! winner gets ??? ~ a certificate from pip??

31 Dec, 2010

 

We kept it going, fifteen hundred
Is the number we must log
Then our Flo can start a new one.
So farewell to Somerset blog.

Come on all you con-tributors
and put on your thinking caps,
Don tankini, make up poems,
Then we'll make it...well perhaps.

31 Dec, 2010

 

It's nearly time - I must away
I'll see you all another day.
My garden's here - now don't be shy,
On magic carpets you can fly.

I'll open up, I promise that -
But Ba needs to keep her BAT
My GOY-er friends I'd like to see
Among my flowers, and stay for tea!

With love from Spritz xxxx

Happy New Year!

31 Dec, 2010

 

Now, yes, I know the hour is late,
But I had to pop in on this New Year's date.
And seeing all this poem frenzy,
I thought I would add my little lend(sy),
of poetic prose, or I would be sorry,
if there wasn't a scribe by Flori-Lauri....

Now, our Ba, flows so prettified,
And Sticki's witty poetic slide.
Pip and Bloomer, and knitter Pam,
and musn't forget, out dear Santann.
Our Richard's Siphons, he couldn't falter,
last seen when he was passing water!

And here is our Spritz, adding a rhyme,
her NGS Open Day we go to find,
but google first, please don't forget,
or you could end up, 'Lost in Somerset'
And as for me, (to stop teeth a-gnashing,
when those Computers, they are crashing)...

... When 1500 posts are reached,
(we're almost there! It's such a feat!)
A brand new blog, will set the pace,
A brand new page, our meeting place...
Where friends, old and new, and Flori-led,
will get 'Sidetracked, in Stourhead'!

Happy New Year Everybody!!! \0/\0/\0/\0/\0/
Only 20 more comments to go.....You lot are Wonderful!!!!X

1 Jan, 2011

 

Happy New Year Everyone.....:o))))
I sit here with my coffee cup,
The fireworks woke our Thomas up,
just 5 hours in to this New year,
as I read all this,without a care,
such fun we've had,along the way,
and hope that's how its going to stay,
from June to Jan,with lots been said,
but time to put this blog to bed,
but onwards and upwards,
we all agree,
to bark up yet another tree,
What twists and turns are to be had,?
as we all seem to be slightly mad...
but never mind,we have no fear,
as we approach another year.
So from one TYT to another,
We will have a ball,
All friends together,
I love you all...\o/\o/\o/Wheeeee ! xxxxxxx

1 Jan, 2011

 

I say Florettes, aint this a wheeze
To write in verse with perfect ease?

Where's Pam and Pip? They must come in
To make no verse would be a sin

Just seventeen is all it takes
To end this blog for computers sake

And Santanella must take part
To miss out on this would break her heart.

And Terratoonie, where is she?
She must join in the poetry

Richardpeej, just one last push
Before our computers turn to mush.

Janey Janey, where are you?
We need you now, so come on do

If anyone else would like a try
just jump right in and don't be shy

We're friendly,kind,we know no sin
And if you're mad, you'll fit right in.

HAPPY NEW YEAR (again) xxxxxxxx :-)))))

1 Jan, 2011

 

17 to go is what i make it
and by my computer here i sit
is this the way of the new year
blogging, counting and no work i fear!

these other poems are so good
i only hope im understood
some of you could write in rhyme
if only we all had the time

so here we are two thousand and eleven
from snowy scot to sunny devon
oh yes and further yet
to pip in sunny oz i bet!

all the best to one and all
a whole new year from spring to fall
wishing you the very best
i leave you all to fill the rest!

1 Jan, 2011

 

no more poems for me to spout,
the prose in me,is all prosed out,
hear the words of our Ba,
come in Florettes and have your say,
Help us all to end today,
Don't be shy,we do not bite,
we need you all before tonight,
To go out with the old,
and in with the new,
so close now,just the last few.
Then its off to Stourhead,new things in mind,
As we leave lovely Somerset behind.,,sob,sob.xxx

By the way,where is Stourhead? I need to know,as would hate for you all to get there without me...or is that a cunning plan,..me being a Northerner...Lol...It won't work,so don't even think about it,..I WILL FIND YOU.!!!

1 Jan, 2011

 

16 left [unless there is a blog inbetween] so i thought i would put in my wish list for next year

16 scented snowdrops
15 flourishing fatsias
14 fantastic ferns
13 thinging thrushes [!?]
12 terrific trilliums
11 early ericas
10 tremedous tulips
9 nice narcissus
8 amazing acers
7 scintillating santolinas
6 super saxifrage
5 fragrant flowers
4 fancy fruits
3 therapeutic things to make me thin
2 totally tantalising treats
1 wonderful waterlily

1 Jan, 2011

 

No partridge in a pear tree??

1 Jan, 2011

 

not this time!!!! 14 is it now??
what was that old cherry stone rhyme? 13, 14 maids a courting???

1 Jan, 2011

 

"Jump right in and don't be shy, ok, I'll give it a try!

A blog which began on June 6th 2010,
1486 comments, some from Bornagain,
that's almost 7 months of madness and mayhem
with topics from A to Z, will it ever end?

I peeked in at times, you had no idea at all,
as I only read, trying to make sense of it all.
Decided to leave you all to your very funny nonsense,
and hope 2011 inspires even more comments!

1 Jan, 2011

 

You're one of us now Shirley
That's it... you're stuck
I'm sure you won't regret it
So all the best; good luck:-)

1 Jan, 2011

 

Can't believe that this all in rhyme, you clever lot are doing fine.
Such witty couplets you are forming,all started by Mrs Bornagaining!
Bloomer, Shirley, Sticki too, all rhyme in verse, (and you know who!)
To reached the final stage of parting, my brand new blog, I best be starting! \0/x

1 Jan, 2011

 

Our Santanella's not in sight
She celebrated well last night

I hope she sobers up in time
To add a final farewell rhyme

But Flos must be the final word
anothers would just be absurd

Dear Pip stand by with Flos award
Fifteen hundred, what a score!:-)

1 Jan, 2011

 

Well here I am, back....ahem
Have been alerted by Bornagain
Facing a new year on parole,
From the Happy Home where we all
Had such laughter and crazy times
Computer tuition and Barmy rhymes.
New companies we formed for carpet grippers
Gave us lots of chuckles and tireless titters.
Congratulations Flori
On your Somerset story
I wish you well
On your new tale to tell
And bid you goodbye
"Lost in Somerset" on GoY!

HAPPY NEW YEAR Florettes and Flori
I raise my glass to
Your brand new story!.....:o)) X

1 Jan, 2011

 

There once was a lass from Northants
Who swore she would never wear pants
She got stuck up a chimney
which was rather windy
So this year she's sticking to plants.......Oh and Vodka and Firemen, well uniforms in general!!

Sorrrrrryyyyyy I'm no Flori Lauri but Happy New Year!!!!
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexxxxxxx

1 Jan, 2011

 

Is it seven to go?
My counting is poor
I was counting on others
to keep the score:-)

1 Jan, 2011

 

This mad, crazy blog
That was started in June -
It seems a real shame
That it's ending quite soon.

But Stourhead in view?
There's a lake there, you know
It's not far from here -
So I'm sure that I'll go!

There are grottos and columns,
Flowers and trees
We'll all have to meet up
And chat at our ease.

1 Jan, 2011

 

oooh that sounds inviting
and very exciting
i hope to meet up with you all very soon
and then wont we all be over the moon!!

1 Jan, 2011

 

Are we leaving the last word to Flori??? I will say goodbye for now and see you all at Stourhead \0/\0/\0/

1 Jan, 2011

 

Just three more to go
Give Flori a shout
We've all worked so hard
To bring this end about
We all should be proud
to be part of it all
Especially our Flori
The start of it all:-))

1 Jan, 2011

 

Well, glad to report, from my sick bed, I rose,
just to add to these ditties with my own bit of prose!
What can I say, my little Florettes?
just missed out on the bookies,
(Well, I really don't bet!)
But who'd ever believe we could post such a sum,
that believe it or not, it's almost reached 15 hun!!
This is one thousand four hundred nine nine,
And I'll be 'Lost in Somerset', just one more time!
Thank you, oh thank you, for supporting this blog,
And Janey popped in, Well, my throat got quite clogged!
Ba, and friend Bloomer, here from the start,
Pip, and dear Santann, Pam, you all have such heart.
Richard and Sticki, but my thanks I must say..
To Spritz, and her Garden, Her NGS Open Day!

Well done, Florettes....We couldn't have done this without you......\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/x

2 Jan, 2011

 

In GOY history, 'Somerset' will find it's fame
you made this my friends, what it became...
But now to bed, I put this blog,
became too complex, soon to log.
A new blog, tomorrow will take it's place,
A new adventure, we can face...
To Stourhead, Wilts, come one, come all...
I can promise you, that we'll have a ball!

So for the last time, on this,
though my words seem to stick
I press the key, and now enter,'submit'......Bye bye........\0/X

2 Jan, 2011

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