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What A Time I've Had!!

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Ive had a very unusual few days!! I got chatting to fellow GoYer Maranddar, & found she lives in Perth too, & we arranged to meet on Friday. Sorry, no pics of that, I went straight from work!!
Anyway, I had a lovely evening looking at her garden, discussing future plans for our gardens, & being cuddled to death by her lovable but nutty dog!! I came away very happy, having made a new friend, & carrying 2 broccoli plants & a VERY large courgette!!
Thanks Mar!
Then today just capped the lot! I went with fellow GoYer David to the Food & Flower show (my first!!!) and had the best time!
Here are some of the exhibits that grabbed me!

The Ecological Inside/outside garden

The biodiversity zone

The Allotment zone, A new take on the raised bed!!!

The recycling & compost zone

And the home zone!


Note the green roof!!

I like this, especially the water feature"

Close-up!

The salad bar! Didnt have asparagus peas tho!!

Nice!

I LOVED THIS!!

We’re all doomed!

Tools of the trade

Essential reading!

TERRA!!! WELLIES!!!!

More Wellies!

This had a stream running through it!

And of course, this year there HAD to be a Rabbie Burns garden! (The signs were a bit big tho!)

And that was just the first tent!
Tune in again to see the wonderful kids’ gardens (created by some brilliantly inventive kids!) , Meet Scotkat, see all the pretty flowers (& veggies Digger & Mac!) Then go for a tour round Romneya’s fascinating garden!

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Fantastic blog Marie I loved it especially the recycle and the witch he he noticed indepentant does that mean Indy ha ha lol why was witch and spells crossed out was this because of religeon per usual, my sister went to fortune tell for charity to raise money for the forces and the priest made her leave the fate. shows me what religeon is all about. if they are not getting the money no one else can have it.

6 Sep, 2009

 

great blog mari, glad you had a good evening with mar... thats great and another good day with david, the show looked really good, lots of nice plants and food things, i love the water feature to,bet you came home to lots of new ideas, my friend has a few withes hanging around her kitchen, they are great :o)

6 Sep, 2009

 

Looks like a great day Marie and you got some good pics too.

Good stuff.

6 Sep, 2009

 

Nice marie only just noticed this - lovely coloured fuchsia in one of your pictures. More wellies there for your mint collection lol

6 Sep, 2009

 

Good blog Marie and cracking shots as usual.

6 Sep, 2009

 

Good blog M. you do get out and about don't you looks like a good and fun exhibition, but one day I'll have to set you ALL straight about witches.....
Bedtime now see you soon , take care....

6 Sep, 2009

 

looks like a great show Marie. glad u enjoyed your day...;-))

7 Sep, 2009

 

Thanks Marie...pics are great ...it was like we were there too!
The water feature is lovely...quite different & in a beautiful setting.
Love the witches thing too...brilliantly done!

7 Sep, 2009

 

It actually looks like the person/s who put the witch garden together know the truth!

7 Sep, 2009

 

Good blog Marie.
Lovely mix of pics :o)

7 Sep, 2009

 

Great blog, Marie. Looks as though you had a really lovely day. That fuchsia is beautiful. Terrific and interesting pics.

7 Sep, 2009

 

Lovely photos Marie, i especially liked the rock garden (the pic before the wellies), thought it was great :)

7 Sep, 2009

 

I like it M , photo's splendid, witchy stuff brilliant

7 Sep, 2009

 

Nice one Hatter. :~))

7 Sep, 2009

 

Fantastic blog so pleased you had a good time.

7 Sep, 2009

 

I'm sulking because the wellies are in a blog, so can't go on my favs...:o(

7 Sep, 2009

 

Thanks GoYs!
Indy, it was because they HAD got it right about witches that I loved it! It was full of healing herbs & remedies!
I had a great time & it was nice to meet up with Scotkat & Romneya!
Terra, stop ulking! I'll put them up for you, with a little(?) bonus!

7 Sep, 2009

 

Did you have another good day today also marie?

7 Sep, 2009

 

I had a wierd day!
Forgot my lunch & purse, was bored witless this morning (long boring welcoming speeches, then 3 hours to kill before 1st lecture!) til I found a wee quiet garden I could sit in, & went down to look at the river. Taking my camera to uni in future!
Whe I got home (after 11&1/2 hours!) I found my purse & my lunch in the fridge!!

7 Sep, 2009

 

easily done marie-you must have had a lot on your mind this morning.
Did you manage to get anything to eat -? must have been difficult without purse and lunchbox (or did you collect a few mushrooms).

7 Sep, 2009

 

Nope! Just water & mints all day! As soon as i came in I had a banana then made my tea! No mushrooms to be found! & the grounds are well tended, so no brambles either!!

7 Sep, 2009

 

That couldn't have been easy for you -you'll have to take two lunch boxes tomorrow to make up for things.
Don't forget your camera and show us some pics of the grounds/gardens if you have time -it would nice to see the plants that you mention.

7 Sep, 2009

 

Camera & batteries are in my bag!
Hoping to get on the free trip to Tentsmuir Nature Reserve tomorrow! Its mostly shrubs & trees, but nice even tho it is turning to aurtumn! Cant wait for the trees to change! Spectacular colours here in perth in Autumn proper!
G'night!

7 Sep, 2009

 

Great blog loved the pics I would really love that water feature too could just see it in a sunken garden setting I'll dream on!
Glad you had such a great fun day out
Lol about your purse in fridge with your lunch - freezing your assets? :o))
Thanks for the tour I'll be back for more

7 Sep, 2009

 

Great blog Madperth,& pics like the witch one, hope you had a good day x:~)))

7 Sep, 2009

 

I did have a GREAT day, Mobee! Thanks both! I seem to have hit premature senility Neelan!
Wont get to Tentsmuir, its chucking down today! Pity! They've planned loads of stuff (including scrap sculpture!) for today- all out in the open!

8 Sep, 2009

 

Aw pity saw on the forecast you had bad weather I have "craft" moments too it is not premature senility honest your fine!!

8 Sep, 2009

 

I DEFINITELY have craft moments! Last time I said that at work (I do a lot of crafts & stuff) my depute manager said "Why, what are you making, Marie??" I LMAO!

8 Sep, 2009

 

I got up at 6.3, switched the alarm off, heard the rain &went back to bed. The forecast is for sun tomorrow, in Uni all day!!

8 Sep, 2009

 

Lol i think its a brilliant explanation and beats a senior moment into a top hat! Sods law strikes the weather vane again :o))

8 Sep, 2009

 

As usual!
I'm too young for senior moments yet!
I was looking forward to today too! They cancelled the scrap sculptures which I was REALLY interested in!

8 Sep, 2009

 

Oh I'm too young for them too Lol

Annoying when that happens it's always the one thing you wanted to see or do

8 Sep, 2009

 

I know! I had no tutorials but I went thru anyway! Spent 3 hours travelling in total, & was there for about 1/2 hour!

8 Sep, 2009

 

Maddening poor you :o((

8 Sep, 2009

 

And to think I could've been on holiday this week & left the crappy stuff til next week!!

8 Sep, 2009

 

aw I know :o((

9 Sep, 2009

 

LOL! My SAAS letter came thru, just waiting to hear from student loan company! I'm getting the student loan, just not sure when! So thats one bit of crappy stuff less to worry about! :~)))
It was library & ICT inductions today! As if I dunno how to pick up a book!

9 Sep, 2009

 

Oh I don't know elf and safety wont let you climb a ladder to get one off the top shelf !!
Hope your loan comes through before graduation :o))

9 Sep, 2009

 

LOL! So do I! If it doesnt come by Monday I wont be there on Tuesday!

9 Sep, 2009

 

LOL ! I hope all goes well after all that effort and missed hols :o))

9 Sep, 2009

 

Loved the blog honey and seems you have alot of fun . Here in suffolk we would love some rain its so dry and very warm. All the flowers and lawns are suffering but hey hoo it will come at some point. I start college today and have an ear infection from hell but nevermind i will dose my self up well. I have been so excited at starting as well.

10 Sep, 2009

 

Think I'll move to Suffolk, Jewells!
Poor you! All that pandemonium with an ear infection!! Ouch!
I spent half of today sat on the floor building a tower out of newspaper,straws & paperclips!!!
There's a university education for you!!!

10 Sep, 2009

 

Fun n games eh? don't it do your heart good to know the lecturer spent half his/her hols thinking that one up for you to do! :o))

10 Sep, 2009

 

Oh yes! The WHOLE of first year Community Learning Development (CLD)students (me etc) , Social Work, & Primary Teacher students all crawling about the floor in wee groups making towers! LMAO!!!

10 Sep, 2009

 

Wonder what fun you'll be up to tomorrow be thinking of you Lol

10 Sep, 2009

 

Not a lot! LOL! Unless I need to see the finance people again, I wont go thru tomorrow! I'll phone first, on the off-chance I can deal with it that way! No classes tomorrow!
Night! :~))

11 Sep, 2009

 

Ah missed that sorry I hope all went well today :o))

11 Sep, 2009

 

I phoned, then went thru, so they're sorting it out before Tuesday! Just as well, seems I'm out of a job!

11 Sep, 2009

 

Aw is that cos you're at uni? I mean did you choose uni above a job or is no job an unhappy coincidence?

11 Sep, 2009

 

I'd handed in a month's notice, & was going on to relief staff, and I thought I was on annual leave this week! But the powers that be have ended my contract on 30th August!

12 Sep, 2009

 

Rotters! their loss I say not much consolation to you though I'm sorry to hear that :o((

12 Sep, 2009

 

C'est la guerre!
But the bitch of it is, my manager is also my friend (or so I thought) & it was her who gave head ofice the wrong date!

12 Sep, 2009

 

One of my colleagues sent me a video mesage last night from one of our 'service users' (i hate the term) asking me to go back, cos he misses me! I cried my eyes out!

12 Sep, 2009

 

Aw Marie that is awful Some friend can you appeal? My hubby is a service user and (I too hate that term )he has lost his counsellor out of the blue and is distraught and I'm sure she also feels just like you as she had no say in the matter I get so angry for him I as a carer get much better treatment thanks to the local carer group

12 Sep, 2009

 

I've been put on relief staff, so I'll still get some work from them, but I'm not amused! She's on holiday so I'll need to wait, but I WILL be saying something, the worm is about to turn!!
Its left me with quite a few problems to sort!
Thats ridiculous about your husband! What happened to continuity of care??? The carer groups are pretty good! Unfortunately I didnt join the union, so I have no comeback!

13 Sep, 2009

 

Aw Marie hope you're able to sort your problems people do do things with no thought to the feelings of others
take care

14 Sep, 2009

 

I'll be fine thanks, Neelan!
The uni gave me a loan to tide me over, so once my phones topped up, I can sort things out!

14 Sep, 2009

 

Enjoyed the blog...M; lovely to think of GoYers getting together. The show looks so clean, & neat, & tidy. Glad you enjoyed your day. lol

19 Sep, 2009

 

It was pretty good! I've still to blog the last bit!! I'll do it tomorrow (Scarlett O'Hara moment!)

19 Sep, 2009

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