♪♪♪ THANK HEAVEN ... for little bulbs ... ♪♪♪

Beautiful pictures and planting combinations, particularly like the crocus and iris- blissful blues! It really lifts my spirits to see the new shoots when they appear, I have just discovered a pot of bulbs I planted ready before winter and had forgotten about, they are shooting up a treat! :-)

Your talents are showing again Terra, the photo`s are lovely, won`t be long now and you`ll be admiring the real McCoy whilst training the boys......

Lovely and cheerful - thanks Terra. You've got us all singing along. :) My snowdrops are ALMOST out . . . just need a little sunshine. (must charge the camera to be ready!)

Thanks Red aly, Lincslass and Sheilabub ...
Great to know all the bulbs are shooting up in our gardens...
The first photo was taken yesterday ... yes.. get the cameras ready... and keep on singing ... lol.

HA ha ha Terra thats a brilliant blog...I could almost hear Maurice singing it.....Wonderful photo's too

they look so nice T.T the rocks between the first ones are very good indeed - and the rest look so inspiring - your arrangements are fantastic

Hello Milky ..
I'd like to hear you singing along .. lol.
... I'll keep an eye on You Tube ... ;o)

Hi Paul...
Those rocks in the first photo were in my garden when I moved in. I thought they would be useful on the pots of bulbs ...

I was singing along too...in my head, and the words fit perfectly! well done TT, I have noticed some little bulbs coming up since I got home from my hols....hurray!

lovely pictures Terra of your springtime garden, so much colour and i sang along to lol, enjoyed the blog ;o))

Hi KS ... pleased you have bulbs coming up ..

Thanks Sandra ... glad you enjoyed this ..
you could sing in duet with Milky and Sheila .. Lol. ;o)

Thank heaven, indeed. But I haven't got many left as the mice keep eating them...so I'll just have to come on GOY, and look at the photos in the Spring!.....
It's on it's way. My seed potatoes arrived todat and it didn't get dark till 4.30..Well properly dark, as it didn't get very light all day!!!

Get chitting Paul! What are you going to do about those mice? You'll need to get a hunting cat! Life without spring bulbs is hard to bear!!

lol Terra :o)

Looks like you'd better send Paul a p.m. Karen... You've lots to say ...!

Thanks, Paul ... I hope you have some bulbs in flower this springtime. How is lovely Paddy ? :o)

Thank heavens...... for our Tt
she cheers us in a most delightful way.....
thank heaven for them all
for conker crocus truffle too
without them what would we at Goy do.....

Oh, Pam... that's a lovely poem... thank you !
Conker, Truffle and Crocus send you a big <<<hug>>> for their rhymes.. xxx

Well done TT :o)) It's nice to see your spring garden. I hope we have some nice weather soon. I haven't planted my bulbs yet lol

Thats good Pam. I'll second that :o)

Beautiful blog and such a wonderful selection love the song.

Thank you, Hywel...
Bulbs not yet planted ?
Are you planting late for 2011 ...
... or early for 2012 ? lol...
.. with your green fingers they will flower well ...
Glad you like the spring garden :o)

Hello Sixpence ... Thanks ..
I could hear you singing ...
Didn't realise you were such a good soprano ! Lol... ;o)

How did you know I could sing but then again my parents both were Welsh lol.

Sixpence... I could hear you... came up through the computer keys.. and very nice it was too ;o) x

meant it Tt :o) thank the boy & hugs all round xxx
roll on spring..... ( I 'm glad you couldn't hear me singing-- my old setter used to howl!)

Thank you Terratoonie:o)) lol I aready knew we could get spied on through the pc looking through web cams and from the plug points by the goverment did nt realise you could hear me too.

Lol.. Sixpence...
Crocus the budgie was singing along with you, and with Pamg ...

Pam ... I can imagine your lovely old Setter howling along with your singing ...
... when Conker and Truffle hear me singing, they come running up...think I am in pain... Lol. xxx

Was we singing in chorus then hehe.

I enjoyed it too..really lifts the spirits...I won't bother singing along,not out loud anyway..Lol.

Hi Bloomer ... glad you like this blog... :o)

Sixpence and Pam singing together ..
... like an angelic choir ... ♪♪♪ ..... ;o)

♪♪♪ . ♪♪♪....♪♪♪
And Beattie too - I couldn't resist - and it scans beautifully too! Thanks for sharing your songwriting skills again Terratoonie! :-) And the lovely hopeful pics.
Some dratted animal has been eating lots of my bulbs. I planted them as deep as possible, but whatever it is, is digging down a long way and spitting out the shoots. Grrr
:-(

Hi Beattie...
I'm glad you approve of the scanning....;o)
I'm worried the blackbirds are going to turf everything out of my pots... they do it every year :o(((
... grrr ♪♪♪ in unison..LOL.

I hope you have some intact bulbs left to give your garden some springtime colour ... :o)

What a very happy blog, even I was singing or more like droning, the pictures of your garden are fantastic and that Aurbretia is simply Gorgeous;0)))

I think they will be early for 2012 at this rate TT lol. I hope to plant them tomorrow if the forecast is right and we get some sun :o)

what a fantastic blog Terra! now that is using the creative and multi-sensory power of GoY to the full. its gone to the top of my favourites!!
beautiful photos ~ as always and so cleverly done!!
thank you! inspirational!!

Totally amazing...as descriptive as anyone can get, pictures, words and song! Some talent you have there, you find a story in almost everything, and present it amusingly, cleverly and it all fits!

hehehe Terra, Great blog, I was cheerfully singing away with what seems like everyone else here, we could form a gardening choir...lol! I`m so envious of your beautiful display of bulbs too, they are absolutely...well beautiful!

Thanks, Pansypotter, Sticki, Tetrarch and Labdancer ...
I'm pleased you like my blog and, yes, a GoY choir seems a wonderful idea....lol...

... last September, you were singing along to my blog "Congratulatons on variegations"... so we are building up quite a repertoire of "gardening songs" ....

..Britain's Got Talent, anyone..?
GoY chorus ? ;o)

Well, we've taken over Gardeners World, Ground Force and Countryfile...why stop there..you certainly have the X Factor!

X factor ?
The GoY choir could enter as one of the "groups"...
... and we'd have Carol Klein as our mentor ..lol.

so we all wear scarves and long sleeves?

..we all rehearse amongst those delightful Devon hillsides ;o)

where was it the hound of the baskerville was howling? wasnt that a devon hillside/moor??

Don't worry Sticki ..
Carol has the most gorgeous Lakeland-type terriers ...

Hywel ...
try to get those bulbs planted in time for the 2012 Olympics..
Lol..

oh yes i noticed those ~ lovely dogs!!
i wasnt worried about carol or her dogs!!

Fabulous blog Terra :o))))))

Loved this blog loads of lovely bulbs and what gorgeous shade's of purple your aubretia is.

Great blog Tt....I sang the whole song...fabulous spring bulbs.....

lovely blog & photos...

I'm going to do the bulbs this morning TT - it's nice and sunny (well it will be later)
Then I can join you in the song :o))

Thank you Pip, Mavis, Motinot, Elsiemay ...
.... you all sang along very well ... ♪♪♪ ...lol..
... yes, aubrieta blooms in so many lovely shades ..

Good luck with your bulbs, Hywel ...
... we need your strong Welsh voice for our GoY choir ;o)

I'm not singing in the rain today - it's sunny but I've decided the bulbs will have to wait. I'm going for a haircut :o)

You are a clever girl Tt, a fantastic blog.

Thank you Cinderella ..
Not too long before we can enjoy lots of colour in our gardens. :o) ... I've just been out in the sunshine and pruned a few roses ..

Hywel...
Yes, we need you with a smart hair-cut to join our GoY choir ;o)
... it seems your bulbs must wait just a bit little longer ... Lol.

Fantastic Terra.....and yes I sang along with it... in a french accent! Brilliant word changes and beautiful heart warming pics, what better way to praise the humble bulb and make us feel Spring really is just around the corner, thank you:-)))

Hi Bornagain...
I'm pleased you like this blog.
I bet your French accent was excellent ;o)

Lovely blog TT, yes it wont be long now ....

Thank you Stripes..
I've just been outside gardening again ...
spotted some snowdrops in flower ...
lots of buds everywhere :o)

Brilliant blog, wonderful photos, and yes I sang along with it too,

Absolutely brill blog, could'nt help singing along to it, lovely photos roll on spring.

Thanks, Yorks and Clarice ..

Wow ... the GoY choir is growing !
Nice to have singers in Yorkshire and Blackpool...Lol.

The GOY voice choir.

I have been in the garden planting bulbs as well Terratoonie it is a bit nippy still but a cuppa soon warm's you up.

Yes... it was a bit chilly out there ...
a quick sing-song and a hot cup of tea work wonders :o) Lol.

Lovely cheerful blog, TT. No bulb planting for me, they just rot or the squirrels take them. I do have a few daffs that have survived for a couple of years now (fingers crossed!). I didn't sing - but I hummed a bit after my long walk today :)

I was singing The Sun Has Got His Hat On ......now the neighbours know I am mad. :o))

hip hip hip hooray...... my neighbours know I am......;o)

Thanks, Gee...
If you hummed I'd rather not know ;o)
I bet Poppy sang a birdie version for you :o)

Mavis and Pam ...
... you've now both qualified yourselves for guest solo performances with the GoY choir ..lol.

~~~~~~~oh dear-- did you want more rain Tt~~~~~~~

....and he's coming out to play!
No neighbours except bunnies to hear me. La la laaa

Ah, excellent, Beattie .. another soloist .. !
... you get a whole verse all to yourself...

Can you cope with the fame and publicity ? ;o)

please can i join or do you have to do an audition? ive been out in the garden in the sun today and i did sing along to your amazing melodic blog ~ i even looked it up on google because i wanted the music to play as i read the blog [couldnt find a site that played it tho]

Hi Sticki... as long as you've had a hair cut, you can join in, and be part of the GoY choir ..
.. any Worcs. barber shop will be fine ..:o)

Hywel had his hair cut today, especially to join the GoY choir as a much admired male voice...
.. and my coiffeur is booked for tomorrow ....

how about adding the morcambe & wise favorite-- 'bring me sunshine'-- I always liked that song :o))
or 'pennies from heaven'
'tiptoe thro the tulips' anyone.....
I'm on a roll here!

I seem to remember a strange singer called Little Willie singing Tiptoe through the tulips, Pamg, very odd.

Flowers in the Rain !!

There's that well-known "rodent water-ways" song ...
Tulips from Hamster Dam :o)

i had my hair cut last week and i shall wash it tonight if that would be acceptable?
we could sing:
build me up buttercup
tie a yellow ribbon round the old oak tree
daisy daisy
where have all the flowers gone?
yellow rose of texas

That sounds very acceptable, Sticki...
we could call our GoY choir ~
" Haircut One Hundred "...
or has another group used that title before us ? lol

one hair dresser i have seen is called 'tete a tete' ~ that would be a good name too?

Your apt hairdresser makes me
"Curl up 'n' Dye" ;o)

bit of a close shave there!

nearly right Gee ( I had to google it) but -thankfully-- it was Tiny Tim
wasn't it max bygraves with hamster -jam
my aunty gladys used to love him!

my hairdressers is H2O

How about Paper roses, You Don`t Bring Me Flowers..or Edelweiss? :o)))

Sandra ...
those definitely qualify you for a solo spot in our GoY choir.... and Perry can sing along too ... ;o)

i looked up a few more:
A cut above
All tressed up
bangs for the memory [australian]
kentucky fried curls
ben hair [possibly better with liverpool accent]
hair port
goldi locks
New Do 4U
WE B DOING HAIR N STUFF!!

ooooh Sticki there was one around here called 'deb-on hair'-- she was debbie.....

this is geting 'hair-raising!

I often mutter a version of "English Country Garden" while weeding. (Sorry I've taken this topic off "hair" -it was going on in fine style before *blush*)

before my time--( of course) 'a white sport coat and a pink carnation'-- or 'the yellow rose of texas'--- aunty gladys-- or aunty gertie --bless'em x

Hi Beattie...
you are very welcome to bring topics back to gardening...
:o) lol.

not gilly gilly hassa-whatsisname-by the sea Beattie?
( I brought up on family favortes :o)

Paddy's fine, thank you Tt.
And the bulbs Karen susan and Tt. I put some more in (on my rockery), although they were very late going in and I covered them with chicken wire before covering that with the soil. Hopefully, that might keep them out and, hopefully, the shoots of the bulbs will find their way through the chicken wire holes(I tried my best to place them under the holes.
I've cleared my potting shed out today as the blasted mice have got in there, also, and dug the compost out of the pots of overwintering plants , as well as eaten through bags containing grass see, spreading the seed all over the place. They've also eaten bird food,which I ve now put in my other shed and they've eaten through fleece sheets and mesh/netting that I store in there. I've even pluged in a device which emits a high pitch sound that is supposed to keep them awy.I made sure first that it didn't bother Paddy(unfortunately, it doesn't bother the mice either). They've bitten holes in the potting shed floor and under the door(where they've got in)
I've cleaned it all up today and put two rows of bricks around the bottom of the door.If that doesn't stop them, I don't know what to do.
I've put my potatoes in ther to chit so I hope they don't eat those.!!! Or I'll MASH them...the mice , not the potatoes!!!!

Whoops, Pamg, I almost had the size right, just the name wrong :)

Hi Paul.... Glad to know that Paddy is well ;o)

That's a pity about all the damage done by the mice ..
... have you seen the recent series of photos by Linsuffolk... mice eating her Clementines ? hilarious :o)

i think deb-on hair is very clever pam
yes i saw the citrus eating mice ~ very good

"The Grateful Head" ? :o)

Barber Q !!!!

Pam, I find "Gilly gilly what's its name a thingummyjig a-boden-by-the seeeeeeee" is a decorating song, it goes well with rolling emulsion paint onto large walls - we all know that! ;-)

Paul - sorry, but if that doesn't work you'll need some mousetraps. I reckon they're kinder than poison.

A very cheery blog, Tt - Thank Heaven, indeed, for these beauties. :-))

Unfortunately, my hair is looking a little wild at the moment, and I have to wait two weeks for my appointment! (My hairdresser is called Head Office.)

Hi TT, thanks for a super blog! I am just trying to catch up with everyone again, now we are at last back on the internet. I too have a few little bulbs poking up here and there, its very exciting. Last year I planted 100 snow drops, I wonder how many will have survived!

Paul, we live in the country and we use 'little nippers', Nothing is allowed in the House-- or 'green'house --as we'd soon be overrun we use them in the garage too as they ate the wiring on the car!, in the garden we have trouble from a variety of 'furry critturs' but unless causing real problems live-and-let-live

Hi David ...
... thank you :o)

Pip (with the wild look) ...
...good luck at Head Office :o)

Hello Rachelsmum ...
I hope you get 100 snowdrops ...
... or maybe 101 ! :o)

If the mice were like linsuffolks they could live in my house anytime ^-^

I think you had better book the Albert Hall. The joy of singing is only equalled by the joy of seeing your beautiful photographs. It beats all those awful videos, that are shown along with some of the modern songs, to a pulp. Think of sending it to Beechgrove Garden they might get Susan Boyle to do a recording for charity.

Hi Scotsgran ...
Glad you like this :o)
The GoY choir in the Albert Hall ...
... there's a lovely thought ..
... Would you conduct for us please ? ;o) Lol.

My first appearance as a conductor was my last unfortunately Tt. I was five years old and tall for my age but very importantly I could keep time. At our rural school concert I had to stand on a chair at the edge of the stage. I was so enthusiastic that I toppled off. Luckily the headmaster managed to catch me. The school orchestra and choir went on. I was put back on the chair and continued to conduct. I was never asked to do it again. I think I should stay in retirement. lol.

Lol...lovely story, Scotsgran. :o)

they wont let anyone do that now with elf and safety scotsgran!!

Wow great blog TT.... and lovely pics... i sang all the way through... : O ))

Hi Holly... Thanks ...
I'm pleased you like the blog and pics ..

... and welcome to the GoY choir Lol.

That was wonderful TT. I sang along too and like Milky, I could hear Maurice singing as well!!!! Lol

Hello Grandmage .. Thank you ...
... nice to have you in our GoY choir :o)

... you and Milky with your "Maurice" accents
...lol.. xxx

Hi TT. Singing like 'Maurice', that shows our age Lol !!!!

Lol. "You remember it well ....."

music to my ears TT.

Hi Bampy... thanks ... ♪♪♪ :o)))

Fantastic blog, TT! :-)) I've added it to my favs! You really know how to put a blog together! The photos & words went very well together! Like others I was singing along in my mind - otherwise the floods here would have sent the good 'ol boat Blighty to the bottom of the oceans!

Hi Balcony... Thanks.. :o)))
I can imagine you, singing from your balcony ...
... entertaining the passers by ... lol..

I hope none of the flood water came too close !

Romeo & Juliet comes to mind! :~)

TT, what a fantanstic blog, I really enjoyed looking at all your lovely photos. Your bulbs are soooooo! pretty. I found the Iris Danfordiae amongst them, arn't they pretty? Its the first time I've seen them. I thought they were just ordinary miniature iris, I must get them planted, now I've seen yours I cant wait for mine to flower. I absolutely loved your blog Terra and loved Maurices song too, it went along so well with it. I wouldn't mind having some (even just a weeny bit!) of your talent, so if you ever feel you have too much and can't handle it all just post a little of it to me. Thanks for sharing those love bulbs with us all. :>))

Hi Lin...
thanks for your lovely comments... :o)
sent you a p. message ...

Grandmage ..lol...
... Balcony's balcony is ground level, so Romeo wouldn't have to climb up very high to reach Juliet..
... or Juliet climbing up to reach Romeo ....lol.. ;o)

Hi Beattie, Do you mean Gilly Gilly osenfefer Catsonella poken by the sea- may not be exactly right but something very much like that. You do realise we are giving our ages away don't you? Haha! :>))

In Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen By The Sea
... found that on the internet !

My Grandma told me about all these songs ;o) lol..

I heard it when Graeme Garden sang it on a radio programme - "I'm sorry I haven't got a clue" where he sang along to a recording, then it was faded out for a while then back in again to see if he was "within a gnat's crotchet" of the original.
It goes well with big sweeps of a paint roller. :-)

Can we add Inch Worm to the Goy Choir `s repertoire Terra, I`ve painted many a ceiling whilst singing that song, mainly because it used to annoy my family immensely when sung loudly,lol........

Hi Lincs ...
The "Inch Worm" song is very welcome as long as we don't have so sing the metric version..

There's somehow not the same appeal to ...
... "25.4 Millimetre Worm" lol.

Beattie ...
are you planning on bringing your paint roller to our choir performances ? ;o)

measuring a marigold...was it bing?

I always listen to 'clue' when I can, its so funny-- esp. one song to the tune of another -- and ' mornington crescent'... but I wish they'd explain the rules again .....

"Clue" is funny,
but I sort of forget to listen to the radio...

Inch Worm =
Danny Kaye... Hans Christian Andersen ...

LOL, I still measure the old way Terra and you`re right it doesn`t have the same ring to it..
Pam it was sung by Danny Kaye in a film about Hans Christian Andersen,....

we commented at same time Terra

lol. at least we named the same singer and same movie..;o)

LOL, Its a dead giveaway as regards our age groups....

I keep explaining ...
my grandmother told me all these things ;o)

was that same time as puff the magic dragon?

' family favorites'

a few years ago we went to 'compton acres' in dorset and bought a lovely stone dragon which is obviously 'puff the magic dragon' as he lived by the sea:o)

as to forgetting to listen Tt, i mostly use 'listen again' --whilst ironing

How about 'don't jump off the roof Dad' I used to think that that was hilarious, 'mothers just planted petunias....' etc. Lol :~)

compton acres is well worth a visit pam ~ i have been more than once, ~ i loved puff the magic dragon ~ i hope he is very happy in your garden!!

what is the 'listen again' programme?

i dont know that song GM ~ it sounds fun ~ i shall look it up

... Lonely little petunia in an onion patch.... ? ;o)

bbci-- all bbc radio & tv programmes there for a week-- I've just listened to 'round britain quiz'

don't jump off the roof dad
you'll make a hole in the yard
mothers just planted petunias
the weeding and seeding was hard
if you must end it all dad
please, won't you give us a break
just take a walk in the park dad
and there you can jump in the lake.......

of course--you are right danny kaye wasn't he 'bert' in mary poppins with a wonderful 'cockney' accent.....

Bert ...
Dick Van Dyke with an awful cockney accent ;o)

oh terra I'm going for a sit down i think I'm having a 'senior moment'

--which one was ' the chalice from the palace is the brew that is true'-- something about a yankee in king arthurs court---

i have heard the petunia one TT, thanks pam ~ thats a funny song.
i like the iplayer, its very useful ~ i like radio 4 but they do seem to repeat things ~ iplayer means i dont have to listen to the repeat!

i also liked that song ~ right said fred, gotto get the door off, we are getting nowhere, and so they 'ad a cup of tea
etc....

We had a 78rpm record of Danny Kaye telling the story of "Tubby the Tuba" :-) What did it have on the other side??? Senior moment here too....

oh-- as a child I loved tubby the tuba :o))

how about Tommy Steele & ' little white bull' :o))

How about 'Torchy' the battery boy?? I loved it.

According to the internet, the flipside of Tubby the Tuba is The Little Fiddle, year of release: 1945 ... some these songs really are going back way before my time !

and me Tt-- I'm a baby boomer!
a lot of the old songs we've been talking about will be lost -- there seems nothing like 'childrens' or 'family' favorites any more.I had an internet radio from Santa and am able to listen to 50's/60's70's music easily but these funny -- happy songs don't seem to figure anywhere....

I'm a pink toothbrush, your a blue toothbrush, have we met somewhere before!!!?

This was played on the radio ...

Come to the station, jump from the train
March at the double, down lover's lane
Then in the glen where the roses entwine
Lay down your arms and surrender to mine

Ooooooer, dont know that one TT !!

Chalice in the palace was from the Court Jester starring Danny Kaye, Pamg. I loved him when I was young and saw the film a couple of times, sitting through it twice!

Anne Shelton sang Lay down your Arms, TT, must have been in the 1950's - I have to admit that I do remember it :)

One of my favourites was David Whitfield singing The Rudder and the Rock. Listened to it again recently and was amazed how clearly he sings and rolls his R's beautifully :)

One's that I can remember ,Morningtown Ride, The Runaway Train, and there was one about a unicorn ?

Puff the magic dragon?? We must have all listened to Childrens favourites!

... green alligators and long-necked geese
Some humpty backed camels and some chimpanzees
Some cats and rats and elephants, but sure as you're born
The loveliest of all was the unicorn ...

big rock candy mountain
all the cops had wooden legs
the bulldogs they had rubber teeth
and the hens lay soft boiled eggs

Thank's Terratoonie I just couldn't remember it.....

i dont know many of these but its probably cos we had no tv and no radio in the house till i was 8 ~ and then only allowed listen with mother, story time and news!!!

do you remember the story of sparky the magic piano??

Do you know Sticki, Sparky and the magic piano was one I was going to mention. It was on Children's Favourites ever single week, without fail, and I got SO bored with it!!

I don't remember The Little Fiddle at all Terra - I wonder if we had a different version of the record?

My Dad used to travel a lot and could be away from home for 6 months at a time. One time he met someone who was in the production team for Children's Favourites and got them to play a record for me & my brother. Mum sat us down and made us listen to the whole programme, waiting for a surprise - and they played The Laughing Policeman "for us"! There were records we liked better, but he did try!

The playlist for that programme was SO restricted - they must have played the same 15 "children's" records every week. The only difference was the order they played them in!

I just loved Sparky and his magic piano, those were the days!

how lovely to have a record for you!! i remember the laughing policeman! my dad loved it!
i liked sparky but we didnt listen to childrens favourites. i think dad had sparky on a tape recorder?
we had a record with the pied piper of hamlyn on it but it had a scratch so it only said 'the leg of his trousers was o!' ~ strange things i remember!!!

Oh wow, I remember all of the above, I`ve been sat here singing away,lol, absolutely loved childrens favourites and David Whitfield was a big favourite of Mums when we were little so we had most of his records, I bet a lot are still in the loft at dads, another fav of mine is Terry Scott ( I think) singing Camp Grenada..
Grandmage Torchy the Batteryboy used to come on ATV Sunday nights, only lasted about 20mins but I remember the whole family always sat and watched it, he was a cute little fella,lol.......

oh Torchy.....sooty & sweep... I'm too young for muffin the mule but how about larry the lamb.. wonder what children today would make of this tv but I hope that they'd love the songs
just though of another
'my ole mans a dustman'-- lonnie donnegan??

I'm not too young for Muffin the Mule :( I also remember Annette Mills with Prudence the kitten and I still have my kitten puppet bought for me when I was about 8!!

I'm not a bat or a rat or a cat,
I'm not a gnu or a kangaroo,
I'm not a goose or a moose on the loose,
I am a mole and I live in a hole.

oh i remember that one TT
the last line was sung very deeply!

talking about holes---- theres a hole in my bucket dear liza dear liza.........

... and dedicated to all the GoY camera enthusiasts ...

... flash, bang, wallop, what a picture
What a picture, what a photograph ...

there were rats, rats as big as alley cats
in the stores, in the stores

Stick in your family album, dom dom.......

post it on the GoY site right now!! ~ does that fit lincslass?

Good one sticki, I tried it and yes it fits ,lol......

Camp Grenada was hilarious, Lin.c. Lol! Do you remember the american guy who made records about a driving lesson and Sir Walt.? They were very funny.

;o)

Thanks to the very talented Terratoonie I loved that lol you have really given us all a taste of what is to come and what a beautifull garden.

Anyone remember Tinga and Tucker, and another song'She will be coming round the mountain.

I sing that one every day with my grandson, Mavis. Bless him he loves it.

Oh yes Mavis, also know of quite a few changes in the verses as the years have gone by,lol.
Tinga and Tucker, two little koala bears, with a blonde haired lady ( can`t remember her name tho.)we named two cats after them.......

I was not sure what animals they where but I remember now thank's Linclass, I thought they might have been panda's but that was Sue in sooty and sweep. As you got older the verses changed! it has a really catchy tune does'nt it Grandmage. :0)

Aunty something Lincs.....

Thanks Maggy7 for your kind comments about my blog and garden.... yes, looking forward to the springtime flowers ...

... and, thank you, girls, for your musical recollections ;o) x

inspiring photos Terra. I can only keep my fingers crossed that my garden will look half as lovely in spring as yours. x

Hi Tilly..
I hope all is well in Lancs :o)))
Good luck with your spring garden ..
... today we're getting the showers to make everything grow ! x

no showers here but i think i might put up some of your photos TT ~ to remind me of how good a garden can look!

Hi Sticki... Glad you like my pics. :o)
Yesterday was sunny and I was up ladders à la Carol Klein, trimming climbers ... Lol...
... trying to get ahead with a few tasks...
January seems to be going by fast ...

that's a great blog terra, it cheers you up in these cold wet days.

ive been out in the garden but shamefully not to do any work ~ i had a cup of tea and read some of the paper!!
i think its nice just to look at the garden sometimes! i shall be doing that very soon cos had the lounge altered and can now see out to the garden ~ so now i shall have to sit and plan how it ought to be! dont think it will be up to your standards TT but at least now i have some more ideas! ~ many thanks

was the tingha and tucker presenter aunty jean?

Thanks, Surreylad, for your kind comments ...
... I'm sure you sang along beautifully ;o) lol.

Good luck with your design plans, Sticki...
I'm lucky in that I have two canine garden helpers ...
... otherwise I just couldn't keep up with all the work ;o)

thats the trouble ~ i only have Minty my cat and she is not a gardener ~ neither is she as well trained as your two helpers! she doesnt even like having her photo taken!!!

Yes thats right Stickitoffee, I googled it!!...I envy you being able to sit outside it was canny weather here till Thursday then back came the frost, it has been canny again today but I am allways full of busy on a Saturday. Still there is allways tommorow weather permiting :o)

dull & damp & dismal -- and cold --forecast isnt much better-- thank heaven for Goy :o))

dull here too pam, i didnt stay out long yesterday, its just nice to be able to think that i went outside so i try to go out if i can ~ i had my new quilted coat on tho [got it in the sales]

Lovely blue sky in Cornwall - and b****y cold with it! Planted my market-bought cyclamen and primmies.

Lovely cheery blog and pics, Thanks.

Hi Marydoll. Thank you :o)

Wow! Some blog!!
What colour, what a giggle!!
Well done the very talented TT!!

And as for song lyrics....what about #And Diamond dogs are poachers and they hide behind trees'.............not sure why that one came to mind but it did, sorry! but you are nearer to 100 comments now!

Hi Lulu... Thanks..
I'm pleased you like this blog ...
It seems to have jogged memories of many old songs !

oops, I meant 200 comments!!

GoY has a very ♪♪♪ musical ♪♪♪ membership. Lol.

I want to know about the diamond dogs and poachers...nothing springs to mind...put me out of my misery Lulu:-)

I don't know that one either Ba...

"The diamond dogs are poachers"
David Bowie. Diamond Dogs ... song. 1974.

Yay, Bowie!!

I like some Bowie, don't know the song though:-( Terra are you or have you ever been a disc jockey? You seem to know an awful lot about popular music even going right back:-)

I'll sing it for you if you like!!

A few years ago, I went with a friend to a little fayre which was to raise money for a centre for people with all sorts of mental health problems. Her son was accompanying on the guitar, those clients who wanted to sing. He worked at the centre and obviously knew everyone. One of his clients, a young man got up to sing and dedicated his song to his auntie who helped and looked after him. It was a very touching moment which brought tears to our eyes until he started singing Bowies 'sorrow'. A most inappropriate choice. It somehow spoiled the moment and my friend and I unfortunately saw the funny side and had to stifle our giggles. For those who don't know the song, it starts...
With your long blond hair and your eyes of blue
The only thing I ever got from you is sorrow...
It continues in this vein. I'm sure his aunt appreciated it nonetheless. You had to be there :-)

This blog is certainly stirring up some fascinating memories...

no, not a jockey, Bornagain ...

... I've had much more experience with dogs and budgies than with horses ;o)

I present you with a 'Truffle' Award for 200 comments, Terra!

201! am humming away, just! and i read this backwards again!

Request programmes on bbci player - Dewi Griffiths 'A String of Pearls' and David Lowes' 'Swingers and Singers' on bbc South west local stations (Bristol,Wilts. Devon,Somerset etc.) at 8pm on Sunday evenings are both very enjoyable and offer an entertaining alternative to TV.

thanks scotsgran - always nice to know something a bit different - now that downton abbey has finished i like something nice on a sunday evening

One advantage of the computer is that you can listen to programmes you miss or have heard when in a different region. I'ma radio fan and not too intersted in TV. I tend to fall asleep half way through.

Lovely blog TT.......as ever, super pics I just wanted to say how much I liked it but couldn't find the "like" button :o)

i cant sit still long enough for most tv. radio is nice cos you can do something else at the same time. i like some radion 4 but bit too much news and several repeats.

I have a radio in most rooms so I don't miss part of a play or whatever...drives my husband mad. I even listen to the Archers:-(

I'm a Classic FM regular. Especially when I am driving.

i like the archers if im driving along. some classic FM but not so keen on the presenters ~ i like the five live team but theres too much sport on that!

Scotsgran - Dewi Griffiths and String of Pearls is from Radio Wales. We have it at 9.30 on Sunday mornings, and it's repeated in the nights at 8. Following the repeat is Showtime. Another prog with nice music :o)

i must try to remember that ~ scotsgran likes that too

You are right Hywel about String of Pearls. My car radio switches to Radio Wales coming up through Bristol and I get it for a good few miles up the M5. My husband was the junior Radio Officer on the Dunera taking the Anzacs back home after the war and it was his job to DJ the entertainment. He recognises all the artists and band leaders the minute a disc starts playing. Listening to these programmes is as good as a tonic.

Thanks Neena :o)

Hi Terra-- just been chatting about the 'winter wellie olympics' we'll soon need to get in training if we're to trounce the ' FPP'

Hi Pam ...
During the spring and summer months we should definitely keep an eye out for the FPP doing "secret training" ...
get the photographic evidence ...
... camera batteries fully charged and ready ... ;o)

I'd forgotten all about those FPPs and their evil ways, I'll probably have nightmares now $¦:-(
Do you like my new hairdo? I've copied Spritz $¦:-)

is that a hatpin or a knitting needle Ba?--- and yes I'm worried as the've been so quiet lately-- you know Tet's just the one to stir them up again.......

It's a beautiful hair slide Pam to hold up my golden tresses and keep them away from my eyebrows (Bloomers idea) Tet is probably the FPP master like what's his name and the daleks $¦:-(

ooh yes -- Davros? Ss¦:x)

Wow! Are you going out tonight Pam? That's one classy updo you've got there! Eat your heart out Marie Antionette! Or shall we call you Medusa from now on?

Its a 'beehive'-- was it dusty springfield who started them?

Let's be a bit more up to date here girls, Amy Whitehouse-esque. I'd wear that hairdo really, if I could sing like her . Davros..that's right Pam..it was on the tip of my tongue lol..the evil genius behind the Daleks. Tetrarch and the FPP...it figures. I think one of us should keep an eye on her, round the clock surveillance is what's needed here ¦:-| anyone seen my hat?

<)¦:0) found it dear --- but its a dunce? /\

Looks like a clown I remember.....erm... from before I was born, think Charlie Carolli...not sure of the spelling lol. Love the look ¦:-) That's not my hat though..it's Tets :-)

♪♪♪ THANK HEAVEN ... for little bulbs ... ♪♪♪

sorry Terra--got a bit carried away

my only excuse is that its so cold & miserable I got a bit silly --- slapped wrist---

♪♪♪ THANK HEAVEN ...

... for my friend Pamg ... ♪♪♪

xxx

love to my friends Conker, Truffle, Crocus-- and of course Tt xxx

:o) <<<hugs>>> from T,C,T & C xxx

thankyou xxxxx

Got mixed up with blogs, sorry TT :-(

Hi Bornagain ... blame the FPP xxx