tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post142437180233266554..comments2024-03-19T08:06:06.018+00:00Comments on Life of a Fifty-Something Yorkshireman: Put it all in the MixRarelesserspottedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-54158271053379902922011-04-22T13:25:51.658+01:002011-04-22T13:25:51.658+01:00Hi Wheelie
My family are trekkers too, me to a les...Hi Wheelie<br />My family are trekkers too, me to a lesser extent but still love it.<br />I always thought the Chuck Norris programmes were always badly produced which is why I could never get on with them.<br />I'm doing some herbs in clay pots this year.<br />XRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-62765894149668870122011-04-21T16:16:32.451+01:002011-04-21T16:16:32.451+01:00Yeh, love the Dixon Hill episodes of TNG.
Not like...Yeh, love the Dixon Hill episodes of TNG.<br />Not like I have a choice - My lass loves all things Trek. <br /><br />If she did it on Mastermind, she'd win :)<br /><br />My Sky box is hitting it's limit with recorded middle-of-the-night Babylon 5's. Marathon B5 session coming up!<br /><br />Me? I'm a Walker Texas Ranger fan. Chuck Norris. T'internet is full of Chuck Norris jokes. <br /><br />As for the planting - try quick growing herbs like flat leaf Parsley, Basil, Coriander, Dill, Chives and Thyme. If nothing else, grabbing a handful for a salad that you've grown yourself is divine.Wheeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798837094383674273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-32369863742096272802011-04-20T21:53:29.581+01:002011-04-20T21:53:29.581+01:00Hi Wheelie
Thanks for the tips, always an additio...Hi Wheelie <br />Thanks for the tips, always an additional option is useful to consider. <br />I love the cheap detective fiction and how it's portrayed in film and television, Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise has a holodeck fantasy as 1920s US private 'dick,' Dixon Hill - Hilarious.<br />XRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-8916078366176208212011-04-20T15:02:05.823+01:002011-04-20T15:02:05.823+01:00My lads wife and baby daughter live just outside C...My lads wife and baby daughter live just outside Chicago. Cedar Lake. We get daily weather updates via Facebook :) It's true, it's a very windy city.<br /><br />Makes a good intro for one of my little passions. 1930's cheap detective novels "It was a cold night in the windy city, and the squall wetted the greasy streets through the cracked window ....". Ah, classic, corny, prose! :)<br /><br />How about herbs? Not only do they look good, you can nibble 'em on the way past. If you allow them to flower, you'll have lots of purple, yellows and whites. Even if you don't plan to eat them or flower them, but keep them trimmed to fit, the smell will be gorgeous. <br /><br />Oh, Lavender. No. In a planting in that location, you'd have to dig it up and replace it with babies every year. They can get 3ft across.<br /><br />Nice for cooking though.Wheeliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10798837094383674273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-35441028266076047602011-04-19T18:27:40.968+01:002011-04-19T18:27:40.968+01:00Hi Jarmara
Well there's the dilemma. Shall I p...Hi Jarmara<br />Well there's the dilemma. Shall I plant some lavender shrubs for the smell and attracting butterflies and bees or do I go for traditional bedding for the first year, lobelia, begonia, petunia and geranium? Oh the choice! I have six lavender plants of different varieties in pots, but to fill the fountain, I guess I would need about twenty plants at least. I feel a toss of a coin coming on. <br />Have you ever met Diane Setterfield who lives in North Yorkshire, she wrote the Thirteenth Tale which I about to finish and it's a stunning book?<br />XXRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-22729692513216180052011-04-19T15:52:57.610+01:002011-04-19T15:52:57.610+01:00I would have loved to have see the crows at play. ...I would have loved to have see the crows at play. It was very interesting to read about the cardboard boxes. We still pick them up when we shop in Lidi. What will you plant in your fountain?Paula RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05550276147711384895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-39128702874434338822011-04-19T15:45:56.884+01:002011-04-19T15:45:56.884+01:00Hi Elizabeth
Many thanks for your comments on the ...Hi Elizabeth<br />Many thanks for your comments on the fountain, by sheer coincidence, the plants I ordered today have just come!<br />XX<br /><br />Hi Donna<br />Many thanks for the snippet. I looked it up on Wikipedia and never thought for a minute it was because of bragging rights! I learn something new every day. Thanks for the comment on the blog, it's just ramblings really, but hey - it's about passing time with great blogging friends about what can happen in ordinary life.<br />XXRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-6935702737814712042011-04-19T15:28:32.529+01:002011-04-19T15:28:32.529+01:00Dear Rare,
You always do such an excellent job of...Dear Rare,<br /><br />You always do such an excellent job of educating this rural farmwife I thought I'd tell YOU a little tidbit for a change. The Windy City, Chicago, is named that because immediately after the big fire of 1871, the folks of Chicago bragged about how quickly they could rebuild the city. Or was it related to all the bragging we did during the Worlds Fair ? Anyway, we are a bunch of braggarts that is for certain.<br /><br />PS I do so love your blog and the way you look at things with such deep thought and care.Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-12626898823585643672011-04-19T10:20:35.564+01:002011-04-19T10:20:35.564+01:00That fountain is going to look really beautiful, t...That fountain is going to look really beautiful, tiered up with flowers, You're right the weather has been absolutely glorious.<br /><br />Nice to see Chris' beautiful face - hope you're starting to feel better. Chris. xxElizabethhttp://www.stanforth-sharpe.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-60518282651570673752011-04-18T21:11:20.456+01:002011-04-18T21:11:20.456+01:00Hi ChrisJ
Many thanks for your post and I hope you...Hi ChrisJ<br />Many thanks for your post and I hope you are improving. I guess we are looking forward to a spring we don't seem to have had for a few years and more importantly, a sustained good summer. The weather is doing some funny things, so I hope you can look forward to a good one too!<br />XXRarelesserspottedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15865928245970626612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5083684017954117107.post-30453997289857297912011-04-18T20:28:04.745+01:002011-04-18T20:28:04.745+01:00That was a good idea to put soil in your fountain....That was a good idea to put soil in your fountain. It should look beautiful. I know the bit about ne'er cast a clout. From the blogs I'm reading, the weather in Britain has been gorgeous lately. Our spring is feast or famine, although those friends and relatives I have in Canada would be hard pressed to call it famine. It's 68F and cloudy today. But over the weekend it was 80F. On the coast we get what we call May gray and June Gloom, overcast dull days as the land and deserts warm up. Last summer we had them all summer long, so every one down here is hoping we'll be back to normal with warm weather until the end of October. Last year my Plumeria (the Hawaian flower) didn't bloom at all, but it's still coming on strong so far this year.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.com