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Looking for replacement pedicure tool, I came across this one - the ultimate solution to a range of intimate problems.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/removal-zukabmw-Pedicure-Remover-pedicure/dp/B07VFFY8YP
 
Marigold said:
Looking for replacement pedicure tool, I came across this one - the ultimate solution to a range of intimate problems.
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/removal-zukabmw-Pedicure-Remover-pedicure/dp/B07VFFY8YP
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Cockroaches ?????? :-)11
 
Margaid said:
Happy Birthday Marigold!!!
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Thanks Margaid.
It’s not actually my birthday, but I was advised that it’s best to choose another date on social media such as Facebook, for data protection reasons. This would be a better time of year for a birthday than when mine really comes around, though.
 
Of course, your birthday is later in the year! I did that once, used a different date and then couldn't remember what it was! Should have done something obvious (to me) like swapping the day and month ...
 
Cockroaches. :o :o :o How many people are wandering around with cockroaches attached to their feet, does it work on live or dead ones ?
 
And it ‘removes sputum.’ How many people are agile enough to spit on the soles of their feet?
Also removes the actual soles of the feet, especially in the hands of ‘amateur manicure amateurs.”
 
And why would you want to spit on the soles of your feet.
Nice cheery pic from North Wales Daily Post yesterday of the Laburnum arch at Bodnant. Earliest flowering on record. We have never been lucky enough to see it in full flower
 

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BYM those trees are soooo gorgeous. They remind me of wisteria. It must be incredible to see these in 'real life'. I love this time of year, with all the blossom. Even the hawthorn is truly beautiful. My Mum gave me a cutting in summer 2018 and 2019 from her tree. It's called Abutilon. They grow huge in a short time, last years grew from being an 8 inches tall cutting, in a plant pot, which I immediately put in the border, it is now over 5 foot high. The other planted in 2018 is 9 foot. That one was moved from a shady area, but somehow survived the ordeal. I love them so much that I googled the type and found there are many varities with different blossom, so bought 5 in different colours. One already has an orange blossom.
It's been incredible weather for Spring, the best I have known for many years.
 

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Wow - it doesn't look real does it?! All that colour. I can see moss and imagine the climate, that cool undertow. Its making me nostalgic! There is a public garden in the local city which has a wisteria 'pavilion' (a sort of round structure draped in the plant) and one of the roundabouts in the local village has a smaller one clothed with bougainvillea, and another supporting a magnolia, but they are nowhere near as big or dramatic as this.

Tweetypie - you have performed a minor miracle, abutilon often don't thrive outdoors, but yours looks magnificent, well done :-)08 You might like bougainvillea as well, it comes in very strong colours mostly with some which are a bit less shouty, although its also tender. Once established it puts on an enormous amount of growth each year, flowers for months, then you hack it back and start all over again!
 
I’ll second that. That Abutilon is magnificent. I love white flowers combined with dramatic foliage.
Down island there’s a guy with a sheltered garden where he is able to grow a Gunnera. How dramatic is that!
I read recently that you are facing an invasion of Giant Hogweed. Sounds like a nasty plant.
 
Amazing Abutilon it looks stunning.
A friend of mine saw a Gunnera in a stately home and got one for her pond edge. Didn't quite take into account, the size they grow to, it was like a giant triffid taking over the garden.
The Olympic site was a mass of Giant Hogweed, and a friend who worked on the construction site said it literally lifted thick concrete into the air as it grew. Bit like Himalayan balsam taking over rivers.
 
My neighbour grew gunnera in East Sussex, we had a very high water table. It looked fab in his garden, luckily it was one garden over from me as each year he had to machete it to get it under control. I used to think himalyan balsam was an attractive plant before I read up about it and realised what a danger it is, again it grew very well in E.Sussex and you would come across it whilst out for a stroll in the countryside, interfering with small brooks. I have seen giant hogweed, though I can't remember where. It sounds like a horrid rival to japenese knotweed.

Cheery news, OH heard a nightjar last night. The weather has turned hot here, and we feel as though summer is round the corner, after 2 months of wet weather.
 
Now I have googled the Gunnera, I can safely say to my ignorant husband it is NOT rhubarb!! :-) We see quite a lot near the streams when out walking! The dreaded giant hogweed is out in force, too. My favourite huge plant is the echium. I also saw one of those last year, but had no idea what it was until I saw someone post a pic on Facebook. It was absolutely monstrous. Good for bees, apparently.

Mrs Biscuit - a nightjar. The last time I saw one of those I was about 11 or 12 years old, that summer there was a drought (1976)?. Not sure how it came inland to get tar on its wings, but it was grounded. Took me ages to get it off and set it on its' way. Unusual birds.

PS The moss is probably due to cutting the lawn short and those nasty bugs that eat the grass roots. Doesn't drain well, either.
 
We saw and heard Nightjar on Tuesday evening, at our usual spot. Just such an amazing sound. Bird was also flying around doing the wing clapping as well
 
Saw a woodpecker on my prunus - think it was lesser spotted but difficult to see from indoors and among the leaves. Crept out with camera but it had gone and the red kite had gone too far way on a thermal - but that's a regular sight here.
 
If it was sparrow sized it was a Lesser Spot. Greater S Woodpecker has the red rump. Be good if it was a Lesser Spot
 
Particularly during the Spring and Autumn I see a whole selection of little browny/greeny jobs. Haven’t got a clue what they are.
“Oh look, I say, warblers”. Thankfully no one has asked me what sort. Still hoping for a passing hawfinch. Apart from the National Exhibition of Cage Birds when I was about 15 I’ve yet to see one.
 
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If it was sparrow sized it was a Lesser Spot. Greater S Woodpecker has the red rump. Be good if it was a Lesser Spot
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It was Greater Spotted then - it was the flash of red that caught my eye and definitely bigger than a sparrow. Good to see anyway.
 
If you ever venture down this way Hen-Gen in wintertime we will take you to Lynford in Norfolk a very reliable spot. Good for Lesser spotted Woodpecker also
 
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