CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Marty]

11 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Feels like the weekend but it’s not  

Off to bed here

Enjoy your day, especially Steve HBTY 

Sleep well, B  

[Marty]

8 hours ago, Timothy M. said:

Sounds very sensible to me

And at least you avoided this :  https://www.tv2east.dk/slagelse/gigantisk-vaegplante-vaelter-ned-over-pensionists-bil 

Lucky that no-one was underneath when that thing came down!

Had to use Google Translate to understand the article, Tim. Not sure if it translated everything correctly. For example Google translated the following...

"Men nu har der været en del blæst, og det var åbenbart den sidste blæst, der skulle til i går, og så faldt den."

... to this, in English:

"But now there has been a lot of blows, and it was obviously the last blow to go yesterday, and then it fell."

I'm assuming that blaest probably means strong wind(s), or gust(s), or possibly gale(s)?

And am I correct in thinking the plant was a climbing euphorbia? (Google seemed completely confused there.) 

Edited April 21, 2020 by Marty
Tidying up

[Headstall]

4 hours ago, Marty said:

Good morning, Albert!

Please wish Steve the happiest of happy birthdays from me.

 

 

Hey, Marty.   I was in a snow globe for a while, but it's stopped now. The sun has come out but it's chilly AF.  

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All!

Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park

Hey, Albert!   HAPPY BIRTHDAY, STEVE!!!

[Headstall]

36 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Feels like the weekend but it’s not  

Off to bed here

Enjoy your day, especially Steve HBTY 

Night, B.  

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Wait!?! Val wasn't that taped at your last birthday party right before he started taking off his clothes.

[dughlas]

22 hours ago, Headstall said:

That might take a while.  

Slacker ...

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Wait!?! Val wasn't that taped at your last birthday party right before he started taking off his clothes.

Hey, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.     *scratches Thistle on his belly*

[Albert1434]

Steve want to say thanks to very one that wish him happy Birthday 

[dughlas]

21 hours ago, Marty said:

Here's the before and after views of the work I did clearing the ivy from the rear wall of my garden yesterday and today...

How it looked yesterday lunchtime:

 

And how it looked this evening:

I am going to leave clearing the last bit of ivy (to the left of the ladder) until the autumn or the winter. I think there's a pair of robins nesting in the hedge close to that corner, and I wouldn't like to disturb it. 

And by that time you might be able to rent that 21 year-old son of a friend.

[dughlas]

21 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

This picture is for Marty

You forgot the two flutes of pink champagne in the original pic ...

[dughlas]

17 hours ago, clochette said:

Oh look. Val is dictating her next story to Joker.

[dughlas]

16 hours ago, Bucket1 said:

 

First wipe him down with hand sanitizer... after that it’s all ok  

I found dragging him into the shower for a good twenty minute soaping more fun ... of course the work in the garden never did get done.

[dughlas]

16 hours ago, Headstall said:

He's hired! I hope he takes dictation.  

Yeah, but you'll have to get him away from Val.

[dughlas]

9 hours ago, Marty said:

Before I started I considered doing just that. It was the fact that some of the main stems of the ivy were so thick that they were beginning to loosen the stones of the wall that made me decide to remove the bulk of it. Once I've repointed the loosest of the stones, I will maybe let the ivy grow back and just keep it trimmed in the future. Or I may grow some more colourful climbers on the wall (or do both?).

Climbing roses?

[dughlas]

20 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Hey, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.     *scratches Thistle on his belly*

Hi Page, thank you for the belly scratches. 🐾

[dughlas]

21 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Steve want to say thanks to very one that wish him happy Birthday 

But I hadn't had a chance to say ...

Steve

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty.   I was in a snow globe for a while, but it's stopped now. The sun has come out but it's chilly AF.  

I'm not sure if its the same in your province, but I read an autobiography (can't remember who by) many years ago of someone who lived in British Columbia. He said that in his part of that province he didn't experience spring. Apparently summer would eventually just appear.

It's a book I bought in a second hand bookshop sometime in my early to mid twenties (so sometime in the 1970's), and had been written in the early years of the twentieth century. I seem to remember the author's opening sentence being something along the lines of "The first time I saw the place that I now call home, all the land around me was burnt." He was unhappy with the exploitation of the land, and the clear-felling that had been done of the native forests. He realised that the beaver, which has been hunted to extinction locally, was an important factor in maintaining the balance of nature, and spent several years repairing old beaver dams to regulate the flow of water and prevent flash flooding and erosion of the soil. Eventually a wild life ranger became interested in what he was doing, and gave him a pair of beavers. Within several short years, as they bred and their numbers increased, the land returned to its more natural state. 

I have my copy in one of the many boxes of books that are awaiting bookshelves to be put up in my new place. I really must dig it out sometime and re-read it.

[Marty]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

Climbing roses?

Possibly. And maybe Clematis, Wisteria, and possibly Virginian Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)...

[Albert1434]

I vote for Wisteria

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

I vote for Wisteria

 

Noted. And thanks for the encouragement.  

It's a long wall, and not the only wall in the garden, so I may go for a mix.

[Page Scrawler]

21 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

I vote for Wisteria

I second the motion!   

[Albert1434]

Aloha Page

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

I second the motion!   

Hi, Page!

Hope all's well with you.  

Your seconding has been noted. But I would point out that Albert didn't actually propose a motion. He simply jumped right in and voted.

And I must also point out that this is not a democracy as far as my garden is concerned.

At  the end of the day the decision will be mine, and mine alone.

And a good part of me reaching that decision will be to do with what wildlife (in particular pollinators) will be encouraged by what I plant.

[Page Scrawler]

8 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page

Hey, Bertie.