Gardening diaries - friendly discussions (part 2)

@shiney Just been watching videos on how to tile the floor and so being a nosy character, pop in here to have a look. Here it is humid, but much more bearable than yesterday. Regig a water butt again just in case there is liquid gold to be had. Would love to see a baby pheasant. On the way to get some horse manure, saw a pheasant, but as soon as the son took out a camera, it disappeared.

I also have one such cat which lurches in my garden any time of the day. I don't feed it as I don't want it to rub is coat on my leg.. Don't know where it gets its sustenance, but it is in my garden very early in the morning and very late at night.

 

Afternoon all , rained all night and most of the morning here just been out into the back garden dahlias flowers showing and lilies should be open this week More rain forecast for the north east not to worry Wimbledon to watch fingers crossed for Andy and Konta

 

@zenj Lovely dahlias and I like the rain on it. I reckon you hate the liquid stuff! You should have seen how much I have done to prepare for the long awaited gold rush..

My meconopsis seedlings are still alive and I water them nearly every day. I have the same daisy and they are now taking over.. self-seeding everywhere, so are my verbena bonariensis, eryngium, Welsh poppies .. I must say I still love my ox-eye daisies, but I wish they understood my concern and had not sprung up everywhere. It went 80 feet to the end of my garden.

 

Delightful colour in those dahlias zenj. Do you know their names?

 

Hi Verdun red one is Bergers Record and the other is Lindsay Michelle should have yellow middle when fully out ! Alp if you want some rain I will send you some belting it down here at the moment

 

@alp,so glad your son mended your butt ( unfortunate phrasing there).....you get my drift I hope

Dad is a shaken , thankfully cuts and bruises aren't too bad.

Found his record player ( that he forgot he had!) , dusted off the cobwebs and he is now sitting surrounded by all of his old record collections.......and we are rock and rolling to ' The Hits Of World War 2......hoovered, cleaned and dusted in time with the beat...not a pretty sight


He is now wandering down memory lane.....stopping briefly to ask if I remember certain songs !!!!.......'ummm no Dad....I was a mere twinkle in your eye':giggle::giggle:

His old Lab is happily snoozing across my feet.....:happydog:.....so all is good in our little world.

Will serve up Dad's main meal later before hubs comes to collect me, and hopefully he won't forget to buy some painkillers for Dad.....Mmmmm best remind him I think.

Catch you all later, enjoy the rest of your day.

 

Ha ha Upsy....sounds like your dad had a wonderful day....bruises apart! You too, methinks

 

We certainly did thanks @Verdun .
To be honest....I quite enjoyed our musical sing-along afternoon!

 

Awwwwwwwwwwww... so idyllic @shiney and Mrs shiney (I think)... Having watched most of the Springwatch, I really love seeing wildlife. Pheasants are such beautiful birds. I think one must have come next to my front door at night as I saw his beautiful feathers in the morning. Poor pheasant ..

They must be very at home in your garden, @shiney... Thank you so much for uploading the family here.. I'd love to have one wandering around my garden like that. I will definitely keep chickens or ducks in my next house.

 

@Upsydaisy Hope you can rest for a while after such a hectic day! Lots of love!

 

I'm a big Springwatch fan too. The stoats are always my favourites. Shame they rarely show hogs on there. Shiney, do you have a night cam set up? I imagine you have all sorts of wildlife there.

Upsy, glad to hear your Dad is ok & no broken bones. Scary when you get those calls, sends shivers & numbness.

 

Thanks @alp
How has your day been ? Sorry if you have already said......haven't read back yet.:embarrassed: