What's Looking Good November 2024

Good old Quentin! He reckoned that it stopped settling after 4 years, didn't he? And you don't need to wash up plates until they've contained fish.....

 

I don't understand that 'dusting' word either!
Not sure how you can tell my prowess at housework from that pic @LawnAndOrder

PS - I use a damp cloth rather than a duster though. Duster is only for high bits and skirting boards

 

I find my car never needs cleaning it just doesn't get any dirtier after a while.

 

It's like Immaculate Conception; it just happens without human intervention.

 

I had never heard of that poem before @shiney , it sums up my attitude to housework perfectly .
I agree with the sentiments, except for the line about climbing mountains. I'd need to change it to visiting gardens .

Dust if you must, but there are gardens out there
Carefully tended, with beauty to share.
With beds full of flowers and colours galore
And maybe a plant shop with bargains in store.

Dust if you must, but that's not for me
I'd rather go outside and look at a tree
That stands in a garden with planting herbaceous
Traditional, contemporary, or maybe audacious.

Dust if you must, but at the day's end
I want to have memories of a glorious blend
Of nature and beauty, and also for me
A nice piece of cake and a good cup of tea.

Apologies for the plagiarism, Rose inspired me .

 

Nice one @AnniD - although I'd definitely be including the line you'd miss out!

...as long as the knees stay in one piece, which is becoming increasingly unlikely

 

Thank you @shiney .

 

Having little experience with cuttings (other than remarks -see below below - I am the one in blue), Mrs Lao has, in my opinion, achieved good results twelve days ago, delivering quintuplets (below - and this without this time having to be on the back of a motorbike) from a mother who, as you can see, is well and thriving, despite November march-ing to the ides.

 

At least for coleus, unlike Tintin, it is not terminal... A strange way to understand truth - is he quoting John's gospel?

 

He is misquoting the Chinese philosopher, Lao Tzu.

Now I am sticking my neck out here (again!) because I am not sure, but one of La Tzu’s most famous advice to his disciples was Do the hard things while they are easy, and do the big things while they are small … and I believe this may well be the saying that inspired JFK’s inspirational "We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."

Probably not true, but I have a dream …