Yawn Yawn, wakey wakey !! 2015 mk 2

Aloha everyone,

@moyra Can't you put a friendly note on that person's car explaining how awkward it is for you?

I think that last night it got past being cats and dogs and ended up being elephants and giraffes! The garden was ecstatic!

I picked about 20lbs of golden plums yesterday - my favourite plum. They had gone from not being ripe two days ago to almost all of them being ready to pick. I have to wear gloves to pick them as the wasps were all over, and inside, them. Picking needs to be done in the morning as the wasps aren't aggressive then. From late morning onwards they're unpredictable as they can be drunk on the juice!

If the rain stops (drizzling at the moment - EDIT: just started peeing down) I'll pick more with Mrs Shiney's help. I need to get the ladders out and then I can pick and pass them down to her.

Mrs Shiney is working on her entries for the horticultural show this year but hasn't quite got the enthusiasm for it. There are awards (made of card and in different colours for 1st, 2nd and 3rd) for dozens of categories and silver cups for the person with the highest total scores in the different classes. Mrs Shiney won most of the cups last year (five of the six) and is barred from winning them again for three years. So I think she's only entering a couple of dozens sections . I'm not confident this year about our veggie entries as they were devastated by the wildlife.

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

I think it's to encourage other people to enter. Otherwise they may just say to themselves that it's not worth competing against her.

 

Good morning @shiney I resemble that They have decided that Woo cannot enter the local garden Comp this year because some people complained that they don't get a chance to win,so I thought about entering under another name such as W.I.S.E Owl but then I would have to move the garden

I have taken their decision as an Owl should in a dignified and adult manner and told them they can stick the Garden comp where the sun don't shine

 

@wiseowl well done . That's unfair . They shouldn't bar you from entering but they could put into the regulations that someone can't win first prize two years in succession. Then you would be able to win second prize and know that it was really first!

The horticultural show is a bit different. Nobody is barred. You just can't win the prizes for the highest overall points in each class. Mrs Shiney can still enter and get the award for winning all the sections she entered but can't hold the silver trophy that year (or the next). She's still entering in order to compete - and make it harder for the judges

 

Good morning all my friends on this bonus of an August Saturday morning,have a lovely weekend and look after yourselves

 

Aloha everyone,

It's sunny this morning. After all the rain, and the fields have been harvested, I think that I'll prepare everything for a giant bonfire this evening.

Keep well and have a great day

Aloha!

 

Good morning all my friends its another bonus of a Sunday,I trust that you are all feeling good and ready to enjoy your day,take care and look after yourselves