snowmash's cybergarden - spring edition

[madmouse]

hello

Morning all - A miserable rainy morning here, have overslept and no energy so hope others feel better.

I find stuff I like in lots of places hob, sometimes linked, but this top is from CraftStylish. Tipnut has an amazing variety too, but many are really not nice at all, particularly items suggested as economical gifts, which I'm so pleased I've not received. Does anyone but a Mum want items decorated with children's handprints? Sorry to ramble, must check Guardian site.

Very impressed at shodatin's dress making skills !!!!

Glad you're not suffering too much TIANC and that your protest went well Hob.

Oooooooo , thank you so much for recommendations , shodatin. at kiddie handprint couture . Sorry you've felt so tired today & hope you have a slight infusion of energy this afternoon . Very rainy here too , resulting in a sopping cat earlier . .

Thank you very much kizzie , and hope you're enjoying the bank holiday , or at least relaxing vigorously , and same for snowmash , TIANC, madmouse and pixie .

Glad you're now in recovery TIANC, and my thanks too.
What a good idea hob, adding layer of moss to T's dormouse nest! Hope your day has improved too, since kitty incident, poor animal must have been so unhappy until warm and dry again. My day did improve thanks, with Skype from brother and visit from Thai friend, who brought me a spare portable TV, big surprise.
Hi kizzie, hope you and twins enjoyed rest of holiday - my dress-making skills are not at all impressive, it's just one of my amusements.
Hope you're OK still snowmash, thinking of you (and others who are not around much these days).

Zonked but no suffering, thank you! Hurray! And you're spot on as usual, hob: "buoyed" it is. Only now realised just how much it's been weighing me down - for months.

Oops about your cat, tho. Was s/he outraged at the indignity, as only cats can be?

Your Thai friend sounds absolutely lovely, shodatin. So glad your day picked up.

snowmash hope it's not too humid where you are. We've had more of that wonderful night rain.

Wishing you all cosy dry nights, and the garden a wet growing one! Sleep well, all the lovely people!

It's nearly my bedtime again, sorry I missed greeting the world this morning but hope everyone had a good day. It was a beautiful day here when the sun got out, so quite enjoyed clearing a space for lettuce seedlings which are due tomorrow. Normally I can't bear to lose them to slugs, but these are donated so have emptied and washed a few egg-shells to sprinkle around, which are the only reason my lupin has survived so far.
I'm sure the cyber-garden doesn't have this problem, we probably don't even have slugs to disturb the peace and tranquility, just a few cats and dormice dozing in the sunshine...

Hi all been gardening all evening - my house group from church (which contains some of my best friends) interchanges bible studies with gardening for people who can no longer manage their garden. We tackled a huge wilderness with about 12 of us including a few kids. Filled a wheelie bin and 10 huge bin bags and more. It always chills me out right to the bone so I'm hoping for some good sleep. Though of you all when I found some lemon balm

Wow, madmouse, that sounds incredibly hard work but soooo satisfying, especially in such a lovely team. Hope you're toasty all the way through by now, and sleeping like a babe. May need tiger balm as well as lemon balm come the morn!

Oh I hope no slugs in the cybergarden, shodatin. The little buggers can be snaffled by hedgehogs the moment they slime over the boundary! Good luck with your lettuce.

And here we've harvested a handful of strawberries! But with slugs, ahem, in situ.

Slightly worried by proximity of cybercat to dormouse. Hope we can be friends. Will have to wake up tomorrow and go scurrying about my business properly. Coped with v patient roofer today, so that's another job ticked off.

hob, snowmash, kizzie, Pixie and butterpie, hope you've all had good days too.

Wishing us all sunshine for the day and blessed rain at night. Sleep well all.

What a good idea madmouse, it's amazing how a group of people can transform a wilderness, and excellent system to help out neighbours. Hope
someone salvaged lemon balm too, altho not required as night-cap tonight.

Strawberries very early TIANC, such a shame about slugs though, as nothing tastes as good as a garden berry. Glad your roofing's going to plan too, and that you're ready for next rainfall.

It never occurred to me that cats and dormice might be dangerous combination, but our cyber-cats have hopefully evolved into vegetarians who prefer snacking on
Saying goodnight all, and thanks to TIANC for good wishes all round

Another beautiful day, almost summery here, so hope everyone's been able to enjoy the outdoors, at least for a while. Have potted on some donated cutting lettuce, as not brave enough yet to put it in border for slugs to find. I do have an almost tame blackbird at the back, so have been turning bits of soil over for him, while he waits about a foot away for food, and hope he'll ignore lettuce when it's a bit bigger but stay for slug feasts.

Better go and catch up with stuff which got delayed when I was in town earlier, and plan to return for a later.

And a lovely summery one here too. Though not with the delight of a tame blackbird! How perfectly wonderful, shodatin! Here's that for you.

And at biscuitarian cats! Do you think they get a vote in hob's Marxist biscuit decision-making?

Only just realised how busy today's been. Carer/cleaner's day, plus was overrun by two lovely friends checking - separately - if I'd survived Sat. One came to the house, and it was brill to yak in the garden, but I'm utterly shattered!

Note to self: little and often. Don't get carried away, and do remember to tell lovely friends that, actually, I'm tired now.

Come to that, I should do the same now...

Hope you all had good days, snowmash, hob, madmouse et al. Sleep well, sweet peas.

Hi TIANC, sorry to hear friends tired you out, and quite understand why it happens.

I imagine cyber-cats sit Quaker-fashion until they're agreed on any biscuit decisions, rather than actually voting, and have often thought there's a fair amount of ESP and mind-reading involved with any dogs and cats.

Must go to bed; not realised it's so late. Goodnight.

Late this morning, but luckily it doesn't matter at all and sun shining today is supposed to continue until weekend, so no excuse not to be gardening.
Hope you're able to get out more snowmash and wonder if you've been allowed to visit home yet? Hope your recovery's going well now.

Evening everyone , very , very sorry for uselessneness - I was certain I posted on Tuesday but no - as if that was a bit better .

Think the posts of the past day or two have been some of the most evocative and cheeful yet on snowmash's thread , and I hope she's enjoyed reading it , and that she's been able to be out in fresh air now & then
Hope you have indeed had the chance to enjoy some gardening today , shodatin , and your precious blackbird enjoyed a feed , including slugs ,from your turned earth .

Sounds as if you ' ve managed a (good ) week's worth of interaction yesterday , scurrying dormouse TIANC, & hope you're had a relaxing time today . Amazingly early for strawberries. < encourages cyberpuss to curl up peaceably next to TIANC >

Great joy here at biscuit loving cybercats , & I do agree with shodatin that cats sit in Meeting to reach answers to dilemmas such as which type of biscuits to produce & distribute .... though I like to think the Inner Teacher will guides them towards Marxist decisions , heh heh.

I'ts being a long running debate in this house , whether cats sitting in Quaker Meeting always accept the guidance of the divine - DH wonders about Fat Cats - and I think they need to meditate & come to Meeting more often , to quieten their cravings & competitiveness

Funny you should mention mind reading in connection with animals shodatin , as since I've been going to meeting & thus learned to "centre down" I've been able to sense when pussycats are mentally calling me from garden etc - very sweet the way they seem to consciously do this to humans

Gardening group is a brilliant idea , madmouse, wow at 10 plus giant bags. How lovely about the lemon balm. Hope mouseling is doing well .

Peaceful evening to all , especially snowmash

I took mousling swimming today for the first time in a very long time - and he discovered you can walk in water and liked it. And he took about 6 steps unaided - his very first

That's such lovely news about your ds madmouse and he must have been so pleased and excited about it. I wonder if you took pictures? If not, it's a good reason for another swim very soon and I bet he can't wait for next time.

That's a new idea to me hob, being aware of cats "calling", but I think far more likely than their Marxist philosophy, however long they might spend at Meeting, and tend to agree with your DP about their Fat Cat inclinations. A very experienced friend told me that not all cats choose to hunt and certainly not all of them eat wild food, which surprised me, but maybe these were the more enlightened ones, and well on way to pacifism.

at mouseling! Superb! Is this the result of the botox therapy, do you think?

Am adoring the meditating and psychic cats! Hmm, yes, I think I've met both Fat Cats and enlightened cats - tho maybe the seemingly enlightened ones are just managing their servants' owners' expectations?

Beautiful day here today.

hob, you're so right, I'm well up to my limit for the week. Which is clearly why I was dragged from garden or upstairs by (1) call from someone wanting to hack into my computer, (2) call from someone trying to sell me something, (3) a large, angry, very pink man in a very white teeshirt at my door asking, Was there a coloured family in the street as one of them had sold drugs to his daughter? (Hard to know which bit of this to deal with first, so I gaped and then wrote down his reg number.) By the time (4) the double-glazing salesman knocked, he got slightly short shrift...

But doing very well, all things considered!

Hope everyone else is coping, too.

snowmash, hope you're having a fair few good-ish days between the horrid bad'uns. We don't fret too much now when you're not around, but it is always so lovely when you drop in.

Hope you're getting some time to rest too, btw, hob. Don't burn yourself out, will you?

And I have just realised the time. Hope you're all tucked up warm, to wake rested and refreshed on the morrow.

Good morning again. I know I typed a goodnight, planning to dream of cats walking on water in Quaker bonnets, but must have been hallucination (or I forgot to press "send" again.) Hope everyone had restorative sleep and that we all remember not to over-do things today - or get afflicted like poor TIANC
with endless interruptions.
Off to check on water requirements, which should be easing as plants establish.

Thats lovely news madmouse

Im staying away from the MH board a little bit just to clear my mind - but still thinking of you all and snowmash of course.

Hope you all have lovely weekend x

Hi shodatin - never mind the pussycats , you are the mind reader now - tears of mirth here at cats in Quaker bonnets and tiny dormouse snores from TIANC . How do you know about the cats in bonnets that DH & I speak of so often ?

You & TIANC are most sage & considered in your deliberations / conclusions about Fat v enlightened felines & I agree with both of you - genius TIANC about clever cats who might be acting to please their humans ... you are so right
I have heard of cats who don't hunt, & I think most servants of cats notice that some seem to have a fearsomely clear eye on the world , but occasionally you meet a cross puss who is are bogged down in stress & has compusive , greedy / bullying behaviour... seems to result from a traumatic background . Does kizzie 's cat have an opinion on this , I wonder ?

Oh my , TANC , wise to take reg no - hope they haven't come back ( v unlikely , I'm sure ). What a procession of callers & I feel guilty laughing so much . Hope you're having a blissfully relaxing day & yes thanks, am grabbing extra rest today .

Went to have a session of healing from ( well via , not from ) a Friend the other day & it helped my everyday symptoms then & since . They're qualified & accredited , though I understand why people scoff at the notion of that !
Now I'm going to be practising every day to "access" the healing energy myself - seemed to work when I tried it , further joy . Still most inspired by your "glass wall" , shodatin - along the same lines .

Hope you can feel the effects of all the positive thoughts & prayers people here are sending you , snowmash , & that you can somehow find ways to lift your spirits till you can have more fun .

JOY JOY JOY at mouseling's very first unaided steps !! and practising walking in water. Thank you for telling us , madmouse - sure snowmash will be delighted .

Brightest sun here , hope all enjoying . Must post little & often ....

Hi kizzie, crossposted . Hope you have a lovely weekend too & will feel better for your break from MH topic .

Thanks hob.

Just popped back to say please dont worry. Im fine. Just had a very busy couple of weeks at work and in one of my vague bids to be sensible Im trying to head off and prevent 'tiredness induced anxiety' - rather than trying to recover from it.

Ps. my cat spent the first 7 years of her life totally incapable of catching anything. not a hunting bone in her body. but for some reason has decided to reinvent herself as a true moggy in the last couple of months.

Hello to kizzie, I do understand you wanting a break after being busy and it's sensible to do less, but I hope this isn't a stressful place to be for anyone. We seem to be involved with philosophical questions about cats these days and I'm sure you know a great deal more than me on the subject. I'd be interested in why you think your animal has changed recently, so please don't stay away for too long. Wishing you a lovely relaxing weekend.

Glad the healing is working for you hob and hope it continues. I've been involved in this too, a long time ago, but have yet to meet anyone else interested in cats in bonnets.

Today was good, as my Limnanthes seedlings have germinated! Good news after such a long time without them, but am running out of space for veg.

Heh, do you think this is too fancy for a Quaker bonnet? <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=nawob.com/wp-content/gallery/cat-costumes/cat-bonnet.jpg&imgrefurl=nawob.com/cats-costumes-halloween&usg=__Figfn4CLsNFovlYMIcaqGFEPzo8=&h=500&w=375&sz=41&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=vqzzy_3Ty5d6IM:&tbnh=167&tbnw=122&ei=eGjpTY3UIImy8QPTzKiYAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcat%2Bbonnet%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1054%26bih%3D651%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=132&vpy=68&dur=637&hovh=259&hovw=194&tx=100&ty=118&page=1&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1054&bih=651" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This one definitely too beribboned!

Lovely to see you kizzie. How very sensible to manage your tiredness so well. It's something I struggle with, so admire your discipline. Completely understand the need for a break from MH stuff - but you know there's always a in the cybergarden when you fancy.

Interesting to read all the ideas on meditation, healing and coping strategies. Must re-read all this at some point and assimilate it. (I just reckon, If it works for you, use it.)

Hurray for your seedlings, shodatin! Fingers crossed they will make it. Planted out my tarragon today, so crossing digits for that, too.

Thank you hob, lovely restful day here today. Very glad you've been catching up as well. Glad you got the sunshine today - same here.

Hope snowmash and everyone else got it too.

And tonight I shall be virtuous and turn in at decent time. Wishing you sweet sleep, lovely people, and good, full but not too tiring days tomorrow.