Cybergarden: Spring into Summer

[Upwardandonward]

Here's a new thread for us.

Sorry , crossposted with you , Nilgiri - for my part , thank you , but I mustn't as would cause real distress - but dearly hope blameless poster can .

Thank you for another beautiful , calming post
< HF snores gently >

Good morning all!

Here's some to start the day.

Ooh, ! Thank you Upward.

A bright-through-the-clouds day here; hope others are getting some akshul real sunshine.

Went out to find why birds were shouting, and found them mocking a magpie. And later saw a robin with beak full of worms. A nest!

I'm glad you've had some sun nilgiri, we've had rain here. I am on holiday this weekend coming.

Oh lovely. Holiday, that is, not rain. Are you going back to an old favourite place (or family) or somewhere new?

Somewhere new with family, so that'll be nice. Are you up to anything at the weekend nilgiri?

Sounds like a good 'un on both fronts, Upward. Now you just need the weather to co-operate.

My weekend will be spent lying flat interspersed with frantic round cleaning: Tranche 3 of visitors due next week.

Tranche 4 coming next month.

And then everybody will go away and I won't have visitors for another four years.

It's been positive, though - not just to see people but to focus the mind on making the place habitable, which has major plusses for DP.

< HF wakes , turns on tassely cushion and curls back up in disgust at

rain >

< ndt bounds back to guard duty after gallant stint in Nilgiri's

garden >- poor mocked magpie ! EWhat an amazing scene

Apologies for name change ... very happy to see comforting summerhouse , and hope we are all able to be here together for a good doze in steamer chairs

Shocked at all the extra work , Nilgiri , so soon after last set of visitors , and with all your much-appreciated work in vcybergarden

Aah , my usual typos meant not enough flowers

Yikes at roadworks coming into the house, futuredream! Re-doing your water mains, clearly. I do hope it's not too much disruption for you, especially where you went to so much trouble to make good for landlord inspection. Grr.

Thank you for heartfelt empathy , Nilgiri ! Whole road in a grump about it , and as for pussycats with their sensitive ears - new heights of disdainful expressions

When I get the chance am going to plant whichever seeds / sprouty tubers I can find which might still grow ... I did smile wincingly led at a consoling poster on the Gardening board who said not to worry if late with planting -everyone who'd already sown seeds outdoors had seen them washed away

Oh my , whaa sultry , rainy night ... niped to shop ( I know just being able to do that ocasionally is a great luxury ) and it was quite dramatic to see all the rain pouring into the storm drains (another luxury)

May the gentle patterings soothe us all to sleep , especially those feeling unwell , and we all dream of the May -time countryside , lush and blossomy

< starts cleaning and cushion -plumping >

< startles poor ndt looks from nocturnal guard duty >

< puts out jug of water with lemon and pot of hot chocolate >

Sorry , slight pc freeziness added to my mistakes

Much roadwork-sympathy to the sound-sensitive of any species, futuredream.

Can I confess to sharing your love of dramatic downpours as long as I'm under shelter? Standing on a verandah or stoep or cloister as the rain thuds down in lumps, ideally on a hot day but a cold day with impending hot chocolate will do... Fabulous!

And what beautiful, soothing, bedtime thoughts, future.

Hope everyone sleeps well and wakes comfortable and rested.

Ah Nilgiri , what evocative pictures for this warm night - cloisters and verandahs ... I imagine angelic childern sheltering on the steps of simple buildings like this ( never been there , and am sure it's totally standard , but< dreams > )

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Still very < drops off mid-chatter >
...Oooops , sorry , good morning alls ... was saying still very rainy but had become wildly windy also - this morning is quite still . Howe we all had a healing sleep and can enjoy small treats today < pointed expressions from companion anaimals >

< inspects cyberpond to see if tadpoles have felt equipped yet to explore moist terrain >
[brews]

Thanks for the

Reasonable day here, a little windy but fine. I hope everyone else is having a good/passable day

Aha , so pleased you've escaped the rain , Upward - you must have the tail end of the winds that whipped up dramatically here last night -hope not too much work preparing for holiday

Also hoping everyone relatively OK today

< peeks into cybergarden foxhole to check cubs are growing well >

A fuschia sale at community centre later

Poor pussycats are fed up with the wet grass and paths , but beagle still keen for his walk

Fuschia sale... could be dangerous! I've been known to be tempted more than once (surveys pots of fuschias waiting for their "real" homes since ).

Ooh, more cybergarden wildlife! I was going to say the tadpoles must surely be froglets by now - but I've just looked it up and discovered they can stay tadpoles right through to next spring if it's too cold or there's not enough food! So progress may be slow in this weather!

Oops, to frustrated felines, trapped indoors or soggy outdoors.

Aha !!! Thank you , Nilgiri- Dh and I have been peering at the tadpoles in allotment -bathtb for 2 months now - some are gigantic . Why didn't we look it up < tuts>

Very hard to resist the rather exotic delights of the fuschia bloom !
-this sale is by a fuschia growers' society , so not too expensive , and back
to a "good cause"

As to plants needing repotting , I have a couple coming up to 2 years
of waiting < oppressed screams > My berberis seem delighted with all this
rain

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Hope we all have an evening with some pleasant distractions

< cats and beagle purr at empathy >