Roll up, Ladies and Gentlecreatures, the Bluestocking has been redecorated

[DeanElderberry]

Here for your delight and delectation is the hostelry by, for, and about wise, intelligent, creative and kind women, their assorted avatars including (but not limited to) a remarkable beetle, an astute android, a wise cake, and an assembly of companion creatures and animal assistants.

Food and drink available in abundance, all with remarkable non-damaging qualities.

Males may congregate in the nearby Staunch Ally and sometimes visit the stableyard to view outdoor performances by the gerbil waitstaff (who need to be distracted after the moment after that terrible 'misunderstanding' about the meaning of safe sex).

last thread here if you need to know why the Quokkas need some extra cuddles, and why the Cabybaras are being particularly efficient just now

www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_rights/5273255-the-bluestocking-all-gerbils-welcome-must-have-own-frou-frou-skirt?

That's positive news about the knee, Myrtle - it's always good to have that expert opinion about what's really going on, and how best to deal with it, isn't it? I find that knowing why something hurts takes away the worried speculation about how bad it might be!
Hope it improves soon.

Your knitting schedule is impressive! and a nice creative way to make the time pass while sitting around waiting for your knee to heal

Fuzzy - you are WonderPuffling, and deserve all those medals and the rest of the weekend off!

I think it's Wolef's knee.

I'm struggling with thinking about leaving my best friend because she lives too far away, doesn't drive and refuses to move next door to me away from her lovely home to a completely different area that would be a terrible commute for her. She is being unreasonable.

Obviously I should LTB but she is otherwise a lovely and supportive friend. What to do?!

Thank you all for the applause and medals. I feel humbled and honoured.
A day off tomorrow isn't going to happen...I have been to the paint shop and can now tackle the fence and shed. DH has said he'll finish the decking.

Sitting on the sofa now watching "A Place in the Sun" ( guilty pleasure). Why is European interior design stuck firmly in 1970? Why is there never a single person in any of the pools?

You can't leave her. What you need to do is visit her more often! Or you could move to live next door to her ...

Impossible I know. I have several far away friends. I love spending time with them and wish they lived nearer.

Got slightly confused while reading your post and pictured you sitting on a comfy swing seat on the patio reading a book called "A Place in the Sun".

Sorry for casting aspersions on your knee, Myrtle!
I went back and added a name to make my post friendlier, but added the wrong one

Oh man, this is my idea of heaven.
Happy Puffling. X

LTBFF

Could you both move house to some place somewhere in the middle?

Glad the professional assessment of the knee is positive.

Puffling looks adorable on the swing and the beak is probably getting to be on point.

Happy Saint David's Day

Bogger me....Plymouth have got a goal up on Man City.

Happy St David's day.
Do we have any Welsh Blueys?

❤❤

can't find a dragon so just double hearts for any Welsh, and happysad memories of a dear little non-Welsh Limerick Dingo who joined my family on March 1st 20 years ago, and wasn't named David.

I am not Welsh, but I am learning Welsh on duolingo, @ErrolTheDragon. So I can say Bore da, ErrolDraig, which means hello Errol the Dragon.

I lived in Wales for a few years. Doesn't count though, but Happy St David's Day.

I tried to show everyone celebrating St David's Day and the AI did its thing. 😭

The version without men and with new daffodils was much worse.

Ahem...

Me.

A tad belatedly, Dydd Gwyl Dewi da i bawb.

Ddim yn hir tan y gwanwyn, merched hyfryd!

I lived in Wales in the long-ago, and went to Welsh lessons, and learned the phrases "sut mae" and "nos da", but now ... google translate, when it feels like obliging.

The dragon is one of the old emoticons that's not publicised - you just type dragon in square brackets. I'm probably the only person who uses it!

wow!

Had to try it out!

Thanks Errol!

Here's a version of the Welsh dragon having a chat with you

Or with a Welsh mountain backdrop ...

Are Welsh dragons meant to have horns or has there been some experimentation with sheep?

No, Welsh dragons don't have horns.

Most of the usual Welsh breeds of sheep are hornless, both male and female, though Welsh Mountain rams do have horns.

In this case I'm inclined to blame AI fever dreams rather than interspecies goings-on around the remoter slopes of my country.

Or maybe the Welsh dragon found a discarded set of horns and decided to wear them as an adornment? Like a fascinator.