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Love this one Phill,

The horses breath was on my neck as i read it, so descriptive is this piece.

Ethereal feeling to it. soooo good.

Old Doll.

Hi badeye,

Yes i also love gardening. Its mainly flowers and shrubs now. I do grow lots of herbs . Strawberries in hanging baskets.
Also salad baskets. http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=h … tgeF3oziDw
I was recently sent the link by Marcalan for the hanging toms ideas. thats my next task.  Such a good idea.
I envy you all the good weather to grow such lovely stuff. The rains here the last few years ruined all. So the farmers market is usually my call. There set up seems to cope with the weather.
I use all kinds of ideas for my garden. Heres links to some ive used.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lena.odonov … directlink
This is a link to one of my tropical plants. I brought indoors last year to treat it.  I felt so sorry for it not having sunshine !
The weather was atrocious i won a prize with this madness. some gardening gifts, and a week in the home for the bewildered

http://picasaweb.google.com/lena.odonov … directlink
I have quite a big wood arbor, which is great to use. I usually hang quite a lot of  baskets  on there. Its also very pretty to look at
when everything blooms.

Hope your day blooms for you and yours Segosha.
Im away now to the beautiful mountains of Mourne for the weekend. Yipee.
Dont ya just love life. ?  Sunshine, music, and scenery to enjoy my journey.

Old Doll.

I am fanatical about turnning off switches. I do have energy savers where possible.

I recycle , reuse, or gift what i dont need. if i cook to much food , then a neighbour who has lots of children benifits.

I have a composter, use egg shells to deter slugs, dont drive a 4 wheel drive to the local shops. But I do spend a lot of time on this PC writing .

Am i just fooling myself then ? . Does anyone know what a PC uses electricity wise ?

I personally would like to see the big Food chains  contribute more ecologically. We dont need our food in layers and layers of wrapping.

Give me the farmers markets any ole day of the week.

Every  hour of every day should be the Focus. . i guess we have to start somewhere though.

Old Doll.

Hi Selso,

It was windy and freezing cold when i left Dublin  early yesterday morning. I arrived  2 hours later to the Mountains of Mourne.
Sunshine and much warmer temperatures. We can get all the seasons in one day here.  But its Brrrrrrr, tonight again.

Roll on summer.

This is a lovely piece Alansheeran,

The simplicity of love me for who i am [ as the message is cleverly done ]

Looking forward to hearing this song recorded.

Old Doll.

It appears i owe you an Apology Jerome.

In all my years of living, writing, researching, Ive never known the W word in anyway other
way. Its always been sexually descriptive to me.   Noodling  ! yes ! I'd have known.
So, while some words get lost in translation. I hope my sincere apology  to you does not.

I apologise for misunderstanding your terminology.

Old Doll.

Hi Phill,

You know when i read poems like this and daddycools, i so wish i could smell the air
that accompanies these images. I for one remember " Dylans Farm " where i lived,
there was always a scent of Lilac, Apple blossom, in season and turf fire in the air.

Lovely Poem Phill.

Thank You"

Old Doll.

This is lovely Daddycool,

I love old villages and pubs. Ive googled this "Parwich Village. Some great history there,
This also reminds me of when i sat  in Liverpool, where "Penny lane" was written. It has that descriptive imagery to it.

Thank You"

Old Doll.

Hi Ark,

I dont consider myself to be a great swimmer but, i love to float on my back for hours and watch blue skys
In sunshine. Your lovely piece of music here would be the icing on the cake.

ThanK You ".

When you get the time, send it my way please.

Old Doll.

Phil ?

How could you ? thoses lovely wee bunnies. My old Aunt always cooked rabbit stew. I used to cry rather then eat it.
I always had the  happy Easter bunny image in my head.

As this tread is about animals. heres one i did post a long time ago now.  Its my obsversation of some wood  wasps  in the roof of my garage. There fascinating to watch.

" A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO OUR WORLD OF NATURE"

I watch you work intensively.
But you are unaware of me,
I sit and watch with passing time
While you hone your skills and fine design.

You hover as you work midair
Buillding up your woody lair,
No rushing in your world it seems
A splendid palace for your Queen.

You Social creature with wings and legs
Making chambers for all her eggs,
By chewing wood into a pulp
Your Paper Tower will be a Trump!.

No Wall Street money needed here
No Instructions for your second floor,
No victims here of past, just " Present"
Exquisitively useing your intelligence.

We have lost, what you dont ponder
Your desire for the world and all its wonder,
Your home will always be the same
A beautiful Paper Pulp Domain..

Have a happy day chordies.

Old Doll.

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Good question Jerome !

I have asked some of the loyal rugby followers here . WHA ? was the answer !  Ah, will ya goway, and stop annoin us, we won it didnt we ? who cares! now away wit ya, and let us enjoy our boozy hazy  glorious  grand slam hangovers.

have i the answer ? No

But to quote " Huw Richards" It is no fluke, then, that the term 'Grand Slam' was coined in 1957 to greet England's all-four of that year. Since then only 12 of the 27 teams who have won the Triple Crown - and none of the five Irish XVs - have been capable of turning the Crown into a Slam".

[ Teehee . He needs to change that piece fast.]

Grand Slam" is a bridge term for winning all of the tricks in a hand. It come into sport first through Golf to honour the achievement of Bobby Jones in winning all of the then four golf majors in one season i.e The Open and Amateur championships and their US equivalents. It was then adopted by other sports including Tennis and it would seem Baseball for similar achievements.

Ps. Jerome ! How can your baseball  team win  a "World Series " ? when its only held in the USA ?.

Old Doll.