Better nights sleep! Almost back to normal barmyness! Fed the mallards,coots & moorhens at Manor Farm Park. Low sharp sunlight. Must of been thirty or so round my feet. Loved the burbling noise, pushing & shoving! Green urban spaces/ parks are under big financial pressure to maintain & when gone!!!
Sounds amazing!!!!! Thanks for sharing.
Just my different world Melissa. Yours is amazing too.
Yes... true. I get to enjoy the sounds of the local seagulls, "squawking" as they circle the neighbourhood trash bins. They call out to their friends and and family, alerting them to the treasure trove of old potato peels, cauliflower leaves, and baby nappies....
Ahhhhh, the sounds of the city!
It depends how early they start signalling. Those on my roof are very early risers - 4.30am and at that time it isn't soothing to say the least
*laughing* I don't find it soothing at any time of day!
Gulls here in the midlands too! They spot anything down there! Brum city centre could be Brighton! Gulls never seen here in my youth! Raiders they are! What's with the baby nappies though! Seems crap to me! ATB
Hahahahahahahahaha! Ok.. that made me spit out my Chardonnay!!!!!!
What a waste! Hope it hasn't ruined your laptop Melissa!!
Nah... auto-reaction... spit away from all electronics!!!!!!
Ha! Practise makes perfect! Maybe a spittoon alongside! Could be recycled then when stocks are low!!
Many years ago we went to a wine tasting dinner at Schloss Vollrad where they had converted 3 old barns into dining halls - it just so happened we had the Fuerst (a royal title) doing the lecture. There were what looked like glass upturned top hats on the table - to put the leftover wine after the tasting so the glass could be re-used (our lot were a load who like their wine to drink not just to taste so there wasn't a lot in them). Anyway, towards the end of the meal the Fuerst decided to explain and account for the "waste": "Don't worry, the wine isn't wasted, we save it and rebottle it to be sold to the USA as Leibfraumilch..."
There were quite a few Americans there - a few looked quite askance. Took them a few minutes to get it 
They must have sold it to us as well. I remember the stuff!! It's hard to imagine wine being spat out unless it is truly fowl. Those plastic containers of acid red which were always the last to go at any party perhaps! They went well with the plates of Kitty Kat which some sadist would sneak on the table!! Happy days.
Kitty Kat?! With friends like that, you don't need enemies! I used to have a Jamaican friend whose parents came over on the Windrush in about 1952. He said that Kitty Kat was all they could afford for a while. OMG!
It was far more tasty than mashed " PAL". (prolongs active life!) Though we could do with that now!! Some of those parties!! Well I'll say no more! Kitty Kat was great for the hair! Lovely sheen!!
This gets deeper Pepperdoggie. I am horrified - but fascinated too.
I have a packet of Bonios and a tin of Pedigree Chum. I'm sure the dog won't miss them. - Can I come to your next party?
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OMG!! You make me laugh....as I enjoy my 2nd glass of Lieb...
🍷unrefined palate of mine doesnt care. Who's got the peanuts😂
It is rather better now than it was at the time! Apparently even the blue nun has gone up in the world All far too sweet for me though. You might like this article?
blog.liebherr.com/appliance...
thanks for the article, I'll look for the actual Leib.
BTY, We've got "Two Buck Chuck", ( a variety of wines sold at Trader Joes). Used to cost $2 per bottle, now slightly more $$. Tastes as u might expect, but does fly out of the store by the case.
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On we go.....
I tend not to buy my wine just according to the £££'s anymore - but also according to the alcoholic content. Sounds as though your neighbours are doing likewise. So funny!
I nearly died laughing recently but managed to be polite: a Brit in our local supermarket asked me if "This" was going to be OK, had I tried it? "This" was a bottle of bubbly from a lesser known region called Franciacorte, it lies west of Lake Garda towards Bergamo and is well known for producing rather up-market and therefore pricey wine. When there, I drink the generic white which is always fizzy and very pleasant and costs 4.50 euros for 1/4l in a restaurant. "This" was a bottle in a supermarket so no mark-up - and it cost 17.99 euros. I had to confess that I had never paid that for a bottle of ANYTHING in the wine department but I was sure it would be fine
Ditto...😁
This made me laugh .
Good... we can all do with a laugh! : )
Lovely picture Pepper,l always find nature so therapeutic,it is so essential to our wellbeing that there are green spaces close by.l dread the winter ,all those long dark nights,l so love to be out in my garden and it is usually too cold when winter sets in to be out there.
So true Grants. Always great satisfaction in the tidying up for next year now. I love every moment out there. ATB
I know exactly where you are! Such a balm to the spirit. We have the Peak District which is pretty spectacular! Glad your barmyness came back, my sarcasm has too, not such an admirable trait, unfortunately, lowest form of wit, but it makes me laugh. I blame my Scottish father.
Use to do a lot of hill walking in the Peak District years ago. Lovely area. ! can be sarky myself Jane. Always thought it was a Brummie trait! Often by an under whelmed comment! Hope your dead slow taper is going better now.
I love Brummie humour!
I don’t want to jinx it, but I feel better on 6 mgs than 7 mgs so far - something has shifted.
Really pleased for you. Got a way to go yet to get to the even more tricky stage myself.
That's so encouraging SJ. I am on 8 mg. and was dreading the next few steps. So good to hear from someone who feels better on 6 than 7. Hurrah!
Timing is all. I have tried and failed at least twice before. Good luck!
Oooh! - but how do you know for sure when you have failed? I get "Pains" every time I reduce. So far they seem to have been imaginary - I think! How do you know when it's real ShefffieldJane?
It is sometimes hard to differentiate between withdrawal pains and a threatened flare. I perhaps gave up too quickly previously. My main symptoms are fatigue, headache and sometimes PMR pain twinges. I think that during future tapers I would count worsening symptoms as a threatened flare but give it a few days. I think the exhaustion is more to do with a need for Adrenaline. Either way they are not imaginary, very real I’d say.
Thank you - Good stuff, as always.
Scots are good with sarcasm 😉
It’s affection really. I do have to rein it in. 🤐
Me too but sometimes I speak first and think second. Ho hum. Even if 'sarcasm is the lowest form of wit' I love it and it often makes me laugh so can't be all bad 🤭
A week on our shared canalboat on the Grand Union Canal has refreshed my spirits with nature.
3+ yrs PMR plus waiting for 2nd hip replacement........lots of pain medication .......but worth it.
That's great. Always worth it Val. Up & down we all are! I walk parts of the Worcester/Brum. canal. Lovely to chat with passing & permanent canal boaters. Always the nature around. Had one hip replaced myself so know that pain. ATB
You have a gift Pepperdoggie. Not only do you grow beautiful plants - You take such uplifting pictures of them too - and you take the trouble to send them to all of us lonesome housebound druggies too. Thank You.
Yes! What you say!💜
Yes Purplecrow - Lovely!
Can't take the credit for the pictures Arthur. My wife takes them on her mobile. I just shout "CUT"!! & sit on a white chair! Amazing quality with modern technology they are! When you think of all the palaver in the past! Not many people have a dark room room now. Used to teach Horticulture in my latter working days mainly adult community & parents with school projects. All came full circle for myself, my dad was a gardener, spent a lot of my childhood in the massive garden where he was the full time gardener. Definitely in the genes. Thanks for for the thanks. Anytime you want to lend Teddy out we will be there for you! ATB
I thought you must be a woman Pepperdoggie - there had to be a woman behind those loving photos somewhere.
Yes - isn't modern technology amazing? I love the sound of your Dad. My granddad was a blacksmith - I am so pleased about that. Unfortunately he was kicked to death by a horse. There we are!
PS Pepperdoggie - Teddy is not for hire, I'm afraid. Who would look after me?
And that horse - He just didn't want to be shod.. Quite understandable in a way.
Have to admire that spirit Arthur!
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It's me again.
Me again- flare
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