Mm Links July 2013 Week 3

[gen2]

Since Ulysses100 is away botanising, I, gen2, am posting the following on his behalf.
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Many thanks to gen2 for holding the fort for the past couple of weeks. You go away for a few days and then you come back to see that you are the leader for the month. I last set this over a Christmas period about three years ago so you would think that I would know what to do now, but I’m a little rusty. Then, I gave a potted history of my life which gen2 has been re-offering to you.

Now I am a botanist, which dominates my life, especially at this time of year. I was asked to go out to Jersey to teach a group of local people about grasses, which was a little daunting as I like to prepare in advance, to look at various habitats and to collect specimens. But they were a friendly bunch and we had a good time. I was home for a few days and then off up to Scotland to look at wild flowers in wild places near Aviemore. One day the temperature reached 25 degrees; unheard of! But when slogging your way up a glen it was no picnic. Nonetheless we found some unusual and rare plants. It was also helped by staying in a superb hotel which, I must say, served the widest breakfast choice of any that I have ever stayed in. From your usual full Scottish to smoked salmon and scrambled eggs to eggs Benedict.

I am now home for a few days and then I wend my way back north again for a foray to Northumberland. We’ll be visiting Holy Island on the coast and then heading into the Cheviots. I am going to take a day off from the botanising and am looking forward to a day out on the Farne Islands. My other main interest is in bird-watching so I am looking forward to getting up close and personal to some of the birds. I have been warned to take some protective headgear to protect your head from dive-bombing terns. I’ll let you know next weekend how I got on.

[kawakiri]

Flower power
Grass roots
Egg timer
Island nation

[Elspeth]

Wind flower
Grass snake
Egg plant
Desert island

[kettledrum]

Flower show
Grass court
Egg spoon
Traffic island

[seekeerz]

Flower Power
Grass widow
Coddled Egg
Easter Island

[wickedtongue]

Good Morning

Flower Garden
Grass Skirt
Scotch Egg
Desert Island

[pixie373]

Flower power
grass skirt
Easter egg
treasure island

[baza]

CAULI flower
BLUE grass
POACHED egg
TREASURE island

[beejay1124]

flower power
blue grass
egg plant
island dweller

[Handbaglady]

Desert Island
Flower Power
Grass Root(s)
Egg Plant

[tearinghair]

Afternoon everyone. Just got back from a lovely day in the Peak District, walking along part of the High Peak trail. So, later than usual, I'll try

WILD flower
Grass SNAKE
CURATE'S egg
Island HOPPING

[ChrisHewat]

Good afternoon - SHAZZA is going with:

Flower POWER
COUCH Grass
Egg PLANT
DESERT Island

And I’m going for:

Flower SHOW
Grass SNAKE
BOILED Egg
CHANNEL Island

[2unicorns]

Flower clock
Grass hopper
Good egg
Island story

[middlestump]

flower SHOW
grassland
eggPLANT
island RACE

[boxtops]

FLOWER power
GRASShopper
EGG whisk
Easter ISLAND

[tonyav]

Wild. Flower.
Grass. Seed.
Pouched. Egg.
Holy. Island.

[Psybbo]

Tony, poached x

[tonyav]

Oooops, Poached. Egg. I meant.
thanks Psybbo.

[twix123]

Thanks King U and Gen2, and good afternoon all. I'll try:

Flower FESTIVAL
Grass WIDOW
Egg PLANT
Island RACE