~☆☆~ΨΨ~The Night Before Xmas~ΨΨ~☆☆~

[VINNY100_2]

☆~☆~☆~☆~~BIDDYS XMAS THREAD☆~☆~☆~☆~~~ please dont open till xmas..!! Ho Ho Ho

[VINNY100_2]

Funny you should say that Kip.
it wernt a moose but a bloomin sheep.I use to work fer a garden center and I had to deliver a shed to Elkie brooke(she's the one who sang pearls a singer")yo who lives out on Exmoor.And as I was going round this deep dodgy bend,a bloody sheep jumped from the highest bank right in front of me....!! eeeeeek.!! that was a close one..phew..!
Robinia...boing bing..
do you keep a record of how many posts we done over the years...?(*_*)

[netibiza]

Hiya marmoset thank heavens you found us, or my email inbox would be overflowing by now he he!

[jno]

Robinia's nearly up to date, Vinny...

http://static.twoday.net/mahalanobis/images/st richliste1.gif

[Robinia]

no, no jno you've been rummaging in the wrong drawer...that's my knitting ...you know, repeat these four rows 70 times...tut, did you not recognise the code?

bonsoir marm welcome 'home'....did you dine at the captain's table?...hope it wasn't a windy day.

I shall prepare a progress report of Biddies Unlimited from Dec. 1805 to the present & you'll find a copy on your commodes on Monday....
shoulder pads are back you know

[VINNY100_2]

~~~In days of old when years were old and Magic ruled the air~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



(((*_*)))
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Play loud,,

[Robinia]

in days of old when I was an under-age drinker & pubs were smokey
YO :o)
funny how a song puts you back in a place...

btw, won a tenner on the lotto...annoyingly i had the bonus as well...4 numbers would have bought me
a HANDBAG like shaney's

[shaneystar2]

That's exactly like the one I bought Robinia very handy for clipping Mr S. round the lughole with as he hussles me round M&S saying things like "Haven't you got enough handbags "? Tut ...a girl can never have too many handbags.
Where else would I keep all my lipsticks .
Welcome home marmoset If you like CSI you'll like Bones .I am now on the second series ..it's brill and the FBI agent Seeley Booth .....is ...very watchable !

[VINNY100_2]

Morning. Woolacombe sandcastle competition countryfile now..(:O)

[Robinia]

haha...oy thort oy be missin it moy luvver, all oy be seein wor rhubaaarb....

it was good that Vin...does shaney know you're flogging all her peg rugs for the morris dancers to wear?....you're all barmy down there...oooh arrr.

[woofgang]

morning all, that youtube clip took me back.....DH and I used to be hippy bikers...is anyone else a Canned Heat fan??
Puppy training went okay on friday...dear DH has to mend our garden gate today as the dear little wreckers have partially demolished it so he has gone off to B and Q.
My mimosa tree is out in full bloom, also the mahonia, two bright spots in a sea of mud. The winter honeysuckle needed a good pruning this year so sadly not many flowers. The winter flowers are my salvation, especially scented ones.

[Robinia]

hi woofy....I've got a mahonia but no flowers cos I slaughtered it last year...easier than bending to tweak the rusty bits off! Now my winter honeysuckle, yes amazing scent, I use as a weather guide...lots of flowers by xmas time means non severe winter, but no floweres until later - they're just starting to come on - means bad weather. Odd it may sound but it's never let me down, and I'm the one who always argues it's about what's gone before, not what's ahead in most cases. (berries on trees etc).
Mind you, it was planted by a hippy friend (sadly no longer here) & strange things happened when he was around :o)

[Jude123]

Wow Led Zep on Sunday afternoon Great. Really cheered me up.
Hope you are all ok. The weather is dead dreary over here.
Guess who's got a date on Tuesday night. I can't stop laughing. A date at my age LOL.

Seeing as how you all like Bob Lol I though I would share this one with you. All I want to do is be friends with you all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJqcg27Kl0 "> from me to you

[Jude123]

from me to you

[VINNY100_2]

Yo some nice music for sunday mornin.Yep Woofy,I saw canned heat in the early seventies...great band yo
hehe..! welldone jude...who's the lucky man then? is it the guy who trimmed yer bush last summer.(:O)

[Robinia]

oh, nice one Jude have a good time...
pssst...is it the guy who delivers cakes to the shop? trying to cut out the middle man eh?

[shaneystar2]

You have a date Jude ? You are never too old for a date ...now go away Vinny and do some chs on tst ..while us girls have lots of chit chat about what Jude is going to wear and which handbag will go with which outfit and what colour nail varnish,lipstick etc and should she abandon her libby bodice and hairnet in favour of a good cut and blow dry and a lacy chemise ...Good for you Jude ...the only dates I get these days are in a box at Christmas .

[netibiza]

Good afternoon all - Love Dylan, hate Led Zep (was never tuneful enough for me to bop to!)

Just been out for a chinese meal, rather chilly here but sunny, and off to bed to watch "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and" Mr Magorium's Magic Emporium" and it there's enough time "I am Legend" Feels so cold in the house (or should I say villa!) Hope maggie is Ok - long time no see.

[VINNY100_2]

shoosh netti...im listening in to the conversation (:O)

[DaSwede]

Morning, possums, here's one of my infamous essays; read it only if you're interested in old towns and skip it otherwise.

Okay, Ystad, the town where I grew up - and where Kenneth Branagh is apparently going to be running around as Inspector Wallander, lol. My family lived there when I was between oh about three and thirteen years old, and I rode my bike there so freely that Inspector Branagh is bound to discover my wheel tracks.

This is where we're at geographically, in Sk�ne (Scania), the southernmost part of the land, which was Danish until 1658. Herring fishers settled here in the 12th century and a town evolved all in preparation for Branagh.

Apart from "Kurt" Ystad is known for its half-timbered houses and the real live watchman".

I remember the watchman as a visual symbol of the town but the sound I really associate with Ystad is the sound of the foghorn.

Can't imagine who amongst you would possibly be interested but here's a piccy of one of the breweries, in the typical half-timbered style.

This street light too is so familiar to me...

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[DaSwede]

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The landscape in Scania is very flat. In the 19th century a forest was planted to protect Ystad from the sea eroding the coast. The Ystad sandy beach is endless, it just goes on and on, mile after mile after mile just outside town. I read on some site it's the longest in Sweden. Here and there among the dunes there are deserted bunkers from WW2; I used to jump from them onto the sand.

This tree, a kind of willow, is strongly associated with the Scanian landscape, but I also miss the lovely common beech (picture not from Scania but it looks the same) which doesn't grow as high up as Stockholm.

I must tell you Sweden's got its own Stonehenge and it's nearby Ystad. It's Ale's stones, and if you're interested you can read more about it here.

Back in Ystad, there's a 13th century Franciscan monastery with a herb garden and a rosarium, and I think that was where my beloved duck pond was as well. I've never been back but I've often thought I'd like to see it all again - guess the BBC is taking care of that for me now...