Does anyone know if the following are local sayings, or widespead. When seeing a single Magpie, a friend of mine in the Cotswolds always has to say "Hello Mrs Magpie, how's your familiy". As...
I have - or 'had', I think! - a Coprosma Pacific Night in a corner of the garden. I think it's almost certainly dead; no leaves, very brown. But there seems to be some springiness in the twigs and I...
Good morning everyone - and I'm fairly certain that I've got it right this week, but I do hope someone is standing by to throw me a lasso if it looks like I'm getting into deep/hot water again - I had...
What did 'Strix the Sylviculturalist' come up with for you this weekend? What went with three trees and a lily? I can now reveal that the Owl's favoured links were: HOLM oak ash TRAY BUCK thorn TIGER...
As Strix flew back to his regal tree (there is no place like…..) from delivering his first week’s MM Links to Gen2’s nest on the “ fringe of gold on a beggar's mantle”,...
Good morning everyone - let's hope we're in for a smoother running this weekend after the hiccups of last week, comes of trying to do several things at once and my multitasking skills are becoming...
Hi there Shrubbery gang and merry Linkers. This is just a post to remind you that 'Strix the Bibliophile' will be back tomorrow morning to mess with your heads once again. BUT... If you can keep your...
Please help with these :- 10b. Travelled on board Sayut 6 (6) . To rhyme with Nebraska. 17a. Club that must have a licence (6) . Could it be 'social' ? 17b. Lived in Sandleford Warren (5) . Could it...
Good morning everyone from a very wet and windblown Monday afternoon here in downtown downunder !!! Would you believe today is a public holiday for the Adelaide Cup race meeting and also, having had...
I can now reveal that 'Strix the Bibliophile' chose the following links for the first set of March. Book BINDER/BINDING TALL Story Pen NAME Blood TYPE and a total of 30 points were awarded so it...
Dawn broke, it was Thursday morning. “………..Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl for all his feathers, was a-cold” The owl shuffled, shivered and fluffed in his nest At the...
Good morning everyone - all ready for the start of a new contest ?? Well, this is going to be short and sweet, so I can post it something like on time - you know those times when you're all organised...
As you see, this is not Crofter opening up the shrubbery - it is his deputy dogsbody instead. The last few days have been hectic. First fordward declined the crown and then Crofter found he was going...
Good morning everyone - it's that time of the day for all the details to come out and who won what, though it wouldn't be too difficult to make a fairly educated stab in the dark as Kate [mis]treated...
This final week in the reign of “Prince Philip” (aka centrino) turned out to be a real beanfeast with points flying right, left and centre. Will the Sacred Abacus survive the multitude of...
Welcome to the fourth and final week in the reign of “Prince Philip” (aka centrino) to complete my month as the MM Links Setter – and hasn’t time flown? I only hope that I can...
Good morning everyone. I trust all is well on the other side of the world - so long as you are no longer having to dig yourselves out of a snowdrift every five minutes, then that's got to be an...
Welcome to the final week in the reign of “Prince Philip” (aka centrino) and I must say that he has been so easy to ‘manage’, that I have had a relaxing month and just left him...
Good morning everyone and thank you for all my happy birthday wishes - I had a lovely day Sunday at a picnic lunch with friends, lazing under shady trees, lots of my favourite tipple and every so...
This third week in the reign of “Prince Philip” (aka centrino) went with a holiday theme entitled “Home and Away”, where he chose the following Links: Beach TOWEL Sand DUNE...