*SIDETRACKED IN STOURHEAD*

Simply stunning ... can't really say more! Loved your personal look at this icon of a garden ... it's a spot I've always longed to visit and your blog has certainly brightened my day.

Looks an absolutely wonderful place. I certainly enjoyed it,thank you.

Fantastic place,Flori,and your photo's are lovely.Some parts of it reminds me of Fountains Abbey,especially the reflected foliage,and Temple of Apollo pics...love the last one..they create a certain ambience.!! Lol...were you on the pull????????

Incredibly beautiful Flori.......amazing landscaping and views....you've taken some wonderful photos, the colours are stunning! A joy to see....thanks so much for taking us there. I love the Italian influence, it's my favourite style, this is definitely one to visit......:o))

you'd have to pull very hard to wake those two up!! altho i think one of them is dreaming!? not sure what about!!
what a lovely blog and now stourhead is top of my list to visit this year ~ when did you go ~ may??? do you take the postcard photos for stourhead while you visit ~ cos those photos are stunning.

Very-very beautiful place. As you can see from my profile I enjoy visiting public gardens and I will certainly do not miss this one in the summer.....God willing. There is another reason I must go there. It contains a lot of Greek history.

Enjoyed your blog very much, Floribunda. What an amazing place! Thanks for sharing. :)

wonderfull blog flori and amazing views across the lake there, so enjoyed sharing your visit, cant wait for spring and summer now :o)) x

Fantastic pics Flori, the first one setting the standard. I'd love to visit it, but this is the next best thing. The 'Monet painting' looks more like a painting than a photo, beautiful. I know nothing about cameras, but these pics seem to have a different quality to them. Good job your OH wasn't in uniform, as Annella will be looking in soon! A worthy successor to Somerset:-)))

we could manage a trip somehow BA ~ a west midland safari to stourhead ~ or sorry, sidetracked in stourhead??

Wonderful pictures Flori, loved the "Monet", and the 2 very unusual "statues " in the last picture. :o))

Stcki, I leave it to you my friend to organise a coach. Just think, a Goyers convention wheeeeeeeeeeee:-)

love the idea, coaches cost so much tho ~ any pumpkins out there willing to be hired??

I would come girls, where do we get the coach?? Such a lovely blog Flori, and your photos just fab, think I like them all, its a beautiful place to be sure.

What a lovely record of a wonderful day out! The "Monet" bridge is a particularly beautiful shot. Thanks for sharing the pics.
Happy New Year!

how far north are you BA?

Beautiful scenes Floribunda what strange Gargoyles in the last photo lol, just kidding hehe

now wouldnt that be an idea ~ make gargoyles in your own image!!! bet bampy would know how!!!

Or Leigh Nosey Potter he makes wonderful things.

Wonderful Flori, beautiful pictures, must try and get there again this year, its just down the road from me after all.

An eye-catching set of photos, Flori ...
... very nice to see.. :o)

Wonderful pics Flori and somewhere I have always wanted to visit......Ba, Sticki is Wellingborough too far out of the way to pic me up???

Wow! I have just logged on and am amazed at the response that my blog has generated already! Thank you all for such lovely complimentary comments...and I am so glad that Goyers out there would like to visit this wonderful garden themselves....You would not be disappointed....
Yes, Sticki, it was May, and the Rhododendrons are just about every colour possible....This was a really warm day that we went, and there is so much shade and cool area's to rest in....You can even buy some plants there as well.....Thank you all for your comments....I am really touched by them...\0/x

Ps, Gargoyles came home with us....!!!

just incredible photographs Flori, had to look at them twice, the colours are amazing, thank you for sharing them with us, not surprised the men were worn out, what a wonderful day'

I live in Aldridge, Walsall Sticki. We could have a meet up at Malvern as there's a coach from here and a few of us, Spritz, Louise, Flori and Ba met there last spring show. If you look at Spritz's blog, think called ANYONE WANT TO BORROW MY SHOEHORN was where the arrangements were made if you'd care to look:-))

lol loved that last pic bev .... wot kind of wallflowers are they !!!!! ................... haha .. lovely pics , hope you well and had a nice rest xxx ;0)))))

Lovely blog Flori.... wonderful pics....

Stunning photos Flori and a great blog. I have been here before on a cold and wet day in in the early 1980's in Autumn. I can't remember it being as lovely as this though. I should have gone on a better day. Mind you I was there with work not to look at the views.........lol ;-)

Amazing photographs, not too far from us, it is on my list of places to visit for certain. Thanks for showing us.

This is going on my list of N.T. places to visit this year. Thanks for showing us around these beautiful gardens. National Trust membership is one of the best investments we ever made. So many historic buildings and gardens to see. : o ))

Great photos. The lake is beautiful. I hope you recovered, but it must have been worth it.

walsall is not so far away ~ i shall look up that blog ~ thanks BA.
i can do malvern ~ thats not so far either!!
we could all have a picnic! ~ and how will we recognise each other? the people carrying the laptops or cameras??? i shall be carrying a stickytoffee pudding!!!

It really is as lovely as your photos show, Flori - worth making a special trip to visit, anyone who hasn't been there!

You walk round the huge lake, and at every turn there's a new view. I only had a film camera the last time we went, and I used all the shots up!

I dread to think how many photos I'd take on a digital camera. ;-)

Lol Flori you could always stick them on your gates or outside the house, I m sure they would do a great job in dertering the post man form delivering any bills, hehe.

I am so delighted that so many are enjoying this new blog, and that it has raised such interest amongst you all. The bearded one in the pict, is my OH, and his best mate.....two bigger kids you have never met.....lol! Lovely to see so many familiar friends on here ......\0/x

I went to Stourhead last year, and you're right, it's stunning. I have the same photos, but the weather was a bit more gloomy. Lovely pics!

Sticki, if you look on the Spritz's blog I mentioned, you'll see how we identified each other...very exciting:-)
I've just made it easier for you to find, click on my faves, then on my fave blogs and it's the third one down, no idea why 3rd as I've just put it on:-)

False moustaches ... sitting in wheelbarrows ... carrying rolled up newspapers ? So, how exactly did you recognise one another? Met up at Vicky's stand? I'm so very confused now . . . . . : o ))

Shirley, I've no idea how.....but we managed it ;-) Actually, we did all meet at a given time by Vicky's exhibit. I did pin my avatar pic to my coat and flashed it at likely people. Spritz told me off:-( Are you going this spring?? :-)

Well, it's a show I would really love to visit, depends on many factors though! I'm down on the Sussex coast, a fair distance from Malvern. OH and I could take in visits to N.T. places, together with the show over a few days. Hmmm, I feel a plan coming on! : o ))

Goodo:-)

what day might you all go??

I've just realised I've hijacked this blog on Stourhead ... now it's gone to Malvern ... sorry Flori!
Sticki ... Thursday or Friday for me would be good.

ah ok, will see what i can do ~ i work wed, thur, fri mornings but finish at 11, so i could carry on from there? i dont even know which month it is!!

My day will be dictated by when the coach is going, last time I think it was a Saturday:-(
Has anyone heard from Pip? such a lot of flooding in Oz, hope she's ok.

12th - 15th May Sticki, don't know the actual days:-)

oh no!!!! we are booking our holiday for 13th to go to islay ~ well maybe i can come 12th but i dont know!!! have to see.

Just found out coach goes from Aldridge Saturday 14th. I could probably get there by train if everyone was going on a different specific day, but that would mean I couldn't buy much:-(( I bought so much last time, I had to buy two trollies:-)) Shirley, if you saw the Somerset blog, you would know that hijacking was the flavour of the day, in fact any old flight of fancy:-))

i shall have to look at all your pictures instead ~ cant believe you will all be less than an hour away from me and i will be in the north of scotland!!!!

That's ok, we'll all come to Islay with you:-))

ooooh yes that will be much more fun than just the 2 of us!

That's ok Shirley, as Ba says, after our Somerset Blog, anything goes...It is amazing where the tangents lead lol! I hope to be going back to Malvern in May....Ba and I are getting to be old hands at this....hahaha \0/x Pip very quiet....hope all ok...

\0/ hello Flori:-)

Hello all. I was wondering where Pip was too, but she will be in bed now I suppose as they are 12 hours in front of us. Is Pip from Queensland? I think thats where they had the floods.

This Blog is taking off nicely Flori and will soon be up to 1500 ...lol. There are 54 comments after just one day ! ;-))

no she isnt from queensland ~ i asked her, i thought perhaps she had been to a very good new years party???

She's from Sidney, New South Wales Richard, but as I'm useless at geograpjhy, I'm none the wiser 8~/ Sticki, Pip's teetotal:-)

and richard were have you bin tooooo not seen you bt much latly ... hope you had a gud xmas /new year x

you can still have a good party even if you are tee total!!

It looks a fabulous place and your photo`s are smashing Flori. Both my daughter and I love visiting places so this has to go on our list. Thanks for brightening my day...

Absolutely beautiful photos, Floribunda, and what a gorgeous sunny day you had. Loved the Monet waterlilies too. Mmmm, I belong to the NT . . . will have to work out how far that would be.

Please can we fix a date for Malvern in 2012??!! It would be wonderful to meet up, and it's such a great show - better than Chelsea. Loved it in 2009 - would have gone again this year, but oh dear, we've gone and booked a holiday in the Greek Islands when it's on. Instead, just have to enjoy the wild flowers, and swimming in the turquoise sea and sunshine . . . almost as good as Stourhead really!

Poor you Shirley:-)

Pardon?

Lol....well you do have 5 letters the same as Sheila in your name.....go on,you are going to check now,aren't you ???
..simple mistake to make....:o)))))))))))

Stop calling me Shirley!!!!!

If I had a pound for each time I've been called Sheila over the years, I'd be a milionaire! Also, most Shirleys are about 10 years older than me. And nobody do the 'Airplane' joke . . . . .

I wouldn't dare,Shirley....but Sheila has beaten me to it .LOL....:o)))))))))))))))

Come in Ba,and explain yourself..!!

whats the airplane joke? sounds like you had better PM me with it so shirley doesnt have to see it.

What a fantastic set of photo's Thankyou so much for sharing them with us.......

Go on, Bloomer, PM the joke as I don't want to be reminded yet again ... yawn, yawn zzzzzzzzz

sorry shirley

LOL, Sticki, just Google 'and don't call me Shirley' from Steve Martin's film Airplane ... all will make sense!

Ok Shirley....PM coming your way,Sticki..

thanks both.

Forgot to press 'comment'on the above..and you beat me to it Shirley,with YOUR last comment...I was so busy sending a PM to Sticki...Lol.

Confused?? I am...:o))

It was years ago when that film came out and, even now, people still pick up THAT part of the film! Have you noticed too, so many sit-coms have Shirleys in who are 'Essex girl' /blonde moment types? Say nothing . . . . . grrr!

as in shirley valentine??? i loved that film.

Now that's a better example of a film ... talking to the wall ... seen it far too many times! Years ago my daughter and I went to see Bridget Jones film at the cinema, there's a dotty Auntie in it, guess her name? Correct, she was Shirley too, this had my daughter in fits of laughter. : o ))))

oh poor you ~ shall we call you tulip instead?

Well, I joined GoY almost a year ago under the name of Megan. Big mistake to use the cat's name, rather as Hywel joined as Blodyn a long time ago! I'm used to the Shirley jokes now, Sticki, my shoulders are broad enough to shrug them off. : o )))))

well done you. i darent ask what happened when you were called megan ~ didnt know it was a cats name ~ i like the name.
my real name is often used for a dog!!!! but my surname is nearly unpronounceable [?] so i get used to all of it being wrong ~ in fact its quite a bonus if people remember me or my name at all!!!!!
have been called mrs thing!!!!!

LOL, Sticki. I'm off to sleep now, so I'll bid you all goodnight. zzzzzz

Oh Shirley,I remember that,as I thought Megan was YOUR name,and I asked what your cats name was..you tactfully told me that WAS the name of your cat..Lol.:o)..That's when you changed your name to tulip.....and we have been good friends ever since...and shared lots of humour along the way..:o))))

Oh Sticki...its not Lassie, is it ??Lol.Sorry,only girl's name I can come up with,at this late hour...Am I forgiven ?

It doesn't seem as though I've been a member for nearly one year, much less really. Yes, Sandra, we have had many laughs indeed! I may do a blog when it gets round to my anniversary, even though my profile states I joined in May (when I morphed into Shirley_Tulip). It'll keep folk on their toes, that or they'll think I've totally lost the plot. Nothing new there then! Seriously, I'm logging off NOW. Goodnight to you all, sweet dreams. . . . zzzz. . . . .

Same as me Shirley.It says I joined in 2008,which I did,but I didn't participate for almost a year,as had only just started trying things out on my laptop...so in the autumn of 2009,I decided to plunge in at the deep end,and have a go.Its the best thing i ever did,so many lovely new friends,and so much knowledge to be gained..
Sleep well,I am going to bed now too..zzzzz

Steve Martin !!!!! splutter !!!!! cough !!!!! It was the unforgettable genius that was Leslie Nielsen!!!!! See, I'm not the only one to mix up names:-)

My mum was called Alice, and my dad, George. That was the name of the little weedy man and great big wife on seaside postcards. My mum was not amused:-) Shirley Valentine was not from Essex, think she was a fellow scouser:-)

scousers always make me laugh!
no bloomer im not called lassie ~ actually i thought lassie was a boy!!!
i shall leave you guessing!
oh you've all gone to bed!
have to wait till tomorrow now!

I can see that this new blog is shaping up just as nicely as our Somerset one did! I am crying with laughter here...thank you ladies for making me giggle....Pippin, where ever you are, come back to us...you are being missed!!!

Thank you for all your posts!

By the way...91 comments so far......Only 1409to go 'Somersetians'.......\0/x

I'm Back--- after a happy Hogmanay in lovely Galloway, south Scotland and I can see I've a lot of catching up to do!! ( got to take the christmas trimmings down first!!)
Happy new year all--- and many thanks to our lovely Flori for starting us off on a new year so well \0/\0/\0/

happy new year pam, i was wondering how many there were to go flori ~ glad you did the maths for me!

Ba ... what was I thinking of when I typed Steve Martin ... doh ... I meant Leslie Nielsen ... did you like him in Police Squad on TV ? Still laugh at that series! Shirley Valentine was definitely a Scouser ... great film. Now I'm wondering what Sticki's real name is . . . . .. love the idea of Lassie from Bloomer!

i've really got toread ALL tis Blog!

I'm going to take a guess at Sticki's real name ...... hmmm.. a dogs name.. Meg..Rosie...Judy....Sally.....not..gulp...Rover???

nope none of those.
and its not gnasher either!!!

Run out of ideas then, that was my last hope:-( Ooooooh wait a minute ................Scooby doo!!!:-)

thats it!!!!
can you imagine that in the school register?

I should really be doing something positive this morning,but I am just sitting here laughing instead..better than dusting,anyday.Lol...I was going to
suggest Rover too,but remembered just in time that Sticki is a lady...I think!...Oh,I love Gnasher...:o))))))))))

Wow,100 comments already...!!! This is going to surpass 'Somerset' I think.:o))))))))))

i will have to take the plug out of this computer soon or i will never get anything done ~ its much too tempting to be on here having fun
if i go to malvern i could wear a red and black striped jersey with black fluffy hair then you would know i was gnasher

Great idea Sticki...you would blend in perfectly...as long as you stand among the red poppies,and black bamboo...very colour co-ordinated,..you wouldn't want to clash with orange,yellow etc...now go and get some work done :o))..

Ooooooh are we dressing up as dogs? What fun, haven't decided which one yet, have you Bloomer?:-)

have a look at my avatar! i will be camoflagued!

Eh? :-)

red and black on the poppy ~ if i wear a black and red jumper and stand near the poppies like bloomer suggests you will never know im there!

I like our new home Somersetians
Glorious photo's of SPRING and lots of friends )( )( )(
round of applause Flori

Ah so that's how you do applause Pam...I'd forgotten how to do it:-) )( )( )( yay:-)

Sticki, you said you were coming as Gnasher!! I've just been out and bought a 'Lady' outfit for the show and a 'Tramp' outfit for my friend Annella...you can't change your mind now!:-(

i havent changed my mind ~ i already have a black and red jumper. i just might hide by the poppies thats all.
how come your friend has to be the tramp and you get to be the lady?

Have you met Annella? Ask Richard..or maybe those burly firemen! I'll say no more:-)

oooh burly firemen? i might not be gnasher after all.

maybe a poppy on the tankini Sticki,( just before christmas Santananella got a little lost in a chimney I understand.....)

Oh poor Annella....and she is not even here to defend herself either...I hear that Harry the Hose, is still in therapy....Ba, shame on you, tee hee hee! Hi Stickignash, good to see you here among the madness...this is just like a home from home, isn't it Pam.....Bloomer, my mate....you get younger everyday judging by your avatar......Am loving the banter!!! \0/\0/\0/\0/x

That's kind of you to say so,Flori...can't beat dripping to smooth out the wrinkles....Us Yorkshire lasses are well known for our flawless skins...no botox for us,just dip your finger in the chip pan..thrifty as well..NO,not mean...if thats what you are thinking..Lol...I think I need to change my Avatar now Christmas is over,and now you know how young I look...so don't need a 'face'one anymore.....think I will go back to something Floral,Flori..:o))) I am sending you a new plant for the New Year..\*/ hope you like it.xx

ooh i love pork dripping ( especially the brown bits)--but usually on toast.......

So do I ,Pam,but its years since I had some,...we used to be able to buy it from our local Butchers,but sadly closed now...but we have a farm shop we go to,so now you have reminded me.....:o))

proper winter food ---now we're having proper winters again!
we've been up to Dumfries & Galloway and a little town called Castle Douglas has 3 butchers And a Pork butchers, havn't seen one of those for years.....

Yuck...never mind all that....I've just spent lots of money on ebay buying plants! ....What are my fellow plantaholics doing who are supposed to help when the urge gets too strong? talking about lard thats what! It happens every winter...I'm a hopeless case:-( I look at my garden...horrible...need more evergreen...I'll just look on ebay (I've had good plants before) and before you know it clicked lots of 'buy nows':-( I'll check and let you know what I've bought...it all went by in a whirr:-)

Sorry to mention gardening lol, but your non-vigilence has caused me to buy these:
Euphorbia Ascot Rainbow, azalea golden flare, heuchera creme brulee, leucothe rainbow, camellia debbie, a massive deep pink heather??, large erica 'alberts gold', nandina domestica and a new euphorbia, burrows silver. I was on a high...........wheeeeeeeee:-))

Stop buying Ba, it's too cold to plant them at the minute! I'm just jealous because I've spent every penny on the kids over xmas.
Dripping as a bottox substitute sounds interesting Bloomer, do you eat it or inject it? I get the feeling it's not so good for the cellulite though.
Now back to the little matter of the 'Tramp' suit...I am happy to admit that some of my actions may sound a little slappy but that is unkind Ba. I would prefer to think of myself as being 'Santa's little helper' the Simpsons slender Greyhound, a real racer!!! Whoooooooooooof
Flori, Harry the Hose is out now and on medication, some pills called Viagnella. Apparently he has perked up no end since taking them ;0))

Now you see what I mean Sticki! Annella your prudent advice is a little too late...I'm probably skint now. I think though it's a bit like the pudding stomach...you know, where you've eaten loads and are in pain...then pudding arrives and miraculously you can eat the lot. I bet if a wonderful plant presented itself...I could buy it:-)

the plants sound lovely Ba-- except the euphorbia-- can't stand them for some reason....
as to the dripping toast its a real delicacy especially salted until it crunched ( the health police would have a fit! but grandad lived to 93 )

sounds like you enjoyed your little spree BA ~ ive got some of those ~ if they have survived ~ never bought plants on ebay ~ is it good?
i like your reasoning for eating dripping pam ~ my grandma always had thick butter on bread ~ she said you were a mean person if you didnt put thick butter on ~ she lived till 86 ~ thats good enough for me!!

Dottydaisys been lucky too buying plants in the sales
hohum.... snow forecast here for friday... again...:o((

I'm going to look at what she's bought:-) My dad never ate veg, except the occasional tinned marrowfat peas with meat and potatoes. Fave food bacon and eggs and anything sweet. Smoked 'til he was 50. He lived over 90 years.

just shows all these health freaks are not right all the time.
i bought an azalea for £2 today and 60 tete a tete and minnow bulbs for a £1!

Right! thats it ! I am definitely going to look for some bargains this weekend,as I have still got some gardening vouchers from my birthday in October...better get a move on,before you all snap everything up Lol...:o)

yes go quickly, there wasnt much left!

I am going to try and get there before you,Sticki,..I just hope you aren't one of those that goes to the shop that is advertised on TV,where they open at 5am in the morning for their sales..!!

This blog on Stourhead has degenerated into something completely different! Tsk, tsk!

Actually, I've giggled my way through to here. I think it might run and run again.

I'd like to know where our Pip is, though. I hope she's OK.

Pip! Pip! Where are you? \0/ \0/ \0/

\o/ Spritz..Maybe she can't face another epic blog of "now for something completely different"..Lol....I have giggled a lot too.:o)))

I'm worried about Pipkin too, maybe she has relatives in trouble down under, not like her to leave it so long :-((

My garden looks such a mess at the mo I can't even think about buying more plants, I know there is something beautiful under the soggy stuff but it's hard to remember right now and a long time to go before I see it again....Come on cheer me up girls, slappy is feeling a bit low :-(

Hello Santann\0/...Sorry to hear that you are a bit down....My garden not worth touching till Winter has finished it's devastation, so am not thinking of plant buying yet either, so you are not alone....Think that we are all a little concerned about our young Pip, but I know that she will be in touch with us as soon as she can......I have giggled my way through this blog too, and it is lovely to see new faces.....
Hope you saw that I was defending your honour Santann, and glad to hear the Harry the Hose has perked up no end.....LOL!\0/x

I hope Pip is ok too.I know she won't have been affected by the serious flooding in Oz,as my nephew is there at the moment,and its fine...maybe she is busy in her new job..I am a bit concerned about Bernieh though,as she lives in Queensland,and it looks horrendous there...Has anyone heard from her lately?

Bernieh has posted a blog today Bloomer :-))

Hurrah,just seen a new blog from her,as soon as I had posted the above comment...so glad she is ok...although
very soggy !

Thanks Annella...:o)))))))

Bloomer i do get up at 5 ~ but thats to go to work
i have to confess i did go the GC again today and got another 60 bulbs for a £1! got some compost stuff as well so i can plant them now.

Anyone know euphorbia burrows silver?? what about you Spritz??

Oh,Sticki,I remember getting up to go to work at that time too..thank goodness,its only a memory now,although it didn't bother me at the time..did you say you are in retail,like I was ?
Went to our GC this afternoon,but not much left,only Xmas stuff...so took comfort in a nice scone and a cuppa instead..:o)...and then thinking of Spring (s),we went and bought a new mattress instead...sorry..that is sooo bad,I know...AND it cost a lot more than bargain plants Lol.

You just got your beds mixed up Bloomer;-)

LOL,Sticki..so I did..:o)..now which one needs turning over :o))

yes retail bloomer but i finish at 11 ~ thats not so bad. its only hard when its minus 12 and the roads are icy
have to say i always feel better for being there which is nice and something i need!!

has spring sprung yet? or have you planted up the new bed?

Yes,spring has sprung,thus new mattress...and will plant the bed up sometime tomorrow afternoon...:o))
Those are good hours to work,I used to do 7.30-1.30...nice to have the rest of the day off...:o)

Another ex retailer here ... admin.work prior to becoming a housewife & mother ... when it was time to return to work technology had taken over ... aargh! I reckon we could probably write a book about customer comments and actions!

once upon a time there lived a handsome but lonely prince; [to cut a long story short] he searched the kingdom for a true princess but many fell short of his exactly and very high standards; at long last he came upon a beautiful girl called bloomer ~ he talked to his advisor BA to help him decide whether the beautiful bloomer was really a true princess or simply another imposter
BA suggested they let her sleep in the new mattress but they plant peas underneath to test her out.
we all know the end of the story!!

And Bloomer said," Marrowfat,or Mushy"???

Rest assured, Russell is hoping for a Silentnight from Bloomer! : o )))

Indeed,Shirley,as Princess Bloomer retired to the spare room,so Prince Russell could'nt hear her regal coughing,and he slept happily ever after in Slumberland :o)))

LOL, Bloomer!

Looks like we both have our silly hats on again Shirley..so what's new ?
Russell is just making sandwiches,as we went to the pub for lunch...he asked what I wanted on my beef,and I said,'another slice of bread,would be nice'....not very amused,so I said 'pickles,please'..:o))

Don't push your luck, Sandra, you'll be sleeping on the sofa otherwise! Have sent you a PM. : o ))

i need a symbol for giggling:
"ooooo" ??

My sofa is very very comfy,I'll have you know..Lol.Got your PM Shirley, haha..but I have been otherwise tied up..but not literally..:o))..so will reply tomorrow...xxx..

I like your giggly "ooooo"Sticki..:o)

:o)

It's gone very quiet on here, anybody out there???

Wooooo Oooooo

Boo!

;-) Annella.

Hello Beattie \0/\0/

hello beattie
hello annella

yoohoo-- I've been to the sales and now I've to make dinner have a nice eve girls xxx

Maybe we're on other threads and blogs now? I'm going to be looking out for Terratoonie's new puzzle.....

oooh so am i but im not expecting to do as well as you beattie! how long will it take you?

Hello Sticki, glad you didn't listen to Ba! Talking of Ba, where is my mentor???

Is it 'out' yet Sticki? I haven't seen it, but then, I haven't looked!

Someone mention my name??:-)

Ba!!!!!!! I'm pleased to see you, even after your introduction for me to the new peeps~~~~~~~~~~~Wheeeeeeeeeeeex

Sorry, I forgot to reply earlier.
Hello Annella :-), hello Stickitoffee :-) hello Bornagain

I've just had a look for TT's new puzzle and failed to find it. Mind you, I could have been looking in the wrong place. Twiglet, anyone?

You know you like it Annella, the teasing I mean. Enjoying being back at work again? Wonder what Pam bought from the sales? I haven't bothered this year (except plants of course) My daughters just had her Alliance and Leicester account stolen. someone withdrew all but £6 over the counter yesterday in a branch in Reading!! There was not a lot in it, but whoever took it out must have asked what the balance was. They've told her it will take 2 weeks for her to be reimbursed, if it is proven to be a fraudulent withdrawal.Flippin' cheek!! She panicked thinking they may have stolen her identity, I told her not to worry..no-one would want it:-)

I don't think she has done it yet Beattie. I will have a go this time :o))

Ba some one spent £250 from my current acount before xmas when I was online checking my balance, it's a worry. Luckily HSBC picked it up as it happened.
Yes I do like the teasing and lets face it most of it is true x

my OH has had a problem too that the bank picked up and notified him--- its making me nervous to buy online-- i thought that they'd made it more secure....
I didn't get much, mostly BHS towels and a nightie I liked, my cousin did better ( she's a size 10--- got the 'thin genes' in the family :o)))

Hello everybody!!! \0/ It is the nutter from west Wilts again....You lot have been so chatty!....I am blessed to know such wonderful Goys! Hello Beatie and Shirley tulip! Wonderful to see you on here...And to all our 'Somersetians'...a HUGE HELLO, I am back...I am betterer than I was, lol! Santann's a bit poorly now....this flu bug is nasty!! :~((((
LOL! Ba, poor Rebecca...you are all heart! If I didn't know what a great tag team you two were when it comes to humour, I would be feeling sorry for her, but I know that she gives just as much back!
I promise that all the pm's I have received will be replied to today...I haven't dropped off the face of the earth, just been really poorly for the last three weeks plus....(I hope that you are all saying a big 'Ah' for me, out there!). It's good to be back with you all....\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/x

AAAAAAAAH...won't go any bigger Flori, but so pleased you're on the mend. Whoever took out the money must have had nerves of steel to actually go into the bank, as I think they all have cctv. I wonder do they bother trying to find the thief? We all do so much on line now which must make us all the more vulnerable. :-)

Thank you Ba! I feel better already \0/
I know, it is a worry isn't it? We have all these security measures put in place, yet still this happens....Keeping it under your mattress sounds more and more appealing nowadays! As you said, we do so much on-line nowadays, it really does make you wonder about how secure it really is...:~((((

this flu bugs a shocker I keep taking manuka honey with tightly crossed fingers( not easy may I tell you!) hope you feel brighter soon \*/\*/\*/ (sticki's flowers for you :O)))

Oh dear Flori, lets get more upbeat and talk about Annella and what or who is under her mattress:-} We could talk about Pam's shopping, glamourous nightie (I wonder who that's for?) Run out of gossip now:-(

Ha you jumped ahead of me Pam, it's very expensive manuka honey isn't it...still if it works....does it? or is that what's causing your finger problems? I should stop taking it and see if your fingers get back to normal:-)

I daren't!-- I used to suffer dreadfully with sinus problems, now its so much better( 2 years since needing antibiotics)-- hmm guess now the 'dreaded lurgey' will get me!

Glad you are feeling better now Flori after three weeks of feeling poorly. There seems to be a lot of flu around this winter. ;-))

Hope you are on the mend too Annella ;-)) ...and anyone else who is feeling below par......

\*/ flowers from me too flori \*/
and to anyone else who is poorly!

I was poorly just before Christmas, think it was swine flu so can I have some flowers? :-)

Anyone booked the coach yet? Can it stop by Australia? I'm ready and waiting to get on...
No, I am not from Queensland, and I am not flooded! I decided to take a break from the computer altogether to catch up on some jobs that badly needed doing. Now it's done and here I am, possums!
Pip Stickignash Scoobydoo? it's a very unfortunate name. You poor thing! Do Customs officials laugh at your passport? "ooooo"
There seem to be a lot of retail assistants on this blog!

I must check out Bernieh's blog, I was thinking about her and Marguerite this morning.

Flori - here's your 'Bornagain's Flowerpot Award'.

\*/ \*/ \*/ there you go Ba xxx

Pip nice to know you're ok my dear ( Goy does seem to take so much time-- tho much quicker in this new blog:o))

I'm not retail but catering I trained as a cook and ended as a catering manager-- so I suppose -- sort of selling-- wit perks!!

\**/ large pot of flowers for you BA cos they are late!

I see you are definitely back Pip ~ i have a false passport so that they dont laugh! Glad you are back!

i wasnt always in retail ~ only been there for 17 months but i like it. thats apart from being a saturday girl in the jewellers when i was 17!!!!

so whats cooking today pam? i need some inspiration ~ im nearly cooked out!!

today is leftovers -- cold beef and bubble & squeak
tomorrow is pea & ham soup made with a ham bone from christmas and quick soak dried peas soaked overnight I add carrot celery & a stock cube and simmer for a couple of hours then remove bone and add any meat still on bone back to the soup, homemade breadmaker bread and a pudding ( no main as the soups a meal in itself!) good old winter warmers-- well thats my excuse as it uses up the christmas leftovers :o)))
hope that helps-- I've 2 turkey legs if you've ideas for them!!!
ps I worked in a newsagent when I was a t catering college ( a whole £1 for working all day sunday)

that is a great help pam ~ many thanks ~ a daily idea would be FANTASTIC!!!
turkey legs ~ hmmm ~ curry with some coconut milk?
i made turkey, ham and leek pie ~ with a small amount of stilton ~ it was nice ~ well i thought it was anyway!
that newsagent cheated you ~ i got £2 a day from the jewellers!!!!

it was 1968!
I like the idea of the pie, I did stuffed mushroom & bacon pasta the other day and used stilton ( very local cheese for me-- 30 mins to Melton Mowbray)
amuses me when in scotland to see Colston Bassett stilton as a delicacy :o)

I missed not having a turkey this year,with going away..as we all love Turkey stew ,well more like chunky soup really..always welcome mid January,when its 'what shall we have tonight' moment..mmm,with a crusty.. French stick...talking of cheap labour jobs..An icecream factory in Liverpool,was my worst nightmare..trying to learn how to make Arctic Roll,on a conveyer belt..and having to wear wellies that didn't fit..they were always hosing the floor down...I lasted 4 days..!!.

flying coach booked for you pip

arctic roll in wellie boots ~ hmm perhaps not the most enticing of jobs!

the jewellers was around 1974 i think pam!
mushroom and bacon pasta with stilton sounds an excellent idea ~ i make a pie with butternut squash and stilton ~ that works quite well

we went to melton mowbray, belvoir castle and would it have been colton bassett a couple of months ago ~ bit of a foodie trip! ludlow is very good for that too!

might do that pasta tonight ~ thanks pam

The mushroom was a large one that I stuffed with spring onion bacon & the stalks cooked in a pan with a little creme fraiche & garlic then over the mushrooms and stilton crumbled, then hot oven about 20 mins then a sauce with remaining mushroom, bacon & fraiche an a little pesto, I sometimes use oat or soya cream for healthy eating!!
we go the to 'Downtown' store nr Grantham and go close to the vale of Belvoir the duke & duchess are active charity supporters all over the area and I do enjoy visiting the castle, they sometimes hold charity events in the house & grounds, you often see them and their children there. It may have been Colston Bassett or Long Clawson both are cheese makers-- did you go on a tuesday as Melton still has a weekly cattle market where lots of local food is for sale-- I'm hungry now.....

It's all making my mouth water..After Christmas, I freeze the legs (massive) cook up the carcass with herbs and carrot, onion and anything else going, reduce it and freeze. Then all those who were here for Christmas (apart from veggie son as he doesn't live around here), come again for the turkey and ham pie. I used home made chicken stock, the frozen turkey stock, frozen ham stock and thaw all the turkey and ham meat. It's a fiddley job getting all the meat off the bone, but these animals died for us, so feel we should use all we can. After all that work, feeling very self righteous...I buy ready made puff pastry lol. But it really is delicious. It was my daughters birthday on the 30th, so we had it then. A few years ago I used the legs in a turkey and cranberry salad, it was a Jamie Oliver recipe and the most fantastic salad I have ever had. It's just not easy doing it for so many:-)

you have made my mouth water ~ i shall be off the the shop to get the mushrooms and bacon!
i think it was long clawson but the dairy was closed.
we went on a tuesday and saw the cattle market ~ fascinating
i bought myself a cardigan ~ no, not in the cattle market ~ the ordinary market!!

:o))

My fave soup is 'orange vegetable soup' with sourdough toast. I'm going to post the recipe on here one day - when I get around to it!
Do what you will with the leftovers... but a word to the wise: DON'T try to make ham, turkey, coleslaw and cheese cubes omelette!

recipe for soup please pip ~ i make carrot and orange ~ is it like that or does it mean all orange coloured veg?

well I just happened to pop on here and this is the 200th comment. I hope that you are all well and let me wish all of you prosperity for 2011 !.....Rich ;-)

Hi Richina!!!! Nice seeing you...
I will post that recipe on my blog, Sticki - stay tuned. I call it 'orange vegetable soup' because you can make it with any orange vegetable.
I have posted Flori's certificate on my photos page, also!

i saw that ~ i was very impressed
looking forward to the recipe ~ many thanks

Has anyone decided on which day they are going to the Malvern Spring show? OH and I would love to attend but shall need to book a hotel as we'll make it a 4 or 5
day break away to take in some N.T. places too.

They all need chivvying Shirley and you're doing a grand job. Lucky old you.... a mini holiday;-)

So long as the U.K. weather is kind to us ... you can never tell with this country!

I've always wanted to come to Malvern... but I've never been able to BAT myself over in time!

Pip, you too could have a mini break:-)

I wish.... can't afford the airfare!!

how about a 'virtual'visit, I can't go either so if you all take lots of photo's ( of eachother as well) Pip & i will feel as if we've been!!--something like 'madness in Malvern'..........?

Great idea!!!! pleeeeeeease do that for us, Florettes!

Now look here, harrumph, this is not the spirit that made GOY great...you're just not trying hard enough. You must decide where your priorities lie...Malvern with the FLORETTES...or total and utter selfishness. The choice is yours. Sticki , very selfishly booked a holiday to clash with Malvern where, by the way, our GREAT LEADER FLORIBUNDA will be attending on the SATURDAY. Now here's what I suggest...a whip round for Pip...I personally will start the ball rolling with....ahem...a donation of erm....£1. Now come on Florettes, hand in pockets :-)

virtual travels cheaper.......xxx

But not as touchy feely Pam:-)

no....:~((

Okay, so who is going to Malvern on the Saturday to pay homage to our great leader Floribunda? She may have sweeties for us:-)

Sadly, Saturday isn't my first choice of day to visit Malvern. : o ((

virtual chocolate.......ahhhhh
less fattening centre?

I am thinking of you all... sadly, 1 pound was not enough to get me to Heathrow, and the pilot turfed me out somewhere over Darwin. Best wishes from the Top End :o((((

FLORI AND BA GET UP EARLY
POLISHED SHOES AND TEETH ALL PEARLY
OFF THEY SET WITH THEIR EYES AGLOW
THEY'RE MEETING THEIR FRIENDS
AT THE MALVERN SHOW!

THE APPOINTED HOUR AT VICKY'S STAND
NO HAPPIER PEOPLE IN THE LAND
THEY'LL SOON BE HERE OUR OUR FLORI STATES
AN HOUR GOES BY....THEY'RE BILLY NO MATES:-(

:~(

At least they've got each other!

Heartless Beattie:-( Eeek I notice I've put two 'ours' and I can't edit it. Yes I know I'm slightly obsessive, but it's very#### On my 'Hiawatha' type poem (near end of Flori's Somerset blog), I cut and pasted a wrong unfinished verse about the special home for the bewildered with missing lines...it doesn't scan...and it's killing me lol:-)

maybe if you write it out again --on here-- it will ease your mind... ;~)))

Ah but it probably won't make any sense on here, and if I put it on, I would need to put an explanation on also......then I might appear a little odd....and what if I did it wrong again...people would think me even odder as I kept putting the same poem on, then putting it on again until I got it right<:-0 Then they would certainly put me in the home for the bewildered :-)

Ah well, Ba, we've got each other...And after last time...could Malvern handle more that two of us at once??????? Loved the poem...A special award from me for the first poem on my SiS blog!!\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/Wheeeeeeeeeee!X

SiS????
Good luck girls! If I hear on the news of any disturbances at Malvern, I'll know who it was. :o)

Come on Pip..what is the title of this blog ??..you are just teasing..I know,that you know..Lol

Thanks so much for the award, I don't deserve it...:-] (modest smile)

Oh it will definitely be Ba, I am such a quiet little thing! Last time, we were waving like mad across the outdoor eating area, and my OH was being sorely tempted by Shirley Tulips, Plum cake.....Him salivating was just not a pretty sight! lol...\0/x

Oh yeah... of course! Well you'll have to forgive me Bloomer as it is a VERY HOT day here in Oz today, and I'm stuck at work.
Flori, your OH is not the only one salivating at the thought of plum cake!

whats very hot Pip-- we're enjoying a lovely(for january) 11deg if only the galeforce wind would slow down we could enjoy being outside--- still I'm not complaining it could be -11 :o)

Very hot in Oz is about 35 to 45 degrees. It was high 30's today, at least at work it was... I have an unairconditioned work with an open roller door facing the sun!

oh Pip you must be roasted! how do you cope!!! we-- at least-- can wrap up warm! maybe thats why the seeds won't germinate.....

Phew! Pippin...I do not envy you those temperatures!!! as Pam said, at least we can wrap up when it is chilly here....Shirley tulips Plum cake that Ba made was so delicious.....It took great strength of will to turn down a second piece I will have you know! LOL!\0/x

Another very hot day today :o(

I have saved the recipe of that plum cake, but haven't made it yet. Methinks I will wait until winter, though!

I cheated and gave my friend the plum cake recipe, she cooked one for the man she is trying to impress and one for me ( my cookery skills are rubbish but Tracey is very good, the cake was wicked! thanks Shirley!)
Pip I would gladly die in your heat rather than freeze here....Bat me over pleeeeeeeeeeeeeze

I hereby award Flori the Truffle Award, etc.
Ba, I think the system might be suffering another small technical glitch - could it be your weather? I tried to BAT Annella over and nothing happened!

its been very windy Pip must have affected the controls

Pip, I'm afraid the wrong sort of snow has so damaged BAT that I have had to employ the top computer brains in the country to try and sort it out. No solution so far, and even if we manage to get it up and running again...I'm afraid we'll have to increase fares:-(

is that two dog biscuits then Ba?

And a plum cake:-)

Well, at least that will give me an excuse to make a plum cake :o)

but we've eaten all the plums.......

can you use raisins or something instead? is the recipe on here ~ ive looked in the recipe bit but cant find plum cake

Click onto P, then Plums and it's in there ! Good luck with making it, Sticki. : o )

thanks shirley ~ now why didnt i think of p for plums instead of r for recipe!!
made flapjack 2 days ago and its all gone, lovely gooey stuff ~ my youngest son's favourite.

I made it wih fresh blackerries and I think apricots would be nice too--- its a really nice cake :o)
I'm not sure you could BAT apricots.....

apricots sound very good, thats a good idea ~ thank you!

I've made it with raisins soaked in rum (possibly my favourite), apples with a little lemon juice and raisins soaked in brandy, pineapple cut into small bits, maple flavoured syrup with walnuts and raisins (delish) I just love the basic recipe and I use whatever is around. Only problem is....I keep making and eating it:-( Mind you, with all that fruit, I count it as one of my 5 a day!:-)

this is the 250th comment ~ quarter of the way to 1000!!
ive just put another variation into the oven ~ i may have to call it golden GoY cake ~ i didnt have everything it needed so i have put in dried pears ~ but they are juicy not dried up, dried mango, and a couple of apricots, also had honey and maple syrup instead of some of the golden syrup!!

you're making me hungry.......but as Ba says its one of the 5-aday And as you're supposed to 'eat a rainbow a day' as well it would qualify :o))

its very nice ~ especially with my cup of tea after a brisk walk!! i forgot to say i also put in a few chunks of white chocolate, next time i shall put some ginger in!

What an adventurous lot we are:-)

very healthy lot too ~ with all that fruit!!

What about the fat, sugar and white flour lol? Whatever, it's far healthier than shop bought rubbish:-)

i like the fat ~ it tastes nice! and i need the sugar energy ~ for gardening of course!
could put wholemeal flour in next time if you prefer?

this blog is already having trouble loading on my computer and its only got 256 comments!!

BA you could come round and we could have a tasting session!!?

Yes please:-)

You sure are an adventurous lot! Not like me...
I spent most of last night making peanut butter fudge, then couldn't cut it this morning, it went too sloppy, was sticking to the paper etc. I got quite deranged... Managed to prevent it from sticking to stuff by coating the 'squares' (read 'blobs') with flour, but still not a good news story...

shall we come and help pip ~ im sure we could just eat it with a spoon and not bother with the squares!?

any time BA ~ just let me know when!

Blame the hot weather Pip, it would set here - or in a fridge.

try icing sugar rather than flour-- bit like 'real turkish delight-- it may work-- It would probably set outside this morning looking at the frost!

Mmmmm fudge covered in flour! Think I prefer your solution Pam, but I would probably have followed Sticki's advice:-)

or fudge sauce over icecreammmmmm

That was my mother in law's consolatory remark for several sorts of gone-awry culinary experimentation -
"It would be interesting poured over ice cream"

only sweet disasters-- think of stew & mint choc chip.....

Yuck:-(

Chilli and Vanilla could be nice??????? It reads well anyhow Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I've seen chilli in dark chocolate -- and put dark chocolate into chilli---

Topped with Vanilla then??

don't think so :o))
supposed to be an authentic mexican recipe......but thereagain it would make the chilli creamy.....

Vodka then.......I don't like Tequilla

as we are being 'sidetracked' hope you dont mind me changing subject ~ just wanted to say that new film [which happens to have Colin Firth in] called 'The Kings Speech' is really excellent ~ i wasnt sure if i would like it but it is one of the best films ive seen. its got a very simple story line but the characters and humour are superb. do go and see it if you can.

It looks good on the clips Sticki

It's one I want to see Sticki, I don't go to the cinema often but I will for this.....last time was Shirlock Holmes in London (Robert Downey Jnr drew me in)

the cinema was virtually full, some people clapped at the end and then there was silence but after that a real buzz of people talking about the film ~ not sure too many films get that effect
i wish everyone could see it ~ there are so many things you can take away from it ~ if you see what i mean ~ i keep thinking about it even now.
i dont want to spoil it for you so i wont give any details but although it is sad it is also a very 'warm' film.

Thanks Sticki, what a recomendation! Colin Firth would normaly be enough for me x

he is so much more in this film ~ you will see what i mean. helena bonham carter is also very good ~ as always and the little girl from that family of 5 where they ad lib a lot is also in it ~ i can never remember its name

One of the people at our church has a reputation for making chilli choc chip cookies. He's quite famous around these parts because the cookies are so good, in fact he even got in the local paper with them.

In the years I have known my Mum, The King's Speech is the only movie she's even been interested in talking about thinking about seeing! Hope she actually sees it.

it'll come on the tv --eventually!

funny you should say that pip but thats exactly the same as my mum! never known her to want to see a film but she really wants to see this one! she remembers george V dying and will also remember george VI ! the only other film she liked was sound of music i think!!! oh, maybe the railway children
i hope they get lots of awards for this film, its really good ~ its so much more than just the royalty thing

It completely missed out at the Golden Globes, didn't it?

Not completely. Colin Firth won "Best Actor" for the role of King George VI in it.

Hi Bev, just look what I've been missing! Great blog and fantastic photographs. I will have to add Stourhead to my 'must visit' list. ;-)

Hi Muddy,..hope you are well,and good to see you again on here..:o) Glad you are enjoying Bev's latest saga..seems a bit more sane at the moment,than our 'Somerset' blog...but who knows,it could change.! Lol

Hello Peeps!\0/ Yes it is yours truly! Thought that I would pop in and see what you were all up too....There's been loads and loads of munchie ideas, on here, all since I mentioned sharing Shirley Tulips Plum cake with Ba, over at Malvern...and plenty of sauces, as if we haven't got enough of that on here already! hahahaha...Santann, girl, you have a great taste in men....Robert wotsit junior and Colin Firth....what a combination! Glad to see that you are all having a good natter...285 posts already! Soon be at that 1500 again at this rate\0/. Bloomer, great to see you, and Muddy...too long a stranger and brilliant to have you pop your head round on (my?) OUR page....you have quite made my day....Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, as Santann says\0/.......xxxx

Hello Flori!!! Feel free to pop in more often \0/\0/ xx
Brad Pitt is my mostest mostest favorite man....especialy when he wore the skirt in 'Troy' yummyliscious
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Hi Bloomer and Flori - thanks, it's good to be back. :-)

Thanks Beattie, yes, I remember now.

When it comes to mostest favouritest men, i can't go past Michael Cera!!!!!!

i dont know him ~ will have to look him up! anyone remember daly thompson?
also liked mel gibson ~ both have very mischevious and twinking eyes!

Who the heck is Michael Cera,Pip? An Aussie heartstopper? ..Sorry,Santann,Brad doesn't float my boat..he is all yours :o))..I will stick with our Colin,or Clive Owen,and would you believe.Jon Bon Jovi??..Well,they say it takes all sorts,but then again,variety is the spice of life .Lol.
\o/ Where you been Flori ?.not poorly again I hope..anyway,glad to see you back..,Muddy back as well.mmm ! Lol.I wonder who else will be drawn back like a magnet to our scintillating rapport !!You didn't know I knew any big words did you?.

By the way, I'll be on camp this week, so don't get worried if you haven't heard from me. LOL

I remember him ,Sticki..very nice too.used to like Mel,but don't like the road he has gone down now..so off my party list..!

Michael Cera is from Toronto, Canada, thanks very much! He's a cute nerdy type from movies such as Juno, Superbad, Year One, Youth In Revolt, Nic and Norah's Infinite Playlist etc..
He may not be everyone's Romeo, but I do love the nerdy type!!!!!

no bit disappointing i agree bloomer ~ at one time i thought id join AA just to meet him but thought better of it!!
colin firth favourite now cos we dont get to see daly thompson any more ~ would like to meet him!! he looks fun

LOL good one Sticki....

you must be too young to remember daly thompson pip?

Sorry Pip,just assumed he was a fellow Antipodean..but I
don't know any of the movies either..not really a big film person..so, ..a nerdy type eh? now where have I heard THAT before ???..could it have been on another very long blog?.Wheeeeeeeeeeeee.Lol

We all seem to be crossing here..LOl.

I have never heard of Daly Thompson, sorry!

Ahem... remind me Bloomer... what was on the other long blog???

Daly Thompson was a decathlete ~ won 2 gold medals!!!

Oh ok... a sportsperson... here I am thinking he was a movie star or something.

Pip..well done.I think you have just posted comment 300. !!! Hip hip ,Pip,hooray..I wonder what Flori will bestow on you ?:o))))))))))))))))))))..Oh,B.*#*#r,I missed it by one..sob,sob.

a fifth of the certificate from the 1500 blog??

Oh yeah! Didn't realise,Flori, I bestow on you the Conker Award, blah blah.
Bloomer, I'm waiting for you to tell me what I said! the suspense is killing me!

You didn't say it Pip,I think it was me,when our Richard was going to knit us all a Tankini,and I referred to him as a nerdy Knitter..Lol...it all seems such a long time ago..!

Ah yes... Knerdy Knitter!

Bloomer, I can't believe you've gone off Rolphie!!! Have you forgotten all those romantic liaisons as he roamed the corridors tying down his kangaroo?...the time you locked him in your room in the Home for the bewildered?...you are so fickle. Pip, what do you do at camp? Hello everyone\0/ :-)

I knew you would,Pip..:o)))

At camp I learn how to write a kids talk :o)

Today at work it's another stinking hot day, and because I didn't fancy wearing a wet Chux wipe over my head like last week, so I brought my own red bucket hat to work. (It says Merry Christmas on the back, let's hope the boss doesn't notice.) I was running it under the tap and all the red dye started running out of the hat all over my hands! So now I look like a bit of an idiot - but what's new?

\o/ \o/ Ba, Yes I admit,I am very fickle ,sorry to say I went off Rolphie when he brought his mate along,Jake the Peg..not exactly the date I envisaged..Lol.

Oh,Pip,it must be so bad,to have to work in that heat,but the picture of your leaky hat,made me smile..sorry,a bit sadistic ...I bet red suits you,anyway.Hope the kids talk project is going well...

Haven't started it yet, Bloomer! I leave for camp at 6:45 tomorrow morning :o)

A man with an extra leg, Bloomer, He sounds my kind of man! LOL! Have been sat here chuckling over all your comments...you are a crazy lot, and it is so good to see.....Hello Pip, and Ba....! Bloomer, when John Bon Jovi was in Ally McBeal...phwah! He was Gorgeous.....Old George Clooney isn't bad either, mind....He could check my pulse any day......Is it me, or is it getting a bit warm on here with all this talk of tasty guys....? I must just take a cold shower...... LOL \0/x

Of course you haven't..I have just looked back and read it properly..good luck ,I'm sure you will do a great job,..that's very early for you to go,Pip,..I am going to bed now,so good night,and sleep tight..XX

\o/ \o/,So there you are Flori,..didn't think it would be long,when you saw what we are talking about..Lol. .I will let Jake know you have the hots for him...Lol,...just in case George isn't available...better than nothing I suppose..Lol..nite nite,I really am going now..its almost Pumpkin time.!!..oh,too late..its past 12 o'clock..

Good night girls....

have fun Pip-- tell us about it whenyou get back--- did the dye come out or are you going to camp with red streaks-- may start a new trend :o))
I like Indie--( indiana jones-- and his dad-- sean connery)....

Good morning! hope that talk is going well pip ~ ive done enough of them in my time!
just thought you may be amused to know i must have been on GoY too much ~ im even dreaming about it now!! i woke up when i dreamed i had seen a picture of a red flower ~ i could see it in the same format as GoY ~ thats not quite the same as dreaming of colin firth !!!

Good Afternoon Sticki, and everyone who is on line\0/! Yep, sounds like you are overdosing on Goy, Sticki, hmmm, dreaming about flora, (not the margarine!)lol, instead of Colin wotsit, now that is bad....hahahaha...Now, if it had been a flora covered Colin Wotsit, I would have understood.....LOL!

Good luck Pippin! Think you might start a new fashion trend with that red dye...We are all rooting for you!!!

Bloomer!! Whatever are you implying with that comment? I just happen to be at a loose end, and my gaze came across your comment...well, it would have been rude not to add my 5p's worth, wouldn't it?? I'd be failing in my duty as overseer of this very weird blog....and it started out so well, too....

Hi Pam, just pm'd you my friend....Yep! You have good taste too.....\0/ Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!\0/

i do hope i dont dream about flora margarine!!! that would not be good.
i used to quite like sean bean but gone off him a bit now.

Yes.....Broad Bean isn't quite as tasty as he was...I use to like Ian McShane in Lovejoy .......it must have been the jeans and leather jacket...it is all I can put it down to....hahahaha\0/x

is he the one that does the antiques or am i muddling up the sun tans?

He played the part of an antique dealer in a 80's? TV series, 'LoveJoy'...Not, David Dickenson, who is suppose to be an antique dealer, looking like he's been tangoed! Hahahaha! McShane was very tasty!\0/x

heres a recipe to use up ripe bananas-- and chocolate...
you need a 2lb lined loaf tin
oven on 180 degc
I use an electric hand whisk to mix

225g sr flour
100g marg
175g sugar
2 large gggs
2 large/3 small very ripe bananas
3tbsp milk
100g chocolate-- chopped
cream tog marg & sugar
add eggs,bananas and milk ( half the milk until you see the consistency)
add HALF the chocolate and stir in
pour into loaf tin
sprinkle rest of chopped choc on top and bake 45min- 1 hour-- until skewer is clean
I'm serving is with 'sinful sauce'
take half a bar of dark chcolate broken in pieces, cover with cream
microwave until just warm and choc is soft stir well and use
its heavenly
special choc tart
equal quantities of cream & choc prceed as above, add alcolhol of choice eg rum allow to cool slightly and pour into a baked pastry case and chill and you've a chocolate tart ( to be posh the choc mix is a Ganache!)
hope it cheers you on a dark day!

Hmmm...Ian McShane and Banana Cake/Special Chocolate Tart...what a great combination...yum yum! Thanks Pam! \0/x

oooooh definitely cheers me up ~ sinful banana cake ~ oh, sorry its special chocolate tart ~ either way it sounds deliciously good to me ~ will make that tomorrow ~ i have the bananas but no gggs.

Pam, NOOOOOO....... :-(

You're taunting me - and so's my son who's left some foil wrapped chocolate covered marble cake by my computer. Very nice cake... a bit crumbly...... must just check the plain bit too.. not as well wrapped as it was... mumble...

Erk! Shall we say 100 calories?

but my cake is one of your 5 aday.....

my chocolate tart is sinful but.....

how about rice pudding--

5oz pud rice 5oz sugar 2 pints low fat milk mix all together pour into an oven proof dish and cook for about 2 hours ( if -- like me you get the munchies-- nice eaten cold.......) LOW FAT \0/\0/\0/

as to the marble cake thats a bit dry just a quick zuzz in the mic and pour the chocolate sauce over... simples.....

I do hope Sticki finds her gggs, I wonder what they can be? Pam, have you room at your table for a little one? Pam, that ganache thing (always thought he was the elephant god), is that the sort you pour into a little container and leave to set? Is it like a mousse? From now on, only low sat fat recipes please as these are too tempting. I already o.d. on variants of Shirleytulips plum cake:-(

no its chocolate cream-- just that and.. Mmmmmmmm you can serve it in pots but its a bit rich
somewhere in my Chocolate recipe book theres a low fat recipe-- i'll look it out, I have to watch the dreaded cholesterol too But on cold grey sundays......

Just for Ba--

1oz plain choc
1 cup hot strong black coffee
1cup semi skim milk
2oz sugar
3 eggs
you need i large or 4 small ramekins ( or cups)
a roasting tin
set oven at 150 deg c
put choc in a bowl, pour over the hot coffee, heat the milk and pour that in as well then add the sugar & eggs and whisk until disolved
pour into prepared dishes that are standing in the roasting tin, pour hot water in the tin to come halfway up the dishes
bake for 45 mins or until set
cool and chill before serving
you could serve with fat free creme fraiche

I came across magic mud pud-- but maybe another day....

NOOOO! Puddings are all out except plain fruit!! You're tormenting me Pam!!!!
By the way, what do you call that pud just above this post? With the black coffee and stuff that begins with C....

You could make the Banana cake without chocolate,as I do,..same number of ggg's though.Lol...Honest,its really nice..:o)
\o/Flori..ooh,Ian Mcshane.I had forgotten about him and his leathers..and what about another Colin? ..Farrell..mmm.I think our Jake is no more..something to do with woodworm,or death watch beetle..Lol.

Bloomer, my petal! Jake was just a momentary distraction, a chip off the old block...a splinter that got under the skin...a shaving that has been sadly discarded, a guy whose bark, was so much worse than his bite...I think that you get my drift-wood LOL! Sorry, I just couldn't resist....well, I probably could have done if I had tried harder...but you know me....\0/X
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

Lol,Flori..I wooden have thought you would rise to the bait,but there is a lot at stake,you have your reputation to think about..methinks you should have a nice glass of Carver,and dance the balsa,to get Jake out of your system,.sorry,but Rentokil man finished him off..get over it!!..:o)))))))))))))))

Jake? Please put me in the picture (wood frame) about him! Haven't kept up with GoY for over a week and appear to have lost the gist of this thread. I suppose it's just splintered off . . . . . .

Oh Shirley ..do you really want to know ? Glad you are joining in..it goes way back to the other epic blog.'lost in Somerset',where there was a reference to Rolf Harris..goodness knows why,but there you are..and believe me,I am just as confused as you..we all are ,on here,and just blindly go forth wherever it takes us..any wiser? ..I thought not..Welcome to its a mad,mad,world.!
I keep taking the tablets,but it doesn't seem to help..sob.

LOL, Sandra, mine is comment 340 so I don't think I'll be reading the previous 339 somehow! : o )

Oooooh, so 'Hard', Bloomer, 'wood yew' believe it!!! It's 'plane' to see, that you are 'knot' on the'Fence' as far as Jake goes. He has bit the 'saw-dust', and is no more...we use to fondly call him 'tree-legged Jake' as he had Irish links in his 'branch' of the family 'tree'...'Trunk' to the eyeballs half the time, but rarely 'stumped'...when it came to a 'chipping' reply.

Hi Shirley tulip....Ouch ouch ouch....hahahaha....thought that you 'wood' soon 'twig' on to our banter....Not so much a thread as a 'branch' methinks! 'Canopy' this bad, surely.....I shall 'leaf' it there.... LOL!! \0/xxxx

Ok ... I think I've twigged the general insanity on here!

There is no way I can 'tree' top that Flori..brilliant..\o/.x

Shirley, you are in such good company...honest!We are barking but relatively harmless....hahaha..

OMG,Shirley...you are one of us now..what more could your heart desire ????

Can't help it, Bloomer...I was just 'timbering' up then, as I added that last 'post', I'm just naturally good -'Natured' \0/xxx lol

naturally disturbed,is what I wood call it..Lol.

Can't think of any wood-related pun, they've all been used up:-( You are all on such good form lol:-) Thanks for the recipe Pam, I don't know why, but since Xmas I've been rather keen on the old choc. I can go months without fancying it, and then it becomes an object of desire:-) \0/ nice to see everyone here:-)

I have been the same Ba,about chocolate..I never think of buying it,but someone usually buys us some at Christmas ,and thats fatal..I think the month of January has some hidden meaning..and by about 7pm in the evening..I am craving that taste....if not that,Its a Carte D'or icecream cornet..mmm..oh,well ,soon be February,and hopefully I will be over my addiction..:o)

Hello Ba! \0/ I am getting that feeling of De ja vu, wasn't bad puns the reason 'Somerset' went the way it did? Oh how the mists of times clear.....I see it all....lol x

wooden you credit it-- a girl goes off to bed and the puns creep out of the woodwork-- been spluttering over the wakeup coffee-- the recipe for the pots is in the book as ' Rita's baked custards' (who's rita.....) I call them little mocha pots you could use more milk or experiment but they are light.
I do know-- am convinced--- none of you has a ' wooden heart' xxx

Now you've started me trying to think of 'wood' puns again Pam. I'm desperately trying to remember types of trees...mind's a blank :-( Oh well Flori I've never been any good at puns, and as to the direction of this blog, with you at at he 'elm (ha! found one) I'm certain it will be as successful as Somerset :-)

I've just 'logged' on and wow what a lot of comments since Saturday. Twigged on to the conversation now I've read them all! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexx

I can cedar way this topic is going - ash-ually. I've been pine-ing for a low cal recipe, so thanks for Rita's mocha pots, Pam. I don't know if I could "palm" them off on my OH, he's g-rowan very fond of creamy puds. You'd think he'd get "sycamore" cream but he never "leaves" it "plane".

Oh Beattie, you are really good!!! Top marks to you, absolutely treemendous! (That was borrowed off of Pamg!).You have set a new 'Standard' (I know, I'm cringing too...), now! I am 'hedging' my bets as to how long this can run, before we are 'Box'ed in, Privetly, I hope that it is for a while yet......\0/ Afternoon everybody!! \0/x

I wood give Beattie a round of applause as she's very Poplar but it wood teak too log if knot a berry good treet wood bee to teak her too the beech it may make her turn ash-en and bark at me

OUCH.......that was 'the Birch!

LOL LOL LOL LOL! You lot are just too good! Well done Pam...another brilliant punerism concoction!!\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!X

I was thinking back and I didn't 'go to somerset' early on but joined with dear old 'tom duck-- RIP--and all those tomato fumes in the sunshine-- wonder if his family will turn up this year......

you certainly write a fir few puns, i think you need to cool down and s-oak in a cool bath.
made me laugh ~ you are very clever sticks

Ah, Sticki, she's just ...wait for it....this is a good one, deserves a great build up..Are you all ready???'.Kindling' you! YES!\0/ hahahahahahaha!\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/
(Well...I thought it was funny....)lolx

)( )( )( )( apple-ause -- knot a lot ----just a pear!

a peach really she says with a plum in her mouth..........

oooh dear im so very tired im pineing for a lie down ~ its yew lot larching about thats worn me out
you really are ace, er, i think thats what i meant

I am probably the elder of all you little twiglets,and so should know better..but obviously knot! This has turned into a very poplar blog..long may it continue..:o))

It's not fair...I'm no good at puns and everyone's so good. Special mention for Beattie who from now on shall be referred to as Queen of Wood Puns:-) Pam, I'm afraid Tom Duck and all of his line are no more:-( Well not unless 'makeover Trev' brings me another plant. He holds a special place in our hearts and will never be forgotten. \0/ Hello all, it looks like everyone's here now except our camping Pip. Has it all been sorted? you know the Malvern show day?? We all need to know which day everyone's not going so we can all not go then:-)

Hello Bloomer\0/ you snuck up on me:-)

It's plane to see the puns are still coming thick and fast! I may need to con(i)fer with OH soon as his punnage is pretty good. He did say one of the players in the footie he's watching must have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down! : o (((

\o/Ba,..I have a nasty habit of doing that.."watch out,she's behind you"!

Lol,Shirley,I haven't heard that one before..is it an OH original?:o))

I think it was a line in the film 'Saving Private Ryan' - Matt Damon and Tom Hanks starred. Michael's watched that film sooo many times - probably knows the script by now! Have to say that it was a funny line in the film though. : o )

Bloomer why do you think you are alder than all of us? I think we are all going Ape(ricot) on here. But I'd still treefern to be on here than any other cos its so Cheery?? oh dear its late ~ im not doing so well. you will think i am a (wal)nut!!

You lot amaze me! lol. Here am I struggling to find witty puns, and yet you lot are still going strong....Bloomer! You started this....lol. Think that I must go onto plants and accessories! Now, I'm not going to go Daff, as I Li-lac, too mulch (Sorry...but it was sow good) knowledge on my Flora and Fauna...But womanfully, I Rose to the challenge...Shrubbing off any doubts...looking Wisteria off into the distance...Who wants to pick up the thread...?Tee hee hee

My mind is just in a dais..y now,and I just feel bushed..think I need to go back to my (flower)bed..thats the best I can do this morning...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

as i Rose from my Bed this Morning Glory bee wooden yew knole the puns have been Propagating

what time were you two up? it seems tu-lip early for flowery chat

ahh well I'm a lark Sticki--- I start the day relatively bright-- and then its downhill all the way:o))

is bloomer a lark yew could aster

i could trillium to ash her

Oak-ay i thought being a Lark would Spur you-- just beware of Euonymus Cyclemen Aster her Marigolds

im most impatiens to hear her anther! have we invented a new language?

No Sticki, but I think you've developed a lisp:-)

Anyway, how come you punners have moved on to anything mildly garden related? Did this all really start with Rolphies alter-ego Jake the peg? I see you are going to keep this running knowing I'm totally useless at it...in fact I think you have done it with.....drum roll please.....here goes....MALUS aforethought.... YAY!:-)

I was up with the lark,but had to go and bed down again..my eyes were bogged down,so needed to rest my Iris's,and a bit of back ache..could it be Plumbago?,and could that be a Scabious ,where I knocked it? Only joking,I am fine really..just can't think of any more .Lol.
I need to get this 'compost' out of my head..she said politely..:o)))

shirley (poppy) not! [sorry shirley]

You Canna be serious ... Astilbe waiting for the Malvern date ... is anyone going to set the seed for a con(i)firmed Date? I'll leaf it up to Yew all. Enough of this nonsense ... I have places to go & people to see ... Forget-me-not while I'm away! : o )

having a few problems with my lap top,this past few days,it just keeps cutting out for some reason,and having trouble even getting started sometimes.,it is plugged in,and ,the battery is fully charged..so can't think why it is doing this.Iwas just about to reply to you,Ba,and it just went off again.When I do manage to get it started again,it doesn't come back where I left off,so is switching off completely,which I don't like,as I prefer to shut it down correctly each time.I will have to see if Anthony,my trouble shooter ,can fix it,when they come tomorrow.If I don't manage to join in this inspiring saga,you will know why...and i won't have to rack my brains to keep this up:o)))...A bit of a cop out,I hear you say? ..me? never!

Begon-ia then! we'll wait with 'Babies Breath' Astibe here for your Dali-ah Pop-py-in if its not too Chilli

Phew....

hope its not a virus Bloomer:o(

Peas can you lettice me off Cos i cant do any more?

I think it is a virus.....I can't understand anything on here, I must be immune:-)

I am beginning to seriously doubt the sanity of you lot ... I'm all out of puns now ... shall we return to the subject of the Malvern show? I don't give up that easily ... somebody must surely know when they're going? Let me know and I'll book for a different day ... lol !! : o ))))

i can only go on thursday, i wish i could go when you will all be there but if anyone is going on the thursday please let me know.

I'm sad because I live further away and would have to go with OH and not BA on the coach.......Any ideas 'cos I really want to meet all of you :o((( ????

We need organising!! anyone got any organising skills?? Flori would prefer Saturday as would I as it's the day the coach goes. Flori is our flexible friend as her OH could take her a different day. I too could catch a train so am also flexible really. Those of you who are so selfish as to make me go by train, please say which day. Thursday is Sticki day. Pros...we will see everything at its best and nothing will be sold out. Cons...Sticki is going :-)
Anyone else have a favourite day? :-)

sticki doesnt have to go at all

I could get the train Ba...would you look after me all day if I came on my own? I've checked out ticket prices ....

Laughed aloud at the comment from Ba (Cons ... Sticki is going) ... sorry Sticki! I would like to avoid Saturday as not great with crowds ... think a weekday would be less busy ... sorry. : o ((

Now now Sticki, don't be like that...you're the one who's going on holiday and not asking me:-( Good grief Annella, I need looking after myself....or do you mean keep you away from men? Course I will:-) Another selfish Goyer Shirley...looks like it may have to be thursday. I wonder if anyone else is going???? Flori where are you?? We could be a gang....wear hoodies...speak in the new language (which I haven't quite grasped yet) What fun!!! :-)

i meant dont worry about me - i have the easiest journey and have been before. i will meet up with you if i can but if not maybe autumn or next year - or another show.
at this rate we could put on our own show!

The Autumn show last year was not really a gardening show......I actually bought nothing:-( Sticki, it's so good of you to offer to put on a show, and don't you worry, we'll all come. Will it be at your house? Maybe you could invite Carol Klein. Will there be lots to buy? Ooooh I'm getting quite excited now wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:-) I'm going with my friend Annella, we're going on the pull, you with us Flori? anyone else? wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

you love baking Sticki can we have a cake stall......

Good thinking Pam, anyone else with any suggestions for Sticki ? :-)

cakes and colin firth - that do? actually colin firth cant come nor can carol klein cos she has already been to the house over the road when they started doing the NGS.
so that leaves only the cakes - the only other thing i can offer is a huge garden centre nearby as well as 3 other smaller ones and a very nice craft centre!

ooh I'm not sure now Sticki-- How about Indiana Jones.....
( sound good all those Gc's And crafts :o))

well there's mr jones along the road and there's an indian take away or restaurant within walking distance - is that ok?

hmmmm-- not quite Indie-- but your cakes are good.....

i'll keep practising! you can get photos put onto cakes made of icing ~ perhaps i could do an indie cake??

Hi, it's only me!\0/ What a lot of comments, and this will be the 406th....only 1094 left to go,,,and this is in just over 3wks...I'm so impressed!\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/\0/

Right, this Malvern Show...The best thing that we can do is all put down our favoured day that we can attend, and the most that can make a certain day, that will be the one that we choose...How does that sound? As dear Ba said, if my OH calls in a favour at work, we are pretty flexible, and I do agree with Shirley Tulip, Saturday will be a bit chaotic, though to be honest with the recession still biting the way that it is, we didn't find it too bad last year. Santann, it would be so brilliant to see you if you could make it...and I know that Ba will look after you, cos the security guards will be looking after her! (That's the trouble when you run a multi-billion world wide company as our entrepreneurial Ba does, she needs to be protected)..lol. Sticki, I know that you can only make Thursday, which Shirley favours too, how about you, Santann and Ba? Wish that you could join us Pam, but I know that it won't be suitable for everyone..mores the pity ...Does this help at all?????\0/x

very good flori, if only we could put a blackboard on here we could all chalk up the days!

Any day but Saturday will be hard for me Flori ....sigh.......but I shall make the sacrifice, I always put others before myself, it's just my nature. If only others could be more like me 0:-) Annella, I've told my security guards not to wear their uniforms...just in case...you know what you're like with men in uniforms:-( Sticki, as you know, many of our florettes live at quite a distance from you so I wondered if you were offering to put some of us up for the show? Oh....could you ask your neighbour if we can visit his garden too?:-)

as i wont be here you could have my bed ~ but you have to share with the cat ~ will you be ok to feed her for the week? you would have time then to visit the GCs and the craft centre. maybe neighbours garden will be open too??

Sticki, you can't organise a show and then just vanish...who's going to run it? I already share a bed with 2 dogs as well as a husband so wouldn't mind a cat. I'm always full of hair:-)

sorry to change the subject but i just wanted to say thank you to pam ~ ive just made your sinful chocolate and banana cake pam and its really lovely ~ thank you!
i wasnt sure about the second half of the chocolate ~ do you sprinkle it on the cake before or after you cook it?

Now that is changing the subject!!!! I can be flexible on the day but I am allergic to cats...but not husbands or security guards....Does that help Ba?

before Sticki and it goes slightly crunchy!-- I was going to pour the choc sauce over but It was lovely on the side-- slightly warm-- and to ' over egg the omelette' Icecream as well ( or maybe jut the icecream & sinful sauce.......)

thanks pam ~ i did sprinkle it over before ~ makes a type of crackling glaze? i made some of the chocolate but i hadnt got cream so i just melted the chocolate with a little milk ~ very nice and then served it with creme fraiche!!! was lovely ~ thank you

real january food-- made treacle scones today-- scones are low fat Ba :o))

You can make some for the cake stall Sticki:-) Annella, you're allergic to cats? what a shame:-( Flori, it's impossible, or so it seems, to get a day organised for Malvern. Perhaps Sticki will give us a date for her show? Especially now I know the sort of cakes she'll be baking:-) I know Sticki you have a lot of lovely plants in your garden, so you could have a great plant stall too. I must say, I'm really looking forward to it now:-)

Snuck up on me again Pam....treacle scones????? Sounds perfect, do tell:-))

And I thought the Full Moon Tonight lot were the only barmy ones on GOY! Now I know better you wicked lot! This site is not the place for someone with a weak bladder...my hilarity has been intermixed with constant sorties to the room across the hall! Long may it continue ooooooo!

Actually I came on here to praise the Stourhead pics Flori..we visit every year...but I nearly forgot!

Hi Tetra \0/\0/\0/

\o/ \o/ from me too..Good job you don't have to keep running upstairs then,Tetra..me as well,a good reason for living in a Bungalow..:o))Wheeeeeeeee!!

Ba scones

12oz Self Raising flour half tsp baking powder if liked
2oz marg
2oz sugar
mix together
8 fluid oz milk ( or a tablespoon syrup and make up with the milk)
mix lightly and quickly
tun onto a floured board and pat gently to over 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick
use cutters (or a tumbler) for 10 scones put on a greased tray at
190 deg C for 10-15 mins ( don't over cook)
turn over and tap its bottom-- should be golden

I agree bungalows are lovely :o))

Nice recipe Pam..and don't forget to turn over,Ba..Lol.

Sounds easy enough Pam, but you know I'm a bit ocd-ish and you put "half teaspoon of baking powder if liked". Now I've never had these scones before so don't know if I'd like it in them...what do you recommend? Tatrarch \0/ hello, if you think this is bad, whatever you do....don't go to Somerset. I don't suppose you're not going to Malvern show too? If you aren't, don't let us know when :-)

People keep sneaking up on me \0/ hello Bloomer, I'll do my best. I forgot to ask Pam..do you butter them or anything? :-)

I don't like baking powder-- it seems to stick to my teeth! so start without, if you want fruit in them then 2oz and cheese 2oz but no sugar
then I'm very good and split them with flora proactive but OH likes strawberry jam and clotted cream.....

I will let you know when I wont be going to the Spring show Pam but wont mention a word when I go to the later one..is that okay?

I can't go either but you could join us for the 'Virtual Tour' Pip can't go either but we've been Promised A Tour...

If only we can fix a date to go ¦:-) look I've found eye brows!! CHEESE Pam how very dare you....clotted cream eeek .....you you..assassin you! I'm doing a spanish evening Saturday (family meal) and bought some manchego, it was just over £5 for 250 grams...good job I'm not very cheesy at that price and by the time i've cut off the rind there'll be nothing left lol. Saint Jamie said that if you trickle honey and sprinkle instant or preferably grind a little coffee on it...it's heaven, so I'm going to try. I'll let you know what it's like:-)

this ought to be a midlands show BA ~ Pam you and me are all in the midlands ~ so scones from pam ~ please! eyebrows fixed from BA, gardening done by tetra ~ who has been so busy already im sure she wont mind doing more, i can do a cake ~ and then flori will do the blog for pip ~ australian pip. what would anyone else like to contribute? surely we can meet up someday, somewhere ~ even if it isnt malvern??

i forgot to ask about the treacle in the scones ~ they sound lovely but is it just a tablespoon of syrup?

ive made a ring cake for someones birthday tonight ~ actually i have been very naughty ~ she is a bit loopy so i made a loop shape!!!!???

now going to make heston's pea and ham soup.

Ba, you sound very confused.....If you think this blog wanders all over the place..you really ought to check out Yorkshire's 'Full Moon' photo page, Bloomer, Pam and I have all popped in, and Tet has popped out over to us...it is a Goy takeover on the quiet...lol...\0/Sticki is there too, when she escapes from her hole...(Don't ask!)
Regarding Malvern, it is Thursday, Friday or Saturday for me... does that help?????????\0/x

So this is where you've got to Sticki..deserting your friends for desserts! I will tell Yorkie what you are planning...loopy indeed..you had better duck! She's still standing over your hole, glass (full) in hand to see if you are climbing up the rope ladder!

And I wont do the gardening unless I have a whole TRAY of cointreau cream muffins!!

hiya tet
the birthday cake is not for any of you.
i left the moon blog till last cos i knew i would not be in a fit state to read any others after that!!!
im still laughing now! but ive got to make tea and im not happy ~ i wish you mad lot would come over here and sort out the stupid group that are meeting in my house tonight ~ they would run a mile!!!

Just tell them you have to give a serious gardening lecture-- a few latin names dropped in and you'd be well away to hide on the pc-- w'll suppy some wonderful ones if you like ( either that or lace their cup if tea with vodka)

thats the best idea yet pam ~ any name will be lost on them so latin doesnt matter so much but the vodka is an excellent idea.
last time one of them fell down the steps tho so i shall say nothing and they cant smell vodka so they cant blame me

It sounds like you will be better off staying in the hole,Sticki,till they have gone..Lol.

Nah just tell them you're seeing Flori's therapist and Yorkie's drinkapist. and you have incurable moon madness...that should make them change their venue!

LOL, I'm loving the word drinkapist ... ha ha ha ha ! I've just de-frosted the freezer ... never my favourite chore ... still have Christmas items in there! There is no hope of me losing any weight ... there are gateaux and pastries to consume ... : o ))

oh no shirley ~ mine is not much better and then i keep having to make pam's recipes ~ cos i cant resist them!!
bloomer i agree ~ better off in the hole! cant even get to the loo ~ this is not on!!

drinka-pist ~ could catch on!!!

Instead of a hole in your bucket,couldn't you have a bucket in the hole ?That would solve your dilemma..:o)

ha ha!!

Hello my dear florettes! Had a fabulous time at camp. Am now really tired, but will tell all later, and hopefully blog, too. My blogs-that-i-need-to-write are piling up!!!

By the way - I present a 'Crocus' to Flori :o)

Hello Pip, glad you enjoyed your trip..you didnt see Yorkie while you were there did you? We've lost her! Would love to know what Flori got her Crocus for, but Im off to lunch with my BF, so if anyone asks, tell them I got sidetracked in Stourhead!!

Hi Pip \0/ have you visited Yorkshires full moon pic? if not...you must. We're rallying our troops in preparation for a coup!!! A word of warning...we need you all sober..just turn up with a few cans and a bottle of scotch...job done ¦:-) oh look at my lovely eyebrows, I'm so proud ¦:-) The eyebrows are only obtainable from B.A. facial decorations ( discount for Florettes) ¦:-)

450 comments already - amazing! Ba - I have to pencil in my eyebrows so would appreciate some from you please. : o ) You see - no eyebrows! : o (((

Ok Shirley, at the side of number 1, there is a key with funny symbols on...if you hold down ctrl and alt and press the funny key...eyebrows...simples ¦:-)
Don't tell anyone or my little business venture won't get very far ¦-) ooooh look, I accidently forgot my eyes and suddenly look very happy. I'm going to patent that one:-)

¦¦ o ))))) Woohoo - take a look at my bushy eyebrows now - shall I throw away my pencil? lol Thankyou so much, Ba! ¦¦ o ) Ooh, you'd better put your eyes back on if you wish to patent it. You won't see a thing!

¦;o)))))))) Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee x

Hello Santann! and Pip, welcome back after your week away, you have been missed my Aussie mate....Sounds like you had a great week at Camp! \0/ Hi everyone, just looking in to see if all ok...well, as you can tell by this blog, we are definitely not ALL ok, mentioning no names...Hahahahahahahaaha! Lovely to see you again too, Shirley T....Bushy eyebrows...right, I've seen it all now....I see that we are now Wahooing as well as Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! It is a whole new language in Goydom....Surely,(hahaha), another first! \0/x

¦:0) I like it! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

Nice to see you back,Pip,and glad you had a great time at camp..you may regret logging on here again...manic is the word,and after seeing Shirley's eyebrows..they are so thick now,she has had to make a footpath through them..Lol...just take a look..see what I mean? public right of way..:o)))

gigggggggggglllllll
Oh Bloomer.....
Lovely to have you back Pip we need you to keep order the ' full moon' seems to have disorientatted some somersettians who've made a takeoverbid---- come on the reds xxx

i havent got any eyebrows ~ that symbol is not next to number 1 on here :¬(

I popped over there this afternoon....only because I was curious about 'Drinkapist', great word and one I can relate to! Are we standing strong together behind Flori or are we weak and wimpy defectors??????!!!!! I vote we go for the takeover....

Have had to pluck the eyebrows ... things were nesting in them ... back to my normal self ... whatever that may be on here! : o ))

its on the button to the left of 1 but on the right of the button accessed by pressing the ctrl and alt buttons together ( worked for me ¦
Now Tetra thinks we're planning a coup on the moon and yorkies hitting the bottle.....

So it was you hiding behind those eyebrows I thought were hedges Pam...spying on us..

no button to the left of 1 on this laptop. i have a dotted eyebrow button to the right of the space bar but it only does this: |

yorkie hit me with an empty bottle ~ i think!

well if it wasnt empty...it should be by now!!

So are we defecting? There seems to be a free bar?

If you come Annella, you have to promise to bring the firemen!

I'm sure I can arrange that, are firemen everyones preference?

hmm not sure after your experiences at christmas-- i've got to cook dinner-- thereagain if the smoke alarm goes off....

Someone sent me an email calendar once...hunky male chefs wearing only pinnies, teatowels and saucepans..no wonder Pam off to cook the dinner!

BIG saucepans!

Pamg I can do all the emergency forces...by the way, I love all the recipes so if the smoke alarm goes off I'm sure it will be worthwhile :-)))))

\LOL!

Always buy big!!

I've been thinking.... is it possible that the Moonies are tempting us with alchohol to lure us over there...while they take over SIS??? If we're not careful, we may find the Florettes on the Moon while the Moonies plant their flag in Stourhead! ¦8~0

Eeek how did you all sneak up on me? Who lowered the tone?? Oh hello Annella \0/ didn't see you there:-)

Ba don't tell them.. but I am a spy...I did notice there was no response to my defectors comment on here earlier.I'm still waiting for orders from agent Flori

But the buy big bit still stands!

Listen carefooly, she will only tell you once...

Mum's the word Annella, chucks away!:-]

Together we are strong!!!

This means WAR...the Moonies versus the SiS's oh no, it sounds like cissies...back to the drawing board:-(

No, no BA...perfect! Im off to spy on Carol Klein in a minute.

which one am i?

tell me what carol is like tonight please - let me know if its worth struggling thru with online?

okay will do..25 mins to go

thank you. is she on summer or autumn now? you got your tv near your computer?

I can probly watch on puter..coming up to summer now..

is it looking good? is she still wearing a scarf and long sleeves?

Its just about to start, Im watching live

High summer, cardigan and low cut t shirt

Finished!

was it good? just been speaking to my mum, she says she isnt so keen on carol klein cos she spends all her time doing cuttings!

Hello all... Well, there was a lot of fog at camp this week, so maybe she got lost and couldn't find her way home ¦:o(
(Yorkie, not Carol Klein.)

I love Carol and her scarf was off tonight. I want to tidy up her garden though, but that's just me ......or is it match dot.com??

You were here first Sticki.....you must choose¦:-| I love Carol, but missed it ¦:-(....it will be on catch up so will watch her today. Annella, I want her to tidy up my garden¦:-) Tetrarch, she sometimes takes her cardy off. I think these eyebrows make me look a little manly, so I'm going back to a mustache too¦:-}) or do you think it ages me?

good morning Sis-ters--- would we desert Flori-- our lovely Leader -- NO-- but quick forays to 'moon' to watch the fun as they drink themselves to sleep is hysterical ooooooooo--- bet the'll have a hangover this morning ¦:)))

That's a good one Pam, why hasn't anyone thought of that before? Much better than the SISsies. So now it's the Moonies versus the Sisters Yay! Anyway, they're a load of alchies (is that how it's spelt?) and we're a sensible sobre lot ¦:-}) Anyway, you haven't said if my mustache makes me look older, what else is a Sister for? ¦:-})

Hi Sis ( I've never had a sister before I'm so excited \0/\0/\0/ ¦:~{ thought I'd have one too but its a bit droopy, yours is much more cheerful, do you think if we snuck over to 'moon' the'd recognise us -- being in disguise

I saw you last time hiding behind those hedges you called eyebrows!!

Shhhhh Tetra we're hiding from the Moonies.....

I AM a Moonie!!! Oops, just blew my cover!

you are also the 500th comment on this our Sis-ters blog
)( )( )( )( )( --- Pip should have the award ready when she's awake and over her trip :o))

Oooh goody, I never win things normally...I would suggest a coffee and cream cake, but it might go off by the time it gets here..dont want Aussie beer...OH! I know..a Koala bear!! Pull..eazzzzeeee

Oh what a good choice tetra we'll have to see what Pip can do xxx

Morning all <yawn> Congrats Flori on your 'Terratoonie' Award ¦oO

(that's my yawny face lol)

I think I've started a fashion ¦:-)) eye brows are in this year. Tetrarch, prizes on here are for Sisters, and though virtual, are certainly worth having...perhaps you would like to change sides? ( Sisters, I have baited my trap)¦:-}) Pam, try a little wax a la Poirot ¦:-}) just so.

Morning Pip ¦:o)) I think Tet is a free spirit and it will take more than virtual cakes to get her onside Ba ....but the eyebrows are fantastic hun ¦;o))))))))))wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexxxxx

We should start calling you Ann-drew :o))))