Where are you now? .... and how's the weather? (part 2) |
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Jan 18th, 2009, 18:51
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| kalbarri  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: WESTERN australia
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| brings back memories. i spent 7 months in wales and loved it. a very beautiful place. great area to learn about herbs. they are growing all over the place. Last edited by kalbarri; Jan 18th, 2009 at 18:52.. Reason: spelling |
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Jan 18th, 2009, 18:57
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| Just a big girl with a small dream  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: A little town you've probably never heard of
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| In my garden alone there's Lavender, some (unhappy, neglected looking) Rosemary and Pineapple Mint, as well as blueberries, onions and garlic!  The strawberry pot seems to have fallen down and broken, which is a shame. We had tons of strawberries last year. I'll have to start again now.  The onions and garlic I've been fretting over while the house was empty:
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Jan 18th, 2009, 19:01
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| This is just a cameo appearance  Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India
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| You can hear a brass band play by the sea in Pondicherry --- but they have that continental, out-of-tune, sound (French, I suppose), nothing like the smooth sound of a Brit Brass Band. |
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Jan 18th, 2009, 19:07
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| kalbarri Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: WESTERN australia
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| i learnt a lot about herbs there, using books and looking for samples as i walked along the roads and fields. i wanted to know which ones were edible for future reference. when i was in manali we stayed with the poorest family in one of the villages and they collected herbs to eat. the wild herbs there are the same as the ones that grow in europe and we used to put chickweed in with potatoes for out parathas. very nice. |
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Jan 18th, 2009, 19:09
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| kalbarri Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: WESTERN australia
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Jan 21st, 2009, 04:20
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| Naan.tering Nabob  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap
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| We've had a week of frigid sub -20c temps <resulting in two burst pipes in the laundry room>. This was followed by a relative thaw - then another spectacular snowfall, ending with an icestorm early monday morning .... leaving everything coated in a luminous glaze.
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Jan 21st, 2009, 04:26
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New York City
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clear and cold in NYC on this late inaugural afternoon, warmed, however, by the day's events!
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Jan 21st, 2009, 04:40
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| Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap
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Jan 21st, 2009, 05:21
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| Maha Guru Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New York City
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 my rear-end was riveted firmly to the couch, my feet to the coffee table, and my eyes to the TV. (i never even made it to work--and i was expected!)  | |
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Jan 21st, 2009, 10:02
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| Maha Guru Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Delhi & Himachal Pradesh (Shimla)
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| sunny in New Delhi |
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Jan 21st, 2009, 10:55
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Delhi
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| Great weather in new delhi....
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Jan 23rd, 2009, 09:28
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| Naan.tering Nabob Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Abode of Glooscap
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| This kooky, bird brain of a Northern Cardinal has been around for almost a year now flapping up against it's own reflection in the windows, pecking at the windows & craning, hanging from all angles to peer inside. At times it has flown so hard against the window that it's cracked it's beak smearing blood all over. A few days later, healed and full of p&v, back it comes for more fun, games & window whacking.  |
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Jan 24th, 2009, 12:55
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Bdx,FR--Kanpur
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| oooohhh it's so scary... I'm in south western France and we're having a huge i mean hUGE storm..... It's blowing around 160km per hour where I am and up to 175 nearer the coast!!!!!!! I can see fallen trees, many tiles on the garden and there's water patches all over the house. t's still dark so I can't see the fully content of the damage, but fortunatel the local radio has said there have been no fatalities so far. The last storm we had of this volume was in 1999 and was disatrous. Fingers crossed it passes without too much damage. In any case, I was supposed to go in to work this morning but there's no way I'm taking my car anywhere! |
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Jan 24th, 2009, 13:44
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| She-who-must-be-obeyed!  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Jaisalmer
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| Goodness Valini that sounds awful. Keep us posted and take care. I'm glad we're not as cold as you, Peak and Tacita! Here some cloud, a sort of slightly cooler change from the last few days when it has been very mild, but not cold enough for the cardigan even. Karuna - those onions and garlic have a desultory look but do have green tops. Does this mean they are thriving still??!!
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Jan 24th, 2009, 14:05
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| Account Closed Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: India
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 | hey Valini hope you are not affected . be safe. Quote:
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