2010 YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread.

[J.B.Wyllie]

I have just collected 6 Lomonds. 4 young at point of lay and 2 old 'Birds' no comments!! by lunch time we had 2 eggs 1 large and 1 small.Took them up to my daughter Susy as her youngest Charlotte is not well.They are lovely canny birds and are settling in well. They love snails

[Lesley Cox]

May they grow and flourish Jean, if snails are a preferred menu item. Much power to them - and many eggs to you.

[Gail]

Good luck with your chickens Jean.

This really has no place on the 'so happy' thread but I had to have my favourite Cochin cockerel put to sleep on Friday and this evening we've been visited by a fox - took my 3 hens and came back for the ducks. Fortunately my husband saw it and made it drop the duck that it had caught but we've had great problems rounding them up as they were so traumatised.

[angie]

Gail sorry to hear about your cockerel... my husband and I are always chasing the rabbits out of our drive, I always wonder what our neighbouring property owners think when we shout and scream to scare those rabbits away, no-one has ever said anything but I wonder if they think this is a mad house here.

Away to Gardeners World Live on Friday... can anyone give me any gardens to visit or is there any nice alpine nurseries near by... not that l need anymore plants
Angie 

[Lesley Cox]

Yes!! I'm SOOOOOOO happy, extremely happy in fact, that what was looking like the big C is finally found to be a very small one, and benign, easily sorted. No big M needed, thank God.

[Carlo]

So glad to hear it Lesley....best wishes!

[fermi de Sousa]

Good news, Lesley!
So we'll still get to see you over on this side of the ditch in September!
cheers
fermi
PS did you contact Otto about attending the Bulb Talk?

[Paul T]

Congratulations Lesley.  That must be a big load off your mind. 

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks everyone, yes, a great relief. I've not talked specifically about the talk Fermi but I don't think I can make it until the 16th and that's too late? A talk by a South African about SA bulbs would be special too. But at least I feel I can book my air ticket now.

[Gail]

So pleased to hear your news Lesley & 'may you stay forever young' as Bob Dylan said!

[ranunculus]

Wonderful, wonderful news, Lesley ... long may you enjoy Ranunculus semiverticillatus in glorious bloom!   

[Maggi Young]

Phew! Thank goodness for that, Lesley.....these worries do so put everyday life on hold, don't they? Now you can get cracking with new plans. 

[Lesley Cox]

New plans, yes. Such a small thing as a health worry can put life on hold - for 7 weeks, this time - and it's such a waste. When the docs couldn't make up their minds ("I'm sure there's something there but I can't quite locate it." This after 2 mammograms and 3 untrasounds in a month) I'd just about got to making lists of what pots and plants should go to which people. They'll have to wait now.

Ranunculus semiverticillatus in glorious bloom? I should be so lucky. It's continuing to do what it does so well. Nothing!

[angie]

Glad to hear that you are well Lesley, what a worrying time you must have had. I am glad you are fine as l would hope that one day we could meet up.
Now get on with things and enjoy, enjoy, enjoy .
Angie

[Martin Baxendale]

Glad to hear it was only a scare, Lesley, and nothing more serious, even if it was understandably very worrying.