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

[Martinr]

Yes David, but like my waist, they grow

[David Nicholson]

OK, I was only going to offer to take it off your hands   "Well it's only worth the scrap value Guv"

[Ed Alverson]

In case there are any Richard Thompson fans following this thread (and I know you are out there), RT released an album of new material the other day.  The twist this time is that the album was recorded live during a mini-tour of the west coast of the US last February, at five different venues from Seattle to San Francisco.  My luck is that one of the shows was right here in Eugene, at a small community arts center, and I was able to attend.  It was a great show, and he was playing with an excellent four-piece backing band, so the album is worth checking out if you are a Richard Thompson fan.

Ed

[Martinr]

Would I want to admit to being old enough to be an RT fan who saw him in his Fairport days at the Glasgow Apollo

[David Nicholson]

Thanks for that Ed I'm a great fan but unlike Martin and you I've never seen him live. The new album is called "Dream Attic" and I shall be looking for it on Saturday.

Just checked on Amazon UK and they have it at £8.95.

[Ed Alverson]

Would I want to admit to being old enough to be an RT fan who saw him in his Fairport days at the Glasgow Apollo

I'd consider it a badge of honor, especially if you can't remember exactly which year it was...

Ed

[Maggi Young]

Ian and I are very keen followers of RT... seen him often live.....( boast, crow, smug!!) he is terrific. Buy the album.... see him live if you possibly can... the man is a genius!


 His website Beewsweb is good...... http://www.richardthompson-music.com/

[arillady]

A video that I have playing in the background has been my constant companion for the last few days.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741+
Nothing to do with plants but a real 'feel good' song.

[ranunculus]

Oh yes, Pat ... wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.

[Gail]

I have seen that before but thank you for the reminder Pat - heartwarming. 

[Anthony Darby]

Brightened up my day and great to send an AH Biology class off to lunch!

[Maggi Young]

Fred Depalle (Bulbissime) has a new website ( at least it's new to me  ) .... you must see his wonderful photos!!

In the mountains, on the ground, under the sea.... start on a wonderful journey with this adorable Viola......
http://naturaphot.fr/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=450     

[Martinr]

A video that I have playing in the background has been my constant companion for the last few days.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741+
Nothing to do with plants but a real 'feel good' song.

Wonderful! Brought back memories of two street performers on River Street, Savannah, Georgia who used to lighten my mood considerably during business trips in the late nineties and early noughties. I wonder if they are still there.

[Anthony Darby]

I went on my country walk again today. Nothing unusual about that, you might say? Except, in the houses that used to be Dykedale Farm (one is called Wanaka and has a takahe wind mill thingy) was having their annual golf tournament (there is a nine hole course running the length of the lawn behind the houses) - the Dykedale Open. Further along there was a man standing in a field next to his car playing the bagpipes (perhaps someone had asked him if he could play "Over the Hills and Far Away"?). At the top of the hill I spoke to a man in a combine harvester the size of a minor planet (and who was being offered sustenance by two chaps in a 4X4) what the fields with the unusual flowers were. He said they were unharvested crops for wildlife as "set aside" was no longer. These are a government initiative. I suppose this is to make up for the miles of weed killed verges? After I left he went back to reaping his oats (to be supplied to Mornflake, apparently). As I again approached the Dykedale settlement a great cheer went up as the massed crowd of on lookers cheered then winning put. After being mistaken for the press, or TV cameras, the crowd dispersed, or perhaps went off to the 10th tee? There must have been nearly eight of them?

[daveyp1970]

really chuffed just got my hands on a copy of A HANDBOOK OF CROCUS & COLCHICUM FOR GARDENERS BY
E A BOWLES 
PUBLISHED 1952
Can't wait to see the plates.