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

[Martin Baxendale]

With all the depressing news today about the Government cuts and their effects, I went looking for something on Youtube to cheer me up, and this really did it for me. Neat new trick being able to put Youtube videos in posts.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_iLElHqv-w[/youtube]

So as not to use up too much band width with a non-plant related video, I'll be removing this short clip in an hour or two after people have had a chance to view it.

[Anthony Darby]

I remember it well. Pity he is not still with us, but then he did tell us he was ill.

[Martin Baxendale]

I remember it well. Pity he is not still with us, but then he did tell us he was ill.

Yes, he did indeed    Apparently the church wouldn't let him have "I told you I was ill" on his grave headstone, so the family had to get it carved in gaelic to fool them.

[David Nicholson]

Eccles. My super-hero.

[Arykana]

Thank you for all the nice comments for my paints, now only I need to sell them 

[Anthony Darby]

Thank you for all the nice comments for my paints, now only I need to sell them 

I'm sure they'll sell like hot cakes Erica.

Eccles. My super-hero.

SEAGOON:
Now, come on, Tarzan. Seal those cannon balls and take them up to the cannoniers

HENRY CRUN:
They're too heavy for me to carry, sir

SEAGOON:
Well have you got a dumb waiter?

HENRY CRUN:
Only Eccles

SEAGOON:
Ah, just the man! Eccles, take one of these cannon balls

ECCLES:
OK [swallows]

SEAGOON:
You fool, you!

GRAMS:
Explosion

ECCLES:
Pardon

[David Nicholson]

Ah! the stuff of my youth, and still giggleable today.

[Anthony Darby]

[Maggi Young]

Have some of you been thinking that JohnnyD, the maestro of the mini garden, has been conspicuous by his absence around the Forum of late?
I am happy to reveal to you the reason for that.... Johnny has been otherwise occupied.... as has Clare his wife...... and some other Folks and Forumists from the East Lancs AGS Group.....they've been VERY busy building a new garden at the Ramsbottom Civic Hall.... read all about it here :

http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/events/New+Garden+at+Ramsbottom+Civic+Hall/446/

 I'm sure you will agree that this is a worthwhile project that the Gang from East Lancs has been busy with and that it will be  a great ongoing "advert" to and tribute to their excellent Group.
Many congratulations to all involved for their bright ideas and hard work!!  

[mark smyth]

I hope they re show photos on here because those of the AGS site are two small but could very easily be linked to larger versions stupid me they do enlarge

[johnw]

This could very well be in the Moan, Moan thread.  Tonight we had a distinguished Scottish speaker at our Rhododendron Chapter meeting, Julia Corden from the Explorer's Garden in Pitlochry.  I had read in the newspaper that she would be here on other business so boldly contacted her via the Pitlochry Site to see if she'd be willing to speak.  From there the programme committee took over. She kindly agreed and her talk on the famous plant hunters highlighted at Pitlochry and the garden was excellent.

So why the moan, moan.  Tonight I discovered not only is she a Forumist but she was staying in a B&B in Halifax for the last four days.  That B&B, of all the B&B's in the city, is directly across the street from us! She even noticed the Chinese Fan palm on our veranda.  Seems we have many friends in common and it would have been a delight to have her stay with us. Tis' a small world.  She was whisked off to the airport after her talk for the redeye to Heathrow but promises to return soon. So, you had better give us a heads up next time Julia!  

Again, congratulations on a fine talk and do fill us in on your meandering from one end of Nova Scotia - The Cape Breton Highlands to Briar Island - to the other.

johnw - expecting a good frost tonight so out to cover the Nerines.

[Maggi Young]

Oh, John, what a pity..... that is indeed a missed opportunity and I know Julia would have had a great time with you.
This Forum connects an awful lot of people and it is such a shame to miss  a chance for a get together....... let this be a "warning" to everyone else out there...... ask around.... you don't know what you might be missing otherwise!!  

[johnw]

Indeed Maggi.

Well at least we missed a brush with frost.

johnw

[Kristl Walek]

oh, that's too bad, John, about Julia.

i had actually suggested, via a forumnist, that she contact you, as you were in Halifax, closer to her center of operations....rather than me, who was so much further away.

and all this time, i assumed you and her had been going on some wonderful botanic outings together....instead she had been looking at your front porch!!!! i had fantasized about taking her to polly's cover (one of my favorite haunts).

i know she posted something in my "heaven" thread about having driven 2500km touring Nova Scotia during her time here.

[Kristl Walek]

And i have a happy "child moment" to tell you about.
As you may remember from a previous post, i have an actor son, who lives in Vancouver.

He is one of those *very lucky* young actors who has actually had fairly steady acting and modeling work since his official theatre training.

Immediately after graduation, he was taken on by "Bard On The Beach" doing Shakespeare during the summer tourist season in Vancouver. As well, one of the productions he worked on (No Exit) which integrated live video and theatrical performance, won as outstanding production for 2009, and also took home the Critics' Choice Innovation Award for the year.

You will have to scroll down to find "Luc Roderique"

http://www.realwheels.ca/about/people.php

Although his first love is theatre, last winter he experimented with some film productions---working on a pilot for a new series "Facing Kate" which "was" picked up by the networks and we are waiting for it to air. He plays a kid "gone wrong", minus his beautiful hair.

But last night, his official network "debut" was anxiously watched by this mom and his sister, side by side on our couch here in Nova Scotia. He was still bald, had all of one line in a SkyFi show called "Caprica", but a lot of "camera presence" throughout, with appearances coming up in 2 more segments.

As any parent knows who has had a child involved single-mindedly in their particular preoccupation their entire lives; these moments of seeing them succeed, thrive and be happy, are a serious high point!!!