November 2012 in the Southern Hemisphere

[Anthony Darby]

My Watsonias flowered months ago.

[arillady]

For those of us a little slow on the uptake Fermi please name the hoons from left to right.
You know I have only met Otto out of that bunch doing the council worker lounge.

[Paul T]

Pat,

Left to right.....Fermi,  John Grimshaw (currently over from the UK for a speaking engagement), the venerable Otto, and lastly, the idiot from Canberra.   

[Lesley Cox]

"Hoon" in the NZ context anyway and probably Australian as well, usually refers to young men (say teenagers to 30) who are full of testosterone but sadly lacking in common sense or any concept of responsibility especially when behind the steering wheel of a car. Boy racers would be as good example.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes Anne, deliciously scented. I planned a while back to show some superb examples of "favourite" daffodils, taken at the International Daff show here in Dunedin in September. In the finish I couldn't bring myself to do it because I doubted if I could restrain myself from comment and as a friend at the show pointed out, they were someone's precious prize entries and I mustn't say those things. But I'll show them here now, without comment. You can imagine what I MAY have said at the time.

[Lesley Cox]

So my only comment is "No comment!"

[Lesley Cox]

And finally -

[Lesley Cox]

Much nicer, perhaps someone could identify this Rhododendron for me please. A pure, rich pink with a little light spotting, the truss is roughly globular and about 18cms top to bottom or side to side.

And I really love the remains of Mec quintuplinervia, after the petals have fallen. No wind or rain have messed it up.

[zvone]

And finally -

Wau!

Beautiful!

Thank's Lesley!

Best Regards! zvone

[David Nicholson]

"Hoon" in the NZ context anyway and probably Australian as well, usually refers to young men (say teenagers to 30) who are full of testosterone but sadly lacking in common sense or any concept of responsibility especially when behind the steering wheel of a car. Boy racers would be as good example.

Thanks Lesley. I didn't detect over much testosterone in the picture!

[johnw]

My Watsonias flowered months ago.

My Watsonias flowered years ago. 

johnw

[Lesley Cox]

Thanks Lesley. I didn't detect over much testosterone in the picture!

Mmm, I agree David. Hoons usually get into the vehicle and drive off like so many maniacs. They don't usually just dangle negligently over the side. I think that lot are past the hooning stage.

[fermi de Sousa]

Mmm, I agree David. Hoons usually get into the vehicle and drive off like so many maniacs. They don't usually just dangle negligently over the side. I think that lot are past the hooning stage.

I had to get my eye-glasses - thank goodness -  to find that Lesley had said "past the hooning stage"! I thought she'd gone all Scottish on us! [but probably still correct]
 
cheers
fermi

[Lesley Cox]

Hope you were never at that stage Fermi. 

[Anthony Darby]

Arr, I get it now!