The Retirement Thread

[Dave7]

Buttercups?

Keep up Welshie

 

[Mo1959]

I really miss my dad for telling me what things are. You could go a woodland walk with him and he knew every tree, plant and bird that we would see. Sadly, I never seemed to manage to remember many.

 

[12boy]

I don't mind the paper wasps around here except for their desire to eat my food when dining Al fresco. They eat a lot of garden pests such as aphids and beetles. Compared to horseflies and mosquitos, which want to eat me, I almost love them. However, I recall riding a motorcycle to a friend's house and having a yellowjacket trapped by the wind between the saddle and my groin. This pissed him off so he crawled in my shorts leg and began stinging my junk, which wasn't nice. I ran from the alley into my friend's back doorafter dropping my shorts, screaming "got any ice" with my helmet and smoked visor still on. This guy had been drinking and smoking dope all morning, didn't know who the half naked maniac running into his house screaming could be and grabbed his loaded 38 to protect himself and almost shot me. So, in this case, I was almost killed by a wasp sting. His wife found this whole thing very amusing.

 

[welsh dragon]

Keep up Welshie

I was busy.

 

[numbnuts]

Guess what?

The drizzle didn't come to much here, still I made half a sponge cake.....well it will be half a cake when I cut it in half and stick the bottom on the top

 

[screenman]

Morning all, somehow I forgot to clock in this morning, raining here all day, just slowing down maybe enough for an hour on the bike, but the turbo may win.

 

[oldwheels]

@Poacher @Dirk
Years ago me and MrsD decided to learn/study wild flowers. We do a bit of bird watching and it makes the walks so interesting.
We got the most basic but decent book we could in order to learn. We quickly gave up. There are so many small flowers that look identical.

It is so long ago that I have forgotten the details but there is a formula which enables you to identify any plant accurately. I did 2 years university botany with the second year being biased towards agriculture but it was 60 years ago. At a superficial look flowers may appear identical but there are many small details that give a clue as to the proper name. Once you get your eye in so to speak it gets easier. Persevere.

 

[Dave7]

I don't mind the paper wasps around here except for their desire to eat my food when dining Al fresco. They eat a lot of garden pests such as aphids and beetles. Compared to horseflies and mosquitos, which want to eat me, I almost love them. However, I recall riding a motorcycle to a friend's house and having a yellowjacket trapped by the wind between the saddle and my groin. This pissed him off so he crawled in my shorts leg and began stinging my junk, which wasn't nice. I ran from the alley into my friend's back doorafter dropping my shorts, screaming "got any ice" with my helmet and smoked visor still on. This guy had been drinking and smoking dope all morning, didn't know who the half naked maniac running into his house screaming could be and grabbed his loaded 38 to protect himself and almost shot me. So, in this case, I was almost killed by a wasp sting. His wife found this whole thing very amusing.

Were you insulted?
You drop your shorts and (to quote you) she found the whole thing very amusing

 

[IaninSheffield]

@Poacher @Dirk
Years ago me and MrsD decided to learn/study wild flowers. We do a bit of bird watching and it makes the walks so interesting.
We got the most basic but decent book we could in order to learn. We quickly gave up. There are so many small flowers that look identical.

Rather than a book, have you tried a wildflower classification key to help narrow things down? Here's one example. There are of course others and even app-based versions if you're without an Interwebs connection whilst out and about.

 

[12boy]

Hadn't hoped to impress anyone and had not thought of that. Hopefully it was the situation that amused her and not my lack of endowment. Probably both.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Following this afternoon’s 15th July open for tourism indication from the Scottish Govt I’ve just taken a chance and booked a week in August at our favourite holiday cottage in Speyside. Fingers now well and truly crossed !

 

[Dirk]

It's chucking it down here.

 

[oldwheels]

Rather than a book, have you tried a wildflower classification key to help narrow things down? Here's one example. There are of course others and even app-based versions if you're without an Interwebs connection whilst out and about.

That is a more modern and slightly simplified version of the formula idea I mentioned earlier.

 

[Dirk]

Night Connie May.

 

[classic33]

Night Connie May.

Night Looney May