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Sacha[_1_] · 11-01-2007, 11:49 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

On 11/1/07 23:22, in article
, "Mike Lyle"
wrote:

Sacha wrote:
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As MuddyMike implies, nothing wrong with being sad like that; but be
prepared to get surrounded with unproductive old birds you can't bring
yourself to kill!

Gosh. I'm glad my husband feels like that. ;-)

My dear! How could you possibly imagine. . ?

Possibly because I got another year older today and am filled with
self-pity. Actually, I'm not and never have been but it's worth a tug on
the old violin strings. ;-)
[...]

Hey! Life begins at . . [fill in as appropriate]. It was one of the
great vintages, and, like all the best ones, it won't be mature for at
_least_ another twenty years. Happy birthday! (My only real complaint
about birthdays is the cards people send one. Maybe I should start
worrying the year they all start sending _nice_ ones.)

Thank you, Mike. The vintage is 1946 but I can't imagine where the time has
gone! Luckily, I've never been one to worry about getting older and for me,
it has brought very rich rewards, not least of which is my two week old
grand daughter. I'm even dreaming in PINK!
One of the best cards I got was from my stepson and on the front it showed a
pic of a woman sitting in the Lotus position with a large glass of wine in
front of her and the caption "drink wine chilled". ;-)

Now - back to these bantams, are they always vicious little brutes or were
you and Ray just unlucky? I kept hens for a short while in a Jersey garden
and found that in a dozen of them, they always seemed to pick on one which
would get 'trodden' almost daily by the others (we had no cockerel) and who
was pecked and harried and left almost bald by the 'sisters'. It was a
really rather horrible business. I've always wanted a couple of donkeys,
too but again, Ray had nasty experiences of his when his children were
small. Apparently it was a stallion called Sampson and was an absolutely
vicious little brute!

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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/