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We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner
tonight. ;-( -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On Aug 28, 10:52 pm, Sacha wrote:
We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' Sacha, as you know I can't tell a swallow from an Amazon. I did notice what I thought was a lovely swoopy bird last night, it was a bat! Judith |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Still around he two nests in the (cartshed) garage, and two broods raised in each this year. Mind you, our cars have to stand out in the summer so the cats can't use them as a ladder :-) -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation churchyard: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote:
We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Yep ! Lots of them sitting on the wires here (Lincolnshire). Soon be - Bah Humbug - I *hate* Christmas time I suppose :-( -- Regards, Hugh Jampton |
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On 28/8/07 23:14, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote (in article ) : We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Still around he two nests in the (cartshed) garage, and two broods raised in each this year. Mind you, our cars have to stand out in the summer so the cats can't use them as a ladder :-) 'Ours', as in locally, seem to me to arrive late and leave early. They never nest here but choose an area mere minutes away and among those is the wall of my step daughter's house. But I know so little of their habits that I could be in a real muddle as to their going or staying intentions. I just feel that when we see them en masse, they're not going to be here a lot longer. In a previous house, we had a cowshed with a dangling light flex. The clever swallows built their nest on this and it was protected from all predators, apparently. This went on for years. At my son's house, there is a broad granite archway with oak beams across part of it. It's entirely weatherproof and his grandfather set up a few of those fake nests. I've known that house more than 30 years and those nests have never failed to be inhabited and other swallows have built real ones beside them year upon year. I really am going to have to find out a bit more about this. Every year it both puzzles and intrigues me! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On Aug 28, 11:59 pm, Sacha wrote:
Here's my Pollyanna moment - tah dah! - you learned not to be frightened of bats?!! Of course you did - do not disappoint me! No!!!!!!!!!!! My middle name is wuss. Judith |
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"Hugh Jampton" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote: We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Yep ! Lots of them sitting on the wires here (Lincolnshire). Soon be - Bah Humbug - I *hate* Christmas time I suppose :-( -- Regards, Hugh Jampton I love christmas, BUT, I really love summer and we dont seem to have had one... :( Feel like I have missed something... Donna |
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"Hugh Jampton" wrote in message ... On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote: We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Yep ! Lots of them sitting on the wires here (Lincolnshire). Soon be - Bah Humbug - I *hate* Christmas time I suppose :-( -- Regards, Hugh Jampton Do what we are doing. Go away for Christmas and the New Year :-) No Christmas Shopping, taking everyone with us. :-) No decorations. We are cruising so the ship does all that :-) No cooking. All done on board by professional chefs. :-) Christmas Presents? Vouchers of the person's choice. Garden Vouchers. Book Tokens, Argos, etc, etc Easy to pack, like in the Christmas Card :-)) Empty house over Christmas? No, we have friends from a different part of the country to House Sit, Garden/Greenhouse sit and Pet Sit all in one go. 3 Bedrooms so they bring their family to the seaside for Christmas and the New Year, all we have to do is make sure the Freezer is stocked, ..... not tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo difficult :-) We will get a tree in for them and put some decorations up but they have said don't bother. It's great to have friends :-) Mike -- The Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association. 'THE' Association if you served in the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy Reunion Bournemouth August/September 2007 FULL. WAIT LIST OPERATING www.rneba.org.uk to find your ex-Greenie mess mates www.iowtours.com for all ex-Service Reunions. More being added daily "Navy Days" Portsmouth 25th - 27th July 2008. RN Shipmates will have a Stand |
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On 29/8/07 00:40, in article
, " wrote: On Aug 28, 11:59 pm, Sacha wrote: Here's my Pollyanna moment - tah dah! - you learned not to be frightened of bats?!! Of course you did - do not disappoint me! No!!!!!!!!!!! My middle name is wuss. Judith Tchah! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 28/8/07 23:50, in article , "Hugh
Jampton" wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote: We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Yep ! Lots of them sitting on the wires here (Lincolnshire). Soon be - Bah Humbug - I *hate* Christmas time I suppose :-( I love Christmas and this year is the baby grand daughter's first, followed almost immediately by her birthday, so it's even more special. We like to go out and see what's blooming in the garden usually but will be away this year so won't be able to do that. We'll do it on New Year's Day which is another milestone we like to check out. But it's been such a rotten summer that it seems too early for it to be fading already. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:08:15 +0100, Sacha wrote
(in article ) : On 28/8/07 23:14, in article , "Sally Thompson" wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:52:39 +0100, Sacha wrote (in article ) : We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( Still around he two nests in the (cartshed) garage, and two broods raised in each this year. Mind you, our cars have to stand out in the summer so the cats can't use them as a ladder :-) 'Ours', as in locally, seem to me to arrive late and leave early. They never nest here but choose an area mere minutes away and among those is the wall of my step daughter's house. But I know so little of their habits that I could be in a real muddle as to their going or staying intentions. I just feel that when we see them en masse, they're not going to be here a lot longer. In a previous house, we had a cowshed with a dangling light flex. The clever swallows built their nest on this and it was protected from all predators, apparently. This went on for years. At my son's house, there is a broad granite archway with oak beams across part of it. It's entirely weatherproof and his grandfather set up a few of those fake nests. I've known that house more than 30 years and those nests have never failed to be inhabited and other swallows have built real ones beside them year upon year. I really am going to have to find out a bit more about this. Every year it both puzzles and intrigues me! Ours arrive about 21st April - we keep a record. The first year they inspected but didn't build, and the second year we were privileged to actually watch them build their nest, raise their young and watch the young birds learning to fly. (We hid behind the trailer, which must have intrigued the next-doors.) I have a wonderful photo of all the babies lined up along a beam watching me - a bit Disney-like! The second year they used the same nest, raised a brood and then to our surprise built a second nest and raised a second brood in that. This year we have two pairs which each appear to have raised two broods in the existing nests. We would be happy if they built more nests, and it would be interesting to set up a few fake ones for them as well. We have a pond as you know, and sometimes we hold our breath in the summer if we are sitting there and they dive and swoop over the pond like an aerial ballet, presumably both taking insects and drinking. While they are building the nest, they dip into the pond for the water they need for the nest. Beats working for a living! -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation churchyard: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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On 29/8/07 15:28, in article
, "Sally Thompson" wrote: snip Ours arrive about 21st April - we keep a record. The first year they inspected but didn't build, and the second year we were privileged to actually watch them build their nest, raise their young and watch the young birds learning to fly. (We hid behind the trailer, which must have intrigued the next-doors.) I have a wonderful photo of all the babies lined up along a beam watching me - a bit Disney-like! The second year they used the same nest, raised a brood and then to our surprise built a second nest and raised a second brood in that. This year we have two pairs which each appear to have raised two broods in the existing nests. We would be happy if they built more nests, and it would be interesting to set up a few fake ones for them as well. We have a pond as you know, and sometimes we hold our breath in the summer if we are sitting there and they dive and swoop over the pond like an aerial ballet, presumably both taking insects and drinking. While they are building the nest, they dip into the pond for the water they need for the nest. Beats working for a living! You are lucky! Whatever it takes, we don't have it here, unfortunately. Your description is so evocative. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:32:56 +0100, Sacha wrote:
I love Christmas Christmas will be like any other day in this house - dead miserable ! You can spend pounds if you're not careful. Not one extra penny is leaving my pocket I assure you. Upstairs with my mug of cocoa and my copy of Bleak House !!! -- Regards, Hugh Jampton |
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On 29/8/07 21:44, in article ,
"Hugh Jampton" wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:32:56 +0100, Sacha wrote: I love Christmas Christmas will be like any other day in this house - dead miserable ! You can spend pounds if you're not careful. Not one extra penny is leaving my pocket I assure you. Upstairs with my mug of cocoa and my copy of Bleak House !!! One lump of sea coal and a candle stub as a treat? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 30/8/07 22:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:10:39 -0000, " wrote: On Aug 28, 10:52 pm, Sacha wrote: We saw a couple of dozen sitting on the wires as we went out to dinner tonight. ;-( -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' Sacha, as you know I can't tell a swallow from an Amazon. I did notice what I thought was a lovely swoopy bird last night, it was a bat! Are you confusing Amazons with tits? Swallows and...? But as a consolation prize, one of the girls was called.....? I did love those books - still do. I bought some for the grand daughter recently. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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snipped book stuff :-)
About half of our swallows have gone but there still plenty here in Gloucestershire, including one nest that contains some newly hatched very noisy little souls. kate |
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On 31/8/07 11:33, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote: snipped book stuff :-) About half of our swallows have gone but there still plenty here in Gloucestershire, including one nest that contains some newly hatched very noisy little souls. kate Is that usual for your area? Or do you think the weather has affected them? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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It is usual for us Sacha, we have lived here about 10 years, and for the
first year we did not have any swallows but as soon as the stable block was built the word went round the swallow world and they moved in :-) They come in the middle of April and the last lot leave late Sept. The weather does not seem to have affected them one bit, all the nests had about 4/5 babes in them and this is the first year we haven't spent climbing ladders putting them back in when they fall out :-) kate "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 31/8/07 11:33, in article , "Kate Morgan" wrote: snipped book stuff :-) About half of our swallows have gone but there still plenty here in Gloucestershire, including one nest that contains some newly hatched very noisy little souls. kate Is that usual for your area? Or do you think the weather has affected them? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 31/8/07 13:25, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote: It is usual for us Sacha, we have lived here about 10 years, and for the first year we did not have any swallows but as soon as the stable block was built the word went round the swallow world and they moved in :-) They come in the middle of April and the last lot leave late Sept. The weather does not seem to have affected them one bit, all the nests had about 4/5 babes in them and this is the first year we haven't spent climbing ladders putting them back in when they fall out :-) snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 31/8/07 13:25, in article , "Kate Morgan" wrote: It is usual for us Sacha, we have lived here about 10 years, and for the first year we did not have any swallows but as soon as the stable block was built the word went round the swallow world and they moved in :-) They come in the middle of April and the last lot leave late Sept. The weather does not seem to have affected them one bit, all the nests had about 4/5 babes in them and this is the first year we haven't spent climbing ladders putting them back in when they fall out :-) snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' That's until like me today you fetch out of the barn the scaffold tower and get covered in swallow poo! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cultivars |
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Oh yes indeedy they are very messy little birds, even the pony gets poo`d on
:-) kate "Charlie Pridham" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 31/8/07 13:25, in article , "Kate Morgan" wrote: It is usual for us Sacha, we have lived here about 10 years, and for the first year we did not have any swallows but as soon as the stable block was built the word went round the swallow world and they moved in :-) They come in the middle of April and the last lot leave late Sept. The weather does not seem to have affected them one bit, all the nests had about 4/5 babes in them and this is the first year we haven't spent climbing ladders putting them back in when they fall out :-) snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' That's until like me today you fetch out of the barn the scaffold tower and get covered in swallow poo! -- Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella and Lapageria rosea cultivars |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 09:07, in article , "Rupert (W.Yorkshire)"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? Oh, cute, very, very cute. I love donkeys..........tricky question! ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 09:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? Oh, cute, very, very cute. I love donkeys..........tricky question! ;-) -- Sacha Have you got a nice hunky farrier who lives nearby :-) kate |
My favourite birds in the gardens. I shall miss their excited squeeky/chirpy chatter when they go - usually around the 20th of Sept - but who knows with this crazy summer we're having. The garden goes ever so quiet when they leave.
'My pairs' are frantically feeding their third clutches now. I always wonder if this last clutch ever gets to South Africa first time around, as I suspect they hole up in Morocco or some place for their first winter and then link up with their older brothers and sisters upon their return the following April. Who knows? |
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On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 10:25:46 +0100, Martin wrote
(in article ): On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 09:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. Of course, the parents would have to agree. Of the pony? -- Sally in Shropshire, UK Burne-Jones/William Morris window in Shropshire church with conservation churchyard: http://www.whitton-stmarys.org.uk |
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On 31/8/07 19:35, in article , "Charlie
Pridham" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 31/8/07 13:25, in article , "Kate Morgan" wrote: It is usual for us Sacha, we have lived here about 10 years, and for the first year we did not have any swallows but as soon as the stable block was built the word went round the swallow world and they moved in :-) They come in the middle of April and the last lot leave late Sept. The weather does not seem to have affected them one bit, all the nests had about 4/5 babes in them and this is the first year we haven't spent climbing ladders putting them back in when they fall out :-) snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) That's until like me today you fetch out of the barn the scaffold tower and get covered in swallow poo! There's always a price to be paid. ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 10:21, in article , "Kate
Morgan" wrote: I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? Oh, cute, very, very cute. I love donkeys..........tricky question! ;-) -- Sacha Have you got a nice hunky farrier who lives nearby :-) kate I don't think so - goodness me, you wicked woman! ;-)) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 10:25, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 09:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. Of course, the parents would have to agree. Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 16:54, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 10:25, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 09:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. Of course, the parents would have to agree. Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know! They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take the pony and trap and get down to making another one. Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a light every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid food, rather than just milk. Nobody told *her* she shouldn't have it, so she loved it. ;-) Of course, then she started teething....... -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 17:45, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:57:38 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 16:54, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 10:25, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 09:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. Of course, the parents would have to agree. Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know! They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take the pony and trap and get down to making another one. Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a light every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid food, rather than just milk. I knew a Polish woman who chewed sauerkraut and then fed it to her baby. I don't know if that is the norm in Poland. I don't know about Poland specifically but it was the norm to chew food and give it to babies, long before baby mush was invented in sterile jars! Nobody told *her* she shouldn't have it, so she loved it. ;-) Of course, then she started teething....... They haven't thought of teething yet - luckily :-) No, this one's a bit precocious on that and making heavy weather of it. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 1/9/07 21:06, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:24:08 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 17:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:57:38 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 16:54, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:18 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 10:25, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 10:15:07 +0100, Sacha wrote: On 1/9/07 09:45, in article , "Martin" wrote: On Sat, 1 Sep 2007 09:07:39 +0100, "Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)" wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... snip I'm green with envy. I *told* Ray we should have a pony and a donkey for the grandchildren. ;-) Is that a fair swop? I think so. Have grandchild, willing to swap for pony and trap. I don't believe you. Not for a millisecond. Of course, the parents would have to agree. Catch 'em after a bad night and you never know! They have had bad nights ever since he was born. ATM I guess they'd take the pony and trap and get down to making another one. Babies haven't read the books. My youngest grandchild went out like a light every night once her parents were persuaded to give her a tiny bit of solid food, rather than just milk. I knew a Polish woman who chewed sauerkraut and then fed it to her baby. I don't know if that is the norm in Poland. I don't know about Poland specifically but it was the norm to chew food and give it to babies, long before baby mush was invented in sterile jars! but sauerkraut. Can you imagine the wind it causes? Unhappily, yes! But if it's pre-chewed and thus partially digested, perhaps it rids the sauerkraut of some of its more explosive properties. They *must* have worked that out over the years or there would be generations of agonised babies. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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On 2/9/07 10:03, in article ,
"Martin" wrote: snip My son has an agonised baby without feeding it sauerkraut. Maybe a pre-chewed Indian take away is the solution, after all isn't that what Indian babies are fed? Dummies work well on colicky babies. I've no idea why but the sucking seems to relieve them. I suspect Indian babies are fed on 'cooked at home' not 'take away' .;-) For those who believe you can't grow edible sweet corn in Northern Europe for the nth year running we have a bumper crop. They are so much better than supermarket ones. I didn't realise it was thought you couldn't grow it here. Is it a totally different strain to that grown for cattle fodder? -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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