On 9/4/09 11:35, in article , "K"
wrote:
snip

We spent delightful afternoons watching the martins hunt and chirrup
incessantly to each other, then evenings watching the bats hunting the
insects attracted by the castle floodlights - never seen so many bats in
my life nor so clearly :-)

Now you'll traumatise Judith, talking about bats flying around! We enjoy
the ones we get here so much. I think I've seen at least one already but am
hoping that last year's terrible cold and wet didn't finish them off. We
had a colony nesting in between the paling walls of a shed and could hear
them squeaking when we walked past. Sometime a little head would pop out
and quickly pop back in again when its radar picked us up! But we haven't
heard them for some time and are a bit worried last summer starved them to
death.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

On 9/4/09 16:39, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:27:06 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 9/4/09 11:35, in article , "K"
wrote:
snip

We spent delightful afternoons watching the martins hunt and chirrup
incessantly to each other, then evenings watching the bats hunting the
insects attracted by the castle floodlights - never seen so many bats in
my life nor so clearly :-)

Now you'll traumatise Judith, talking about bats flying around! We enjoy
the ones we get here so much. I think I've seen at least one already but am
hoping that last year's terrible cold and wet didn't finish them off. We
had a colony nesting in between the paling walls of a shed and could hear
them squeaking when we walked past. Sometime a little head would pop out
and quickly pop back in again when its radar picked us up! But we haven't
heard them for some time and are a bit worried last summer starved them to
death.

Spring is sprung, the green parakeet is back eating the buds on the chestnut
trees. It and the buds were a week earlier last year.

There's a lollipop shaped chestnut tree on a farm near here that is now in
full leaf and is a wondrous sight. The ash tree opposite my study window is
just coming into leaf on the lowest branches and a Fremontodendron clinging
to the downpipe rather precariously is thinking that it might decide to
live after all.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

On 9/4/09 17:38, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:10:04 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 9/4/09 16:39, in article ,
"Martin" wrote:

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:27:06 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 9/4/09 11:35, in article , "K"
wrote:
snip

We spent delightful afternoons watching the martins hunt and chirrup
incessantly to each other, then evenings watching the bats hunting the
insects attracted by the castle floodlights - never seen so many bats in
my life nor so clearly :-)

Now you'll traumatise Judith, talking about bats flying around! We enjoy
the ones we get here so much. I think I've seen at least one already but
am
hoping that last year's terrible cold and wet didn't finish them off. We
had a colony nesting in between the paling walls of a shed and could hear
them squeaking when we walked past. Sometime a little head would pop out
and quickly pop back in again when its radar picked us up! But we haven't
heard them for some time and are a bit worried last summer starved them to
death.

Spring is sprung, the green parakeet is back eating the buds on the chestnut
trees. It and the buds were a week earlier last year.

There's a lollipop shaped chestnut tree on a farm near here that is now in
full leaf and is a wondrous sight. The ash tree opposite my study window is
just coming into leaf on the lowest branches and a Fremontodendron clinging
to the downpipe rather precariously is thinking that it might decide to
live after all.

What you are missing is a flock of green parakeets.

Our parakeet migrates up to 2 miles some winters.

I can imagine the reaction of 'our' rooks now. "Yummie! Parakeets"
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

Sacha wrote:
On 9/4/09 17:38, in article
, "Martin"
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:10:04 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 9/4/09 16:39, in article
, "Martin"
wrote:

On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:27:06 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 9/4/09 11:35, in article
, "K"
wrote: snip

We spent delightful afternoons watching the martins hunt and
chirrup incessantly to each other, then evenings watching the
bats hunting the insects attracted by the castle floodlights -
never seen so many bats in my life nor so clearly :-)

Now you'll traumatise Judith, talking about bats flying around!
We enjoy the ones we get here so much. I think I've seen at
least one already but am
hoping that last year's terrible cold and wet didn't finish them
off. We had a colony nesting in between the paling walls of a
shed and could hear them squeaking when we walked past. Sometime
a little head would pop out and quickly pop back in again when
its radar picked us up! But we haven't heard them for some time
and are a bit worried last summer starved them to death.

Spring is sprung, the green parakeet is back eating the buds on
the chestnut trees. It and the buds were a week earlier last year.

There's a lollipop shaped chestnut tree on a farm near here that is
now in full leaf and is a wondrous sight. The ash tree opposite my
study window is just coming into leaf on the lowest branches and a
Fremontodendron clinging to the downpipe rather precariously is
thinking that it might decide to live after all.

What you are missing is a flock of green parakeets.

Our parakeet migrates up to 2 miles some winters.

I can imagine the reaction of 'our' rooks now. "Yummie! Parakeets"

lol

Squid, cuttefish, green parakeets I think this thread has been hijacked. Meanwhile Back on earth, thank you for your replies regarding salsify

In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.

And mine

On 10/4/09 09:01, in article , "Ophelia"
wrote:

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.

And mine


ISTR collops being a cut of meat!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Exotic plants, shrubs & perennials online

Sacha wrote:
On 10/4/09 09:01, in article ,
"Ophelia" wrote:

Stewart Robert Hinsley wrote:
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.

And mine


ISTR collops being a cut of meat!

If Stewart Robert Hinsley's scollops are the same as the ones I had at home,
they were potatoes slices from across the err potato. (if you see what I
mean)

The message
from Sacha contains these words:

I can imagine the reaction of 'our' rooks now. "Yummie! Parakeets"

I rather think not.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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The message
from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words:
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes

One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.

Battered spud...

bawbee fur yer thochts?

Escalope de Mars Bar?

/bawbee

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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from Martin contains these words:

and pollack being renamed "Colin", because Sainsbury's customers think
pollack
sounds obscene.
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Art...56956?UserKey=

A fish called Colin?

Absolutely insane!

Why not acll it by its other name - 'lithe'?

While it is closely-related to coaly, the names are too similar for
commonsense.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
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The message
from "Ophelia" contains these words:

If Stewart Robert Hinsley's scollops are the same as the ones I had at
home,
they were potatoes slices from across the err potato. (if you see what I
mean)

And fried in batter.

--
Rusty
Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk

In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
The message
from "Ophelia" contains these words:

If Stewart Robert Hinsley's scollops are the same as the ones I had at
home,
they were potatoes slices from across the err potato. (if you see what I
mean)

And fried in batter.

That's what I thought I remembered, but it's over 30 years since I've
eaten potatoes prepared as scallops.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes
The message
from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words:
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes

One of the few molluscs I like - along ith scollops, (SCollops, I
said!), octopus and squid.

Where I come from, scollops is a way of preparing potatoes.

Battered spud...

bawbee fur yer thochts?

Not that far north.

Escalope de Mars Bar?

/bawbee


--
Stewart Robert Hinsley