Wolf’s Bane

Sad but true FACT! There are plenty of “people” around ME, MYSELF, I that absolutely remind me of this plant and ALL it’s names :o( Wolf’s Bane Monks Hood Aconite Leopard’s bane, mousebane, women’s bane, devil’s helmet, queen of poisons, or blue rocket. Take yer pick!  Sigh

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The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

Well. Ty, sooooo much, certain stoooooopid FAfers. It has taken me 4 whole days to get into 6 minutes of Part 1 of 3 of these Curious World videos. #IWANTTOBEALONE

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Get Thee Behind Me Toxic TF !

My six foot tall P.A. wanted to call her daughter Storm. But the fam Disapproved. The lovely little girl is now called Ella Storm :o)

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SHERLOCK HOLMES : THE WOMAN IN GREEN

As I am house-bound, nursing a (in my head) severely broken toe (?) . Or am I looking for sympathy ? Anyways. I’m watching videos that I’ve loved since childhood. Baz Rath. Nige Bruce. Hypnosis. Oh. No. I’m feeling a wee bit sleepyzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Strawberry Full Moon : Prenumbral Eclipse In Sag

Almanac.com If y’all haven’t worked it out yet….ALL MSM Major events are pre-written because of ancient astrology. Remember, Remember the 5th of…..June (?) Oh! Pout. That doesn’t rhyme :o( Anyway. Heads Up. Friday 5th of June is gonna be……………………? Stay home. Shut up. Eat strawberries. And chill. The World Wide Stage of “Events” is about […]

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I Blame Everyone Else

Especially the beautiful soul (and fellow Scandinavian) that brought up Midsummer today!!! :o) This episode (One Step Behind) is one of MY fave Ken Bran (won’t go there today!) Wallander (nor there) episodes EVER! Midsummer Eve is a Huge Family Celebration in Scandinavian Countries. P.S. Don’t even bother paying yt to view this. Spend a […]

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BatDog’s Alter Ego Gets Wet!

I’ve lived in Devon twice. Plymouth, where youngest brother was born, and then Exmouth. Dad was a Royal Marine (?!) I have a photo of him outside the house in Plymouth with his motorbike. I have NO memory of the motorbike. Just the photo of me, Dad, other brother and motorbike. Go figure! As far […]

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OMNIA

OK. That’s ME weirded out…Big Time. I pressed the wrong keyboard key on Colette’s yt site and found the song below. Aha. That’s new, said I. Investigate……..quick and easy way via WikiYouHaveYourUses : Omnia Speechless. And happily so….I DON’T Speak Hooman :o)

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Extreme Sports

Did y’all know that Gardening can be classified as an Extreme Sport? Not content with a big branch hitting me (a near fatal blow) on the head the other day…Yesterday I had another near “fatal” accident! I stubbed my toe against something very solid and immovable in the undergrowth. I interrogated the…wrong word?….INVESTIGATED the perp […]

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Welcome To My Orchard

Wow! I’m glad I don’t do this video thing for a living. 6 hours? #NoPatience. Anyways. This was filmed at 6am this morning. My orchard. So much to do, so little time. I didn’t get around to cutting back the raspberries last year but that has proved a blessing in disguise. I have an interloper! […]

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Strange Blooms

In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of ‘curious’ gardeners were pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into Europe from East and West. John Tradescant and his son were at the vanguard of this change – as gardeners, as collectors and above all as exemplars of an age that began in […]

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