SaligoBay Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Mr Lopez (cash only) did a fine job of cutting down our trees, but some of the plastic roses met a thumping end. A sad day for all concerned.[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f314/BonnyYewTree/2006_0402FirstPics0006.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINKLE Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Is that a silver christmas bauble hanging on your fence? If yes - why?Do you have a before photo as I'm having problems trying to imagine what the tree used to lok like.It brings to mind "The singing, ringing tree". Anyone remember that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 [quote user="TWINKLE"]Is that a silver christmas bauble hanging on your fence? If yes - why?[/quote]It's a rice cooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 14, 2006 Author Share Posted May 14, 2006 And here's the tree. Appreciate in passing the stone cherub, left by previous owners to guard the small goldfish pond, the one that we used instead to breed mosquitoes in.[IMG]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f314/BonnyYewTree/2006_0402FirstPics0001.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I'm just gutted, SB. Your roses were the only thing we had in common (except mine are real).But wait, hang on a sec. Never mind the cherum, what's that item in the bottom right hand corner? All may not be lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 OMG Treco - it's you !Why the black sheeting behind the neighbours hedge ? Is it typically 'French' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 TWINKLE wrote:Is that a silver christmas bauble hanging on your fence? If yes - why?It's a rice cooker.Well that makes perfect sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 So, SB, will you be replacing it with a plastic tree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Lakeland , Dick, Lakeland ( and I bet you have one within 30 miles or so)edit - drat - can't find one ! I'll look tomorrow, sorry Dick ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 ...and while we're picking up hints and tips for our French gardens, SB, is it mandatory for your barbecue to be "immatricule", or do I need to go to specsavers and complain again?[;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 We used to, but it closed down. Don't they do everything by mail now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 I thought they had one in Guilford, has that closed ?I know my sister went to the Centreparks in the lake district and had a happy morning there, just a few weeks ago, so I guess its not all mail order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 ..They're opening one in Windsor in mid-August, for what it's worth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Sounds good to me - where in Windsor ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"] OMG Treco - it's you [/quote]All this time I thought I had been kidnapped by Aliens, and it was HER!I'm happy to say, she never gave me a dodgy probe of any kind[:D]Apart from the constant questions about how to look after the plastic roses that is. And For WHAT??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 King Edward Court, slap bang next door to Fenwicks. It used to be Mothercare, but having babies is sooooooooo last year in Windsor now![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 Now that's what I call thread drift... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted May 14, 2006 Share Posted May 14, 2006 We could make an album. Or a whole series of albums."Now that's what I call thread drift Vol. 26" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"] I'm just gutted, SB. Your roses were the only thing we had in common.[/quote]I'm sure if we have some counselling together we can get through this, Tresco. Your place or mine? [:)] [quote user="Tresco"]But wait, hang on a sec. Never mind the cherum, what's that item in the bottom right hand corner? [/quote]It's a metal bee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 [quote user="Russethouse"]OMG Treco - it's you !Why the black sheeting behind the neighbours hedge ? Is it typically 'French'[/quote]Yes. It's very practical. It stops their hedge falling into our garden, and it gives me something to hang my Lidl rice cooker on.It's also marginally better than the concrete wall they wanted to put up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 [quote user="Croixblanches"]...and while we're picking up hints and tips for our French gardens, SB, is it mandatory for your barbecue to be "immatricule", [/quote]It certainly is, Croixblanches. Only the small, portable ones can be used sans permis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 I get so excited when I see logs of wood! are they free to a good home?[blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Animal Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 From here, (second photo) it looks as if, after drinking a jug of sangria and leaving the rice for his paella to cook slowly on the fence, good old Mr. Lopez climbed the ladder to prune the plastic roses. Suddenly taken over by a sense of giddiness and power up there, he went bezerk and things got out of hand.The devastation in the first photo reminds me of the tempête du siècle. Is this really what goes on on a Sunday in the agglos of Montpellier... ?You can get plastic roses in most places nowadays, can't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted May 15, 2006 Author Share Posted May 15, 2006 [quote user="Opas"]I get so excited when I see logs of wood! are they free to a good home?[blink][/quote]Yes, mine! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted May 15, 2006 Share Posted May 15, 2006 The question has to be asked.Why Oh Why did the beautiful tree get cut down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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