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Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid

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I honestly can't remember a nicer morning in this country!

Unusually warm for up here at this time of year and not a cloud in the sky.

I was even tempted to drive up to Perth but decided an afternoon lazing in the garden might be even better...
 
Stunning in London yesterday and looks much the same today. Bit of a breeze is a godsend.
 
Decided to skip the afternoon's racing, buy a watermelon and go and lie by the river and read a book. It was fantastic.
 
Absolutely glorious day here too, which has put everyone is an amazingly good mood, as first cut is well underway, the forager has been droning on all day and, so far (but this will put a hex on it) it hasn't broken down... Phil's on buck-raking the clamp in his three week old Merlo, which now has air-con (unlike the old one), so all is right with a tiny corner of Somersetshire!!
 
As you say Dessie - glorious.

Spent yesterday at Gloucester Docks, sorry Quays, watching the tall ships. Wonderful. Perfect weather, but sun on water = sunburn, ouch! Not just a redhead but a red-faced one to boot.
 
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I sat in the shade of the parasol from about 12 noon to about 3pm yesterday before going indoors to watch the footie, then sat out again under the parasol till about 7.30pm. My face is looking quite reddish this morning.
 
Inside the new all-glass-and-light oak entrance at Lingfield all bloody day. Management decided we should all be in at 1.00 pm because some daft footie game was on (with a first race time of 6.00 pm!), so not home until after 9 pm. Quite a brisk breeze and at least in the new entrance, we can see the horseys go down and back up the horsewalk. And very lovely the silks looked, against a vivid blue sky with nary a cloud. Big crowd, ice-cream van doing a roaring trade, lots of people in very summery clothes, shorts, etc., so a jolly sight.
 
Back home for the weekend to soak in some of the Royal County sun. Gorgeous weather.

I'm told the weather's to be bad in Dublin from next Sunday onwards, though... :D
 
Glad the racing has been crap this weekend otherwise I would have been tempted to stay in and miss all this weather...

Absolute bliss again today...more of the same tomorrow at the races in Naas for me.
 
Three hours working on the tiny communal garden today, plus helping a neighbour wrassle with his. Hauled heavy pots around, re-planted a weeping cherry tree, cleaned out some terra-cotta pots and weeded. Still plenty to do - the red poppies have, this year, gone berserk and are taller than I've ever known them. Some are out now, and looking the deepest red ever - quite superb. The sky was cloudless and it was really hot, but lightened by a pleasant breeze. I feel much more energetic when the weather's like this. Bliss!
 
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Three hours working on the tiny communal garden today, plus helping a neighbour wrassle with his. Hauled heavy pots around, re-planted a weeping cherry tree, cleaned out some terra-cotta pots and weeded. Still plenty to do - the red poppies have, this year, gone berserk and are taller than I've ever known them. Some are out now, and looking the deepest red ever - quite superb. The sky was cloudless and it was really hot, but lightened by a pleasant breeze. I feel much more energetic when the weather's like this. Bliss!
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Sounds ... just really nice!
Worked on my racing system all day yesterday .... sad, eh?

Still, if it pays some bills, that'd be nice. :)
 
It was lovely, mrussell! I've been waiting ages to tackle the overgrowth of the undergrowth, but it's usually rained on my days not working, or I've had other stuff to do. It's much more boisterous today, a whizzy breeze and very light clouds over the sea, but brilliantly warm again. I'm going to see what to do with some rather tatty primroses which didn't do well, and thin out the sea of marigolds which have battled the frost bravely to shine their cheerful little orange faces into another summer. They, and the poppies, have proved incredibly resilient to much neglect and some awful weather, bless them. Lost all the pretty, very pale coral-colour geraniums, sadly - some had been around for years, but this winter's frost proved a freeze too far!

Good luck with the system. I decided to have one bet at Goodwood on 25 May (was with a couple of chums in RUK's members' box - jolly nice, too). REACH FOR THE SKY, b.f. Elusive City - Zara Whatei, R. Hannon/Jimmy Quinn. A monster £2.50 e/w @ 16 - and she won, the darling girl. Tote paid all but £60, which paid for the day, plus. Sometimes, while you're darn pleased that anything pops into the box for you, you wish you'd been a whole lot bolder!
 
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krizon said:
Good luck with the system. I decided to have one bet at Goodwood on 25 May (was with a couple of chums in RUK's members' box - jolly nice, too). REACH FOR THE SKY, b.f. Elusive City - Zara Whatei, R. Hannon/Jimmy Quinn. A monster £2.50 e/w @ 16 - and she won, the darling girl. Tote paid all but £60, which paid for the day, plus. Sometimes, while you're darn pleased that anything pops into the box for you, you wish you'd been a whole lot bolder!
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That's very nice, too! Especially as you used the better payer (tote).
Always nice to hear of a nice result.
 
Oh - does the Tote pay better than the bookies? I'd always thought it depended on the pot, or something like that. I do have a telephone a/c with Blue Square (last of the high rollers - it's currently got about £100 left in it!), which I find handy for the few bets I do from home, but I honestly don't have a clue about who pays better, etc. I am so not like some current and ex-members, who have literally dozens of accounts!
 
Bit too hot for me today. Luckily quite a lively breeze to keep the temperature manageable.
 
A very lively breeze here today! Decided to dry the bed linen on the airer in front of the window instead of in the dryer - got that lovely fresh smell now, and saved a tiny bit of energy! Actually, it's such a lively breeze, it's dried it much faster than the machine does.
 
Absolutely glorious day here too, which has put everyone is an amazingly good mood, as first cut is well underway, the forager has been droning on all day and, so far (but this will put a hex on it) it hasn't broken down... Phil's on buck-raking the clamp in his three week old Merlo, which now has air-con (unlike the old one), so all is right with a tiny corner of Somersetshire
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My OH always helps out the guy who rents our fields from us when they start the cut and i had to smile when i read this post. He always gets the short straw and ends up buck raking in an old bumpy machine that has no air con and in a ridiculously hot shed. He's sooooo looking forwards to it! I wouldn't mind though as he has a perfectly good tractor himself but he refuses to use it, blimming tight wad :whistle:
 
I noticed they were checking the fences on our local water meadows which is kept as a small reserve, so presumably they will be putting some cattle in shortly. My old friend Stan, a long retired stockman, always says they waste the grass by not cutting it before they introduce the cattle, but presumably they want to give the Marsh Orchids and other wild flowers the best chance they can?
 
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