Hi from seaside Scotland!

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Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123813Post invisiblepiper »

Just wanted to say Hi! i have just joined - and could not work out how to post a message. Quite easy really. I live in a Scottish seaside town, large garden - potential to be quite self sufficient. Have gone freelance with arty projects after 25 years teaching. Looking forward to reading about the work of like - minded folk.
Happy Sunday everyone. :sunny:

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123833Post Steven »

Hiya! best of luck with the garden! regarding the mares tail, it really is quite easy to control once it's down :thumbright: oh.. and if you've not had much experience in gardens you might also find a good book from your local library (usually in the oversize section) from which you can take some notes from :occasion5:

Which reminds me.. i'll have to go to the library soon myself as I don't have the internet in bed :(

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123843Post StripyPixieSocks »

Hello! :hello2:

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123868Post ina »

Hiya piper, and welcome to the Ishers!

Mares tail is a blimming nuisance... You'll have to keep on top of it for a while, after the first initial massive assault, so it doesn't come back. :( (Our neighbours back home have it all over their garden - they ignored it for years, and have now been trying to fight it for years! Neither chemicals nor covering with black plastic for a year helped; but they can't be bothered to really keep at it with frequent weeding for a while.)
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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123875Post Shirley »

Hello Piper! I can see you!

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123926Post ina »

Shirlz wrote:Hello Piper! I can see you!

:flower:
???? Have you got new binoculars? :mrgreen:
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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 123996Post invisiblepiper »

Thankyou all for the welcomes! i love the humour too. Must find a photo for my avatar thingy!
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost)

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Post: # 124571Post Millymollymandy »

Hello and welcome!
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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 124600Post Fifer182 »

Hi Piper :cheers:

I'm new to the site as well and a fellow Scot. Good luck with the garden :flower:

As a side note.. are you actually a piper?? It's a great user name!

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 124631Post invisiblepiper »

Sadly not a true piper1 - can fling out a tune or two on the tin whistle though ........ and could just about manage a chanter !

Hello to you too - where in Fife - roughly - I was born in Dundee. Not got the accent any more.

Garden is very soggy - I found a baby frog yesterday.... and we don't have a pond! :scratch:

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Post: # 124655Post Fifer182 »

invisiblepiper wrote:Sadly not a true piper1 - can fling out a tune or two on the tin whistle though ........ and could just about manage a chanter !

Hello to you too - where in Fife - roughly - I was born in Dundee. Not got the accent any more.

Garden is very soggy - I found a baby frog yesterday.... and we don't have a pond! :scratch:
Tehe.. Everything is drenched at the mo.. I think I'm developing webbed feet lol!!
I'm in West Fife, just west of Dunfermline.
Y'see, Im the opposite of you.. I can play the pipes but I'm bloomin' well useless at the aul' penny whistle ( I've got two, or maybe three.. I never give up trying, but I keep on over blowing the things!).

Look forward to reading your posts :flower:

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 124687Post invisiblepiper »

Ah - but you can play the better instrument I think. I took the name from Einstein's name for destiny - check out the 'How did you choose your name' blog.
I am in Ayrshire now - perhaps warmer, but definitely wetter than the east coast.
Wonder if I could start a paddy field...............?
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost)

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 124691Post agapanthus »

invisiblepiper wrote:Ah - but you can play the better instrument I think. I took the name from Einstein's name for destiny - check out the 'How did you choose your name' blog.
I am in Ayrshire now - perhaps warmer, but definitely wetter than the east coast.
Wonder if I could start a paddy field...............?
Hello Piper.....if you are going to start a paddy field....then I'm gonna start 2!!!! Really sick of this rain!!!! ;)

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Re: Hi from seaside Scotland!

Post: # 124734Post invisiblepiper »

I wonder if rice growing is a possibility? certainly ther eis a village in South Ayrshire called Patna..................
Two roads diverged in a wood
And I took the one less travelled by
And that has made all the difference.
(Robert Frost)

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