2025 The Smile for Today

[Serinde]

Long may there be funny ha-ha things going on in the world!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Not this year's list, but still relevant

[Serinde]

Yup. Although not sure about the list thing.

[richardandtracy]

I've been trying to stop making lists for much longer than that. Never works, unfortunately. I'm sure cats refuse to count rather than can't.

Regards,

Richard

[Roland]

I've been trying to stop making lists for much longer than that. Never works, unfortunately. I'm sure cats refuse to count rather than can't.

Regards,

Richard

One of my kids was a list maker. Still is actually. But when he was about 8 I found papers with lists, including one that was a list of his lists.

[Mabel Figworthy]

I have been know to add things to a list when I'd already done them, just so I could cross them off....

[Mabel Figworthy]

I've got lolcat pictures as the background on my monitor and just now one of my favourites came by:

[Serinde]

I definitely have some fellow feeling there!

[fccs]

That’s one of the best I’ve seen.

[richardandtracy]

I have opted out of today...
https://cheezburger.com/10450385664/non ... pation-day

Regards,

Richard

[Mabel Figworthy]

I hope that's just the cat's feelings, not yours - everything OK?

[richardandtracy]

Definitely Cat.

It's Tracy's birthday today, so 'Opting out' is not permitted today.

Regards,

Richard

[Serinde]

I could do that cat thing almost any day.

Happy Birthday, Tracy!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Happy birthday to Tracy! Any special treats?

[Mabel Figworthy]

A phrase just heard on a cooking podcast: "warm bread joy". Oh yes!

[richardandtracy]

Was out at a critical design review yesterday - got home very late.

The treat was yesterday & a Chinese takeaway. Very nice.

Regards,

Richard

[Mabel Figworthy]

Everyone needs chicken agility in their life. (Do wait for the final hop. It is legend.)

[Mabel Figworthy]

[Steam.Jo]

Spring is in the air: I have just planted (in the greenhouse) my Onion sets and I notice that my Robin friend "Squeaky" has got herself a boyfriend.

Jo

[richardandtracy]

Mabel, that's lovely.

I got quite worried over the weekend for a little Robin in our garden. I was on a rescue mission, but not a dramatic one. I love Daisies, we only have very few in our garden, and lots are in mortal danger nearby unless rescued.
There is a roundabout near us that's got a magnificent crop of Daisies, and the grass patch where they are is due to be destroyed in the re-alignment of roads when roadworks start soon. So, wearing a high vis jacket and holding a clipboard to show everyone I had every right to do what I was doing, I dug up 10 small clumps to move to our garden - it's 10 minutes walk away so I didn't want the number to be excessive. Had I been able, I'd have had them all, but that's not practical.

Once at home, I started to plant the Daisies in our lawn, and this is where the Robin came in looking for worms. A couple of times as I was kneeling and leaning forwards, the Robin was actually underneath my chest bouncing around inspecting the dug up clods from all sides and getting two worms. Must admit I was worried I'd accidentally hurt the cheeky little thing.

When the Roundabout is finished (in a year or two), we'll move the same number back & hope to have some extras ourselves if they've self-seeded as we want them to. We'll have to remember to mow the area quite short on a regular basis, Daisies seem to prefer to bake in direct sun with short grass, so we'll try to give them those conditions.

Regards,

Richard