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Post by Moonlight on Jun 24, 2014 10:18:10 GMT
Finished planting my seedlings Eastwood Moonlight - 4 and Weston Spanish Dancer 2. Made me feel better, needed cheering up. Didn't have a fab start to the day but HH is coming home for lunch and my Dad will be around later. So that and the seedlings has cheered me up.
In the big scheme of things because I don't have that many and are mobile*, i.e. I can pick them up, move them and have a good look at them all together. (*Hand on heart none of them have access to a mobiliity scooter and none have any triffid in their dna - well to the best of my knowledge)
...because I am able to have a good look at them it is very interesting their shapes and colours. I've got some dark stems - fingers crossed I've got a good one.
I need a drink.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 25, 2014 11:58:47 GMT
Lots of discussion at dinner time because I told my family that I've named all my (seedling) dahlias.
Told them that they had to guess.
Took ages but then out of the blue HH muttered X and I was ahhhhhh He has thought of something better than me. Typical, on and off I spent ages mulling over prefixes HH mutters X and it's grrr, his is so much better than my vague ideas.
Anyway took ages them guessing.
At the moment my Dad's seedlings have numbers. He doesn't name dahlias after people that he knows, in case it turns out to be a rubbish one.
p.s.
When I say that I have names, they are a bit more personal than seedling 3, seedling 9 etc.
I've been thinking of doing some form of dahlia beauty pageant and family tree.
Officially mad. I know but more than a tad tongue in cheek.
p.p.s. bet you can't guess their names.
 
n.b. Not named after me, my family or my Dad, Mum or Sister or have Moonlight or anything that my Dad has used in the past...
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Post by Cherry on Jun 25, 2014 13:52:31 GMT
There are not too many clues there ML.
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Post by Tel on Jun 25, 2014 14:17:15 GMT
Prefix, Mortimer,or Rayleigh. I would go for Rayleigh. Not a clue about the names.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 25, 2014 21:03:29 GMT
Prefix not mentioning.
I've just written out some longer labels, need to buy another 9.
Taken my 1st family shot.
Rather than draw this out, 4 letters. Not the prefix, the name name.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 29, 2014 10:45:36 GMT
Show Day and the entries are in.,
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 29, 2014 21:24:44 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 30, 2014 8:32:12 GMT
P-)Pirate won the gingerbread man class.
Fairy came 3rd. |
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 30, 2014 8:36:33 GMT
Pirate came 3rd in the Tropical Bird Collage class - Fairy didn't enter that class.
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 30, 2014 8:38:56 GMT
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Post by Moonlight on Jun 30, 2014 11:59:55 GMT
But my favourite was this:
We didn't kill the potatoes!
Pirates.
 
Fairies.
Got some smashing photos of them looking at them as they were sorting them out but don't want to their faces on here but it was great. No placing contraversy this year. Not placed.
We just didn't kill them!!!
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Post by Tel on Jun 30, 2014 18:33:28 GMT
Well done girls.  |
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 1, 2014 9:39:32 GMT
Way, way, way, way behind on my photos.
Spent time yesterday morning round my Dad's looking at his dahlias and trying to work out what I should be doing or at least make what I have done so far at least a little better.
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 1, 2014 11:41:45 GMT
Introducing my Seedlings...
Fred 1 and Fred 2 with proud Mummy Weston Spanish Dancer, tuber of the plant that the seeds were taken from.
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Post by Moonlight on Jul 1, 2014 11:49:16 GMT
and here is the rest of my Seedling family...
Fred 1, Fred 2 - Weston Spanish Dancer.
Fred 3 is Downham Royal,
Fred 4, Fred 5, Fred 6, Fred 7 are Eastwood Moonlight,
Fred 8, Fred 9, Fred 10, Fred 11, Fred 12, Fred 13, Fred 14, Fred 15, Fred 16 and Fred 17 are Red Balloon.
Told you that I had named them all.
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