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What are the leaves like Janice?

Yes I bought a pot of Verbena and Yarrow. It spreads fast. The butterflies head for the laurel flowers but they don't last long. Getting a lot of vines there are 3 now, one is a Virginia Creeper two wild and next door has a grape vine, queue the music, and it has escaped.

I had a stencil set. I think that is what they were called. Stiff card with cut outs and you put ink or paint over them and lifted them off to reveal the design. I always got more on me I still do when painting and I have to check my shoe soles s now!

Aunty found my little Ted in a tree in Cheltenham in a park.Dad got it down and she washed it, I had it in to my teens.

'Real tough toys for real tough boys, Tonka!' I was bigger though past the toy age then. A Kid I was at school with ended up working with mum. He used to call her Tonka. She loved that, not. And the locomotive that would run in a straight line I thought that was a swiz, Gran bought me one I have...

I had a rocket launcher it looked like a gun it had a blue lattice 'cradle' a red launcher base and it was yellow the size of a cucumber. We put it on the floor at my birthday party and it shot up in the air and everyone tried to catch it. I couldn't see what all the fuss was about but the party...

There was a bicycle shop sold fireworks but sometimes they wouldn't sell bangers or jumping jacks to boys, or younger children or if they didn't like the look of you, or your banger amount was limited. Saying that I never saw girls buying fireworks. I always got a box for my birthday from nan...

I was spoilt. A grandad and Nan. A granny and great Gran and a great great aunt, my favourite aunt.

I found the the triggers too stiff

We lost the lavender maybe that's why. The little bees goes for the spiked speedwell and cotoneaster, that was poor this year but we had some renovations done and the workers damaged a lot. They had no regard for the garden at all. They like the golden rod though. The hollyhocks were poor this...

If my balsa wood plane went over in to Nan's neighbour we Would never get it back so grandad had a go at him. He was very odd. He used paint tins of Ostermilk. Then he had a granddaughter but she didn't visit often. Ingrid. That's when new Christian names started creeping in. I remember having a...

Very few bees here but the butterflies had a late splurge hardly any flies, plenty of spiders all coming in and a slug keeps coming in and I keep putting him out. Very few ladybirds. No May one bugs. We bought more insect friendly plants too. Noticed more gulls more fast food outlets but the...

I used to make rudimentary aeroplanes with stickle bricks remember those?. I made a black one, dad said it was a Black Meg.

I found the reindeer scary in Owens I thought it was real. I put Marks before for Santa but it was Owens. I never called him Santa either it was Father Christmas. Teacher said there was a mother Christmas too. Dublin friend said Daddy Christmas. Partner said Pére Noél, her dad frightened her...

When my dad got made redundant I cut a job out for Father Christmas. I can't tell you what he said.

Nan & mum hated cap guns my partner does now. Nan would say don't you dare.!

I used to go three times to see him, Woolies Marks and Co Op. I thought he just moved around.

Will look at the leaves closely. It isn't Cats Ear. Our lilac tree was split in the storm today. I hope no one else had a rough time. Then a second upright came down I have tied up a 3rd with old hanging basket chains. It was a bout 10 feet high but it's now 8. We have what my partner's mum...

My cousin has used his for a base for his pebbles

Ours is still baldy. We got another new flower it looks like a dandelion but the leaves are long and plain.