YES!!! The "I'm so happy" thread. 2009

[Martin Baxendale]

I'm so happy I didn't have time last Autumn to plant out two years' worth of snowdrop seedlings and twin-scale bulbils in the three new raised beds I'd made for them. If I had found time to plant them out, their bulbs and roots would probably all have been heaved out of the soil by the hard, hard frosts we've been having, and the small leaves torn apart by the blackbirds madly looking for worms in the frozen garden.

Instead, I saved time by quickly putting them all back into pots from the plastic bags where they spent the Summer, so they're now all snug and warm in about 200 pots in my lean-too conservatory with the heater on, and in my frames, covered with lots of layers of bubble-wrap.

I was annoyed not to get them into the beds, but now...Yes!!! I'm happy!

[Maggi Young]

It's a sunny day here and that's reason enough to be happy but my mood was lifted higher by this delightful photo, provided by a new Forum member...... "shooglypeg"  ( I hope  he might introduce himself in the future) .....
Calceolaria uniflora


...who wouldn't be cheered by the sight of these sweet little characters, singing their hearts out........

[maggiepie]

Maggi, are those flowers real?
The pic totally cracked me up, hmmm wonder what the hardy zone is.

[ranunculus]

Oh yes, Helen,
They are certainly real and particularly beautiful.
Here is a plant on the show bench in the U.K.

[maggiepie]

Thanks for the pic Cliff, I am starting to feel as though I fell down the rabbit hole!!
You're right, they are very beautiful.

[ranunculus]

Now is your name Helen, Maggiepie or Alice?   

[maggiepie]

Now is your name Helen, Maggiepie or Alice?   

My name is Helen, the maggiepie comes from being an avid Collingwood supporter, they are known as the Collingwood Magpies
Actually, my middle name is Margaret
Arghhhhhh had to modify that, I had a senior moment

[ranunculus]

Hi Helen,
'I am starting to feel as though I fell down the rabbit hole'!! 
I thought you were referring to Alice in Wonderland! 
Aaaagh!  ... But SHE would never have a senior moment!   

[maggiepie]

I thought you were referring to Alice in Wonderland! 
Aaaagh!  ... But SHE would never have a senior moment!   

I was Cliff, and I bet old Alice would be having LOTS of senior moments these days 
Btw, is Cliff short for Clifford?
I have a brother with that name.

[Magnar]

First of all, Helen Maggiepie; Calecolaria uniflora is hardy enough up here along the costal part of north Norway, and a wonderful plant indeed.

And secondly, I'm so happy because the sun came back to me, peeping over the hills for the first time today, after having been away for 2 months. Yeah, I know it's a bad pic, but no doubt the sun is there LOL

[ranunculus]

I thought you were referring to Alice in Wonderland! 
Aaaagh!  ... But SHE would never have a senior moment!   

Btw, is Cliff short for Clifford?

Yes, Helen ... but Shush ... please!  (I wouldn't want all my friends to know)!   

Congratulations, Magnar ... that is slightly shorter than us here in Lancashire! 

[maggiepie]

Magnar, I am very happy you have the sun back, it must be very hard living for that period of time without it.
We have sun today, and I am also happy that I have been potting up little Thlaspi Stylosum and Mertensia Pterocarpa seedlings this morning
Of course I wouldn't have been doing that without your generosity.

Oh yes, and thanks for the information on Calecolaria uniflora.

Cliff, I won't tell anyone but...........

[Magnar]

Good to hear the seeds have started to germinate.

Yes, it's always a good feeling to have the sun back, even if it's never totally dark here.
Even at the darkest time, right around Christmas, we have some 2,5 hours of daylight..and now it's  light for almost 6 hours.

[maggiepie]

Good to hear the seeds have started to germinate.

I've only started a few types of seed as yet.
I am very curious about living without sun for 2 months, do you have to take vitamin D or have special light treatment to prevent SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder-Winter blues)
Quite a lot of North Americans suffer from this condition during winter.

[Anthony Darby]

Not heard of Collingwood Magpies. What do they do? They only Collingwood I know plays cricket for England.