You can never have enough...

[Lilith7]

Apparently some councils in Oz have banned the things, something we should do here. Leaves are such a rich resource in so many ways, we should do better. And don't get me started on lawns, those pretty green deserts we seem so enamoured of, one of the symptoms really of our consumer society, demonstrating how wasteful we are of land and resources that could feed people and all kinds of other living things. All because it looks good.

Imagine all those flat green carpets as wildflower gardens, or growing vegetables...

That would be an excellent idea - leave the leaves alone!  And I prefer my lawns in summer,with those lovely brown patches...which don't need mowing.


I only meant to do a bit in the garden this morning, but then I saw another bit which looked easy to pull out & then there was another bit just around the corner...by the time I'd finished, the bin was full again & there's another pile of weeds waiting for that lot to shrink down a bit.

This morning when I was chopping up & frying zuccini & mushrooms, Madame le Cat sauntered in & took an immeidate interest in them. I ignored the little fiend, thought she might want a drink of milk & could wait a bit. 

It was about then that she landed on my shoulders, & quickly transferred to the bench, trying to grab either mushrooms or zuccini. Lifted her carefully onto the floor.
She landed on my shoulder again, looking longingly at the pan.

It was clear that I'd get no peace, so I gave her a tiny bit of zuccinni.

Fantastic for batting around the kitchen apparently, but not quite what her ladyship required. And sure enough once I gave her a tiny slice of mushroom she chomped it down very quickly.


If anyone has any old sayings they can recall, there's a thread down in general discussions called Things you don't hear so much anymore, mainly stuff we might have heard our parents come out with that isn't heard now, feel free to add them to the thread.