Purple wellies, tiny steps - Muddy madness!

[peony]

Feb 12, 2016 16:33:46 GMT Lou78W said:

I haven't started mine off yet either !! My gut feeling tells me to wait a few weeks yet......

Nor have I Lou78W , My gut agrees with yours

[sweetpea]

Hi Moonlight years ago my old man kept tropical fish. he made a huge tank and we used to go into a place in Glasgow with jars wrapped in corrugated cardboard to help keep the water warm for the hour journey back home. never lost a fish as I recall.
Some of the ones I remember were guppies, swordtails, black mollies, neon tetras, angel fish,tiger barbs, Cambodian (or Siamese) fighter fish plus several others where memory fails.
It is very absorbing and restful just watching all the interactios.
Still remember doing the maintainance of the tank.
No idea what happened to them as I went off to the marines.

[Moonlight]

Feb 12, 2016 16:44:54 GMT peony said:

Feb 12, 2016 16:33:46 GMT Lou78W said:

I haven't started mine off yet either !! My gut feeling tells me to wait a few weeks yet......

Nor have I Lou78W , My gut agrees with yours

Glad that I am not the only one then peony and Lou78W

[Moonlight]

Pirate is going away with a group of friends at Easter 2 overnight. Found out yesterday that they are going to be learning about Stargazing. How fab is that? They are sleeping inside rather than camping outside but they a guest coming to talk to them about Stargazing and what to spot in the sky. When I heard this I thought of you sweetpea I wonder why....?

[Moonlight]

Feb 12, 2016 18:53:49 GMT sweetpea said:

Hi Moonlight years ago my old man kept tropical fish. he made a huge tank and we used to go into a place in Glasgow with jars wrapped in corrugated cardboard to help keep the water warm for the hour journey back home. never lost a fish as I recall.
Some of the ones I remember were guppies, swordtails, black mollies, neon tetras, angel fish,tiger barbs, Cambodian (or Siamese) fighter fish plus several others where memory fails.
It is very absorbing and restful just watching all the interactios.
Still remember doing the maintainance of the tank.
No idea what happened to them as I went off to the marines.

I wanted to avoid tropical because I thought that non tropical would be easier - less complicated. I was wrong.

I remember winning goldfish at fair and they didn't have loads of stuff. No fuss. I don't see why they had to make things so complicated. Our fish are temperate fish, would be classified as tropical but don't need the heat because they are used to a wide range of temperatures including non-heated tank water.

I do like the fish but I find them stressful when one chases another. I don't like that I get stressed but I do enjoy, well we all enjoy the snails. Snails are cool. They are a bit mad and random. Totally like me really that one.

[roofgardener]

Feb 13, 2016 0:23:49 GMT Moonlight said:

Pirate is going away with a group of friends at Easter 2 overnight. Found out yesterday that they are going to be learning about Stargazing. How fab is that? They are sleeping inside rather than camping outside but they a guest coming to talk to them about Stargazing and what to spot in the sky. When I heard this I thought of you sweetpea I wonder why....?

That sounds GREAT, Moonlight.

I'm reminded of a joke.....

The British Army are on maneuvers on Salisbury Plain. They are camping overnight.

As they are settled down for the night, one private looks up at the stars, and says.. ."Sargeant... look at the stars above us. Don't they just make you seem so insignificant ? Don't they just show you the vastness and mystery of the universe, and how small we are in comparison. How petty our squabbles and our tiny endeavours."

He pauses... then goes on.... "Sargeant, what do the stars tell YOU ? "

The sargeant ponders for a second, and says... "Well Private, the stars DO tell me something. As I lie here looking up at them, they tell me that.... SOME BUGGER HAS STOLEN OUR TENT !"

[sweetpea]

Moonlight assuming you get a clear sky there is so much to see even without optical aid. eg the milky way, the moon, some of the planets, meteors and satellite trails to name just a few.
With a pair of half decent binoculars you can see so much more but its not just the seeing but realising that what you are seein can be so far away, so huge, so small so luminous etc. etc.
This time of year is good as it is dark early in the evening but COLD. Most important, warm clothing and a wooly hat is the order of the day or rather night.
early evening atm Orion is very evident and you can see the orion nebula naked eye. lots of stars being born there.
if you wish to learn and see how it looks anytime download a FREE planetarium suite called STELLARIUM. It is one of the best and quite easy to use once you have set your co ordinates. (nearest town)
Good luck

[Moonlight]

Snowing in a town near here. Hope not here.
p.s. You can go seriously off snails that eat my plants in my tank. grr humpf

[Moonlight]

Well it has snowed but only a bit you can see it on top of the cars but not on the pots or on my garden itself so hopefully everything will be ok. We are not talking New York.

[Moonlight]

Hoping for no snow tomorrow got to go out with my Sister tomorrow.

[Moonlight]

It did snow last night but I think it is all ok. (Emphasis on the word think.)

[Moonlight]

Made it there and back safely.

[roofgardener]

Welcome back

How are Stripy and Dotty ?

[daisy]

I like stargazing live - Prof Brian Cox is amazing. I have a telescope but haven't used it for ages - might just get it from the attic and have a stargaze :-))

[Lou78W]

Feb 19, 2016 15:01:57 GMT daisy said:

I like stargazing live - Prof Brian Cox is amazing. I have a telescope but haven't used it for ages - might just get it from the attic and have a stargaze :-))

I like Brian Cox......he's very likeable and explains things well for the "uninitiated".... very easy on the eye too