OOh I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall. 
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I have my mother in one of the kitchen cupboards and as I am now French have absolutely zero intention of following any of the âlegalities to be observed â 
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We had a pale pink banksiae at the bottom of our back garden as young kids. It completely covered the original wooden fence all the way along the garden, about 8 to 10m long and about 2m high. It was absolutely beautiful, but an absolute monster. I have no idea how old it was, but the house was 1920âs and it may have been there since it was built.
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Mineâs on a shelf above my desk. In her last few days she was in hospital and miserable so we asked her where sheâd like to image herself. She said having a drink on a terrace at Nice. So thatâs where she going to, just havenât made it yet!
(And sod the Marie - itâs legal to scatter in nature. And in doing so you have to tell marie of where person was born, which is Berlin so no interest to France)
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I know how to prune and graft roses, but have never taken cuttings to replant directly, to me the photo looks as if youâve planted them upside down, if the nodes are sufficiently formed shouldnât be a problem for them to root, it may be a trick of photo or something Iâd love to know about.
When one has forgotten the context that was quite a comment to waken up to. 
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Left hand one looks alright. I agree about the others. Dip the bottom of the cutting in cinnamon to help with rooting.
You dont get it? Toryroo is Australian 
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Awww thatâs lovely! Itâs always so weird meeting online people for the first time, I tend to have a voice in my head for people which always throws me!
No was very careful to keep them up the right way!
Done already!
This is the only other rose we have ever done. It was originally in dhâs grandmothers garden in the Seine et Marne, then had a cutting taken to our first house neighbour in the Aude, then another taken to MILs house in Yorkshire, then last summer we managed to root one of 4 bits!
And my cheerful news for today, itâs raining! We are desperate! A whole 2mm so far! And with careful covering I have saved my peony from recent frosts and all its buds are intact. Been waiting 4 years for the damn thing. Last year had tiny buds that fell off from too dry or frost so very excited!
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My fatherâs still on top of a dresser in the kitchen.
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Trivia fact: The Banksiae rose is named for Lady Dorothy Banks, wife of Sir Joseph Banks who was the botanist on James Cookâs voyage to the South Pacific in HMS Endeavour.
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My mother is in the living room, but is alive and well which we are grateful for since she will be 99 in August!
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And thereâs Banksia which is named after Banks himself and is a family of those Australian bottlebrushy plants.
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I thought you must have met before but you have incredibly busy lives! So glad it went well and Iâm hoping to meet up with you both at some time in the not too distant future 
(pity I canât make the SF get-togetherâŚ)
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Sorry havenât had a chance to reply to your PM yet! When are you thinking of coming?
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A webcam has been put up in the roof of the skyscraper in Lyon that my company is based in (not that Iâm based there as I am fully remote)⌠it shows the pair of Peregrine falcons that have nested there. Forgot to say that the mother is sitting on eggs that are about to hatch 
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Just PMd
I have been trying out my new hoodie blanket. Soft and warm on the couch in this Springâs evening temperatures close to a freezing 0â°C, at home this week.
I donât think I will ever be cold again Itâs toasty warm.
The Dork factor though, is high as you can see.
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I get by, by imagining itâs my dress in a Klimt painting. âCarpet of flowersâ etc. ErâŚwell, just carpet.
A more regal Hoodie (or is that Hoody) option for next winter
That will do to feed the cats in
Thereâs a grey Regal version that might suit a cold house @captainendeavour ?
ÂŁ13.63 on UK Amazon (and lots of other carpet designs) if youâre quick.
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Well, Itâs a tad less expensive than a KlimtâŚ