We ask you - are women the weaker sex?
According to this picture of ‘teamwork’ they’re not. Feel free to add captions although the next free flowers contest is in September.
Does the picture offend you or make you chuckle? Do tell and any ‘his n her’ healthy differences are welcomed here as we plough on into the 21st century. Cheers.
As a treat for the last day of my holiday, Mandy and I went to Dunge Valley hidden gardens at the weekend.
It was very interesting, despite being slightly out of season, with some lovely walks thru a steep ‘gorge’ which at times was very steep / sheer drops. Luckily, I made it round.
What innocent outing have you started that turned into a ‘fright’?
p.s here’s a link to their website… http://www.dungevalley.co.uk/
I love to watch TV when I get a chance. It doesn’t happen very often though. I end up recording the shows I like and watching them later. That way I can fast forward through commercials. One of my all time favorite shows is Mindfreak. It stars the illusionist Criss Angel. I was disappointed at the beginning of his new season because his ‘demonstrations’ weren’t really mindfreaky like they usually are. (He is in the middle of working on his own Cirque du Soleil show, so I’m thinking he’s thinking more about that then his show.)
I have to say though that this demonstration he did in this video freaked my mind. (Viewer discretion might be advised…) I think I almost passed out watching it. I haven’t felt that way before! There are skeptics that say that the guy that worked with Criss was an actor and an amputee…blah blah blah. But, I think the way to watch it is to relax and believe.
What should you believe but just can’t?
Last week in our 30th free flowers contest we invited all visitors to GO! Smell the flowers to post a caption for this image AND if they they wanted to include something about themselves, their blog or their website in their answer.
With over 30 entries including a close second place by flowers founder Aussie Cynic the winner on this occasion was erotic fiction writer E.D Beale with:
“Gertrude, I swear to you, just one of these will make Burt think you’re a model.”
Fact about E.D Beale: An aspiring romance/erotica writer.
Well done E.D Beale - the $60 of free flowers will be sent wherever you choose! Just accept your prize here in comments and we’ll contact you with the details on how to claim your prize.
Thanks to our partners Flora2000, the international flower delivery experts. You could always send flowers to someone right now, anywhere in the world . Simply use code GSTF99 if you send someone flowers and you’ll be entitled to a bit of flower smelling discount!
More free flower contests next month folks and in the meantime keep smelling the flowers.
Hey Howdy Hey!
Yes my week in the sun (that was wednesday between the hours of sunrise and about 8.15am) with the children at my Mum and Dad’s in sleepy Gt Chishill is over and I am now officially back at work.
Trouble is, yesterday I was so tired (we had a evening workout and sauna at the gym) after eating dinner, i just crashed out on the sofa (grand schemes of blogging and web updates just went by the by) and this morning i don’t feel much livelier.
Are holidays really that draining? Do we feel a need to squeeze as much activity etc into our week off as possible that it takes us 2 ‘normal’ weeks to recover?
Have you ever been on a holiday and when you were back - you felt like you’d never had one?
Don’t get me wrong, it was lovely having my kids to myself and we did do lots despite the rain - a nature reserve where we collected leaves and feathers and made collages afterwards at ‘home’. A trip to the local market town (treat in toy shop) and a visit to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford where we walked thru Concorde, saw the B52 strato fortress and a spitfire (amongst others).
All over far to quick.
P.S aren’t Team GB doing well?
Well folks you may or may not have notice my lack of visits and lack of comments…
Sorry all not my fault…
This is set to continue for probably another week or so.. Christ I hope not much more than that..
My Puppy with ear or lack of is the cause… on the weekend he scratch himself again on the chest but his little nails were so sharp he slices his chest open… yep.. I am swearing now.. so we dressed it and back to the vets… on the way he got his sock off and also sliced under his front leg (arm pit) he now has about 30+ stitches between these latest acquisitions…
Today he burst 2 stitches so has a lovely mess happening under his arm.. I cant get him to the vets until Wednesday at the earliest… so for the next week he is to eat, drink and wee, then get wrapped up like a baby and kept still…
You really should try keeping a 3-4month puppy still for a week.. with two other dogs wanting to play and a 9 year old with the standard needs …
Just thought I would fill you all in… not a-wall, although its a thought…lol…
catch you all as soon as we resume our normal programing….
I love to shop! It’s nothing get to do very often if at all. I don’t have friends that come over to go shopping with, and most of all the money to go shopping with. So now I have found a new addiction…shopping online. It’s kind of amazing what you can buy online if you really look.
So now in the last three days I bought a book on Afganistan, a kids movie, and the first two seasons of Supernatural. This is so much fun!! Who needs a babysitter to actually go out shopping, I don’t!
What is your favorite thing to shop for?
With all this talk of the Universal Law of Attraction, God (of what ever faith you follow), New Age this and that, I thought it about time I share with you one Australian Secret you might not know.
Who is The Great Aussie God?
You see the Great Aussie God has many powers,
It is the cure and constantly the Cause of most of lifes Problems,
Is the Creator and Destoyer of many a wonderful relationship,
Can make your Boyfriend look like Brat Pitt or Orlando Bloom for a night…
has become a Global entity unto itself
and (due to the stockmarket) a huge source of Revenue for those who are prividge enough to reside in the inner sactum of its Holiest of Holy Places…
Of whom am I speaking?
Who is this amazing source of such Joy and satisfaction, that nothing more is needed in life?
I am of cause referring to the
Great Aussie God
this Lord our God is known by many names:
Queensland they call him ‘XXXX’ this is understood because queenslanders cant spell BEER,
Victoria he is called ‘VB’ which when translated in every otherstate is ‘Very Bad’
There are many false Gods such as Fosters, this is the anti Beer to Aussies and the reason we send over seas mainly to the Yanks….. Aussie Wont touch the stuff…
Every Australian worth their salt knows there is only two Holy Beers,
the first being son of God better known as TOOHEYS…..
And the Holy Father the Darwin Stubby...
Not much is known about this mysterious fellow but I am continue my investigations and shall keep you informed as to any new developments…
If you need any proof of our love for this our holiest of holy’s our magnatic hero, our Savour and Lord.. Simply click and view this clip, Even the Brits want to get on the act ….. and I bet you guys have never seen a shed like this…
Anyone looking at converting…….
It’s high time for another free flowers caption competition here at Flowers - our 30th!
Your chance to win $60 of flowers delivered anywhere in the world courtesy of our partners Flora 2000, the International delivery experts.
To enter just pop in ONE CAPTION in the comments section AND include one fact about yourself, your blog, your website, your business or how you feel at the time of writing. Your chance to have fun and promote yourself. So here we GO! flower folk:
You could always celebrate summer and send flowers to someone right now, anywhere in the world . Simply click on our spanking new summer flowers banners and use promo code GSTF99 and you’ll be entitled to a bit of flower smelling discount! Contest ends on Friday 15th August Midnight Dubai time. Good luck flower smellers!
**Remember - Only 1 caption per person please - if you think a more than one then get a friend to enter 
Like the vapour trails off an aeroplane, like the mist on the dewey mountains, like the lint in your jeans pocket, like the….. oh you get the idea…..
Yes I’m signing off (officially) for the week as I head due south to Mumsies for a week with my parents and the kids.
I’m looking forward to seeing some old friends at the pubs and living life at an extremely relaxed pace for 7 days.
I’ll send a postcard - a special Great Chishill postcard (that’s the name of the village i’ll be staying in) - why not look it up on Google maps?
Here’s a link - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=sg8+8sr&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=16
TTFN
Jonathan.
P.S - don’t blow the place up while i’m away - no wild parties and don’t forget to feed the pets and water the plants…
