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Well done South Africa! It’s migrated from the USA to here now and is starting to get out of hand. It was largely ignored in favour of Bonfire Night on November 5th until relatively recently (last 15-20 years)
I am also very glad it did not take here. I have never liked the idea of celebrating horror.
 

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Good morning all We had a good day in Luton yesterday. They won 2-0 and are now 7th in the league :)

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We bought daughter a bird feeder for the balcony of her flat as a birthday present. She sent a photo. She is delighted that a bluet!t, like the ones that nested in our garden, has found it already :) (She hasn’t managed to photograph the bird yet)
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And today we are back on the road heading to son’s house. When he moved to Hertfordshire he only had a short let as he wanted to move in with a friend from university. That’s happening today and, as he doesn’t have a car, he needs our help. He is moving into London proper; his new flat is in Finchley in north London.
Yay for your daughter and good luck on the moving for your son.
 

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Something like that ?
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Aaaahhhh Please nooooooooo.
 

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They are also good options. My mother in law said that they are known as Butcher Birds here and are very territorial. So I definitely think it is them trying to fight themselves. Did not get a chance to get something but I will look for something online which i can order to put on the windows.

You want something like these
https://shopping.rspb.org.uk/window-feeders/bird-silhouettes-window-stickers.html

If you can’t get them, let me know and I’ll pop some in with your Christmas Card!
 

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Good evening all. Son has been successfully moved into his new flat. We took him and his flatmate out to lunch and then to IKEA (a big furniture chain that sells flat pack furniture) to buy some bits and then finished at the supermarket so they could stock up... always easier with a car!

It only took us an hour to get home which was a pleasant surprise. So now JoesDad and I are winding down and contemplating opening a bottle of red wine (purely for recovery purposes you understand ;) )
 

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Good evening all. Son has been successfully moved into his new flat. We took him and his flatmate out to lunch and then to IKEA (a big furniture chain that sells flat pack furniture) to buy some bits and then finished at the supermarket so they could stock up... always easier with a car!

It only took us an hour to get home which was a pleasant surprise. So now JoesDad and I are winding down and contemplating opening a bottle of red wine (purely for recovery purposes you understand ;) )
Totally understand. Enjoy your rest. Because if I know you it won't be long.
 

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I need advice from those who are good with plants.
My Hibiscus tree has been slowly dying and I cannot figure out why. Today I have cleared all the ivy growing around it and i cut off all the dead branches off the tree. There were two branches all the way into the ground which was dead. The branches looked like this. Can you see from these pictures what could be the problem?
And how do I fix it?20181021_184049.jpeg20181021_184057.jpeg20181021_184119.jpeg
 

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I need advice from those who are good with plants.
My Hibiscus tree has been slowly dying and I cannot figure out why. Today I have cleared all the ivy growing around it and i cut off all the dead branches off the tree. There were two branches all the way into the ground which was dead. The branches looked like this. Can you see from these pictures what could be the problem?
And how do I fix it?View attachment 254836View attachment 254837View attachment 254838

You need @Iochroma to take a look. Maybe post in the plant id forum?

Your prolonged drought may be the problem though. It will have weakened many plants
 

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Today, London England hosted an NFL game. I personally think just for fun, it should have been the New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. As I post this I hope it passes political correctness standards.
The Dallas Cowboys wouldn't be a terrible alternate, if the Eagles couldn't make it.
 

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