Mike I will do/pay anything to shut that man up so THANK YOU!  

I was also a bit worried how a newborn would sleep with that kind of noise around so it will be well worth it if it works

Babies 'get used' to their environment, she will end up the opposite, not being able to sleep if its too quiet 

Warm French bread covered in melted stilton.

Is there anything better?

Delicious.

That HAS to be one of THE worst food-stuff I can think of, well in my top 10 most disgusting things you can eat (excepting the unusual or manufactured).

Finely chop a red pepper and red onion and place on slice/slices of Feta ,put in the microwave for one minute...enjoy.

I always laugh when I see this as it triggers the Bullsh*t response. It seems to be the 'go to' response when a high profile individual makes an embarrassing post.

"put in the microwave for one minute... then move straight to the bin"

I don't like Stilton but do love french crusty bread with anything else on it.

I've planted a few different rose bushes in my garden this year, out of all of them that have bloomed, this by far is my favourite to date.

That is an absolute beauty!

It is! Well done Cinds 

Is that a hybrid?

It's very unusual, looks as if some red liquid has been spilt over a cream rose. Makes a change from the regular single colour varieties.

Do you have many roses of different colour?

That's really unusual and very pretty.

Yes EC its a hybrid called Brush Strokes. I really like the hybrids for the variety in colours. This one I also have is called Nostalgia.

A slight aside, I am very 'nostalgic' about the comedy series 'brush strokes' 

Are they heavily scented or quite delicate?

Please post more pictures of your flowers/roses, I enjoy looking at them 

I'm also trying to cultivate these ones from seed. (Fingers crossed something germinates).

That looks almost black. Nice.

I used to love Brush Strokes too. 

Gorgeous roses!  I have some nice pink ones in my back garden.  They aren't mine actually, they just grow over the fence from the house facing mine but that means they're mine and if I wasn't afraid of the cat who lives in my garden then I'd go out and pick them.

Oh Ells ... a woman after my own heart ... I'm scared of cats too

Just wondering....what scares you two about cats? 

They bend too much, and they make too many noises, and their eyes are pure evil *shiver*

I don't mind cats, but I hate them crapping on my garden. So after trying many things, cheap citrus toilet blocks is the one that worked for me. 

Everyone to their own I guess   

You've converted me too

*Makes a note*

To say nothing of the mass slaughter of our garden birds that the smug little buggers are responsible for

 Fill a balloon with water, dig a small hole in the area that the cat uses as a lavatory, put the balloon in it and cover with earth.  Next time the cat ventures into your garden and scratches around in your rose-beds it will get more than it bargained for.  (You may get a rather large 'deposit' as a result of this plan but the cat won't venture near your garden again)

But in all fairness to cats, they are hunters, regardless of them living in houses. Their instinct is to hunt. 

This sounds like a really good plan, but what I really want to know is ... how did you ever find this out

Cattist peeps   

An old boy talking about gardening on local radio ages ago.  It created an image that stuck in my mind!

I am soooo going to do this ... I have just found a bag of balloons!!

I know, I know ... I'm loving the family of hedgehogs in my garden at the moment though!

See, the cat would prolly play with them ......and get it's paws spiked 

My cat has brought home

alive:

wild rabbit

mole

birds

dead:

pheasant (x2)

squirrel

rats

birds (from wood pigeon to baby birds) feathers all over the garden!

shrews

Rexi.  I can't vouch for the balloon method as I've not tried it but have found that coffee grounds spread around the area does deter the cats from crapping there