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Do a New Thing for Spring - 2021 Anniversary Edition

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Hanneke
Hanneke
Feb 2021
11:17am, 22 Feb 2021
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Thank you Cath :) and everyone else. My gardening has replaced my running, so it is fabulous to have my efforts acknowledged. And who knew you could win at it too ;)

I am sat back here, focusing in your NEWTS today. That is my Newt for toda anyway: choosing best newt :)
Sharkie
Sharkie
Feb 2021
11:29am, 22 Feb 2021
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we've never had anything quite so Mediterranean as a spring newt :-) is your greenhouse in a very sunny spot? Do you heat it in winter?
Hanneke
Hanneke
Feb 2021
11:37am, 22 Feb 2021
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It is in a sunny, sheltered spot AND I heat it in winter. Costs me a fair bit a month for 6 months of the year, but well worth it. After all, I am no longer spending money on new shoes and kit, so hey :)
Hanneke
Hanneke
Feb 2021
11:39am, 22 Feb 2021
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The pleasure I get from that greenhouse and heating it is immense! It gets you through winter, especially in a lock down where you cannot go on holiday. I always go on holiday in winter, because I can't go away in summer. Walking in there, the warmth, the exotic plants, the colour, the scent...
Sharkie
Sharkie
Feb 2021
11:59am, 22 Feb 2021
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Raffo loves being in our greenhouse Han, if we ever feel a bit richer I think I should tell him it would do his soul good to heat it.

It's not big but is brick and part sunken, built with the house well over a hundred years ago.
DrPhleecingD
DrPhleecingD
Feb 2021
12:20pm, 22 Feb 2021
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Today’s newt is starting a newt pottery project during zoom class. I have no idea what it is yet. Something to do with lights and flowers! I was too busy to plan so just started working with the clay
Sharkie
Sharkie
Feb 2021
12:24pm, 22 Feb 2021
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Something that almost felt like a newt today was buying a small cappuccino at Charing Cross Station....
Mandymoo
Mandymoo
Feb 2021
12:36pm, 22 Feb 2021
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I spenta couple of hours planting seeds yesterday in my greenhouse so totally get what you are saying - really lifted my spirits
jennywren
jennywren
Feb 2021
12:54pm, 22 Feb 2021
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Today’s newt is hunting down some binoculars and looking to see which birds were feeding in the tree outside our bedroom window. A pair of goldfinches as it turns out :)
BaronessBL
BaronessBL
Feb 2021
1:01pm, 22 Feb 2021
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Goldfinches are lovely

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starblackheartstar The sixth running of Do a New Thing for Spring starblackheartstar

Lent has a special and specific meaning to Christians but has become an secular season of denial and hair shirting that serves no positve purpose. No chocolate, no booze, no -er - other stuff.

Why not treat the build up to Easter - as a chance to celebrate and embrace NEW THINGS - that's what spring is about after all.

The first few pages of the thread give more ideas.
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