Flighty's plot

Last Thursday I mentioned that Louise has given me this award. Now here’s my six things (in no particular order) that make me happy!

1. Any time that I spend on the allotment be it plotting, pottering or pondering.

2. Watching wildlife, from a ladybird scurrying along a prickly blackberry branch to a snow leopard in a TV documentary.

3. Reading a good book or watching a feel-good film like a Doris Day comedy.

4. To go with the previous one a nice cup of tea and a couple of plain chocolate digestive biscuits.

5. A day, either at home or out somewhere, where when I sit down in the evening I reflect on what a good day it’s been so go to bed happy.

6. Reading, and looking at, entertaining and/or informative blog entries.

That last one brings me to the six inspirational bloggers who I’m passing this award on to. They are…

Artmeliana moved to New York a few months ago, and has just started a new job. Her always well-written, and often feature length, entries, with good photos, are always interesting.

Maureen‘s Brilliant Britain blog A View from England I always find informative. I often bookmark links such as H a b i t a t which she mentioned in this entry.

Rach‘s City Bumpkin blog is about city living with country aspirations. Her excellent  Big Smoke, Green Living entries include podcasts that are well worth listening to.

Polythene Pam‘s Leave Only Footprints is her blog crusade against plastic which includes lot of information, and links, on this subject that we should all be aware of and be doing something about.

Porcelain Rose, Glo in the six months that she has been blogging has, from the outset, made me smile with her delightful sense of humour and given us a wonderful look at where she lives in western Canada.

Uphilldowndale through her always enjoyable entries, and excellent photos, gives us a picture of her life as she puts it from the top of a hill in northern England.

I’m happy to give this Tree of Happiness award to these six inspirational bloggers. I also say to them please don’t feel obliged that you have to do a similar entry listing six things that make you happy, or pass on this award to others if you don’t want to.

This tree of happiness award was kindly given to me by Louise who considers me to be an inspirational blogger! I’m supposed to list six things that make me happy and pass on this award to other bloggers who I consider inspirational. I’ll do both but not today!

As usual there’s little of note on terrestrial TV next week with just two programmes worth mentioning. The only problem being that both are on Sunday evening at 9.00pm!

On BBC1 is Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights which is the Radio Times’ documentary of the week whilst over on BBC2 is a new series Earth – the Climate Wars.

Daffy and Glo‘s delightful poems in the comments of  Daffy‘s Show & Tell entry have reminded me that this years National Poetry Day is on Thursday 9th October and has the theme Work. I’ll outline what I, and hopefully others, will be doing on the day in an entry a couple of weeks beforehand. It’s been fun previous years and I’m sure that this year will be just as good.

Have a good weekend!

This morning here in London it’s dull and overcast again. That’s the fifth day running that it’s been like this. Although it’s been dry and mild the past few days it would be nice to see some sunshine. There’s also been a distinct autumnal feeling one or two mornings and evenings.

Photos like this and poems like this really do help to lift the spirit, and hopefully we’ll have a glorious autumn and an Indian summer.

I’m sure that you won’t be surprised to learn that, once again, there’s nothing on terrestrial TV next week worth mentioning except another Gardeners’ World special. Rachel’s Border is on Friday 5th Sepember BBC2 at 8.00pm in which Rachel de Thame presents a guided tour of the 20 metre long border she created from scratch last summer.

The Beautiful World is a poem by Margaret Ingall who has a love of gardening and nature.

This world’s so full of beauty

Don’t pass it by each day

Ignoring all the wonders

Beside you on your way.

The dancing days of Springtime

The Summer’s comely face

The burnished gold of Autumn

The Winter’s silver grace.

These are the gifts of glory

Bestowed with loving care

So stop and see the beauty

That’s here for all to share.

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Have a good weekend!

There are Gardeners’ World Specials being shown tomorrow and next Friday on BBC2 at 8.00pm.

This week it’s The Cottage Garden in which Rachel de Thame has some contemporary ideas as climate change threatens the survival of many plants.

Next week is River of Flowers with Sarah Raven who is encouraging people to create a river of wild flowers linking protected meadows and woodlands.

I always appreciate it when friends mention me in their blogs, and especially when it’s linked. Louise did that with her airbourne and two awards… entry that she did on Sunday. The aircraft that she saw were The Blades aerobatic team, although the website needs to be updated as their aircraft now wear this very smart scheme!

Sinta in her recently renamed blog Knittering (it was Garden Bootstrap) tagged me in her entry Me…a 1930s wife? She said she was just kidding but as she called me wonderful Mr Flighty I agreed to do it, but did the husband quiz not the wife one! According to my answers I would have been a good husband in the 1930’s!

Have a good weekend!

is on from today through to 21st September in aid of WaterAid.

Veg Plotting has to be congratulated on what I think is a brilliant idea. She has done a new blog VP’s Open Garden ‘Day’ which virtually opens her garden in aid of her favourite charity.

As well as doing this entry I’ve also included that new blog on my blogroll under A Good Cause.

Please visit her blog, enjoy looking round the garden, leave a comment and don’t forget to make a donation as well.  Another thing that you could do is mention, and link to, her Open Garden in one of your own posts.

Well done and good luck VP!