Mikes weather bits & Photo Blog: Gardening theme -

This Gibraltar Spain thing takes another turn and only for the worst as Spanish divers are seen "hoisting their flag on the artificial reef the Gibraltarians are building!

I guess its deadly serious to them but from afar it looks rather a tit for tat game!

The Australian gene pool looks to have been thinned out a little with this story about 2 locals swimming in a croc-infested river

It seems they ignored obviously large signs and local advice against swimming in the river. I wonder if booze was a feature of their daring do?

Donald Trump declares a New York prosecutor a Total Sleazbag! The story revolves around good old Donald piling more of other peoples money on top of his already huge mountain of the stuff. He set up a University in 2005, "A phony one" says the "prosecutor", to let students in on the secrets of flogging "real estate"

"Steering them to expensive and useless seminars" trumpets the prosecutor, "This is a political hack looking to get publicity", retorts Donald.
The "Chuckle factor" for me gets 5 out of 5 though where you read Donald's defence of his "personal involvement" "I was totally involved to a high degree" Come on Don you are either "totally involved" or you're not - - - -

Gardening spot!
The cops in Norfolk are having a "high old time" after they discovered a huge cannabis plantation.

Here we see 2 of the likely lads with plants they have gathered obviously to "destroy them" - - - well done chaps. There was a story not long ago where a number of flower tubs in a Newport town centre had been planted with Cannabis

They are the bright green plants in this shot. Strange that when authorities were alerted and went to remove them they had already been "harvested!"

Our own garden is a mixture of triumphs and tragedies at the moment! I noticed a fish lurking near or behind one of the plants in the pond. I have named this area "the departure lounge" because once they start to hang around there they normally die soon after. Sure enough yesterday after work i was greeted by an upside down fish.

We seem to specialise in "odd shaped" goldfish and no we don't use chemicals in the pond. Not sure what saw it off?

On a lighter note here's a couple of pics with a sunny aspect

The sunflowers and sweet peas still dominate the top flower terrace

The bees love the sunflowers although the numerous butterfly's this year like them as well

Tom sits on Sally's knee with a kind of quizzical look

The object of his attention is Sainsbury the Tabby who has graced my knee with his presence, a rare occurrence!

Finally - - - In my garden path reclamation and fence project I had occasion to contact a couple who were our neighbours at number 3 many years ago. Lovely people who surprised us with a visit yesterday and we showed them around, reminiscing about the old days!