Rare seeds

( Water carrier )

The single pink Swan River Daisy seedling that I rescued and planted out is looking pretty sick (possibly it was a mistake to pot it up still inside its temporary paper pot, but I assumed that would quickly rot away and that it would be best to disturb the roots as little as possible). On the other hand, the 'other' one appears to be thriving in its very shallow compartment -- I have been holding back on potting that up because I was hoping the 'Linaria' seedlings in that compartment might amount to something, but they are still clinging on to life by the tips of their metaphorical fingernails, and I'm reluctant to disturb them.

( Cumbrian poppy )

I now have a nice display of Gypsophila elegans, although self-sown rather than the ones that I planted, which are still well short of flowering!

Digital TV

I accidentally triggered the 'Auto Retune' feature on my no-longer-new digital TV set (bought as a result of the forced digital TV changeover) as a result of trying to change channels and inputs without using the remote controller,( Read more... )

A desperate third effort (the definition of madness, repeatedly trying the same thing in the hopes of achieving a different result) finally restored what appeared to be the full spectrum of TV coverage, just ten minutes before the end of the programme I had originally been intending to watch on BBC2. I think it's all back now, at least the useful bits, though digital TV reception without a roof aerial has never been great around here. Luckily it wasn't a programme I was particularly invested in, but just a comedy that sounded potentially mildly interesting.

I did enjoy the third series of the Bristol-set "The Outlaws" -- possibly not quite as good as the initial one, as the plotline is getting a bit strained, but it manages to score with me, as ever, by including moments of genuine warmth and feeling for its characters as well as poking fun at them or putting them into humiliating situations for a laugh. ( Read more... )