2020/21 - What's made you happy today?

Do you also know that "hen" means "old" in Welsh?

And Duck means gawd knows what in Derby!

Its something cricketers  go out for, strange people!!

A peregrine falcon belting through the garden while I was counting birds. The song birds scattered unharmed but I don't think I can count it as it didn't land!

Spotted these two in the garden this afternoon.
Often see them in the fields, but it’s unusual to see them so close

I love seeing them in the fields, but they are an absolute menace in my garden, eating all the new growth on my trees and shrubs. They're most partial to apple trees, roses and field maples. The woods and hedges are full of field maples so why are they eating mine?!! But beautiful all the same!

Today the sun has come out after four days of torrential rain - the ditches, streams and rivers will still roar with water for a few days before it becomes calm again.

I’ve learned what a rocker is. I’ll be able to educate Bob and our foundations builder now. He looked very confused when we asked him what it was yesterday.

I’ve learned what a rocker is. I’ll be able to educate Bob and our foundations builder now. He looked very confused when we asked him what it was yesterday.

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I’ve learned what a rocker is. I’ll be able to educate Bob and our foundations builder now. He looked very confused when we asked him what it was yesterday.

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Different sort of rocker   . I am one of those    . Not so much head banging these days. Takes to long to recover from the whiplash   . It’s not a chair either    . It’s a type of pipe that allows for movement.

^^^ Having asked the Duck, I too know what a Rocker is.

I do too, P was one in the early 60s, now he needs one to sit in, ahhhh the vagaries of time.........

Do you also know that "hen" means "old" in Welsh?

And Duck means gawd knows what in Derby!

It's used in the Potteries as well: "It is said to find its origin in the Saxon word ‘ducas’ which was meant as a term of respect; similar to the Middle English ‘duc’, ‘duk’ which denotes a leader, commander; from which comes the title ‘Duke’ and the Old French word ‘ducheé’ - the territory ruled by a Duke.

From these origins it became a greeting and then a term of endearment."

http://www.thepotteries.org/dialect_qa.html