Morning everybody ... or afternoon ... or evening .... wherever you are. I know that many of us are suffering terrible withdrawal symptoms from Blotanical (and you'll soon know whether it's up and running again if you click the link!!). It's been several days since we've been able to access Stuart's brilliant website for all us like-minded plantheads, and I don't know about you, but I miss it - no picks, no messaging through our plots, and no new bloggers to follow! It's certainly made me work a harder on the internet and frantically sign up as a follower on the gardening plots I love, because at least that way, I can access all the latest posts.
It also prompted me to create a new group on Facebook for Garden Lovers, which I've named Garden Lovers of the World - or GLOW for short - and if you're a member of Facebook, you may wish to join and share all your wonderful garden pictures with other members.
I don't have Stuart's talent to set up a blogging platform, but I'm sure many of you will have contributions you'd like to add, plus links to your own gardening plots and, most importantly, wonderful pictures of plants and gardens, so please feel free to take a look and share.
I also wanted to tell you about another new project - "What on Earth" - nothing to do with me, but might be of interest to you and your children, (or grandchildren!) for National Science and Engineering Week (NSEW), which is looking for any plants, animals or other living organisms that you see and don't recognise. As they say:
"The aim of What on Earth is to spot, collect and identify as many species as possible over the course of the week, painting a fascinating picture of UK wildlife for us all to observe and enjoy. Organised in partnership with The Open University’s iSpot website, NSEW’s specialists from all fields of natural science will examine, identify and catalogue as many finds as they can over the course of the week and beyond."
Hope you all have a great weekend .... and if you're not under several feet of snow, happy gardening!
That was thoughtful, Lottie, to start a new vehicle for garden bloggers and to let UK readers know about What on Earth.
ReplyDeleteFacebook is not something I've needed to join, so I'm out of the loop, but keeping up.
Will be looking up your Facebook group ... nice idea! I think there's a few people, including me, who are missing Blotanical at the moment! It will be lovely having another spot to post photos. By the way, just love that first photo on this post ... such a gorgeous shot.
ReplyDeleteWell, as of 'now', I've picked this post through Blotanical;-) I got your msg. on FB and if I haven't already joined (can't remember!) I will, next time I'm on.
ReplyDeleteI can't work Facebook out; it's beyond me I'm afraid, a bit like Twaddler and the like!
ReplyDeleteJoined! :D Great idea!
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas! :)
ReplyDeleteHi i am not a member of Blotanical, so i mostly acknowledge those who saw my posts via others' links or by coming back to me through my comments. I will join your GLOW site on FB...and that last photo is amazing, though it is not described!
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