Transitivity

A lot of Thursday was at the allotment, moving riddled soil from the top of the garden to the greenhouse, and moving plants around: pricking out (which always sounds slightly comical) and hardening off (ditto). The putative prize winning leeks are in the ground. This week should see the brassicas planted out - we've miscalculated with them, it seems, and could end up with a cabbage mountain. The tatties and onions are flying away.

The pond's great. There seem to be two different varieties of tadpole; or maybe just two stages of development, (we got our frogspawn from two separate sources). And there' a watersnail in the pond - must have come as an egg witht the weed, which came with the frogspawn, and is growing like barmy, too. There are water boatmen and beetles, too.

Managed a lot of studying this weekend, as well: getting the hang of phonetics, and ploughing through the grammar - now, more or less, I could spout on about transitivity with some confidence.

And Molly's sitting up! She looks very pleased with herself, in her playpen, surveying her wee world. Must've been getting tiresome, looking at the ceiling mostly.

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  1. JohnWed May 17, 04:01:00 am BST

    I *like* looking at the ceiling. Nice 2x6 tongue and groove. Stained. Shiny.

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  2. LoopyLuWed May 17, 10:22:00 am BST

    Ooh, I was wondering just yesterday how old babies are before they start sitting up. No chance of remembering what age WonderBoy started sitting up.

    How old is Molly now?

    Am finally back in the World of the online people. Got my own net connection so regular reading shall resume, but for cheats sake, any more Molly news? How's she doing?

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  3. Garry NixonWed May 17, 11:51:00 am BST

    She's seven and a half months. Only just starting to sit up, getting better at it every day.

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  4. LoopyLuSun May 21, 08:09:00 pm BST

    Goodness, hasn't it gone quickly!! Bless her :)

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