#314

stuck on my dad again. he likes:

painting
birds
aeroplanes (though heā€™s banned from using his radio-controlled ones now due to ā€œan incidentā€)
his motorbike(s)
dance music ranging from awful cheesey stuff to quite respectable

last year i got his a camera to go in a bird box and iā€™m not sure heā€™s even used it :confused:

#315

This book is LOVELY and has paintings of birds in itā€¦

https://www.penguin.co.uk/ladybird/books/293340/the-lost-words/

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#316

good idea that. Iā€™ll check it out. Thanks

#317

The TV keeps bees (accidental poetry right there) and it is NOT something I would recommend getting into lightly or as a present. Itā€™s less like having a pet and more like having a part time career that can consume a lot of your life. Itā€™s awesome and can be really good fun and the honey is great but I wouldnā€™t buy a couple of supers and a brood box as Christmas presents. You need A LOT of kit. Queen excluders, smokers etc. Got wood peckers round your way? They will fuck up your hives unless you specially protect them.

I hope that your mum does get into it, itā€™s fab, top bar hives are probably the best bet for a lowish maintenance starter but I wouldnā€™t make it a Christmas present.

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#318

This is good advice, thanks. The impression I was getting looking at all the stuff was that itā€™s not something you can choose for someone else without knowing quite a lot about it first. I think sheā€™s said before that her local bee keepers association recommends you start off with a hive in their fields too, so all in all probably not a great idea.

She definitely wouldnā€™t get into it lightly, sheā€™s wanted to start for a long time, just has some anxieties over it, should probably just tell her that weā€™re all fine with it (donā€™t know why it would be our decision anyway) and think sheā€™d be great.

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#319

get him some local art?

#320

Sounds awesome, hope she really enjoys it as and when! :slight_smile:

Oh and if she gets really into it a nice hefty hive tool makes a great present!

#321

Got my Dad and Mum tickets for Kew gardens. Luckily he is old enough to qualify as a concession.

Now just need to get MrS some bits and am done!

#322

Whatā€™s the best way to present this? I donā€™t have a voucher or anything, just an email confirming that Iā€™m willing to pay Ā£100 to have a shit afternoon.

#323

make your own voucher

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#324

Fuck sake, this keeps getting worse.

#325

personally i would draw some birds of prey in santa hats on a card and then explain the present inside it

#326

So youā€™re saying I canā€™t print out the email and staple it to an empty gift bag?

#327

Have an owl deliver a voucher, like harry potter

#328

envelope with owl shit in it

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#331

A just-a-little-something present from MiniWza (<1yo) to MsWza?

(I shouldā€™ve sorted a something-personalised-with-a-photo-of-them/us, probably.)

Otherwise itā€™ll just be some of the chocs Iā€™ve already got.

#332

You could still go to a photo place like Boots and get something printed, you can get instant prints and I think some of their other personalised photo stuff is available on a one hour service.

If not, then socks. Mini Flashinglight has got everyone socks.

#333

Yup, photo-y thing is a strong option.

But socks is actually a bloody good shout.

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