COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Goodnight Carol and Lena. Sleep well both of you. Adam has just liked a post from April 27th, so he still has 3 months to catch up!

 

[EllieMay]

So did your son impress him with his wealth of knowledge?

Oh yes mam! But I don’t think the zoo keeper cared for being lectured on the size of the enclosure, mixture of species, or lack of hides and humidity by a 4 yr old[emoji23]. Jayden is like a little sponge & often too smart for his own good!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's from the Crohn's.

Pyoderma Gangrenosum

Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is the second most common EIM that affects the skin of IBD patients. It seems to affect ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease (IBD) patients in roughly equal numbers. Fortunately, according to one recent estimate, it affects less than one percent of IBD patients. (An older estimate reported that PG affects about two percent of IBD patients.) Unfortunately, PG is somewhat more troublesome than erythema nodosum. Lesions sometimes persist, despite appropriate treatment, and discomfort related to the lesions may be greater.

Essentially, pyoderma gangrenosum is characterized by raised, red, inflamed areas of the skin that may eventually erupt into open ulcerations. These ulcerations feature dead or dying (necrotic) tissue surrounded by distinct borders that may have a violet or bluish coloration. Lesions appear primarily on the legs, but may also appear on the trunk, or adjacent to the site of surgical wounds, such as the wounds resulting from ileostomy or colostomy creation.

About half of cases may be traced to active bowel disease; half occur independently of ongoing bowel disease activity. Sometimes lesions appear in places where physical trauma to the skin has occurred. Various forms of pyoderma gangrenosum exist, and some doctors may struggle to correctly diagnose this relatively rare skin disease.

How lovely.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hi gang.
I just found THIS in my Redfoot pen.
Looks like I missed an egg or two!

It will never end!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

One of my kayaking mates got this shot of one of the many American Bald Eagles we spotted yesterday.

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You do post some beautiful and fascinating photos, Mark.
Thank you.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Today my husband put in a 2nd door for my redfoots heated house. My two are separated and the house is divided but I always have to put my female away in the evenings so we added the door for her. Now if I can train her to go in at night all I need to do is lock her door. I think my pet sitter will appreciate it too.

She dug another nest and laid again. I just them in the ground. I’m not sure if my male as actually fertilize them but he has snuck in her pen.

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Love the muddy footprints.
You need a mat like Tidgy has.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good morning, roommates!
Will be catching up on the weekend’s posts in a moment. Or so. What kept me away, apart from the usual, were two more lovely giants made of scrap wood.
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This is Little Tilde, watching over a shallow fjord made by a river and a tunnel valley dating back to the Ice Age.
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And this is Thomas on the Mountain, who is not on a mountain but on a hill slope, but any hill is considered a mountain in Denmark. The photo is in black-and-white because the sculpture had been vandalized.
Wishing everyone a great week ahead!

Love these giants!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

May 19. Save the date.
(Wish Adam was here as our live commentator...)

Aaaahhhhhh.
That would have been fun!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

A red fox sat in the middle of the lawn at 7pm this evening.

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The rain has finally stopped. There is a lot of localised flooding which has affected roads and trains. The white bits on the lawn are fallen blossom not snow. We had a high of 6C (“feels like” 2C) today. It’s due to be over 20C next weekend!

Love foxes.
We have them in the countryside here, though they're more brown, but no urban foxes as the people skin them for use in magic.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Up to May the First in my catchee-uppee.
A mere three more months til I'm back with you all.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Cricket is hard to understand in the countries that play it.

It is widely played in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the Indian sub-continent. India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have good teams and it's an obsession in that part of the world.

The West Indies, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are enormously keen as well, the Afghans are 10th in the world at one day and 8th at T20 ! Up and coming .
Holland and Ireland play a bit.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Ah. . . another good use for "orchid bark"!!!

Bit like cannablism........................

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Hmm. Have you been sneaking pics of Adam?

I did train Tidgy.
But not with a stick.
Or carrots.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I’m battling pantry moths again! They are so gross!!
I have to empty cupboards wash down, spray vinegar and I bought some traps from Amazon. Ugh!!

Get some pantry geckos.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Carrying trash out ??? LOL !

Yup, that's always me.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yep. And fixing things. There is also that other thing[emoji12]

Yip, also always me.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Very much an obsession here. Although not for me. I find it boring.

Cricket????
Crikey ! !! !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes. Like electrical wiring. [emoji6]

Yup, always me.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I've noticed that by this point we've comfortably passed the total number of posts on Pretend Chat 2.14 making this the biggest ever thread on Tortoise Forum.

So, well done all, but Pretend Chat did have two previous incarnations and totals 127, 771 posts thus far.
So we still have some way to go to beat that!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I sent some cushion covers with this picture to Ed during one of the past TORTOISEs. That was while I still had access to quality Turkish textiles, and Ed still had a herd of Redfoots.

I remember those, they were gorgeous!