COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

My favorite! Please tell me the Leprechaun didn’t steal the last piece!

Nope! That was me. I needed it.

 

[Cathie G]

I don't see it, but I really like your new avatar.

It looks like an angel with horns and NO halo...

 

[CarolM]

Oh, poison ivy! The totally-harmless-looking villain. I got intimately acquainted with one in Canada. Hope we’ll never meet again at such close quarters. [emoji33]

[emoji33] ouch.

 

[CarolM]

Not too long ago someone one here posted, with pictures, how they made one into a tortoise shelter.

I was actually thinking how it would be perfect for that.

 

[CarolM]

No...um...I think we slid it under an armadillo...but now we can't find it! It IS dark in here, you know.

Sorry, I stole it from the armadillo. I couldn't let it go to waste on an armadillo.

 

[CarolM]

Me too!!
Morning coffee and soccer!
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And there is our favorite little doggie.

 

[CarolM]

Sounds like an incredible adventure! I can’t wait to hear all about it. We aren’t insanely far from you. We can come love on a cow! Emogene is begging for one but the new place really doesn’t have room for it after doing tortoise enclosures, two grazing pastures for goats and a chicken house. Also, she wants it as a pet and hubby wants to eat it.

Whahaha.

 

[CarolM]

Hi Kathy [emoji851]
It can at times. It’s more tiring then anything. I have drive with a patch over my right eye so there’s that. [emoji1022]‍[emoji879]️‍♀️
Anyways, as you can see, it didn’t stop me from runtime of my favorite runs yesterday.View attachment 270948View attachment 270949
Happy Sunday roommates

Happy Sunday Noel.

 

[Maro2Bear]

There's a really old saying. It is: "leaves of three leave it be." I also read in a really old book that it can look like a vine, bush, etc. If the plant has any variation of that? It's not poison ivy. There is a harmless plant that looks like it. I think it's called wisteria. It's been at least 25 years since I read that stuff but I played with a vine in my backyard to see if it was poison ivy. I only found 1 or 2 leaves of 2 along the whole vine. It proved to me I could touch it. That doesn't help you on a hike in the woods. But it can help in your own backyard.

This time of year....Widteria is in full gorgeous bloom. Yes viney, but way different leaves, let alone the flowers.

“Virginia Creeper” looks like poidon ivy too.....u have to cautious, for sure.

 

[CarolM]

First exam tomorrow!!!!! German speaking.

So it begins.........

Good luck.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Our Azalea, which I threaten to yank out each Summer, looking fine here in Spring. Fountain flowing along.

Our very pruned Dogwood has already gone..

 

[Cathie G]

Great! Glad to hear this!

The nitrate test consists of 2 bottles. The instructions say to shake bottle # 2, but they don't stress this enough. The solution in bottle 2 tends to precipitate into crystals that adhere to the bottle.

So "shake" should say...bang bottle on the kitchen counter several times, then shake til your arm falls off.

Otherwise you may get a false reading on nitrates.

Thank you so much for all of your advice! And everyone else's too. My brother keeps looking for a fish and thinks I'm slacking. Our cat is getting used to the aquarium. It's cycling. I'm learning.

 

[Momof4]

Here are some ideas with my chicken scratch while I sit here watching American Pickers. Buying those wheel measurers is awesome!!
This is if we move the garage to a different area and I get more space to work with.
Does it look okay?

 

[Ben02]

Good luck.

Thank you Carol

 

[Yvonne G]

This time of year....Widteria is in full gorgeous bloom. Yes viney, but way different leaves, let alone the flowers.

“Virginia Creeper” looks like poidon ivy too.....u have to cautious, for sure.

Darned 'd's and 's's. Can never stay where they belong!!!

 

[Cathie G]

This time of year....Widteria is in full gorgeous bloom. Yes viney, but way different leaves, let alone the flowers.

“Virginia Creeper” looks like poidon ivy too.....u have to cautious, for sure.

You're right. It is Virginia creeper. When you said it it brought back my memory of the name. Everyone thought I was letting poison ivy grow. Dogwood makes great basket weaving stuff. And cherry is my favorite wood. Your bowl will be beautiful.

 

[Cathie G]

Weil's (pronounced Vile's) Disease is something we can catch from rat and cattle urine in water. It can cause death but thankfully it's not that common. No rabies though.

What I found interesting is the same disease is called something different because it's a different animal or country. Such as scrappy in sheep, mad cow disease, and herd wasting disease in deer. I could be mistaken.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Sorry Karen I missed your birthday!!! I hope you had an amazing day

Thank you Ben. I did!

 

[KarenSoCal]

Happy belated Birthday [emoji512][emoji39]

Thank you! Same advice as Lena...put it on your calendar! [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Cathie G]

We tried.
We gave it to the guy who cut down our trees. He has 15 horses so he’s gonna use it on his property. He even took the shelving and contents we didn’t want and he paid the driver $300 for his services.
Saved us a few trips to the dump.

Sounds like a win win.