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Interesting Factoid: San Francisco Airport will as of today stop selling bottled water (in plastic containers) in an effort to cut down on waste by 2021. Reportedly, SFO sells about 10,000 plastic bottles of water PER DAY! wow... They are installing hydration stations to encourage folks to use and refill their own reusable bottles. Travelers be ware.

News clip - San Francisco International Airport is rolling out a ban to end the sale of plastic water bottles at its convenience stores, restaurants and vending machines. The ban, which begins on Tuesday, is part of the airport's latest effort to become the world's first zero-waste airport by 2021

Wow!
 

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Oh dear. If spring is around the corner for you that means * whispers * winter is on its way for the rest of us...

Happy Tuesday Carol and everyone else :)

We have been organising things for next year. We have our big journey starting in January and I am planning to not be on my various social medias for a couple of months. Those of you wishing to see what we get up to... and it looks pretty amazing... will need Instagram. We have the account set up (not our regular ones) and ready to go.

Instagram needs EITHER an app on your phone or tablet OR an account at www.instagram.com which you can access through the web browser of your choice on a computer (and hopefully Yvonne’s kindle) You have been given fair warning... you have plenty of time to try get an account set up :D

Another thought has come to mind... postage to South Africa... and it must be time to start the TORTOISE 2019 which @Moozillion so kindly co-ordinated last year and card exchange process again. To be fair, we have probably already missed last posting date for Christmas in Cape Town, but hopefully we won’t overshoot too much if we start soon!

What’s the Instagram account, Linda? Was it a trip to Australia or New Zealand? Looking forward to it!
 

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A nice crunchy snack. A few years ago we went to Rome and on one particular day we went to the coliseum. We were sitting outside it on a wall just enjoying the sights when something crawled over my foot. It was a brightly coloured lizard. I know now that it is called a “Italian wall lizard”, the locals must of thought I was mad for showing such interest in it, they treat them like pests.:)

Ah, lucky you! Saw tons of them basking in the sun in Rome, but none got very close.
 

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There’s a population of wall lizards on the UK South Coast. They aren’t native to the UK but arrived here on boats or lorries. Obviously they’re not protected in the same way as our native lizards are.

Those darn immigrants! [emoji33][emoji33][emoji23] (I know, I know, naughty step, here I come...)
 

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Interesting Factoid: San Francisco Airport will as of today stop selling bottled water (in plastic containers) in an effort to cut down on waste by 2021. Reportedly, SFO sells about 10,000 plastic bottles of water PER DAY! wow... They are installing hydration stations to encourage folks to use and refill their own reusable bottles. Travelers be ware.

News clip - San Francisco International Airport is rolling out a ban to end the sale of plastic water bottles at its convenience stores, restaurants and vending machines. The ban, which begins on Tuesday, is part of the airport's latest effort to become the world's first zero-waste airport by 2021

Water good idea! I’d drink to it.
 

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Good mornooning, roommates! I was having coffee in the backyard and got run over by a gang of black squirrels. They stole my almond cookies and then escaped using electric wires. Total nut jobs! Is that a normal sight for North America or is it just Ottawa? I have a break in my freelance work, so it’s a housework day.
 

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Good mornooning, roommates! I was having coffee in the backyard and got run over by a gang of black squirrels. They stole my almond cookies and then escaped using electric wires. Total nut jobs! Is that a normal sight for North America or is it just Ottawa? I have a break in my freelance work, so it’s a housework day.

I visited Ottawa a few years back, the parks were FULL of black squirrels. Id say 2 out of 3 squirrels were nice shiny black. Here i only spot one now n then. Very nutty.
 

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I visited Ottawa a few years back, the parks were FULL of black squirrels. Id say 2 out of 3 squirrels were nice shiny black. Here i only spot one now n then. Very nutty.
I know! They're so many, can't make heads or tails out of it... Now I get excited when I see a regular one. :D
 

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I love her too. No wonder you bought her!
The breeder kept her as a holdback for a few weeks "to keep an eye on her" to see how her color and markings would develop. When we discussed wanting to breed Indominus (visual hypo trans Witblits) with the breeder, she recommended the little red lady, who has the right breeding to produce healthy baby dragons with our guy... Possibly as soon as next year, since the red lady comes from a line of females that tend to mature earlier than most.
 

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Good Tuesday All,
We are finally over Monday, so let the week begin.
I love the new additions to the CDR, and I wanted to say that I already have a soft spot for a certain Lady in Red, but did not want to hurt two other little ones feelings. And I most definitely did not want to make a certain Dragon jealous. He may never talk to me again.
You can see that spring is around the corner as we are starting to have warmer days more often and my babies are getting to spend more time outside.
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Hopefully Indy (Indominus) will develop a great affinity for a certain Lady in Red... When she's old enough, that is.

It will probably be several months before we introduce them in person. Otherwise... Australia is a lizard-eat-lizard world, and we don't want him deciding she's an entree.

We want a female Zero (white, no visual pattern / markings) to breed, as well. The breeder won't have any that are safely compatible with Indy's genetics until next spring or early summer. So we may be adding a little white lady dragon next year.
 

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