COLD DARK ROOM

[EllieMay]

He looks fantastic. Looks like the back is lifting up with muscle and definitely toning up and getting some weight on. Coat looks much better. My horses are looking miserable because of the heat and I have a hard keep thoroughbred (Lokkje ?) who looks absolutely pathetic right now as his coat is super thin and dry and he’s coated with salt all the time and he’s lost a lot of hair around his eyes which happens every year in the summer. He’s very thin and bony because he doesn’t want to eat because it’s too hot.
OK seriously, you can’t keep calling that beautiful dog Rig dog. I know you didn’t like my name suggestion of Athena but you‘be got a call her something better than Rig dog. Surely by now you have another name for her?

Thank you!! I see him everyday so it’s hard for Me to notice Any significant difference.. he is obviously feeling a lot better. Has some spunk to him and actually tries to engage me in play. I’ve been around a lot of horses and I’ve only ever seen the colts do that... I saw pictures of your babies and they were gorgeous! It’s odd that one wouldn’t want to eat.. have you had his teeth / mouth checked?

And no Mam... her name remains Rig dog / Rigsy... the name at the vet is listed Rig dog ???

 

[Chefdenoel10]

One million?
Nah, this is from the Parachute Creek Member of the Green River Formation, so is Eocene, about 50 million years old.
As is this speciemen :
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I will quote Mr. Spoc....

“FASINATING”!!!!!! ?

 

[Lokkje]

Thank you!! I see him everyday so it’s hard for Me to notice Any significant difference.. he is obviously feeling a lot better. Has some spunk to him and actually tries to engage me in play. I’ve been around a lot of horses and I’ve only ever seen the colts do that... I saw pictures of your babies and they were gorgeous! It’s odd that one wouldn’t want to eat.. have you had his teeth / mouth checked?

And no Mam... her name remains Rig dog / Rigsy... the name at the vet is listed Rig dog ???

Thank you for the nice comments about my horses. Lokkje and the gang have their teeth rasped regularly. My horses get better dental and healthcare than I do. Typical for all of us I’m sure. He’s always been a hard keep and he really suffers in the summer. One year I boarded them in Colorado and did not have any weight loss and they looked fantastic so I’m pretty sure it’s the heat.

 

[Lokkje]

And I’m gonna call her Riggles

 

[EllieMay]

Thank you for the nice comments about my horses. Lokkje and the gang have their teeth rasped regularly. My horses get better dental and healthcare than I do. Typical for all of us I’m sure. He’s always been a hard keep and he really suffers in the summer. One year I boarded them in Colorado and did not have any weight loss and they looked fantastic so I’m pretty sure it’s the heat.

I hope it didn’t sound like i was implying that you were lax in their care!!! I’m just full of questions. Does he struggle to breathe in the heat??? I have been trying to educate myself on equine health, especially with the new horse... the vet told me that horses with the heaves burn more calories and struggle with weight when they are affected. A good friend of mine had a horse with the heaves and she said hers was only bothered in the summer... I am still trying to pin point what’s up with Ready so I’m I’ve been reading ALOT.. LOL... I did mount a fan in his stall and he can often be found standing under it just looking out.. he has claimed that space as his and I leave the door open for him...

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I will quote Mr. Spoc....

“FASINATING”!!!!!! ?

Blasphemy! I'll have to send @KarenSoCal after you. It's Spock with a "k" you know... ? ? ?

Fascinating, your spelling... ?

Not that I'm one to talk, with autocorrect second guessing my word choices...

 

[EllieMay]

Good morning Roomies! What greatness are you all aspiring to today??? At some point, I’m going to start the hurricane cleanup.. while it’s mild, it’s still a lot of dang limbs and natural debris on my sidewalk and porch... so far, I’ve managed to brush my teeth and make sure the couch is still holding up ?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Good morning Roomies! What greatness are you all aspiring to today??? At some point, I’m going to start the hurricane cleanup.. while it’s mild, it’s still a lot of dang limbs and natural debris on my sidewalk and porch... so far, I’ve managed to brush my teeth and make sure the couch is still holding up ?

You have a sidewalk? They make those out in the country? ?

 

[EllieMay]

Well I guess you can call it that.. it’s a walk way that runs along side my house;-)

 

[Yvonne G]

Good morning Roomies! What greatness are you all aspiring to today??? At some point, I’m going to start the hurricane cleanup.. while it’s mild, it’s still a lot of dang limbs and natural debris on my sidewalk and porch... so far, I’ve managed to brush my teeth and make sure the couch is still holding up ?View attachment 304737

Well, it's 6:50a and already I have briskly walked 10 laps (appx. 1 mile) around the pasture, fed the cats, prepared the daily tortoise dood, fed the young box turtles, the hospitilized painted turtle, the hatchling russian and softshell, played with the kitten, read all the new posts and dispatched my moderator duties on the Forum. As soon as I'm finished here I'm taking the tortoise food out to dispense, then pick up poop and clean and refill waterers. I have it in mind to run the strimmer, but can't predict the future.

 

[Yvonne G]

Well I guess you can call it that.. it’s a walk way that runs along side my house;-)

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Dang! That's just the cutest darned dog. Every time I see her it makes me smile!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Pouring down rain here in bands now. It was quiet at 0600, then light misty rain, now heavy showers. Our garden needed a soaking. Just yesterday i was thinking that our flowers and luffa need a drink. Overnight some heavy thunderstorms. Today, for the next few hours - bands of tropical rain. Wet & warm.

Our Sully LOVES this type of summer, hot, humid & wet. This morning Sully has her head & legs hanging out of the nightbox - enjoying the splashes of rain. Nightbox reads 86F & 83% humidity.

 

[EllieMay]

Well, it's 6:50a and already I have briskly walked 10 laps (appx. 1 mile) around the pasture, fed the cats, prepared the daily tortoise dood, fed the young box turtles, the hospitilized painted turtle, the hatchling russian and softshell, played with the kitten, read all the new posts and dispatched my moderator duties on the Forum. As soon as I'm finished here I'm taking the tortoise food out to dispense, then pick up poop and clean and refill waterers. I have it in mind to run the strimmer, but can't predict the future.

Show off!!!!

 

[EllieMay]

Dang! That's just the cutest darned dog. Every time I see her it makes me smile!

It’s no exaggeration when I call her “my greatest love affair” ... she’s special!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Pouring down rain here in bands now. It was quiet at 0600, then light misty rain, now heavy showers. Our garden needed a soaking. Just yesterday i was thinking that our flowers and luffa need a drink. Overnight some heavy thunderstorms. Today, for the next few hours - bands of tropical rain. Wet & warm.

Our Sully LOVES this type of summer, hot, humid & wet. This morning Sully has her head & legs hanging out of the nightbox - enjoying the splashes of rain. Nightbox reads 86F & 83% humidity.

Raining bands here, too.

 

[EllieMay]

Pouring down rain here in bands now. It was quiet at 0600, then light misty rain, now heavy showers. Our garden needed a soaking. Just yesterday i was thinking that our flowers and luffa need a drink. Overnight some heavy thunderstorms. Today, for the next few hours - bands of tropical rain. Wet & warm.

Our Sully LOVES this type of summer, hot, humid & wet. This morning Sully has her head & legs hanging out of the nightbox - enjoying the splashes of rain. Nightbox reads 86F & 83% humidity.

So will the be all you’ll see out of Laura??? I hope so!!! And there’s no pic of Sully engaging in such behavior????

 

[EllieMay]

Raining bands here, too.
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OMG,, that poor saxophone and trombone!!! It’s instrument blasphemy !!!!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Good mornynoon, Rapturous Roommates!
Today is Thinking Day.
OW!
OW!
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That's quite enough of that for one year.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Raining bands here, too.
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More like “It’s raining Men, hallelujah, it’s raining men.”

 

[Maro2Bear]

So will the be all you’ll see out of Laura??? I hope so!!! And there’s no pic of Sully engaging in such behavior????

Yes...just many inches of rain for a few hours.