Isn’t it a few hours dark by 10:30pm? I’m wondering how you see Lola & why she is awake & moving about? Are your lights on timers? Seems odd to be up mooching about.
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Isn’t it a few hours dark by 10:30pm? I’m wondering how you see Lola & why she is awake & moving about? Are your lights on timers? Seems odd to be up mooching about.
Lots of activity in our garden - we have several nesting bird families to include American Bluebirds, White Breasted Nuthatch; the humming birds are feeding in full force. I have three feeders up & there’s plenty of activity. Put more peanuts out & the nuthatches & Carolina Wrens secretly steal peanuts all day long. Out back we routinely place a few pieces of chicken legs that attract either Blackheaded Vultures or cute Red Fox. Last night we watched a vixen fox sneak in & about the food, stopping often to mark her territory. Lastly, there are plenty of honeybees & carpenter bees & wasps all buzzing about. I built a little corbel last week for the “bee house” to sit in the garden. Bees have been checking it out. Ogh yes, two garden fountains are up & providing a water stop for critters. The other morning a flock of some UNID finch were busy taking drinks & bathing.
The Bee & B on New Corbel
The Bee & B on New Corbel
Yes it is, dark about 9.15 now. Usually he is in his hide by then and I cover the entrance when he's settled in and all lights out, but last night I put him in his hide but he came back out. One of my neighbours left his security light on last night, and it's quite bright so I wonder if that disturbed him - there's a window in his room on that side.
This is great, Mark! One of the things I've always wanted on my property is an owl house. Never going to happen, but I'd sure like one. I've also thought about the bee 'n B too. What kind of bees will inhabit yours, do you know?
I've had some disturbing news on the family front. I may or may not have told you all that my daughter has a very slow growing lymph type cancer, has had it now for a couple years. She undergoes infusion therapy every so often. Well now this a.m. she called me to say that her husband has gotten back the results from his colonoscopy. He had a few small polyps removed, but there was a larger mass also. He had a couple MRIs and got those results back yesterday. The larger mass is stage 3 and he will be having daily radiation for the next six weeks. Since he works three driving hours away from home in the Monterey area, I'm presuming he'll be off work for those 6 weeks. He's 62. I'm wondering if he'll be considering retirement.
I'm so sorry to hear that. Radiation in that area will not be pleasant for him so I'm guessing he will be off work for longer while recovering Not the retirement he hoped for I'm sure.
Have they already remove the mass or do they plan to?
My thoughts are with him and your daughter.
Oh, Yvonne, I'm so sorry to hear this. My prayers are with you, your Daughter and her Husband.
Even with the Stage 3 diagnosis, will they be doing surgery and Chemo along with the Radiation?
This will be hard on a persons body. A good friend of mine had melanoma that had metastasized, she underwent several years of Immunotherapy & Chemo, and has been free of the cancer for the last two years.
Along with the prayers . . . 🤞 I have my fingers crossed.🤞
Far as I could determine on the phone this a.m., without my hearing aids, is they only took a small piece for biopsy and are not doing surgery. But I may not have heard correctly.I'm so sorry to hear that. Radiation in that area will not be pleasant for him so I'm guessing he will be off work for longer while recovering Not the retirement he hoped for I'm sure.
Have they already remove the mass or do they plan to?
My thoughts are with him and your daughter.
TheLastGreen
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Have a good day all!
It's getting much colder here and our great dane hates it. Autumn/Fall/Herfs is coming quickly, most trees are losing leaves like there's no tomorrow
Some more images from my grandparents vacation
A road block
The last image isn't zoomed in. The lion was that distance from the camera.
Today was a good day. I painted my closet's insides and took it easy. Anyway, have a good day!
It's getting much colder here and our great dane hates it. Autumn/Fall/Herfs is coming quickly, most trees are losing leaves like there's no tomorrow
Some more images from my grandparents vacation
A road block
The last image isn't zoomed in. The lion was that distance from the camera.
Today was a good day. I painted my closet's insides and took it easy. Anyway, have a good day!
Last year, it looked like various types of bees took up residence.. Some carpenter bees & wasp mud daubbers & others. The holes are various widths & depths, the attic is stuffed with dried sticks & other leaf litter. Not sure who is up there living rent free.
TheLastGreen
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I'm sorry to hear that, send him and your daughter TFO's good wishes. Are you holdin' up at least?
Same to you @maggie3fan, I didn't want to distract from your other thread. I hope it goes better for your friend as well💔
I'm so sorry to see that. I'll be praying for both of them 🤗
Wonderful photos again! They must be having a fantastic time.
The lions in the road made me smile but I don't think I'd have been brave enough to have my camera that close to Mr Leo!!!
TheLastGreen
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My grandparents love the bosveld!
I forgot to add this photo
There is no fencing, so you sleep on a cleared area in the veld. So wildlife, and lions, walk just past where you're sleeping. My grandparents fenced themself in with a windscreen and their cars
(My grandfather has a friend that camped alone in the bushfield. It was night time and he sat by a fire. He then suddenly smelled something vile, indescribably putrid. He got a bad feeling and jumped into his bakkie, when he closed the door a lion emerged from the darkness and walked past... He smelled it's breath!)
*Bakkie means little bowl. It also means truck/pickup truck
I know what you mean 😁 Sapphire scared the heck out of me when he did that. I've been laughing at myself every since. I was sitting on my couch beating myself up after I managed to help him suck all his innerds back in and then I realized what I'd seen. Oh my garsh 😁🤣 maybe Lola is just being a tort going about at his own pace. Who knows what goes on in those little pea picking brains. This is the first year I've had Sapphire out early. He wasn't begging but we've had such wonderful warm days that he didn't have to. He has his own room but I still have to take him out of his enclosure and carry him out. I know we're going to get cold weather and he will be begging but I decided to go ahead and do it. It looks like Lola can decide on his own.🤗Oh yes - he's been flashing since the first year I had him - had me worried sick that there was an alien trying to escape from him
He has adjusted to being a tortoise pretty quickly this year. Normally it takes him months to be brave enough to go outside, but now he is also spending longer out there on sunny days and even started grazing on his clover patch the other day. Maybe he is growing up or perhaps it's the natural uvb recharging his batteries more quickly!!
I'm glad Sapphire's been able to enjoy some sun today.
Lola's been completely opposite today - not wanted to go out and although he's been out for food and a wander he spent a lot of time in his hide. He must have tired himself out after yesterdays activity and late night!!
You're right - Lola knows what he wants to do and is determined to do it!!
He got to go outside yesterday because we have some really nice weather going on. Then he got around 3 hours today. And he'll get to go out tomorrow also and then it's supposed to get rainey and dreary again. I'll have those little torty begging eyes then to look into.😣
I am so sorry to hear this news.
My thoughts and prayers are with you, your daughter and your son in law.
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Good morning all it's bright and sunny but very breezy here.
I keep thinking it's Saturday today, not that it matters much as I've no plans..
I hope you all have a peaceful Sunday and I'll see you later.
I keep thinking it's Saturday today, not that it matters much as I've no plans..
I hope you all have a peaceful Sunday and I'll see you later.
