COLD DARK ROOM

CarolM said:

I need advice from those who are good with plants.
My Hibiscus tree has been slowly dying and I cannot figure out why. Today I have cleared all the ivy growing around it and i cut off all the dead branches off the tree. There were two branches all the way into the ground which was dead. The branches looked like this. Can you see from these pictures what could be the problem?
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I wouldn't rule out a plant disease, either. Plants that are already stressed (as from drought conditions) would be more susceptible.

Do you have anything like our cooperative extension service in South Africa?

So cute, I had to share

Now that the weather is cooling off, George can spend some days riding with me.. Doesn’t he just look thrilled??

Maro2Bear said:

Morning

I’m off as well....full day trip to the Pokomoke River....

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Just back - long day driving and paddling. The Pokomoke River is a swamp like river that has many many Bald Cypress trees nestled both in the water and along the river banks.

Here’s one quick pix of what we were seeing and paddling among.

Here is the FIRST NAME DRAWING for 2018 T.O.R.T.O.I.S.E. !!!

Elsa was asleep- she's started trying to brumate, but I woke her up, gave her a soak and her lunch, so she's wide awake now!

Elsa: "I'll pick THIS one..."

Me: And that's ELENA!!!!! I will pm you the name and address of the person you are to send the package to!

There was a break of about 3 hours in the drawing because we had friends over to watch the football game. Happily, our New Orleans Saints football team WON!
So now we are on to drawing the SECOND T.O.R.T.O.I.S.E. participant!!!

Oh, dear... during the time I was gone, Elsa dug herself back in and went to sleep!

Me: "Elsa! ELSA!!! Wake UP, baby! You've got to draw the rest of the names for TORTOISE!!!!"
Elsa: "...zzz...ZZZ...zzz..."

Never fear, Roomies: I HAVE A CUNNING PLAN!!!

For the drawing of the name of the SECOND 2018 TORTOISE participant, JACQUES has kindly agreed to help!

Me: "Here, Jacques, take a look up here and pick out a name!"
Jacques: "I pick THAT one!"
Me: "This one?"
Jacques: "No, the one next to it..."
Me: "So, THIS one?"
Jaques: "NO! On the other side of that one!"
Me: "OK- then THIS one?"
Jacques: "YES! I want THAT one!"

Jacques has picked HEATHER!!!! Heather, I will pm you the name and address of the person you are to send the TORTOISE package to!

Me: "Jacques, for the drawing of the THIRD TORTOISE participant, why don't you stick your nose out of the water and point that way?"
Jacques: "Ok: then I want THAT one!"
Me: "Which one, again?"
Jacques: "The one I'm pointing at!"
Me: "I still can't tell- do you mean THIS one?"
Jacques: "NO! The one RIGHT NEXT to it..."
Me: "Then THIS one?"
Jacques: "YES! THAT one!"

The THIRD TORTOISE participant is KATHY W! Kathy, I will pm you the name of your TORTOISE recipient, and their address.

Ok, It became pretty obvious that trying to get Jacques to pick the names was going to take forever, so I have THREE other volunteers to help!

This is Monty:




Monty: "Oh, goodie! GOODIE!! I pick THIS ONE!!!"
Me: "DON'T EAT IT!!!!! Spit that out this minute!!!!"

OK: SABINE is our FOURTH participant!!! I will pm you the name and address of the person to send your TORTOISE package to! (Sorry about Monty mangling your name- he gets over excited..."

TORTOISE participants: I will finish posting the drawing tomorrow morning...I'm hoping Elsa will wake up tomorrow...She's much easier to work with than Jacques or Monty!!!!

Cowboy_Ken said:

Today, London England hosted an NFL game. I personally think just for fun, it should have been the New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. As I post this I hope it passes political correctness standards.

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Wembley Stadium is home to our national football (soccer) team. There are many in this country not happy with the carefully manicured grass pitch being "wrecked" to stage a NFL game yesterday. Shahid Khan, owner of NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars,was poised to buy the stadium from the Football Association, but pulled out this week. It is safe to say that many were appalled at the idea of selling the national stadium; someone on the radio yesterday likened it to selling Buckingham Palace.

I wish I had taken a photo yesterday. The IKEA furniture store we visited was very close to the stadium.

Moozillion said:

Here is the FIRST NAME DRAWING for 2018 T.O.R.T.O.I.S.E. !!!

Elsa was asleep- she's started trying to brumate, but I woke her up, gave her a soak and her lunch, so she's wide awake now!

Elsa: "I'll pick THIS one..."

Me: And that's ELENA!!!!! I will pm you the name and address of the person you are to send the package to!

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Yay!

Moozillion said:

TORTOISE participants: I will finish posting the drawing tomorrow morning...I'm hoping Elsa will wake up tomorrow...She's much easier to work with than Jacques or Monty!!!!

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I have to say that Adam has things much easier with Tidgy! Well done Jacques and Monty for helping so far

Good morning all. It's Monday, the first load of laundry is whirring away in the machine, and I shall be heading off for my swim shortly to exercise my shoulder.

I hope you all have a good week

Pastel Tortie said:

I wouldn't rule out a plant disease, either. Plants that are already stressed (as from drought conditions) would be more susceptible.

Do you have anything like our cooperative extension service in South Africa?

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I have no clue. What is the Cooperative extension service?

EllieMay said:

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EllieMay said:

Now that the weather is cooling off, George can spend some days riding with me.. Doesn’t he just look thrilled??
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He looks very thrilled. Such a cutie pie.

Moozillion said:

TORTOISE participants: I will finish posting the drawing tomorrow morning...I'm hoping Elsa will wake up tomorrow...She's much easier to work with than Jacques or Monty!!!!

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Whahaha. Loved it. Monty, Jacques, and Elsa are all absolute stars. Please give them an extra treat from us to say thank you. And give yourself one because you are doing an awesome job.

JoesMum said:

Good morning all. It's Monday, the first load of laundry is whirring away in the machine, and I shall be heading off for my swim shortly to exercise my shoulder.

I hope you all have a good week

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You too. Enjoy your swim.

Good Morning all.
The work week has started. [emoji26][emoji26]
And I arrived at work to see this.
Enjoy your Monday.