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CarolM

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Good Morning All.
Today is a bit windy but hopefully it slows down and warms UP ([emoji85] I am forever going to think of Yvonne's post everytime I use the word up from now on.) later.
Yay, It is Friday. Time for weekend. Tomorrow instead of hockey matches we are going to watch school jamming. It is a competition where the schools compete against each other with musicals and dancing. This will be the first one I go to. Postcards will be posted.
 

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Good morning all, it's a very wet day here today and it's in for the day.
I'm dog sitting this weekend so dog-proofing my house - making sure anything chewable is out of reach especially Lola - although he's almost as big as the dog - but you can't be too careful!
Hope everyone has a good Friday.
 

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Good Morning All.
Today is a bit windy but hopefully it slows down and warms UP ([emoji85] I am forever going to think of Yvonne's post everytime I use the word up from now on.) later.
Yay, It is Friday. Time for weekend. Tomorrow instead of hockey matches we are going to watch school jamming. It is a competition where the schools compete against each other with musicals and dancing. This will be the first one I go to. Postcards will be posted.

I love competitive music. My side of the family has always been very musical. My son came home yesterday and told me his favorite part of the day was visiting the music room [emoji307].. made my heart happy! Looking forward to your competition peaks!
 

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Good morning all, it's a very wet day here today and it's in for the day.
I'm dog sitting this weekend so dog-proofing my house - making sure anything chewable is out of reach especially Lola - although he's almost as big as the dog - but you can't be too careful!
Hope everyone has a good Friday.

Oh the best kind of visitors... the ones who play and leave:)) petsitting woukd definitly be my career of choice if I could make any money at it !!! Enjoy your guest and hope he’s well behaved!
 

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I love competitive music. My side of the family has always been very musical. My son came home yesterday and told me his favorite part of the day was visiting the music room [emoji307].. made my heart happy! Looking forward to your competition peaks!
Well I sort of have expectations of a show like pitch perfect, but suspect it might not quite be the same. I will try to get a few video clips as well, if I am allowed to that is.:rolleyes: As I just realized that we might not be allowed to take photos. Oh I hope we are....
 

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I love competitive music. My side of the family has always been very musical. My son came home yesterday and told me his favorite part of the day was visiting the music room [emoji307].. made my heart happy! Looking forward to your competition peaks!
My mums side of the family are always singing and stuff like that, however my dads side who all live in Scotland are very stern and serious. You wouldn’t catch them singing or dancing:D
 

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My mums side of the family are always singing and stuff like that, however my dads side who all live in Scotland are very stern and serious. You wouldn’t catch them singing or dancing:D

Not even on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay? Ive seen many a burly Scotsman whooping it up. Maybe they sang n danced once the wee uns were tucked away.

Side note...many years back, at a pub in the Highlands,I was asked to participate in the “first footing”. Quite a night.
 

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Not even on New Year’s Eve/Hogmanay? Ive seen many a burly Scotsman whooping it up. Maybe they sang n danced once the wee uns were tucked away.

Side note...many years back, at a pub in the Highlands,I was asked to participate in the “first footing”. Quite a night.
First footing?
 

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Did I mention that I ordered me a mixture of duckling eggs a couple weeks ago?? They are incubating now and due to hatch next Thursday. I ordered 12 eggs and I have 8 viable babies at this point. I got an email that my chicken coop was delivered today . Maybe I’ll get that together in the early hours this weekend.
I have a lot of wild ducks that visit so I thought some home-base foragers might be good for the property...
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That is the ultimate chicken coop!
 

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When I was student I worked in Alcan, packing aluminium circles to be sent off all around the world for the making of saucepans and Guinness barrels.
Fortunately nothing more drastic than the furnaces breaking down happened.
We had big bins that said aluminum only. Used only for aluminum sprew left over from casting. If you threw a soda can in there you could be fired. If there was any leftover soda in the can. It could be a problem when the aluminum was melted again.
 

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Did I mention that I ordered me a mixture of duckling eggs a couple weeks ago?? They are incubating now and due to hatch next Thursday. I ordered 12 eggs and I have 8 viable babies at this point. I got an email that my chicken coop was delivered today . Maybe I’ll get that together in the early hours this weekend.
I have a lot of wild ducks that visit so I thought some home-base foragers might be good for the property...
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Yay I can’t wait to see your babies.

I keep chickens, mainly Silkies and I hatched 16 last year I got quite a few males which was not good and I had to part with them recently as they were keeping the whole village awake!
 

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Goodmorning everyone! I rearranged Opo's hides the other day. Now he is acting weird. Doesn't like coming out but when I get him out. He eats like a madman. Poops in his pool. Everything normal just doesn't want to come out. Dont know if it was in the first of the week. We were attacked by mosquitoes for a few days. The mosquitoes have subsided now during the day.
 

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Goodmorning everyone! I rearranged Opo's hides the other day. Now he is acting weird. Doesn't like coming out but when I get him out. He eats like a madman. Poops in his pool. Everything normal just doesn't want to come out. Dont know if it was in the first of the week. We were attacked by mosquitoes for a few days. The mosquitoes have subsided now during the day.
oh poor Opo. Glad the mossies are sorted though.
 

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Hi everyone! Im very busy this summer with my student job, now I gotta go scare the goose’s! So Lena has arrived in Canada eh? I wonder where she and her husband decided to live! Hopefully in Québec!! hehe : )

Bonjour Olivier! Howzit goin’ eh? [emoji23] (I’m trying... hard.) We’re not in Québec, but just across the bridge. Is it the Canada geese you’re trying to scare? From my experience, it’s harder than it sounds. I think a gaggle of those is trying to force their way into the CDR as I’m typing this. And we thought the meerkats were a problem. Doh!
Good to not see you. :)
 

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Good morning everyone! Last night I got a alert on my phone that there was movement on the porch. I looked at the cam and saw 2 shady looking tortoises trading some mazuri for Opo's mustard greens and bok choy. I didn't realize Opo had that bad of addiction to mazuri. I guess it might be rehab time.
I couldn't identify the torts because they both had hoodies on. :mad:

Goodness. Opo must resist the urge, or those shady dealers will make him shell out more and more each time! [emoji33]
 
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