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Maro2Bear

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I really want Carol’s luck for the Russia match — I predicted Spain to win, and I hope I’m wrong!! :D [emoji23]

I think Russia’s luck and excitement of hosting FIFA won’t hold out today. They made a good show, but I’m thinking Spain will prevail.
 

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I think Russia’s luck and excitement of hosting FIFA won’t hold out today. They made a good show, but I’m thinking Spain will prevail.

I agree—if it is a fair game. (And that’s a big “if” when it comes to Russia in general, I’m afraid.) Above all, I hope to see fair play. ;)
 

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Hot hot and Hotter today than yesterday. I opted out of another day of kayaking today on one of our favorite rivers - i don’t think two back-to-back days of sun exposure coupled with heat exhaustion is healthy. Today, some puttering around in our back SHADED garden areas.

That sounds a wise move.

I am pottering round our garden between laundry loads. Our insect house is starting to be occupied by solitary bees. Different species use different size holes and cap them with different materials.

In the bamboo cane, you can see some capped with leaves - these are Leaf Cutter Bee nests. Some are capped with a reddish coloured material and some very small holes with white material. The new bees will emerge next spring I think

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That sounds a wise move.

I am pottering round our garden between laundry loads. Our insect house is starting to be occupied by solitary bees. Different species use different size holes and cap them with different materials.

In the bamboo cane, you can see some capped with leaves - these are Leaf Cutter Bee nests. Some are capped with a reddish coloured material and some very small holes with white material. The new bees will emerge next spring I think

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One more conservation center in another corner of the CDR! :) I share Carol’s dream — win the lottery and try to visit each corner occupied by our wonderful roommates. :D Hmm, husband bought a lottery ticket yesterday, should ask him if he forgot to tell me something... ;)
 

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That sounds a wise move.

I am pottering round our garden between laundry loads. Our insect house is starting to be occupied by solitary bees. Different species use different size holes and cap them with different materials.

In the bamboo cane, you can see some capped with leaves - these are Leaf Cutter Bee nests. Some are capped with a reddish coloured material and some very small holes with white material. The new bees will emerge next spring I think

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Very neat insect house. We visited a very popular garden center on our way back from crabbing on Tuesday and they had one entire section devoted to this type of insect houses. Always good to have these beneficial insects in ones gsrden.

And...just found the FIFA broadcast, so we are all set up to watch the game.
 

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Good morning and happy Sunday to you all.

While we were out yesterday, daughter made a flying visit home to eat all our French cheese and then scarpered [emoji849]

Actually, she came back to Kent to go out checking dormouse nests with her license supervisor ... there were babies [emoji7]
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Then went home via our fridge. :D

Laundry day today. I had better get the first load on.
Lol. My hubby is 46 and he still raids his Mom's fridge whenever he visits her.[emoji3] Laundry day for me too. All washed now busy drying it in the tumble dryer.
 

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Lol. My hubby is 46 and he still raids his Mom's fridge whenever he visits her.[emoji3] Laundry day for me too. All washed now busy drying it in the tumble dryer.
Mine is out on the line drying in the sunshine :) I love the smell of washing that has dried outside. It's a short season for doing it here in the UK unfortunately
 

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Rain is good! You have had ample opportunity to dry stuff outside. Some wonderful wet stuff helping plants togrow and filling reservoirs is exactly what you need!
Lol. Definitly. My plants and garden are doing really well with all the rain we have had. So I am not complaining at all.
 

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