COLD DARK ROOM

Maro2Bear

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We have been in the process of demoing our fireplace.
We finally finished the demo and the contractor is coming today to frame and in a few days the firebox will be installed by another guy.
Baby steps.
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Wow....big project. But a Ball-Peen hammer? Good luck with that project...always stuff to work on.
 

Kristoff

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We have been in the process of demoing our fireplace.
We finally finished the demo and the contractor is coming today to frame and in a few days the firebox will be installed by another guy.
Baby steps.
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Why? It would have been much easier to install a wood burning stove in the existing fireplace. We did that. It slid right into the fireplace and fit nicely, using the existing chimney. The stove had fans that pulled in the cold air and pushed out the heated air. It had nice skirting around it so it looked like it belonged there. Next time I go to my daughter's house I'll take a picture of it.

Oops! Nevermind. . . I see that you're making a see through wall.
 
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JoesMum

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Congratulations! Well done, JoesBro! [emoji122]

My Dad was born in Bristol; he died in 2002. Son looks very like him. Today would have been Dad’s 82nd Birthday. I think he’d be delighted to see his grandson being awarded a first class degree in Bristol today :)
 

Maro2Bear

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Hot, humid, soggy, wet, muddy. The rains and storms have stopped for now. Good time to check on the garden, Sully, the trees, etc. Banana tree has some leaf damage = Sully food for later today. So much rain, water logged squash, fruit dropping. Last week, too dry. We fight the good fight.

Silly Sully, pouring down rain at 8pm yesterday...he's out there just chomping away on grass n weeds. Rain, what rain? Wind, what wind? Mud, love it.
 

JoesMum

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Hot, humid, soggy, wet, muddy. The rains and storms have stopped for now. Good time to check on the garden, Sully, the trees, etc. Banana tree has some leaf damage = Sully food for later today. So much rain, water logged squash, fruit dropping. Last week, too dry. We fight the good fight.

Silly Sully, pouring down rain at 8pm yesterday...he's out there just chomping away on grass n weeds. Rain, what rain? Wind, what wind? Mud, love it.

Sully isn’t going to blow away :D And wet grass and weeds taste good!
 

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The same type of limestone is used across Canada for public buildings, train stations, even private residences. How cool is that? I had to find and measure six particular fossils, but we spent a lot more time looking at as many of them as we could.
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Ottawa River has many interesting specimens too, visible mostly in summer, when the water levels are lower. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a chance to go to the particular location though.
There was more Tyndall Stone in Montreal:
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...as well as a fossil garden near a small museum at McGill University:
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...featuring one pseudofossil and one giant ammonite from Portland, England from late Jurassic(I believe @Moozillion wears one of these around her neck, only much smaller [emoji23]):
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Yes, I do!!! [emoji2] What a GOOD memory you have!!!!![emoji2][emoji173]️
 

Kristoff

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My Dad was born in Bristol; he died in 2002. Son looks very like him. Today would have been Dad’s 82nd Birthday. I think he’d be delighted to see his grandson being awarded a first class degree in Bristol today :)

What a moving moment for the family. Your dad would have been so proud!
 

Kristoff

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Hot, humid, soggy, wet, muddy. The rains and storms have stopped for now. Good time to check on the garden, Sully, the trees, etc. Banana tree has some leaf damage = Sully food for later today. So much rain, water logged squash, fruit dropping. Last week, too dry. We fight the good fight.

Silly Sully, pouring down rain at 8pm yesterday...he's out there just chomping away on grass n weeds. Rain, what rain? Wind, what wind? Mud, love it.

“Finally someone thinks of washing my salad!” ;) :D
 
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