CarolM
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Poor them. Sending warm sunshine to everyone who need it.
COLD DARK ROOM
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CarolM
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[emoji33] [emoji33] [emoji33] ding ding ding. And Linda is in corner on the right and at 6ft will be going against Carol at 5ft. I think on arm reach alone Linda might give Carol a bit of a hard time. However don't write Carol off just yet as she can easily manage to slip in here and there under Linda's arms.
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Don't talk too much about missing socks in the CDR. The wool spider, if she exists, will use it as an excuse to knit even more!
I wonder if we could persuade her on to Christmas jumpers?... Maybe not this side of Halloween, but afterwards?
CarolM
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We have a chicory coffee here.
CarolM
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True story!!!
CarolM
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We do need some xmas stockings to put on the mantel piece. Or end of beds in my house.
Good plan! But I’d rather not get tangled in the arrangements, if you don’t mind.
CarolM
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Do you think if we feed her red mulberries she will spin/knitt red silk stockings? That is if she exists?Good plan! But I’d rather not get tangled in the arrangements, if you don’t mind.
Sjoe, as Carol would say, I have been for my swim, got the laundry on the go and been out in the garden.
Garden job 1 is renewing my battle with other people's cats. They have taken to lurking under a cotoneaster shrub I have so they can pounce on the birds visiting my garden. It looks like there's been a pillow fight as a cat took a woodpigeon on Saturday. I have now dumped a load of stuff under the cotoneaster so the cats can't get in there
Garden job 2 is cleaning my bird feeders. I do this every fortnight usually. There is a particularly nasty disease affecting finches that they think is spread through dirty bird feeders, so I give mine a quick clean and then soak them in a disinfectant solution.
Garden job 3 is doing the same to the bird bath and garden job 4 is clearing some more ivy from the fence (it really has grown out of control this year!), but it's cold out there and I need a cup of tea to warm up!
We don't have many birds on the feeders at the moment. We had a sparrowhawk sitting on the back fence yesterday, so I suspect that may be the reason. Bird feeders attract small birds and sparrowhawks hunt small birds. I don't mind the sparrowhawks. They don't hunt for the sake of it; they take what they need to survive. When they turn up, they're around for a few days and then move on to someone else's garden where the birds aren't expecting them!
Garden job 1 is renewing my battle with other people's cats. They have taken to lurking under a cotoneaster shrub I have so they can pounce on the birds visiting my garden. It looks like there's been a pillow fight as a cat took a woodpigeon on Saturday. I have now dumped a load of stuff under the cotoneaster so the cats can't get in there
Garden job 2 is cleaning my bird feeders. I do this every fortnight usually. There is a particularly nasty disease affecting finches that they think is spread through dirty bird feeders, so I give mine a quick clean and then soak them in a disinfectant solution.
Garden job 3 is doing the same to the bird bath and garden job 4 is clearing some more ivy from the fence (it really has grown out of control this year!), but it's cold out there and I need a cup of tea to warm up!
We don't have many birds on the feeders at the moment. We had a sparrowhawk sitting on the back fence yesterday, so I suspect that may be the reason. Bird feeders attract small birds and sparrowhawks hunt small birds. I don't mind the sparrowhawks. They don't hunt for the sake of it; they take what they need to survive. When they turn up, they're around for a few days and then move on to someone else's garden where the birds aren't expecting them!
CarolM
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Oh shame. Maybe you should get a dog. The dog will keep the cats out and won't bother the birds at all.Sjoe, as Carol would say, I have been for my swim, got the laundry on the go and been out in the garden.
Garden job 1 is renewing my battle with other people's cats. They have taken to lurking under a cotoneaster shrub I have so they can pounce on the birds visiting my garden. It looks like there's been a pillow fight as a cat took a woodpigeon on Saturday. I have now dumped a load of stuff under the cotoneaster so the cats can't get in there
Garden job 2 is cleaning my bird feeders. I do this every fortnight usually. There is a particularly nasty disease affecting finches that they think is spread through dirty bird feeders, so I give mine a quick clean and then soak them in a disinfectant solution.
Garden job 3 is doing the same to the bird bath and garden job 4 is clearing some more ivy from the fence (it really has grown out of control this year!), but it's cold out there and I need a cup of tea to warm up!
We don't have many birds on the feeders at the moment. We had a sparrowhawk sitting on the back fence yesterday, so I suspect that may be the reason. Bird feeders attract small birds and sparrowhawks hunt small birds. I don't mind the sparrowhawks; they don't hunt for the sake of it. They take what they need to survive. When they turn up, they're around for a few days and then move on to someone else's garden where the birds aren't expecting them!
Not really practical with the amount of travelling we do
CarolM
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Right I forgot about that. Then as soon as they bring out robot dogs you can get one of those.
Dunno how much of a greater demand there is.... yes, ppl do purchase as salad greens but it’s just one of a large variety of available greens. Only the greens are sold - nice bundles - but Sully does love the flowers of course.
Sully Enjoying Spring Dandelions -
Pastel Tortie
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Awesome! That looks like such an interesting tour of the old tunnels. Does "Mind the Gap" go back that far?
Yeah ! Let the best pics win !
Today I have heard that it soon will be 15 C in Germany again ! Silly weather but I won`t reject the warmth.
When my tortoises had been outdoors this summer they found very old dog poop that I haven`t seen. I think they smell it.
CarolM
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They most probably do.When my tortoises had been outdoors this summer they found very old dog poop that I haven`t seen. I think they smell it.
