COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

My orchid is now properly back in flower
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I have one as well!



What do I do with it now?? Take off the wrapping and panic? [emoji33]

 

[Kristoff]

Yip. Piggies in a blanket. Normally mincemeat wrapped in cabbage and cooked with lots of gravy. That is what it means over here. [emoji3]

Sounds yummy!

 

[Kristoff]

We need to learn how to teleport it.

We’d solve all climate-related problems, teleporting the rain back and forth! Nobel Prize stuff!

 

[Kristoff]

Yep..same here - but the sauce is usually diced/pureed tomato.

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Golubtsy! Now I know what they’re called in English [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

British Pigs in blankets are pork sausages wrapped in bacon. A traditional accompaniment to the Christmas turkey dinner
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That’s even better. I’d take bacon over cabbage any day [emoji39]

 

[Kristoff]

And, there are aldo the pigs in a blanket...

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Nah. The British version, with the bacon.

 

[Kristoff]

You heard it all the way over there? No wonder the neighbours were complaining.

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The neighbors in Cape Town or those in the Pretend Chat? [emoji33][emoji33]

 

[Kristoff]

Uh huh!!

So much for “speeding up” time cooking then...
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[Kristoff]

Not a lot of fresh, new green grass growing these days. I have a bag of Timothy Hay that I routinely feed Sully. I normally take a big handful, place in a bucket, let it soak up (smells wonderful) then drain. I then feed other things on top of this....dandelion greens, cactus pads, mazuri pellets, dehydrated (and then rehydrated) pumpkin, etc. a good mix of things. The hay gets a bit messy and spread out, but is mostly eaten up along with the rest of the morsels.

To supplement grocery greens and Mazuri, last year I bought some Timothy Hay pellets for horses....but these were far too small (on the order of rabbit pellets). Sully ate them, but i think pushed more around than eaten. Ended up only using a few pounds of the 25 lb bag.

I searched our local feed supply store for hay cubes, but didn't find exactly what i was searching for. To the internet I go, and found 3 lb bags of Timothy Hay cubes. Ordered two bags that arrived today....

They smell great, I added a bit of water to rehydrate them a tad, and mixed in with Sully’s food for the day. Not messy, thats for sure, nice big cubes.

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Can see the size of the cubes here

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I still prefer the Piggies in a Blanket...

 

[Kristoff]

Well, my little piggy is trying to get out of it’s blanket!


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Oink! [emoji173]️

 

[Kristoff]

I stayed home sick today. Mostly I tried to get some rest, but having five or six kitties on the bed, all trying to keep Mama company and help Mama feel better... was counterproductive.

I hope they at least kept you warm. Get well soon!

 

[Kristoff]

Russian

Can’t be. We don’t hatch either. Just like pigs. [emoji33][emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Good mornooning everyone. Today, I am off to meet friends from my moderator forum in Salisbury.

If Salisbury sounds vaguely familiar then think novichok nerve agent and Russian agents allegedly going there only to see the cathedral. Anyways, I have been there in the immediate aftermath of that incident and survived, so I doubt today will differ

I remember you promising us not to pick up anybody’s trash... Have a good meeting!

 

[Kristoff]

Have a good day and don't go Russian around!

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[Kristoff]

That`s what I was thought too. But .... all cats are crazy ! Now we know.
Maybe we can make a "life-safer" tip of this: When a lion wants to eat you, throw a big cardbox in his direction ! He will immediately stop and try if he fits in the box !

The essential safari equipment [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Update, I have a perfect little dinosaur! 10 grams.

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Hello, Fifer! [emoji200]
He’s gorgeous!

 

[Kristoff]

He is so cute. Now hiding under the paper towel. And I had it al the way down but he figured out how to get under it.

Of course. The Russians’ famous burrowing skills!

 

[JoesMum]

I have one as well!

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What do I do with it now?? Take off the wrapping and panic? [emoji33]

Stand it in a bowl of warm water for an hour once a week. Let the water drain away. It mustn’t sit in a puddle. Keep it on a north facing windowsill. It doesn’t want direct sunlight.

 

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning all. It appears I am not quite as free of daughter’s cold as I thought. I had a bit of a rough night. I shall be taking it easy today.

 

[CarolM]

Now I know who to blame when it rains in the CDR!

Hope the roommates gave you a warm welcome, despite the Room’s name, and you’ve found a comfortable armadillo to sit on. Coffee?

I thought that we had welcomed him before? It gets so confusing. [emoji33]