COLD DARK ROOM

[Cheryl Hills]

Three Little Pigs?? (They don’t usually come from eggs, you know. Somebody tricked you...)
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I’ve been tricked, ohh no!!!!

 

[Cheryl Hills]

Ah, so they ARE Pig’s eggs [emoji23][emoji23]

Yep, pig eggs!

 

[Cheryl Hills]

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

This pig thing is really catching on!

 

[CarolM]

Happy Saturday roomies [emoji851][emoji217][emoji173]️

Happy Sunday Noel.

 

[CarolM]

Yes. It really was interesting. I was in sw Florida inland. It seemed like I dropped off the planet that I knew. I got to hear wildlife breading in the swamp and singing their songs. The bass drum of the alligators, the frogs 4 part harmonies, and all the other sounds. I found out later that some of what I'd heard you have to be there in specific temps and humidity to be a part of it. I'm still trying to understand all of that. All I can say is I'm blessed. I learned the best reptile for me is Saphire,..my little Russian.

Ah sweet. Is she named Sapphire because she is a gem in a million?

 

[CarolM]

My husband does too.. double yuck

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[CarolM]

If ur gonna eat rabbit you have to get past the hare.

Whahaha. You are going to fit right in here!

 

[CarolM]

I think we have been down this “exotic” food theme once (or twice) before. I’ll chime in with having cooked and eaten Timber Rattlesnake when I hiked a lot in college (in Pennsylvania) as well as routinely eating camel when we lived in Libya. Sampled fresh camel’s milk in both Kuwait and Riyadh. It’s all an adventure.

That it certainly is.

 

[CarolM]

Music to my ears as well... I think exotic is dependent upon what’s not native to your area so it must vary for us all. Neat discussion though to hear what’s normal or not for others Venison here is a must have in the freezer

Very true about what's exotic and what's not.

 

[CarolM]

Good afternoon! The sun is setting here and it’s time to relax. We have had a nice productive day outdoors today in sunny 65f weather.. made a trip to town for groceries and greens..Sullies got to play outdoors for a bit . Daughter and I drug out the old corral panels and set up the round pen so we could work some lazy out of the horses. Spring is coming and they are pretty spoiled right now..I think we all enjoyed the attention though!
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The big Palomino is my baby who I rescued from an abusive situation a few years back.. he is 13 and should be named Mighty Mouse.. we have a special connection..the Paint is named Baby because I raised her from a foal and trained her. She doesn’t know she’s a horse. My daughter rides her now and she is 11..

They are both so beautiful.

 

[CarolM]

And this is what my son did while we were working with the horses...View attachment 261447

Looks like he had the hardest job.

 

[CarolM]

Hi EllieMay [emoji851]
We did chores today and cleaned, the sullies just supervised and requested room service [emoji12]

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[CarolM]

Good Sunday all.
Today is going to be a good day. I can feel it. [emoji3]
I think we might go to the beach. I will watch hubby do some boogie boarding, probably also take a nice stroll down the beach and see if I can get a nice tan.

I let scooby out into the front garden and he was jumping and hoping around in the flower bed. Thought nothing of it until I saw that he had caught a small bird. Then the chase was on, me trying to get scooby to drop the bird and scooby trying to keep it and play cat and mouse with it. I eventually managed to get it away from Scooby and have put it in the aviary. Hopefully it survives and I can then release is it. Shame poor thing it was so tiny.
Anyway I hope everyone has a good Sunday and I will chat later.

 

[Kristoff]

Good coffee is the best medicine.

Amen to that!
Have you seen Montgomery this morning? He’s out giant armadillo coffee table and is responsible for our rounds of drinks until the One-Legged Pirate comes in later in the day with a different set of drinks. By the way, I’m Lena, currently in Denmark.

 

[Kristoff]

I love the dark meat of chicken. It is the most moist part.

Me too! Not a fan of duck or turkey in general though.

 

[Kristoff]

I forgot about duck, goose and rabbit. They’re common game meats too. The best goose I had was a wild Canada goose. We saw it fly into power lines which killed it and it had a ring which the bird ringing group I was involved in had ringed. The ring identified the bird as only about 6 months old so we knew it wouldn’t be tough. Our local butcher plucked and gutted it for us.

Your dinner literally fell from the sky [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

I had an emu for a few years. The owner of the emu farm next door to my best friend had this adult male that wasn't a good breeder and they gave it to me for free. He lived here where my leopard tortoises are living now, for about 4 years before he died, I guess of old age, because he wasn't sick. He was quite the character. He was VERY interested in shiny things, so when little kids came over we had to always be with them or he would peck their eyes.

My first reading of “I had an emu for a few years” was food-related. [emoji33][emoji23] I’m on my first cup of coffee now.
I had an emo for a year in class. Not much of a character and didn’t seem interested in anything.

 

[Kristoff]

Yes, he's the same guy I went over and picked up some wood from a couple weeks ago. I told him I'd come back and get the rest at a later date, but I guess he wanted it out of there sooner rather than later. He brought it a little bit ago. Makes a nice big pile for me to have to stack! I slipped a few bucks into the pocket of his sweatshirt to compensate for his gas and muscle power.

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There are two rows of stacked firewood along the fence in the left side of the picture. The outside row is what I picked up from him a couple weeks ago. I think I'm covered for this winter! I still have some scrap lumber to take my chain saw to, but that'll keep for another day.

A lot of work. But I’m glad you’ll be warm for the rest of the winter and it won’t sap your budget.

 

[Kristoff]

Normally I would say yes. But for me it is not good. Although I absolutely love coffee. But it must be decaf for me.

Are you still off painkillers, Carol?

 

[Kristoff]

Loki denies all knowledge of ever giving birth to Dragon or the rest of his litter...

She’s a trickster, that one! [emoji173]️