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CarolM

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I had to keep him on course a couple times but ultimately, he pushed through and went in! I think it’s excellent progress for just a few days.. eventually, he’ll get it. And the traction grips were a huge help @Cathie G
That should help tremendously. Well done.
 

CarolM

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Good mornooning all!

JoesDad flies home today so he’ll be back this evening. :)

This Sunday is Mother’s Day in the UK and my children have announced they’re coming home to cook lunch for me :) Mothering Sunday is a church festival linked to Easter which is why it’s different to the day it’s widely celebrated elsewhere in the world.

We are temporarily an hour closer to the American continent, but our clocks go forward this weekend.
Sounds like your kids have it all sorted. Enjoy Friday Linda.
 

CarolM

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Hubby says that there is nothing to do here. Lol he gets bored very easily.

I am going to take a walk around the neighbourhood and walk off breakfast. Later I want to visit the olive farm and take a walk around the mountain area to see if I can see any torts. Although it is overcast so they may not come out. We will see. Enjoy your Fridays and chat later all.
 

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Hubby says that there is nothing to do here. Lol he gets bored very easily.

I am going to take a walk around the neighbourhood and walk off breakfast. Later I want to visit the olive farm and take a walk around the mountain area to see if I can see any torts. Although it is overcast so they may not come out. We will see. Enjoy your Fridays and chat later all.

Invest in binoculars and take them with you on trips. There’s always bird life around to identify :)
 

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Okay, Stephen and I did a bit of traveling as well. And we drove out of Cape Town for a hour and a half to Riebeek Kasteel. Although our anniversary was in Feb, this is our weekend away to celebrate it. Riebeek Kasteel is one of the oldest towns in South Africa and is surrounded by farms and winery's.

I don't know how to write between photos on the app. Sorry.

Anyway, this is our room and right outside are the spears etc. But what especially caught my eye was the tortoise shell. Is it a Leopard tortoise by any chance?

So we settled in and later went for supper. The food was really yummy, so I took a photo of their telephone number in case one of you would like to make a reservation. [emoji6]

Tomorrow we do some more exploring. They town is full of beautiful plants and trees. Would it be wrong to take a piece here and there to propagate?

Anyway it is late and my eyes are all blurry now. I will probably read this tomorrow and see tons of errors. [emoji85]

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What a beautiful area!
 

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Happy Friday all. Finally back to my own coffee, coffee pot and favorite mug (pix of a Toucan balancing a pint with the saying “Lovely Day for a Guinness”).

Amazing how the garden has changed over the past two weeks - dandelions are up and blooming, plants budding, and everything is dry! A few weeks ago our back garden was squishy, often attempting to suck ones shoes off if not careful.

Enjoy
 

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I had to keep him on course a couple times but ultimately, he pushed through and went in! I think it’s excellent progress for just a few days.. eventually, he’ll get it. And the traction grips were a huge help @Cathie G
Good boy Toretto!
Maybe he needs banisters to keep him heading straight ahead :)
I have often used backward chaining in school to teach what we take for granted as simple tasks.
You break everything down into small steps and start teaching the last step first.
I don't know if it would work with torts but looks like whatever you are doing is working with Toretto.
 

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Well I finally caught up but it has been really hard work tonight .:(:mad::confused::rolleyes:
Between the ads jumping around and having to log in about 5 times it has taken much longer than before the changes.
So I am going to sign out before my laptop goes flying through the window!
So Nos Da and see you tomorrow
Take care,
Please take care of that laptop, Lyn! We're forever grateful to your nephew for giving it to you when you were AWOL for a while :eek:
 

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I need to go to sleep but the hubby (Eric) got called out to work and Law and Order has sucked me in. I think it is season 1. I’m on episode 2.
We have Law and Order UK on late at night, and there are some good storylines but difficult to watch all the way through at that time of night.
 

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