COLD DARK ROOM

[Momof4]

 

[Yvonne G]

There is a baby robin under our decking at the moment, the parents are going mad trying to find it. We thought we’d leave it alone just so their is a slim chance they can retrieve the baby and not abandon it. What do you guys think we should do? Letting nature take its course seems to be the safest option at this point.

As long as it keep cheeping they will find it.

 

[JoesMum]

There is a baby robin under our decking at the moment, the parents are going mad trying to find it. We thought we’d leave it alone just so their is a slim chance they can retrieve the baby and not abandon it. What do you guys think we should do? Letting nature take its course seems to be the safest option at this point.

Stay away. They’ll work it out better without you watching [emoji4]

 

[JoesMum]

Good evening all

@Moozillion are you paying attention? I have postcards for Bea’s bucket list! (Actually, it’s more of a vat than a bucket now! [emoji1])

We are in the Lake District national park and, it being a beautiful sunny Sunday, the main aim was to stay out if the way of tourists and cyclists and enjoy the countryside.

So we started at a small nature reserve called Dorothy Farrer’s Spring Wood (There’s a spring there which I presume used to belong to Dorothy)

It is a rare patch of completely unspoiled ancient woodland. The flowers (mostly bluebells and wild garlic) were stunning and the bird song deafening. We even saw a Tawny Owl! It was stunningly beautiful in the sunshine and so peaceful

 

[JoesMum]

Next up we headed to Windermere, the largest of the lakes, and climbed to the top of Orrest Head for a picnic lunch with amazing 360 degree views of the lake and the fells (hills) We could even see the Irish Sea in Morecambe Bay because it was so clear.





My knee was starting to complain after that so we decided to do less arduous things in the afternoon!

 

[JoesMum]

Next up was a trip to Troutbeck (famous resident Beatrix Potter) for a visit to a National Trust property called Townend It is over 400 years old and was lived in by the same family until 1948.



The barn was built in 1667



The baby’s crib has a door in the end that you can put a hot brick in to keep baby warm.

 

[JoesMum]

And we finished our day Rydal Mount, home of 19th century poet William Wordsworth who “wandered lonely as a cloud” in his poem Daffodils. It’s next to one of the smaller lakes, Rydal Water




Tonight we are staying near Grasmere another of the larger lakes.

 

[Ben02]

Stay away. They’ll work it out better without you watching [emoji4]

I’ll have to accompany my dog when he goes out then

 

[KarenSoCal]

And we finished our day Rydal Mount, home of 19th century poet William Wordsworth who “wandered lonely as a cloud” in his poem Daffodils. It’s next to one of the smaller lakes, Rydal Water
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Tonight we are staying near Grasmere another of the larger lakes.

Just gorgeous! What a great day you have had!

 

[aqualungs]

^stunning landscapes!

 

[KarenSoCal]

Too all the armadillos, jellyfish, wool spiders (if you exist), one-legged pirates and any other CDR inhabitant I may have missed - you are all valued and loved! Please continue on with your respective duties. We can't do it here without you!!!

By golly! You did it! The poke lights are available, and I'm sitting with a meercat curled at my feet! Yvonne, you rock! [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Moozillion]

Good evening all

@Moozillion are you paying attention? I have postcards for Bea’s bucket list! (Actually, it’s more of a vat than a bucket now! [emoji1])

We are in the Lake District national park and, it being a beautiful sunny Sunday, the main aim was to stay out if the way of tourists and cyclists and enjoy the countryside.

So we started at a small nature reserve called Dorothy Farrer’s Spring Wood (There’s a spring there which I presume used to belong to Dorothy)

It is a rare patch of completely unspoiled ancient woodland. The flowers (mostly bluebells and wild garlic) were stunning and the bird song deafening. We even saw a Tawny Owl! It was stunningly beautiful in the sunshine and so peaceful

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Oh, MY!!!!

 

[Cathie G]

Yeah mine grow back when the rainy season come in the winter rolls around

Have you ever tried to eat them? I have and our Kroger sells them in the organic section of produce now. I've deep fried the flowers and cooked the leaves like kale. They taste good but they are really dehydrating. I might try to cook some from Krogers and blanch them first. Just to see...or pick some and try again.

 

[Ray--Opo]

I'll bet you're glad to be able to get up out of that chair, if only for a little while.

I does feel good. Going to Orlando tomorrow to do what tourists do. So hopefully I will get more practice.

 

[Maro2Bear]

And we finished our day Rydal Mount, home of 19th century poet William Wordsworth who “wandered lonely as a cloud” in his poem Daffodils. It’s next to one of the smaller lakes, Rydal Water
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Hope you can get out on the water!

 

[Ray--Opo]

Yep.... i put down a few bags of MilOrganite too. Mil=Milwaukee , Organite = organic solids produced by the residents of Wisconsin

Good stuff -
Exactly what is Milorganite?
Milorganite is one of the oldest branded fertilizers on the market. It’s composed of heat-dried microbes that have digested the organic matter in wastewater. Milorganite is manufactured by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. The District captures wastewater from the metropolitan Milwaukee area, including local industries such as MillerCoors.

Using large-scale processes that mimic nature, microbes digest the nutrients found in the water. The cleaned water is returned to Lake Michigan while the microbes are kiln-dried into small pellets. So Milorganite is actually a bag of dried microbes!

Is it readily available all over the U.S.?

 

[Cathie G]

Tortoise keeping is a bit like deliberately being slovenly. You actually want the weeds to grow. The neighbours think of you as someone wanting their house to be more dusty and full of cobwebs.

All my so called helpers think I'm nuts when I get upset because they are trying to weedeat my weeds. I've been trying to get my flower beds full of wild violets for years. They make a nice ground cover and a pretty spring flower.

 

[Ray--Opo]

I'm really glad for you and your family. I didn't know a tortoise could get pinworms but it makes sense. What did you have to do to help Opo and how did you know?

Well the verdicts still out on that. When I posted the medicine here. Vladimir said that was given to him for Vladimir. I have had a few responses here that maybe it was parasites and should be treated with another medicine. It was said pinworms dont make loose stools which Opo had. I called the vet a few times and am getting a feeling he doesn't treat torts much. Today and yesterday Opo's stools were fine. So something's working. Do you know if the vet list on TFO are verified tortoise vets?

 

[Cathie G]

A very Happy Mothers day to all the mothers out there. I hope your 4 legged children behave and your 2 legged ones spoil you.

Three of my 2 legged spoiled ones visited and that was nice. Several other texted and that was nice too.

 

[Ray--Opo]

A floating Opel car. Sounds funny but I think it wasn`t funny for you.

I was young I didn't mind