COLD DARK ROOM

[Ray--Opo]

Good morning all. Happy Saturday and Happy September too!
It's a bit grey here again but dry, and the weather is supposed to improve from today and into next week - just as all the kids go back to school - I bet they (and especially the staff) will be cursing! 🤬

There was a really interesting programme on BBC tv yesterday about the evolution of torts and their shells called - David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities - Incredible Shells - you may be able to find it if you Google. The second half was about bird egg shells.
It was sad to hear that whaling ships used to take giant torts from places like the Galapagos Islands as fresh food sources and keep them alive with just water until they slaughtered them. Incredible numbers lost - as well as all the whales Mankind has a lot to answer for!

I'm waiting for my nephew to arrive as we are off out on another spending spree to look for some new chairs for him - the ones he has are falling apart. They are going to have to be really sturdy as he is quite a large man so I've warned him we'll be spending quite a bit of cash - I'm just glad it's not mine!!!

Have a good day and I'll see you later.
TTFN

Here is a trick to see if the chair is well made or not. Go behind the chair and grab the back rest with both hands on the top. Try and twist the chair back without moving the legs. If the legs and seat move with the twist motion. It will probably fall apart faster. The less movement the better the chair.

 

[Ray--Opo]

My granddaughter caught a nice king salmon this evening on lake Michigan. Wish I was there.

 

[MaNaAk]

My granddaughter caught a nice king salmon this evening on lake Michigan. Wish I was there. View attachment 361016

Dinner!

 

[MaNaAk]

Good morning;

 

[MaNaAk]

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Almost out!

 

[MaNaAk]

Good evening everyone!

I saw a bat behind my flat🦇!

Natrah

 

[Cathie G]

Good evening everyone!

I saw a bat behind my flat🦇!

Natrah

Do you like them? I kinda do. I know they have a bad reputation but is all that nonsense true. Any animal in the wild can have a nasty disease. On the other hand so can we and spread our germy stuff to them.🤗

 

[MaNaAk]

Do you like them? I kinda do. I know they have a bad reputation but is all that nonsense true. Any animal in the wild can have a nasty disease. On the other hand so can we and spread our germy stuff to them.🤗

We do far more damage than any other species. I love them and find them cute.

Natrah

 

[Cathie G]

We do far more damage than any other species. I love them and find them cute.

Natrah

Me too.😘 I don't have to have a pet one. Watching them is fun enough for me.

 

[Cathie G]

My granddaughter caught a nice king salmon this evening on lake Michigan. Wish I was there. View attachment 361016

Wow nice 👍 I'll bet she's proud. How do you folks usually cook a fresh caught salmon like that?

 

[Ray--Opo]

My granddaughter caught another salmon this morning.

Wow nice 👍 I'll bet she's proud. How do you folks usually cook a fresh caught salmon like that?

There are many ways. For starters we will bring a little container with soy sauce and Wasabi to the fish cleaning station and eat some some raw salmon. But the basic is fillets in the oven seasoned. Cook a fillet on a cedar plank on the grill with onion, sun dried tomatoes and balsamic raspberry dressing.

 

[MaNaAk]

Climbing:

Jacky

 

[Lyn W]

Here is a trick to see if the chair is well made or not. Go behind the chair and grab the back rest with both hands on the top. Try and twist the chair back without moving the legs. If the legs and seat move with the twist motion. It will probably fall apart faster. The less movement the better the chair.

Thanks Ray, good tip

 

[Lyn W]

Good evening everyone!

I saw a bat behind my flat🦇!

Natrah

We have lots around my area, you can see them swooping around at dusk. Not everyone's cup of tea but I love them.

 

[Lyn W]

Me too.😘 I don't have to have a pet one. Watching them is fun enough for me.

They are protected in the UK and it's illegal to disturb them if they set up home in any of our buildings, but have to be removed and re-sited by a registered specialist. However, I'm sure there are plenty of unscrupulous builders who won't wait for that if it means delays in developments.

 

[Lyn W]

My granddaughter caught another salmon this morning.

There are many ways. For starters we will bring a little container with soy sauce and Wasabi to the fish cleaning station and eat some some raw salmon. But the basic is fillets in the oven seasoned. Cook a fillet on a cedar plank on the grill with onion, sun dried tomatoes and balsamic raspberry dressing.

She's a natural - like her grandpa!

 

[MenagerieGrl]

We have lots around my area, you can see them swooping around at dusk. Not everyone's cup of tea but I love them.

I love them, they ARE kinda creepy, but they were put here on this earth for a reason.
Bats I have read, can devour 1000 mosquito's and hour, along with other night flying insects...so they ARE providing a service....

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning/afternoon all.
Summer has made a late appearance in the UK today with temps making a leap from about 66F up to about 84F and wall to wall sunshine in S Wales. I hope it doesn't last too long - it messes with nature and I don't like heat. Lola has been making the most of it though and he's been out basking for hours.

I've had to turn off my gas supply as I think I can smell gas in my kitchen - better safe than sorry. I have an old gas cooker which I don't use that needs to go, and that may be the culprit, so I'll get that disconnected asap. I don't have any other gas appliances so won't miss it.

I hope you're all having a good Monday.
TTFN

 

[Lyn W]

I love them, they ARE kinda creepy, but they were put here on this earth for a reason.
Bats I have read, can devour 1000 mosquito's and hour, along with other night flying insects...so they ARE providing a service....

I totally agree - everything on this planet has a reason and a right to be here - even slugs and snails and creepy crawlies etc clear up for us - other wise we'd be neck deep in rotting vegetation! They in turn are controlled by other things further up the food chain. No need for us to use poisons and chemicals at all just let nature do its job!

 

[MaNaAk]

I love them, they ARE kinda creepy, but they were put here on this earth for a reason.
Bats I have read, can devour 1000 mosquito's and hour, along with other night flying insects...so they ARE providing a service....

Just been doing more bat watching