COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Morning Boys! 6:20 in Texas! Almost time to get my little "brigade" out of beds and next hour in my house will sound like inside a bee hiveNice, crispy morning, open windows, love this weather! I used to hate November and now always look forward to it. But, oh! How I wish I had another couple of hrs to stay in bed (yawning and stretching her tired bones) Where's my armadillo? (No armadillo emoji with the new ios updates, damn!)

Morning, Ewa, couple of hours extra kip sounds good to me, too.
Wonder if we should campaign for armadillo, hedgehog, jellyfish and one-legged pirate emojis?
It's not much to ask.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

View attachment 153850 this is part of my Halloween decorations. My front steps are pretty crowded now but the kids love this stuff

I miss all the fun of Halloween.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

LView attachment 153854 look at this little fly taking a drink of water

It's lovely that these gorgeous flowers are blooming now!
(though probably climate change is not good).
And the little hoverfly (?) taking a drink is super!

 

[Pearly]

I miss all the fun of Halloween.

I love Halloween, too. Our house is in very family oriented subdivision, lots of kids! We always seem to have great dry weather on Halloween night and all the streets come alive with kids and adults all dressed up, decorations and foot traffic that one never sees here otherwise, and all the decorations, scary cartoons playing on outdoor big projectors on some folks' front lawns, hunted houses in some folks' garages and mazes for the kids to go through on sidewalks... Lots of fun! Many neighbors put lot of effort into making it a very special night for the community here. So in Morocco there's no Halloween?

 

[Pearly]

It's lovely that these gorgeous flowers are blooming now!
(though probably climate change is not good).
And the little hoverfly (?) taking a drink is super!

Yes, something definitely is going on with the weather. I had very few irises bloom this spring, and NONE of my daylillies bloomed! Granted I was pretty much housebound this spring after surgeries, couldn't walk and my garden is on a little slope so not wheelchair accessible at all, but that's neither here nor there, irises and daylillies are pretty much maintenance free and have always been dependable for spring bloom performance. Oh well, guess I may have to try dividing them in next few weeks and giving little fertilizer to the roots and see how it goes.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I love Halloween, too. Our house is in very family oriented subdivision, lots of kids! We always seem to have great dry weather on Halloween night and all the streets come alive with kids and adults all dressed up, decorations and foot traffic that one never sees here otherwise, and all the decorations, scary cartoons playing on outdoor big projectors on some folks' front lawns, hunted houses in some folks' garages and mazes for the kids to go through on sidewalks... Lots of fun! Many neighbors put lot of effort into making it a very special night for the community here. So in Morocco there's no Halloween?

No, because they actually believe in evil spirits, possession, djinns taking on the form of monsters, etc.
They often ask me if things like Spiderman or even The Power Rangers are real.
Also it would be considered heretical.
if I dressed up, I'd probably get stoned.
Got to go, my student's just arrived!!

 

[Pearly]

Ok, it was nice to "escape" from the madness of my morning weekday routine to the CDR. It's quiet now, the cats have been fed, kids at school, husband at work, and I'll be off soon, too. TTFN

 

[johnandjade]

Why not, indeed?
Don't think you've anything to lose.
Worth a try, in my opinion.

if not the work load will drop

 

[johnandjade]

I'm tired today, didn't sleep well last night and just completed 2 hours teaching with another 4 to go.
Sore throat and headache!
Woe is me!

few hot toddies tonight might do the trick?

 

[johnandjade]

Yes, something definitely is going on with the weather. I had very few irises bloom this spring, and NONE of my daylillies bloomed! Granted I was pretty much housebound this spring after surgeries, couldn't walk and my garden is on a little slope so not wheelchair accessible at all, but that's neither here nor there, irises and daylillies are pretty much maintenance free and have always been dependable for spring bloom performance. Oh well, guess I may have to try dividing them in next few weeks and giving little fertilizer to the roots and see how it goes.

hope you're feeling better

 

[Pearly]

No, because they actually believe in evil spirits, possession, djinns taking on the form of monsters, etc.
They often ask me if things like Spiderman or even The Power Rangers are real.
Also it would be considered heretical.
if I dressed up, I'd probably get stoned.
Got to go, my student's just arrived!!

Stoned???? As if .... with the stones?... Or certain...herb?....

 

[Pearly]

That was a joke, sorry! That's to bad that you can't enjoy Halloween, but living in a place where people actually believe in the evil may not be such bad thing?... At least they fear that doing bad things gets them punished?... Hopefully translating into low crime rates?...

 

[meech008]

*ahem* !!!!!!

 

[johnandjade]

*ahem* !!!!!!

way hey!! well done you

 

[meech008]

way hey!! well done you

Thank you!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Yes, something definitely is going on with the weather. I had very few irises bloom this spring, and NONE of my daylillies bloomed! Granted I was pretty much housebound this spring after surgeries, couldn't walk and my garden is on a little slope so not wheelchair accessible at all, but that's neither here nor there, irises and daylillies are pretty much maintenance free and have always been dependable for spring bloom performance. Oh well, guess I may have to try dividing them in next few weeks and giving little fertilizer to the roots and see how it goes.

Good luck with that, but there's little we can do about climate change (as individuals, anyway).

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

if not the work load will drop

Quite.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

few hot toddies tonight might do the trick?

To be honest, I don't feel like it !!!
I must be bad!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Stoned???? As if .... with the stones?... Or certain...herb?....

Lots of hashish here, the north of the country is the main supplier for Europe!!!
I've stayed in a farm in the middle of the region where the family had a huge barn full of the stuff and you can hear the chopping machines of all the adjacent farms chopping away all night long.
I don't touch it myself, not out of moral outrage, but because it gives me a kind of hangover which I rarely get from alcohol.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That was a joke, sorry! That's to bad that you can't enjoy Halloween, but living in a place where people actually believe in the evil may not be such bad thing?... At least they fear that doing bad things gets them punished?... Hopefully translating into low crime rates?...

It doesn't work quite that way.
They may know the rules, but they don't always follow them as you can be forgiven in lots of different ways.
Crime is as rife here as anywhere else, particularly petty theft, burglary, knife attacks and within family assaults on women.
Rape and gun crime are almost unknown, though sexual harassment is culturally acceptable.