COLD DARK ROOM
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Good morning all. I'm having a lazy start to Saturday. It's misty, but not cold today.
Son has a week off work and will be coming home later today. I probably won't see him until tomorrow as he will have gone to a 21st birthday party by the time we get back from the football. I need to pop out and get some more food in. At 6'6" he takes A LOT of feeding
stick him in next to joe
JohnandJade said
That`s not good. When you are getting older you have pain from little accidents that happend on sports or something else. As I was in school I once hurt my right knee playing basket ball.
The knee never recovered. It hurts when I was riding on a horse, and now as I am getting older it hurts most every day.
spuds mum is always having accidents!
That`s not good. When you are getting older you have pain from little accidents that happend on sports or something else. As I was in school I once hurt my right knee playing basket ball.
The knee never recovered. It hurts when I was riding on a horse, and now as I am getting older it hurts most every day.
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No. Not quite yet.
Just resting my brain for a while.
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I broke both of my hands and my left knee playing football.JohnandJade said
That`s not good. When you are getting older you have pain from little accidents that happend on sports or something else. As I was in school I once hurt my right knee playing basket ball.
The knee never recovered. It hurts when I was riding on a horse, and now as I am getting older it hurts most every day.
Everything has begun to hurt again after a couple decades of thinking everything was healed.
Yes, these old injuries do come back to haunt you.
I was a keen kayaker in my youth (probably didn't help my back) and spent the summer between my first and second years of university in the south of France as a river leader taking groups of kids down the river Ardêche. I was only 19.
Getting kids in boats down rapids was a challenge, even if the the rapids were very small, and we used to stand in the river and push the boats away from rocks that would have caused serious problems as they descended.
I caught one badly and hurt the top joint of the middle finger of my left hand. I got treatment at the time and had further treatment and physio back in the UK. It is now, over 30 years later, starting to cause me pain again when the weather is cold.
Good morning all. It is Sunday
Joe's fridge is up to 7.5C and I have just adjusted the thermostat a little more. I hope to have him up tomorrow.
This morning I want to get his basking lamp, cold frame and kennel sorted so he can go out.
I am expecting him to spend the nights in our conservatory for the first few weeks, but if the weather behaves he might be out 24/7 sooner.
Joe's fridge is up to 7.5C and I have just adjusted the thermostat a little more. I hope to have him up tomorrow.
This morning I want to get his basking lamp, cold frame and kennel sorted so he can go out.
I am expecting him to spend the nights in our conservatory for the first few weeks, but if the weather behaves he might be out 24/7 sooner.
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Hey Linda am I right in assuming that Joe is a survivor from the days when tortoises were imported into Britain without any restrictions in the 1960s/1970s. I remember the pet shop in town would get a consignment every Spring and they were just piled up in a pen in the middle of the floor . People just went out and got a tortoise and stuck it in their garden in the UK weather! I also had a survivor from those days that I found in a field while walking the dog with my Dad when I very young. She died two years ago and I was devastated, she had been with me nearly all my life and my children's lives.Good morning all. It is Sunday
Joe's fridge is up to 7.5C and I have just adjusted the thermostat a little more. I hope to have him up tomorrow.
This morning I want to get his basking lamp, cold frame and kennel sorted so he can go out.
I am expecting him to spend the nights in our conservatory for the first few weeks, but if the weather behaves he might be out 24/7 sooner.
Joe certainly he is. He was bought as a birthday present in 1970
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Good morning Linda am glad u well looking forward to a picture of joe bless himGood morning all. It is Sunday
Joe's fridge is up to 7.5C and I have just adjusted the thermostat a little more. I hope to have him up tomorrow.
This morning I want to get his basking lamp, cold frame and kennel sorted so he can go out.
I am expecting him to spend the nights in our conservatory for the first few weeks, but if the weather behaves he might be out 24/7 sooner.
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Good morning Jane how r u n is nelly ok this morning
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All good here thanks Laura, Nelly looking full of beans! I'm out with the dog looking for dandelions!Good morning Jane how r u n is nelly ok this morning
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That's fantastic news I'm struggling to get dandelions at the mo not many out around here
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No there isn't here either! Nelly came from White Post Farm, so not far from you?That's fantastic news I'm struggling to get dandelions at the mo not many out around here
Hi Spuds mum - your pictures are upside down again!Hello everyone
I spent the day outside doing gymnastics. I didn't warm up (not a good idea) so ignore my bad form but I have a few action shots View attachment 201820View attachment 201821View attachment 201822View attachment 201823View attachment 201823
Having a quick tea break. The kennel lamp is up and running and We're attempting to scarify the lawn right now as there is more moss than other plant life. The green wheelie bin is nearly full and we've done about a third
Lola had his first dandelions of the year on Friday from our conservation area in school - not a lot - but its a start.That's fantastic news I'm struggling to get dandelions at the mo not many out around here
The dandy hunting season is almost here!
I have quite a few growing in the garden from my seed cultivation last year but want to save those for him to graze on himself when he goes outside.
