COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Yay!!!!! We’ve been waiting for these kisses in Cape Town the entire winter...or summer.

[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] yip that we have.

 

[CarolM]

Keeping my fingers crossed now. Is it too late?

Almost snap.

 

[CarolM]

So many bees buzzing around! Hope she wasn’t here not because of the Wool Spider, who might not even exist...

Speaking of Wool spiders who may not exist. Can anyone point me in the direction of knitting room? It's starting to get cold.

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning, roommates! Happy Thursday!

Good Evening Lena. Tomorrow and next week Tuesday are public holidays for us. So I have taken Monday off and am planning a nice long weekend. Yayyy. A few days break.

 

[CarolM]

At least 4... I thought I saw 5 at one point, but can’t be sure!

Our family is growing bigger.

 

[CarolM]

Yes, unfortunately. I woke just before 5 in discomfort and had to get up and move around.

[emoji22] [emoji22] [emoji22]

 

[CarolM]

That’s a difficult question to answer. She won’t start brooding the eggs properly until she has finished laying and then it takes about a fortnight to hatch the eggs.

However, t-its have the ability to delay hatching by not sitting on the eggs full time. This is so they can best time hatching for better weather and more caterpillars. So it’s not an exact period! I am pretty sure she laid this morning, so her clutch of eggs isn’t complete yet!

Two to three weeks is a guess, depending on how many eggs are actually there

Wow. So how many eggs do they generally lay?

 

[CarolM]

Wow. Congrats for the rain. I hope it helped.

Every drop helps. [emoji16] And thank you.

 

[CarolM]

Im am Bee number 62.
Where are the other 61 Bees ????

Hiding somewhere in the catacombs?

 

[CarolM]

I see 4 eggs but today the rain in Germany is heavy too and maybe let me see things too blurry !

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[CarolM]

Hello, everyone!

Hi Yvonne.

 

[CarolM]

I hope the bees haven`t lost their lifes in the net of the woolspider ( if she exist ).

[emoji33] [emoji33] [emoji33] Maybe if we can find them we can get some honey.

 

[CarolM]

I'm doing ok, thanks. And you? I have lots of "clean up" type work to take care of outside today. My tortoise partner visited this past week-end and he LOVES to cut branches off the trees. So I have to trim off all the little twigs from the larger branches, then cut up the branches for firewood. And the twigs. . . what to do with the twigs? That's the problem. I don't have garbage service and my daughter's green waste barrel us always too full for me to bring my twigs to her house. Anyway, that's what I'll be doing today after I feed and take care of the animals.

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Use the twigs for kindling.

 

[CarolM]

WooHoo!!

I know. Lets say it again......WooHoo!![emoji16][emoji38]

 

[CarolM]

Hi Yvonne!

Snap again.

 

[CarolM]

Ok... depending how many/much twigs and small limbs and leaves etc you have throughout the year, you could buy or rent a shredder. We have a TroyBuilt shredder that munches up limbs and leaves up to about 3 inches in diameter. Makes quick work of piles like you have AND the bonus is free mulch.

I like that idea.

 

[CarolM]

Just back from a morning of kayaking on a few small “creeks and streams” that feed the great Chesapeake Bay near Annapolis MD. Pix or two to follow. Great sunny, warm day. Tomorrow - rain.

Sounds like fun and hard work at the same time.

 

[CarolM]

Good idea! We have a garden shredder like Mark and it is wonderful! And therapeutic to use too!

I have always wanted to do that too. Sounds like so much fun.

 

[CarolM]

Can’t help but be envious of your kayaking. My dad was an instructor and I grew up in a boat. I mostly did white water rivers and slalom. I was pretty good at slalom - ranked 32 in the UK for Ladies K1. I have a feeling it contributed to my current back & shoulder problems though.

Wow. Do your talents ever end. You must and do live such an interesting life.

 

[JoesMum]

Speaking of Wool spiders who may not exist. Can anyone point me in the direction of knitting room? It's starting to get cold.

I think the pile was in corner 6? She may have moved it (if she exists)