COLD DARK ROOM

[Tidgy's Dad]

Don't you just hate that awful chemical smell of the hospital's linens? I don't know what they wash them in, but it makes me feel sicker than the reason I'm in the hospital!

Quite!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

These days most couples share the cost.

Indeed.
But half of an arm and a leg is still a useful limb.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Enjoy. Haggis anyone?

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bee62]

How did you cure them?

Hi Carol ! You are here. We missed you.
I cured them when I say that they cannot determine what I have to do on my property. I do what I want on my property ( within the normal rules of course ) and don`t ask my neighbours what they "allow" me to do.

 

[Bee62]

Aawww Thank you as always for such kind words.[emoji8]

Kind words and true words.

 

[Bee62]

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***sang in my very best Tina Turner imitation, "got to do with it, got to do with it?"***

Want to hear and see you as Tina Turner !

 

[Momof4]

Good morning, roommates! Coffee, anyone?

 

[CarolM]

And post an envelope.

Still hasn't arrived. It obviously grew legs and went somewhere else.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Not so dramatic. Just a substitute universe in case this one fails. I believe Adam has a status of a Gecko Grandpa or something over there.

Yes, Gecko Grandparent, apparently.
Just to make me feel really old.

No one's posted in the Chilly Dim Chamber since September, so i guess the forum's been working okay.

 

[Bee62]

Gorgeous as always Bee

Thank you Carol !

 

[Momof4]

Nope. Back to normal now. On the up side, still haven't touched coffee, AND went the without painkillers for about 5 days now. Hmmmm maybe it was the withdrawal of the painkillers making me grumpy.

So proud of you!! You’ve got this!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I agree. Medium rare for me (or “à point” in France) [emoji23]

Bleu.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

That's bleu as in 'blue', virtually uncooked, not bleu as in 'bleuch' which wouldn't be yummy at all.

 

[EllieMay]

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Nice nails [emoji6]

 

[EllieMay]

Look who I ran into this morning!!!

 

[Bee62]

The moles in Texas are very small compared to the ones here in WA. Shortly after moving up here my dogs dug up a mole that was longer than hubby's size 13 shoe(not counting it's paws). The biggest I've seen in Texas was maybe the size of my hand.
Not everything is bigger in Texas, but they tend to make up for it in tenacity! Like mosquitoes..

German moles are small too. They fit in the palm of a normal hand.

 

[Bee62]

A Hundred miles of beautiful.

I love the melody of this sad song.

 

[Bee62]

And I have less than 10,000 posts to go before I catch up with you all!
The conversation has moved on from wind to shoe fetishes, through milking bulls to elk kisses.
Nice to know the standard of chat is as high as ever.

We don`t want to give you reasons to complain !

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

There are 22 Nature Reserves on the main island of Orkney alone so, needless to say, we have done quite a lot of bird watching today.

We made our way to Marwick Head which has cliffs full of nesting seabirds in season... they’re just turning up now. Orkney is at least a month behind Kent; they’re still on Daffodils and primroses as spring flowers here.

It had clouded over by the time we got to Marwick Head.

View of the sea cliffs with the Kitchener Memorial dedicated to WWI Field Marshal Kitchener
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View towards the island of Hoy
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View towards the Brough of Birsay- an island linked by a causeway at low tide
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I had a nice steak (fried in GREASE!!!), a helping of green beans smothered in real butter and a nice baked potato (baked in olive oil). If that doesn't harden my arteries, I don't know what will. But, M-m-m-m-m it was good!!

Yipes! Be careful of hurling. If you hit one of those angry things that live in here, it could mean trouble for you.

And then we went to the Brough of Birsay. The island has a Viking village inhabited from c 600AD - 1100AD ... so only 1000 years old.

It is remarkably similar to its much older neighbour at Skara Brae, but they did have a drainage system so plumbing was a benefit!

We saw a puffin on the cliffs ...but the weather closed in and we escaped just before the rain got too bad
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Nordic carving
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More sea cliffs
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Heading for the mainland
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These four posts were in sequence.
A series of wonderful postcards from Linda followed by what Yvonne had for dinner then a joke from her followed by another series of wonderful photos of a far away place.
Guess which two got the most likes?
No disrespect to anyone, but sometimes the Cold Dark Room is a very strange place.

 

[Momof4]

It feeling well today. I went to bed with chills and woke to a fever.
Apparently I have a Dr. appt today that I forgot about. I guess I’ll be missing it. I hope they don’t charge me.