COLD DARK ROOM

[Momof4]

@Bee62 THANK YOU!
I am stunned at the thought and generosity of your gift! What a wonderful Christmas surprise and WELL worth the wait. Huge Ehugs and love sent to you!
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How exciting!!! That clock is awesome!!
Nicely done Sabine!!

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Great for you....but that rain will be here next week i guess. We’ve had WAY more than we need. Despite frozen temps, our back garden remains squishy.

Cold and squishy is never a good thing. Especially if you're overdue for replacing your shoes.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

My son lives between us (Texas) and he's also complaining of a squishy backyard (with two house dogs - rottweilers and muddy feet).

I have eight muddy feet, myself. Four on each turtle!

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I want to see your snowy yard!

It snows more in Florida than Hades, but not by too much.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

We have a town about 1 hour away that might get snow, so I may take my daughter on Sunday! She’s only seen snow once in her 13yrs. So deprived!

That sounds a bit familiar... I remember two or three cross country trips from North Florida to Yellowstone, when my brother and I were in elementary and middle school. Around 52 hours one way. In late December.

 

[Cathie G]

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We got a bit of snow last night. Literally, a bit: just enough to leave your footprint in a couple of places. We were still excited! (We=daughter and I on the way to her school) I don’t think people in Denmark ever need to shovel the snow. [emoji23]

That's interesting. I always thought of Denmark as a place with deep snowfalls. That's really nice. You get to just watch the snowflakes.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

We had some rain yesterday. It was awesome. Everything has that clean fresh after rain smell. I love it.

The rain finally got to South Africa! No postage required!

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Good Saturday Everyone.
I hope it is a good one.
On the agenda today is an art day with my niece. We are going to fix her fairy house we made and dolly it up ( in fairy fashion of course). I love art. Can't wait, it should be fun.

That sounds like so much fun! Are you going to find a fairy tortoise to go with it?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

For those who are always interested in introducing pill bugs and such to their enclosures to clean up waste food bits, I routinely receive info from a company (ARBICO) that carries beneficial insects. One bug in particular “The Assassin Bug” sounds interesting. Lots of benefits to include all life stages are predatory.

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The Assassin Bug

Heres their link - https://www.arbico-organics.com/cat...59001365&_bta_c=ja2a46gi224s7d564amrzsvvm01hq

I would very much like to add pill bugs to my boxie's indoor enclosure. I just can't bring myself to fork over a BUCK a BUG... for a roly-poly! By the time they get shipped from wherever, that's about the cost... $1 US per roly poly.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I have never been able to get into the audio books myself even though I’m an avid reader. It really irritates me to get interrupted by anything while I’m in a good book, so I think that audiobooks are a way to read while your doing something else and I can’t focus like that..[emoji52]

Same here... I'm a visual and kinetic learner. For me, focusing on an audio book requires a tremendous amount of effort to maintain concentration for that long. Now, if it was something I had read before or already knew the plot and background to, I could probably enjoy it. Kind of like background noise. I prefer the TV to music, as music seems to demand a higher degree of focus and effort for my brain to process. Music is harder for me to tune out, if that makes any sense.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

So a leopard and a couple yellowfoots!!! You may be to busy for all that wonderful kayaking! Surely not, huh?? I really want to travel to Florida and purchase a Capuchin... I would never do it until I’m able to retire.... but it is actually a goal of mine

We have Capuchin in Florida?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I've got to learn how to post pictures to share with everyone. I've managed the avatar but I'm only somewhat learning how to do the rest. I taught my son how to type and now he has to teach me how to. lol sometimes I can do things online and can't remember how I did it the next moment..my only excuses are...I was raised as a child without technology almost Amish like. Now I have senior moments.

Nah, just blame it on the bugs in the system... And if they happen to be pill bugs, please send them my way!

 

[EllieMay]

I would very much like to add pill bugs to my boxie's indoor enclosure. I just can't bring myself to fork over a BUCK a BUG... for a roly-poly! By the time they get shipped from wherever, that's about the cost... $1 US per roly poly.

I could try to research how to ship them and send you some maybe? I just turn over a few rocks in my yard and Wa-laaaa.... how many do you think you’d need?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Early morning shot.....warming up my leg and arm muscles in preps for a morning of shoveling.

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Better get to it... Someone needs to rescue all those miniature deer out there! At least, that's what the shrubs looked like at first glance - like a bunch of miniature deer stuck in the snow with only their antlers showing... I think my poor brain has been overly taxed lately. I can't even blame wine.

 

[EllieMay]

We have Capuchin in Florida?

There is a reputable breeder just outside of Ft Lauderdale I believe... I have wanted one for many years but I know that they need much dedicated one on one time that I can’t provide while working full time. They are also not recommended for house holds with small children. I know that doesn’t always apply but I feel it would be best for me to wait. I look at the new babies every 6 months though!!!

 

[Pastel Tortie]

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LOL! You guys always make me smile!

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Is it teleporting or translocation?

Maybe all that pixie dust shifts the little sprites slightly out of phase so they can walk through walls...

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Phew. A doable project then. [emoji28] Maybe I can let daughter see this after all. [emoji23]

Maybe you could just tell daughter that the fairies wait for their tortoise friends to dig a secret passage inside, and they just follow the tortoise in.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Happy Monday all.
Took the christmas tree down today and packed away all the decorations. Went to the post office again and checked up on my parcels. According to them, the parcels say un found on their system which means that they are sitting at one of the hubs waiting to be scanned and processed. They said that they are not stolen but the post is very slow. Trust the SA mentality to not care about time frames and to take their sweet time doing what should have been done long ago.

Maybe they thought the package is supposed to be delivered Christmas 2019??

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Do you guys have “elf doors” for Christmas? Your niece might like one. Christmas elves get into the house through this door and leave presents for children. And/or do something naughty, especially if you didn’t leave out any rice pudding for them.

Here’s one we set up in Turkey this Christmas:

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Awesome! Wait... Just don't give Bold any ideas... If that little stinker could use a fake fern to climb out (the first time or two), I'm sure he could figure out how to use a ladder. Don't anybody mention pixie dust or walking through walls, either.

[Turns to mud turtle] No, Bold, you didn't hear anything like that... Did you say you wanted a couple more ZooMed hatchling pellets before bedtime...?