COLD DARK ROOM

[AZtortMom]

I was watching Inside Eddition tonight and they had a story on there about a tortoise. This tortoise somehow trapped a German Shepherd in its burro. Inside Edition said the tortoise uses the burro to hybernate in the winter! This is a 80 lb Sulcata . Evidently, the owners and the show did not know they don’t hybernate. This was based out of Ca. They had to call the fire department to get the tortoise to come out of the burro and let the dog out. I thought it was interesting that they said it hibernates in the winter.

I saw that too [emoji849]

 

[AZtortMom]

 

[CarolM]

Test the waters....dangle your toes, lets see.

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[CarolM]

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It was 34f when I left this morning and now it’s creeped up to 51f... Beautiful Sky’s today!!

We can see that. Gorgeous morning.

 

[CarolM]

I see you were fast at making a food joke [emoji23][emoji23]

You taught me well, Maestro!

 

[CarolM]

(I loved seeing your pin way down on the southern tip of Africa! Puts it into perspective for me)

I know same with yours. When I talk to you guys it does not feel like there is any distance between us, until you look at the map. [emoji23] [emoji23]

 

[CarolM]

And our street was closed....neighbors tree down. Luckily they went out on a limb and quickly called a tree service to help clean up..

I asked them to drop the wood at @Yvonne G ’s house... it’s on it’s way.

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But can't you make another bowl with that? This one wood then have the darker wood on the outside and the lighter on the inside.

 

[CarolM]

Oh, thank you so much!! I'll be sure to not be a 'sap', and tell Misty not to 'bark' at them when they 'leaf' it at my gate!

[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] Brilliant!!

 

[CarolM]

The app wouldn’t let me add another pic.

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Wow. Now can you clean my car please. Seen as how you do it so nicely.

 

[CarolM]

Wind is still howling, trees crashing to the ground all over the place. Hopefully, power stays on and we get through this wind storm in the next few hours.

Good luck.

 

[CarolM]

Japanese magnolia put out a couple blossoms that opened today.
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Beautiful.

 

[CarolM]

Oh, and this is a bunch of weeding I didn't get to this weekend because I was sick. I'm going to pot up the young ferns and replace the old ones (from last year) in the box turtle's indoor enclosure.
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There's plenty more to put in Junior's future outdoor enclosure, and in pots for porch decorations, and... Well, you get the idea.

I wish we had enough rain so that our gardens could look like that. Ours looks very dismal.

 

[CarolM]

Today during our on-going big windstorm I removed “the bowl” from the lathe, removed the metal faceplate, and sanded down the very bottom glue block (how one attaches the chunk of wood to the lathe). Applied a few coats of stain and will be waxed up one last time tomorrow.
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In the meantime, our postman delivered a box with four nice black cherry chunks that might be the next Bowl project x 4.
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And, while waiting for the stain to set, I started to work on a little project to hold some tools at hand.
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Probably enough for one day..

Love these updates.

 

[CarolM]

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[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] I concur.

 

[CarolM]

Good Morning Everyone.
It rained for a while last night and was so refreshing to come out this morning to the fresh smell you get after it rains. And to see the garden nice and wet. It looked like it was watered very well. Yesterday afternoon about 15.30 one of the plug main switches tripped and we have to wait for an electrician to sort it out. Just as I have a few things that need to be done on the computer to meet deadlines. So annoying. This time we can't even blame Eskom [emoji85] . Oh well what can you do other than to ride it out and hope it gets sorted as soon as possible.
I hope it is a tantalizing (only word I could think of that starts with a T and is descriptive) Tuesday for everyone.

 

[Kristoff]

Today during our on-going big windstorm I removed “the bowl” from the lathe, removed the metal faceplate, and sanded down the very bottom glue block (how one attaches the chunk of wood to the lathe). Applied a few coats of stain and will be waxed up one last time tomorrow.
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In the meantime, our postman delivered a box with four nice black cherry chunks that might be the next Bowl project x 4.
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And, while waiting for the stain to set, I started to work on a little project to hold some tools at hand.
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Probably enough for one day..

Danes are big on wood. This, apparently, sells at $140 (not sure if per piece or for both) new. Here’s an ad for these stools second-hand:

 

[Kristoff]

You taught me well, Maestro!

I didn’t know I taught you that munch... [emoji6]

 

[Kristoff]

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[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] I concur.

I knew this would be Carol’s kind of post. [emoji23] Not sure if they have tacos though... “Four Days before Frikkadel Friday”?

 

[Kristoff]

Good Morning Everyone.
It rained for a while last night and was so refreshing to come out this morning to the fresh smell you get after it rains. And to see the garden nice and wet. It looked like it was watered very well. Yesterday afternoon about 15.30 one of the plug main switches tripped and we have to wait for an electrician to sort it out. Just as I have a few things that need to be done on the computer to meet deadlines. So annoying. This time we can't even blame Eskom [emoji85] . Oh well what can you do other than to ride it out and hope it gets sorted as soon as possible.
I hope it is a tantalizing (only word I could think of that starts with a T and is descriptive) Tuesday for everyone.

I suppose Eskom is your internet provider?

T... terrible? Tormenting? Troublesome?

 

[Kristoff]

Oh, thank you so much!! I'll be sure to not be a 'sap', and tell Misty not to 'bark' at them when they 'leaf' it at my gate!

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