COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

The app wouldn’t let me add another pic.

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Admit it. You just junked the old and dirty one and got yourself a new car?! [emoji56]

 

[Kristoff]

Did I share the video of my son stuck in the mud?

I believe I made a “dirty” joke about it... Just kidding. [emoji6] I think I saw it. [emoji33]

 

[CarolM]

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

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[CarolM]

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

Is a Frikkadel a meatball?

 

[CarolM]

I suppose Eskom is your internet provider?

T... terrible? Tormenting? Troublesome?

Lol. We were trying to make a positive word. One has to think positively to get over the negativity.

 

[Kristoff]

Is a Frikkadel a meatball?

I thought it was something from your part of the world, though obviously it would be in Afrikaans. There, trust Google after that!

Yep, those are small meatballs. They have a similar name - frikadeller - in Danish, and surprisingly also in Russian - frikadelki. [emoji4]

 

[Kristoff]

Lol. We were trying to make a positive word. One has to think positively to get over the negativity.

I see I did a terrific job there!
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[CarolM]

I thought it was something from your part of the world, though obviously it would be in Afrikaans. There, trust Google after that!

Yep, those are small meatballs. They have a similar name - frikadeller - in Danish, and surprisingly also in Russian - frikadelki. [emoji4]

It probably is Afrikaans. I generally think of them in english. But the word did look familiar to me. Lol I thought it was a Danish word which was similar to ours. [emoji85] [emoji23] [emoji23] But the meaning might not necessarily be the same. [emoji33]

 

[EllieMay]

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.

How odd! I’m going to look it up

 

[EllieMay]

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..

We will be looking for that Etsy page!

 

[EllieMay]

Good morning All! I’m just going to stick with Happy Tuesday until I finish my coffee

 

[Maro2Bear]

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.

Nagh, it’s all very sappy sticky pine. Wouldnt make a good bowl.

 

[Maro2Bear]

And the wind storm is gone. One of our very tall pine trees was blown down, but not down to the very ground, laying maybe at a 60 degree angle. The two leaners that i often snap pix of appear to have moved further toward the ground, but did not come crashing down.

So, in the end, no damage, no loss of power. All good.

 

[Kristoff]

It probably is Afrikaans. I generally think of them in english. But the word did look familiar to me. Lol I thought it was a Danish word which was similar to ours. [emoji85] [emoji23] [emoji23] But the meaning might not necessarily be the same. [emoji33]

Yep. “False friends” happen. [emoji23]

 

[CarolM]

Nagh, it’s all very sappy sticky pine. Wouldnt make a good bowl.

Pity. You could have had a ying and yang bowl set.

 

[CarolM]

Yep. “False friends” happen. [emoji23]

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Whahaha. I did not know that Hummus made you fart!

 

[Momof4]

Whahaha. I did not know that Hummus made you fart!

That explains a lot, because I love hummus![emoji4]

 

[Maro2Bear]

That explains a lot, because I love hummus![emoji4]

Yes, we like it as well. Wifey makes it fresh from fresh/canned chick peas. Perfect snack.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wind is done and it’s a nice cool morning with blue sky and bright sunshine. We’re off for our quick hike at our close-by wildlife refuge.

 

[EllieMay]

And the wind storm is gone. One of our very tall pine trees was blown down, but not down to the very ground, laying maybe at a 60 degree angle. The two leaners that i often snap pix of appear to have moved further toward the ground, but did not come crashing down.

So, in the end, no damage, no loss of power. All good.

Well it’s good that there is no damage... but I would hate that the pine trees have been left to lean on the mind...