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Cathie G

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Yeah you’re right...A single male betta would do perfect in a 10g. I know walmart sell them for very cheap too. Some shrimps could also live peacefully with a betta and can be practical for eating all kinds of uneated food and algae. But is this her first aquarium?
Yes it is. I'm just considering it. All info would help me make a decision on even whether to try it or not.
 

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Get yourself a battery powered string trimmer. I have a Black and Decker. It feeds the line automatically. And when you buy the spools that are threaded at the factory, they don't hang up. You never have to pull the string. And it's every bit as strong as the motor or electric powered ones.

That's the beauty of making your yards big enough to drive the mower through. I only have to use the weed wacker around the perimeter. I was able to finish the leopard yard before my battery and my back gave out.

I wonder why the stinging nettles don't sting the tortoises. It really is good tortoise food.

I may look into getting one. Thanks!!
 

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For the most part, Toretto’s garden is done... I think he likes it. I monitored temps in his box for two days now and this morning I put him in. He was scared of the plastic door but after a couple hours he found his way out. He will sleep there tonight and tomorrow I will start my little ones’ upgrade.
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That’s cool. We don’t get tree frogs over here!

My daughter picked up my interest in wildlife and is now an Ecologist. She gets paid to work with wildlife. After she graduated from university, she spent three months in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan working on a prairie dog research project.
See I was right they always end up outdoing ma and pa...young people are so brilliant.
 

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Son takes 14... but has both legs.

Someone ought to run up a shoe matching website. There must be loads of veterans and people who have had accidents or illness who could buddy up and share.
I heard Zappos was thinking about selling one shoe. I saw a petition or something a few weeks ago.
 

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That sounds like a really cool job, but I HATE the plane...If I ever take it again it will be to stay there for a long time.

Her travels in the UK are by car.

She works for a civil engineering company. They have to do environmental impact surveys before they build anything - roads, bridges, railways, etc - and when they’re building have to take steps to minimise their impact on the environment.

She does surveys mostly of animals and plants... focussing on protected species eg bats, dormice, badgers, otters, reptiles, amphibians... writes a lot of reports... recommends mitigation for damage (different routes, encouraging wildlife to move or physically moving it) and supervises the builders making sure they don’t dig up or disturb things they shouldn’t.

I find it quite amazing that my young-looking blonde 25 year old is out in reflective gear, hard hat and steel toe cap boots bossing round road crews. She still gets IDed for paracetamol and you can buy that from age 16 here :D

Anyway she seems to be doing very well at it and I get cute wildlife photos which I share in here. Actually the last photo I got from her was badger poop with an (allegedly) very interesting purple marker pellet in it [emoji23] ... but they’re usually better than that :D
 

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How cute!!! I think their noses look a little different than the pets they sell here... but if so, not much! What are their natural habits? Are they pests in any way?

These are European hedgehogs. They don’t make good pets.

The ones sold as pets are African pygmy hedgehogs. They have a shorter nose and are paler under the prickles than our wild ones.

They’re hedgerow creatures feeding on slugs, snails and invertebrates. They’re considered a gardeners friend and are much loved in the UK. Definitely not pests.

Unfortunately they are going into decline thanks to habitat loss. People are being encouraged to make sure there are holes in their fences to ensure the hedgehogs can move from garden to garden, to avoid pesticides and slug pellets and to make their gardens wildlife friendly to encourage them.

Our garden was always pretty wildlife friendly as we had a free range tort to deal with. I have been planting more specifically for wildlife recently and doing what I can to encourage things.
 

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For the most part, Toretto’s garden is done... I think he likes it. I monitored temps in his box for two days now and this morning I put him in. He was scared of the plastic door but after a couple hours he found his way out. He will sleep there tonight and tomorrow I will start my little ones’ upgrade.
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That is impressive. :) I sure hope Toretto is impressed too and doesn’t trash it!
 

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I loathe ironing. Fortunately, I generally only have JoesDad’s work shirts to do. I have a pair of my smart trousers to iron as well this week. I do everything thing possible not to have to iron anything :D

Enjoy your Sunday lunch :)
Thank you - I certainly did!
It was nice to get together with some of the family and to see my sons fiance who has been over for the last week from Las Vegas to get the notification for their wedding sorted out (immigration stuff to do with green cards I think because he is from UK living in US while she is from US and they are marrying in UK).
It was a lovely sunny but chilly day here
Hope you have a pleasant Sunday too.
 

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Thank you - I certainly did!
It was nice to get together with some of the family and to see my sons fiance who has been over for the last week from Las Vegas to get the notification for their wedding sorted out (immigration stuff to do with green cards I think because he is from UK living in US while she is from US and they are marrying in UK).
It was a lovely sunny but chilly day here
Hope you have a pleasant Sunday too.

Oh how exciting. A wedding to look forward to :)

We had a lovely day out in the garden then I cooked a roast lunch for JoesDad who has just boarded his plane to India.

He’s due back on March 29th. Fingers crossed for no crashed out of Brexit passport control chaos on that day [emoji849]
 

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Happy Sunday all.

And the second week of the great Florida adventure continues. We broke “kayak camp” early Saturday morning, with peeps departing their separate ways. Some driving, some flying straight back to the Maryland area. That said, I dropped off one of our team at the airport and continued straight to Ocala (Florida) Silver Springs area where I paddled on the famous Silver River.

Crystal clear spring waters, brilliant green lush vegetation, tons of turtles, birds, alligators and even monkeys! Ogh..forgot to mention the manatees too!

Once completed 10.2 mile route, I loaded up the kayak and drove over to Florida’s east coast (Atlantic side) to Ormond Beach. Wifey flys in this afternoon and we are here for the week.

And now, just a few pix to share.

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Tons of Turtles

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A Few Alligators

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Manatees Under My Kayak

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These Are Anhingas

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And a Monkey or Three
What a lovely adventure you are having, hope next week is as exciting for you (and us)
 

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What a lovely adventure you are having, hope next week is as exciting for you (and us)

Don’t know about you, but those blue skies, sunshine and manatees transport me to a warmer place. My mental version doesn’t have mosquitoes to bite me or hungry alligators... just peace and tranquility :)
 

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Such a beautiful Sunday! We participated the heck out of a one mile fun run in memory of our baby we lost last November. Our friend did the quarter marathon. He is an actual runner. We are actual walkers.
Have a blessed and amazing day!
Well done to you and hubby, and so sorry for your loss.
 

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Hello everyone, just wanted to let you all know. If you know anyone with a amputation of the left leg. I have plenty of shoes for the right foot. Size 14:)
I'm going to tell my son because he's a veteran. I'm sure a lot of them may have similar issues. But it would take a big man to fill your shoes. I wear size 7 so it would take both my feet. Then I'd look like a pogo stick hopping around.
 

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