COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Nest box update. The new Mrs B has made her mark and in a few hours transformed this:


into this:


The original tenant hasn’t entirely given up though! There’s still a lot of hissing and squawking going on.

 

[EllieMay]

Hi Heather. I am fine although I am still struggeling with shingles. That seems to be a never ending story... But I don`t want to complain. My pets are fine. Ma & Mo and the sullies are growing well and the greek dog will get soon a companion ( another young greek dog puppy ). Much work with my animals and in and around the house kept me away.

Oh I’m sorry about the shingles!!! I know thats miserable and to linger on for such a long time.... I wish I could make it better for you. How exciting about the new addition though... can’t wait for new pics of all the family!

 

[Bee62]

A rescue?

Yes. The mother and her 8 puppies had been stray dogs in Greece.

 

[Bee62]

Nest box update. The new Mrs B has made her mark and in a few hours transformed this:
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into this:
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The original tenant hasn’t entirely given up though! There’s still a lot of hissing and squawking going on.

Hopefully they have more success like the pair last year.

 

[JoesMum]

Yes. The mother and her 8 puppies had been stray dogs in Greece.

You are only getting one though... not all 9?!

I hope your shingles aren’t too painful Sabine. It’s a miserable illness.

 

[Kristoff]

Goodness!
Feel better dear friend [emoji173]️

“Goodness”? More like, “crap!” [emoji6][emoji23]

 

[KarenSoCal]

Our MPs only seem to be working to their own personal agendas rather than in the best interests of the country at the moment

Gosh! That sounds familiar! Must be worldwide!

 

[Cheryl Hills]

My son's significant other has rods in her back. Both are broken but holding up kind of. I'll be thinking of your son. Sending hopes and prayers.She's putting off surgery too.

I have had surgery on my back, twice, and have rods. Still have trouble with it.

 

[KarenSoCal]

He has felt good but the eye looks rough and there’s still lots of snot from the allergy attack. I imagine we will be home again today. It’s not quite 3am here but the dogs woke me up for some reason... Toretto regressed some from night before. I had to put him a mostly in before he quit trying to turn around [emoji35]

My husband just got over a bout of eye herpes. First (and hopefully only) time he's ever had it.

Started in Nov. Still on acyclovir and prednisone drops.

Sure hope your son feels better soon.

 

[Kristoff]

Ok no politics then! Still very impressive they are so different, especially russian, where are you born?

Actually, Russian is at least Indo-European, like English, French, and most languages in the world. Only the alphabet is different. Turkish, on the other hand, is of a different language family — Altaic.

I was born in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, which at the time was still Soviet Union.

 

[Kristoff]

Hi Heather. I am fine although I am still struggeling with shingles. That seems to be a never ending story... But I don`t want to complain. My pets are fine. Ma & Mo and the sullies are growing well and the greek dog will get soon a companion ( another young greek dog puppy ). Much work with my animals and in and around the house kept me away.

Another dog? Oh, Bee. It seems you’ve switched from cat rescue to dog rescue... [emoji173]️

 

[Momof4]

 

[Momof4]

I’m sending GOOD VIBES to everyone in the CDR who needs to heal!!
Bad eyes, infections, beat up bodies from bad drivers and shingles!!
Let’s kick this bad Juju!! [emoji1317][emoji123][emoji1317][emoji123]

 

[Kristoff]

I got a VERY early start to my day today. I was sleeping soundly when the phone rang (my phone is on the other side of the room from my bed). So I tossed back the covers, pulled myself up out of bed and traipsed across the room to answer the phone, "Hello?" "Oh, I'm sorry. . . I didn't mean to call you." I hung up and went back to bed. But I lay there pondering the phone call. The caller I.D. showed a familiar area code, 469, which I know to be Texas. I have a son and his family in Texas, but they are travelling and are now in Oregon. I communicate with my son through email, so his phone number is not committed to memory. I lay there wide awake wondering if it was him. Sort of sounded like him. I was half asleep, so really couldn't recognize his voice. Finally I got up and went out to the computer room to look him up in my address book, and, sure enough, it was him that called. So now I'm worried about why he called me at zero dark thirty in the morning. Even though he and his family are still on Texas time (two hours ahead of me), they're in Oregon, so it would be 4a for him as it was for me. Are they having car trouble? Are they broken down on the side of the road? All sorts of bad things are going through my mind. It's now three hours later and I haven't heard from him, so I don't know what's going on,

At any rate, I couldn't go back to sleep, so I got up and checked out all Josh's forums for spammers, took care of my moderator duties here then got the tortoise food ready.

I'm all finished with my morning chores and ready to go run errands. This is the earliest I've ever gone shopping. Thankfully, the stores I shop at all open before 9a.

When it gets to be about 2p, I know I'm going to crash.

He probably just dialed by mistake! Hope you can rest later in the day.

 

[Kristoff]

I had a moment of panic — I thought for some reason that tomorrow is SATURDAY!!! Still only Friday. Phew. We’ll be all day at daughter’s Russian school on Saturday, as opposed to just half a day, because they’re filming something for her acting class. And on Sunday we’re cleaning a vast nature park in southern Copenhagen as part of a geocaching event. I’ll need to have lots of food in the lunch box for both days.

 

[Cathie G]

Still a good day’s drive tomorrow

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My really good friend lives in Cheraw, NC. It looks like you are driving really close by on your way home.

 

[Cathie G]

Oh, let's not get carried away with all these pun opportunities!

Yea I have to watch myself and try to be nice too.

 

[Reptilony]

Actually, Russian is at least Indo-European, like English, French, and most languages in the world. Only the alphabet is different. Turkish, on the other hand, is of a different language family — Altaic.

I was born in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, which at the time was still Soviet Union.

That’s a place I’ve never heard of, it looks like everyone live in a valley between two enourmous mountains? But how did you end up in turkey? Sorry for all these questions but your story seems interesting but complicated...

 

[Cathie G]

So, you both've been following the late-night drama over at Kathy's?

Me too. I don't care if little mice are nice. If they leave me alone I'll leave them alone.

 

[Cheryl Hills]

Kids found a lizard while pulling mustard greens out of a friend’s garden. They thought it was so cute.

That looks like a fence lizard.