COLD DARK ROOM

[Ray--Opo]

You have a lot of fitness to recover. It’s going to be a long journey. I am glad you can start to use the prosthetic though, that’s a massive step forward (sorry about the pun... I can’t think how to reword it!)

Thanks , puns are good. Humor helps

 

[Maro2Bear]

Heavy rains yesterday afternoon with more storms later today.

The heavy rain and wind gusts are knocking down our taller flowers. Heres a quik pik of one of the casualties from Mother Nature’s attacks.

 

[Blackdog1714]

Oh my goodness! That's carrying thriftiness a bit too far! [emoji23]

My wife and I always look forward to our Ohio family trips. We see her parents and go to some awesome thrift stores. I refuse to pay more than $10 for jeans and easily have $600 in only 5 pairs of jeans. Silly birds shopping the malls and retail stores

 

[Maro2Bear]

Nice hints of blue inside the iris too.... nice subtle shades of puples n blues

 

[aqualungs]

It warming up in Northeast Ohio. Gonna be 50 today. Inside though our orchids
Have begun blooming [emoji7][emoji9] Some of these are rescues that were presumed dead and we brought them back.

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Lyn, I have started to walk on my prosthetic. I have a trainer at the gym and he has been kicking my butt. Actually he has been ok. I am just out of shape. Combine that and helping the wife outside with landscaping. I have been to tired. I drop in and run thru my alerts but that's about it.
Thanks for asking.

I'll bet you're glad to be able to get up out of that chair, if only for a little while.

 

[Yvonne G]

It warming up in Northeast Ohio. Gonna be 50 today. Inside though our orchids
Have begun blooming [emoji7][emoji9] Some of these are rescues that were presumed dead and we brought them back. View attachment 271932

I don't think you've visited us here in the Cold Dark Room before, have you? Don't worry. . . you're more than welcome here. One of our members will come along soon and explain what goes on in here (about the one-legged pirate, the wool spider (if she exists), the meercats, etc.

 

[Maro2Bear]

All of those nasty storms that whacked east Texas, are now making a beeline toward the northeast. Lots of heavy rain on its way this afternoon.

 

[aqualungs]

All of those nasty storms that whacked east Texas, are now making a beeline toward the northeast. Lots of heavy rain on its way this afternoon.

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Good, my grass is coming up and I used some nice organic milorganite and Ringer lawn restore. Nothing like poo and dead plant matter, and the neighbors asking you why your lawn is so green, after Tru Green came 5x this month and sprayed chemicals.
This stuff has been around for decades..

 

[aqualungs]

I don't think you've visited us here in the Cold Dark Room before, have you? Don't worry. . . you're more than welcome here. One of our members will come along soon and explain what goes on in here (about the one-legged pirate, the wool spider (if she exists), the meercats, etc.

A while back I dropped by. Decided to pop in for some randomness.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Good, my grass is coming up and I used some nice organic milorganite and Ringer lawn restore. Nothing like poo and dead plant matter, and the neighbors asking you why your lawn is so green, after Tru Green came 5x this month and sprayed chemicals. This stuff has been around for decades..

Yep.... i put down a few bags of MilOrganite too. Mil=Milwaukee , Organite = organic solids produced by the residents of Wisconsin

Good stuff -
Exactly what is Milorganite?
Milorganite is one of the oldest branded fertilizers on the market. It’s composed of heat-dried microbes that have digested the organic matter in wastewater. Milorganite is manufactured by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. The District captures wastewater from the metropolitan Milwaukee area, including local industries such as MillerCoors.

Using large-scale processes that mimic nature, microbes digest the nutrients found in the water. The cleaned water is returned to Lake Michigan while the microbes are kiln-dried into small pellets. So Milorganite is actually a bag of dried microbes!

 

[Reptilony]

Image of the day

 

[aqualungs]

Yep.... i put down a few bags of MilOrganite too. Mil=Milwaukee , Organite = organic solids produced by the residents of Wisconsin

Good stuff -
Exactly what is Milorganite?
Milorganite is one of the oldest branded fertilizers on the market. It’s composed of heat-dried microbes that have digested the organic matter in wastewater. Milorganite is manufactured by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. The District captures wastewater from the metropolitan Milwaukee area, including local industries such as MillerCoors.

Using large-scale processes that mimic nature, microbes digest the nutrients found in the water. The cleaned water is returned to Lake Michigan while the microbes are kiln-dried into small pellets. So Milorganite is actually a bag of dried microbes!

That is awesome! My wife will be happy as well as our wiener dogs.

 

[JoesMum]

Good evenooning all. Well, we have driven to Carnforth in Lancashire today... Home is bottom right and our location top left.


We spent the afternoon at RSPB Leighton Moss reserve doing a little bird watching.




And the weather is lovely. Tomorrow we head just a little further north.

 

[Cathie G]

And here’s a little video of the chicks at the start of their third day of life. They have grown noticeably already. I think these are doing better than last year’s brood.

How precious does it get!

 

[Yvonne G]

All of those nasty storms that whacked east Texas, are now making a beeline toward the northeast. Lots of heavy rain on its way this afternoon.

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Those storms provided us here in the San Joaquin Valley a beautiful light and sound display, however, the storm part only made contact with the earth in the foothills. No rain for the parched valley!

 

[Yvonne G]

Well, the tadpoles have morphed! Now I have to watch where I put my feet when I'm walking outside. There are hundreds of them:



It's a western toad, (Anaxyrus boreas) . Here's a picture off Google of him all grown up:

 

[Cathie G]

Thanks , puns are good. Humor helps

I'm really glad to see you get to start using your prosthetic. You'll do it!

 

[JoesMum]

Well, the tadpoles have morphed! Now I have to watch where I put my feet when I'm walking outside. There are hundreds of them:

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It's a western toad, (Anaxyrus boreas) . Here's a picture off Google of him all grown up:

So cute!!!

 

[Cathie G]

My wife and I always look forward to our Ohio family trips. We see her parents and go to some awesome thrift stores. I refuse to pay more than $10 for jeans and easily have $600 in only 5 pairs of jeans. Silly birds shopping the malls and retail stores

Believe it or not... I can do really good in a kohl's for clothes. I just shop their goldstar clearance. I like the thrift shops for furniture and other things. Like old books, tools, and whatever I find that I might use. Sometimes clothes. I just really do it for exercise but when I find something it's a win win.