COLD DARK ROOM

[Yvonne G]

Howdy all!

This weekend is the reptile show here and my tortoise partner will be here with his animals and supplies to vend at the show. So I probably will be in absentia for much of the weekend. Hold down the fort, and keep the home fires burning for me!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

That is so sad.
Did you have to report it to an environment agency or wildlife trust?

I reported the info to Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and today another member asked me for photos so she could send them to an agency in Virginia thst is interested.

 

[Maro2Bear]

More news for the CDR - one of our banana trees is popping a flower bud, in preps for baby bananas! So exciting.. Right now, it looks a big fat corn on the cob.

The trick now is to keep it well watered, maybe 5 gallons per day.

 

[Ben02]

Howdy all!

This weekend is the reptile show here and my tortoise partner will be here with his animals and supplies to vend at the show. So I probably will be in absentia for much of the weekend. Hold down the fort, and keep the home fires burning for me!!

We don’t really get reptile shows where I am, I’d love to go to one in the future.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all,
Just caught up with you all and happy to see everyone is well!
I've been busy shopping the last couple of days and still no luck!
Everything is either too long, too short, too frilly, too low cut, or just plain too expensive ( I'm not paying £170 for a dress I won't wear again!).
I just can't find one that is just right and the trouble is that there are very few shops who stock a wide range anymore because they are all online!
So I've a few more places to try this weekend.....I can think of other things I'd rather be doing
Anyway hope everyone has a good day and a wonderful weekend!!

We have an independent shop in Tonbridge that hires and sells dresses for any occasion... and their prices are sensible. I have used them a couple of times ... and for Daughter’s prom dress. There needs tobe a chain of these!

 

[JoesMum]

Howdy all!

This weekend is the reptile show here and my tortoise partner will be here with his animals and supplies to vend at the show. So I probably will be in absentia for much of the weekend. Hold down the fort, and keep the home fires burning for me!!

That sounds like a busy weekend Yvonne. We will try to behave ourselves in your absence [emoji6] [emoji56]

 

[EllieMay]

More news for the CDR - one of our banana trees is popping a flower bud, in preps for baby bananas! So exciting.. Right now, it looks a big fat corn on the cob.

The trick now is to keep it well watered, maybe 5 gallons per day.

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Oh that is exciting!!! My son loves to check the garden daily for “new growth”.. he gets so excited and it tickles me.

 

[Kristoff]

Ok! Didn’t mean to keep everyone In Suspense but the little buggers kept me going all night and I had to jump strait up and run this morning. Outcome...... 3 adorable little turkeys the one that pipped on the wrong end of the egg didn’t make it out. And the last one that never pipped must have passed a week or so ago.

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Wonderful! And nice that your Thanksgiving and Christmas are sorted out.

 

[Cathie G]

I reported the info to Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and today another member asked me for photos so she could send them to an agency in Virginia thst is interested.

Very good. After reading a little bit about Chesapeak Bay the death of turtles is probably a natural alarm.

 

[Cathie G]

That sounds like a busy weekend Yvonne. We will try to behave ourselves in your absence [emoji6] [emoji56]

One can only hope...

 

[Momof4]

That' very useful to know - trouble is I would have to take all the wine out of my oven!
Better start drinking it now!

I’ll join you!![emoji485][emoji485][emoji485][emoji485][emoji485][emoji485]

 

[Cathie G]

I just tried it and your privacy settings are wrong. You need to make this video Unlisted. It is currently Private

I had the video unlisted but I found 1 privacy setting in my actual account that was turned on. I hope I've fixed that. Now learning how to actually post. I wrote down all of your tips so maybe. Thank you so much for your help. I've been wanting to learn how to do this just to share with my friends and family members.

 

[Cathie G]

Well, roomies...I've been absent from the CDR for a bit over a week. I've just been incredibly busy, driving hither and yon every day.

Then throw in having my 2nd cataract surgery done last Wed, and I just haven't had the time or energy for TFO.

Oh, yeah, I bought a new phone on Fri, and it's taking me forever to get everything switched over and working right.

So it's impossible to catch up with around 800 posts in the CDR alone.

Has anything happened that I positively MUST know or life will never be the same??

Isn't it wonderful that they can fix your eyesight nowadays. I'm so glad for you and soon you'll be able to "catch up" with ease...I can't catch up from day to day but eventually I find some of the chitchat.

 

[Momof4]

Look what I found in our street.
It’s our senior neighbors. This is the 4th time I have found one of their torts. 3 hatchlings and this female.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Hope the surgery went well Karen and good luck with the new phone!!

My distance vision is spectacular with no glasses! I'm seeing better than I've seen for a long time. Still haven't tackled the reading yet. I've never wanted to have glasses hanging around my neck, but may have to do it that way.

Phone is slowly getting sorted out (I think I'm starting to sound like you Brits, and Scots!). Trying to get all the settings and preferences correct for all my apps. My life is on my phone...shopping, banking, social media, everything. It will get finished soon.

 

[KarenSoCal]

Firstly, I hope the surgery went well... although perfect eyesight isn’t much help in the CDR’s gloom

I got a new phone last week too and I agree about it taking forever to get it set up!

As for the 800 missed posts... of course life will never be the same if you haven’t read them [emoji23]

On the other hand, I wouldn’t fret too much.

Heather has newly hatched babies, Carol is away for the weekend, Ben has healed after having to have a pin put in his broken toe, Mark found dead turtles while out kayaking [emoji22], I watched England beat South Africa at the cricket yesterday and, and ... I have a terrible memory for the rest, sorry.

I saw you caught up with Bea’s sad news about Jacques already. [emoji22][emoji22][emoji22]

What a great update! Thanks!

The surgery was fantastic! No discomfort during operations or after! Now I'm just drowning myself in post-op eye drops [emoji2].

Kind of enjoying the gloom in here...bright light is still bothering me a bit.

I'll love my new phone once I get all my settings right. Not everything works right yet, but getting there! [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

Look what I found in our street.
It’s our senior neighbors. This is the 4th time I have found one of their torts. 3 hatchlings and this female.
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That’s so cool!

 

[JoesMum]

My distance vision is spectacular with no glasses! I'm seeing better than I've seen for a long time. Still haven't tackled the reading yet. I've never wanted to have glasses hanging around my neck, but may have to do it that way.

Phone is slowly getting sorted out (I think I'm starting to sound like you Brits, and Scots!). Trying to get all the settings and preferences correct for all my apps. My life is on my phone...shopping, banking, social media, everything. It will get finished soon.

Ahem! Scots are Brits...

... for the time being anyway! (And so ore tge Welsh, English and Northern Irish)

Glad to hear the op has fixed your eyes so well

 

[JoesMum]

Good mornooning all.

It’s nearly 5am and we have a suitcase....

 

[Yvonne G]

Look what I found in our street.
It’s our senior neighbors. This is the 4th time I have found one of their torts. 3 hatchlings and this female.
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What the heck? Would they be open to accepting your help to fortify their tortoise yard to make it escape proof? That looks like a pretty old tortoise.