COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Looked at our banana trees closely today and found a second flower bud pushing up. So exciting! The trick now is to keep them well watered.

Picked up more dandelion, kale, and cactus pads this morning. On the way home, drove through an area lush with new growth bamboo shoots. Just happened to have my pruners....so, cut a nice bunch of bamboo for Sully Monster. As a bonus, there was a young mulberry bush there too. A few branches of everything for a snack.

You are so lucky. Sully too for that matter!!

 

[CarolM]

Hi Carol, hopefully your I-net is running normally soon again. The next rain clouds I will push in your direction too. Have a nice day.

Any and all are welcome. Thanks Sabine.

 

[CarolM]

Better you find missing things in your hands than not knowing where you have left them..... That is my problem.

[emoji23] [emoji23] Good Point.

 

[CarolM]

Quick pictorial update on the pods....growing by the hour

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Baby Bananas

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Baby Bananas II


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Second Flower Emerging


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The Banana Farm

Hopefully one day my one will also get as big as those and bear fruit.

 

[CarolM]

Good evening all, it's been pretty quiet in here.
I hope that Carol's internet is OK, Yvonne is having fun with her visitors and that Linda is enjoying some time with her Mum.
Mark's got a lovely bunch of coconuts bananas which seem to be keeping him occupied and I hope Ben's exams are going well.
Good to see you popping in Bee, I hope all your 'family' are behaving themselves.
How are the turkey babies Heather?
What's everyone else up to?
Me - I've bought 5 'white' jackets in 2 days but none of them are actually 'white, white'. They are off white, cream, or ivory so none of them go with my frock.
So it's back to original plan A and next week I'll take them all back to the shops! Oh joy!!!!
Never mind - all eyes will be on the bride anyway and I'm sure she'll look gorgeous!
TTFN

Wear all 5 of them. Create a new fashion trend. [emoji23]

 

[Maro2Bear]

Hopefully one day my one will also get as big as those and bear fruit.

What kind do you have.. pix please,! These started as foot long pups years ago....

 

[JoesMum]

My eyes are spectacular! I haven't seen like this for many years. Now to tackle the reading issue. I don't want reading glasses hung around my neck all the time.

However, last week I was shopping. When I go into a store I put my sunglasses on top of my head. So then I get out my reading glasses. A while later I'm digging through my bag, muttering about where are my glasses? Yep! the salesman says "I think they're on your head"! I had been roaming the huge store with 2 pairs of glasses on my head.
So not cool! [emoji15]

I have varifocal sunglasses. It solves the problem

 

[Cathie G]

@CarolM

It still amazes me...you and I are literally on opposite sides of the earth. But here we are, communicating in real time!
So cool! (I know, I'm easily amazed) [emoji2]

I must be easily amazed too then. It's even better then having a pen pal.

 

[KarenSoCal]

I have varifocal sunglasses. It solves the problem

But then to read you have to wear your sunglasses inside? Can you tell me more? [emoji848]

 

[JoesMum]

But then to read you have to wear your sunglasses inside? Can you tell me more? [emoji848]

I have normal clear glass varifocals that I wear usually round the house and outdoors when it’s not bright.

And varifocal sunglasses... which means I can map read in the car in the sun, read a book out in the sunshine... and not have to change my glasses if I pop into a shop.

 

[JoesMum]

Good evening all. I am home and back on wifi with no plans on going anywhere for a while thank goodness.

Mum is OK, but has a bad rash that I am not entirely sure isn’t stress related. She is hard of hearing, and has been for decades, and is panicking that she might go completely deaf. I am not sure what has caused this worry, but sister and I have work to do.

I took her out to a local reservoir for a walk yesterday and that seemed to do her a lot of good, but she got worse again this morning

 

[JoesMum]

Carsington Water - the reservoir I took Mum to



A modern stone monument inspired by the ancient


Merlin and a dragon

 

[JoesMum]

Meanwhile our children are in Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia

 

[Cathie G]

Better you find missing things in your hands than not knowing where you have left them..... That is my problem.

Me too. When I finally find it after hours or days of looking, I put it somewhere I can find it. And forget where I put it again. I find it when I don't need it.

 

[Ben02]

Hello everyone, I’ve got just over a week left of exams, yaaay.

Torts have been quiet this week, put them out today and they became hyper, I guess they have some grumpy days sometimes

 

[Cathie G]

Good Thursday everyone.

Have been having problems with the internet lately. So have not been able to come online as much. I am glad that the dress has been found, that the visitors won't be staying too long (otherwise Yvonne will go into hiding). That Linda arrived safely.
Oli your optunia pad looks good. What they all said re making new ones and looking after it.
Heather I loved seeing your before and after pic of Jaydon and the torts.
Cathie, sorry I did not get the joke about the litter box [emoji85] .
Hi Noel, how are your eyes?
Hi Karen, how are your eyes as well?
Lena I agree with Anne, we need a front avatar pic.
Anne, how is my favorite dragon doing?
Sabine, Thank you so much for the rain, my garden really appreciated it.
Ben how are the exams going?
Enjoy your Thursdays everyone.

If you zoom the roaster it says "SAVORY". Razberri won't leave her hay in it. As soon as I sweep it up and put it back in she digs the hay out. My other rabbit loved it. I bought it after much teasing from my brothers. They even changed my wallpaper on my computer while I was at work one day to Elmer Fudd holding a rifle on Bugs Bunny. They were visiting my other brother and we live together so...it's an ongoing thing between old geezer siblings.

 

[Bee62]

Good evening all, it's been pretty quiet in here.
I hope that Carol's internet is OK, Yvonne is having fun with her visitors and that Linda is enjoying some time with her Mum.
Mark's got a lovely bunch of coconuts bananas which seem to be keeping him occupied and I hope Ben's exams are going well.
Good to see you popping in Bee, I hope all your 'family' are behaving themselves.
How are the turkey babies Heather?
What's everyone else up to?
Me - I've bought 5 'white' jackets in 2 days but none of them are actually 'white, white'. They are off white, cream, or ivory so none of them go with my frock.
So it's back to original plan A and next week I'll take them all back to the shops! Oh joy!!!!
Never mind - all eyes will be on the bride anyway and I'm sure she'll look gorgeous!
TTFN

Hi Lyn. Good to see you too. My 4 legged family is behanving very well. I can`t complain.

 

[Bee62]

Me too. When I finally find it after hours or days of looking, I put it somewhere I can find it. And forget where I put it again. I find it when I don't need it.

Exactly ! I do it just like you ......

 

[Bee62]

Good evening friends. It is very quiet here
You can hear the sound of silence....

 

[Cathie G]

Hello everyone, I’ve got just over a week left of exams, yaaay.

Torts have been quiet this week, put them out today and they became hyper, I guess they have some grumpy days sometimes

It seems like you've been going through exams for several weeks now. The UK must stretch it out. (Probably good!) When I was schooling the exams for all classes were in the last week or so.