COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

Hi everyone [emoji851]
I hope everyone is well.
I’m sorry I’ve been MIA I’m recovering from eye surgery. Feeling a bit under the weather [emoji58]
Talk soon [emoji173]️

Oh Shame Noel. Get well and come back to us soon. We miss you.

 

[CarolM]

Read it backwards[emoji854]. It’s hard to keep up with the cdr...

Whahahaha. I got it now. Image of the day. [emoji23]

 

[CarolM]

Another member missing is Lyn. Is she still busy with the wedding? I hope all is okay. @LynW where are you? Come back to us.

 

[Lyn W]

Another member missing is Lyn. Is she still busy with the wedding? I hope all is okay. @LynW where are you? Come back to us.

Good morning Carol!
The wedding was lovely - quite informal and a good time was had by all.
The brides family and friends from Ohio and other parts of the world all seemed to enjoy themselves before returning home a couple of days ago
Her Dad was quite emotional as his wife died suddenly just before Xmas so it was a difficult time for him, having to travel here and see his first daughter married without her by his side, but he was well supported by everyone and got through it.
A couple of days after it were also spent with family who had traveled to Wales and I've been busy this week running around returning the 5 jackets I bought.

I hope everyone is OK here, I see I have a few pages to catch up on here so I'd better get cracking.

 

[Lyn W]

Good mornooning everyone. JoesDad and I are off to watch more cricket today. England v West Indies in Southampton. As that’s very close to where daughter lives we will take her out for dinner this evening.

Have a lovely (and hopefully dry) day!!

 

[Lyn W]

Good Friday Everyone. And yes that includes Montgomery, Willy and Silly, the hedgehogs and the Snow leopard. My car says it is 5c degrees this morning. Brrrrr. And I totally believe it. There was ice on my car this morning and ice on the school's race track.[emoji33] [emoji33] But I am taking comfort in the fact that if I cannot be warm on this side, you guys must at least be getting warmer on your side.

England is up today in the cricket. Good luck Linda. I hope your team does well.

It is a busy weekend. Acupuncture tonight, baby sitting our nephew tonight as well, then said nephew's Mom's 40th birthday tomorrow night. And then Sunday doing odds and ends at home.
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Happy Friday to you too Carol, sounds like a busy day . Hope the acupuncture and babysitting go well.
Our temps are not much better than yours with a high of on;y 15C expected again today. I don't mind the cooler temps but I would like a few dry days to catch up with some garden work.
Is there a party for the 40th birthday? If so enjoy the celebrations tomorrow.

 

[Lyn W]

Hi everyone [emoji851]
I hope everyone is well.
I’m sorry I’ve been MIA I’m recovering from eye surgery. Feeling a bit under the weather [emoji58]
Talk soon [emoji173]️

Hope all has gone well with the surgery Noel and that they have managed to improve your sight.
Sorry to hear you aren't feeling well.
Maybe the anesthetic has upset you, but hope you are feeling better soon.

 

[Lyn W]

I really do think that discipline is a very important part of bringing up children, the problem is parents either don't exercise enough of it or go too far.

Very true, too many parents rely on bribing their kids to behave with treats and then they soon learn to get what they want by misbehaving and having tantrums.
Many parents make a rod for their own back that way and wonder why they have naughty kids!
We see it all the time in school, but unlike their parents we don't give in to tempers.

 

[Lyn W]

I thought I’d share this news story about a school local to me from 1929 with you all.

Hopefully school behaviour policies have improved over the last 90 years. What gets me is the lack of certainty over how children she had and how many attended the school!
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Thankfully times have changed, although maybe a bit too far the other way now where teachers are worried about even saying the wrong thing to pupils now in case the parents accuse them of verbal abuse. It just depends on how supportive parents are; sadly many are anti school and love to cause trouble regardless of their own child's behaviour.

 

[CarolM]

Good morning Carol!
The wedding was lovely - quite informal and a good time was had by all.
The brides family and friends from Ohio and other parts of the world all seemed to enjoy themselves before returning home a couple of days ago
Her Dad was quite emotional as his wife died suddenly just before Xmas so it was a difficult time for him, having to travel here and see his first daughter married without her by his side, but he was well supported by everyone and got through it.
A couple of days after it were also spent with family who had traveled to Wales and I've been busy this week running around returning the 5 jackets I bought.

I hope everyone is OK here, I see I have a few pages to catch up on here so I'd better get cracking.

And she is back.
I am glad that all went well with the wedding.

 

[Lyn W]

.yad eht fo egamI
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Why the long face?

 

[CarolM]

Good mornooning everyone. JoesDad and I are off to watch more cricket today. England v West Indies in Southampton. As that’s very close to where daughter lives we will take her out for dinner this evening.

oohh Lucky daughter. Can I come too?

 

[Lyn W]

Hello everyone, went to the doctors today to see the results of the CT scan on my right lung. The person who read the CT says I have pulmonary fibrosis. My doctor thinks it is scarring from the 2 punctures and drain tube that was in my lung from the accident. So another CT scan and appointment in 3 months and then maybe scope my lung if there are still questions.
So I could have stayed in my hole for another 3 months or get back to some type of a life.
Thank you all for your kind words.

Sorry to hear that Ray but if there is a bright side it doesn't sound as if they are too worried, although that doesn't make it any easier for you I'm sure.
I hope you do manage to get some normality in your life and that we'll see you in the CDR more often.

 

[Lyn W]

Newest....
"My heart will go on" / Celine Dion, movie music "Titanic"
sung by Bee

Beautiful as ever Bee!

 

[CarolM]

Happy Friday to you too Carol, sounds like a busy day . Hope the acupuncture and babysitting go well.
Our temps are not much better than yours with a high of on;y 15C expected again today. I don't mind the cooler temps but I would like a few dry days to catch up with some garden work.
Is there a party for the 40th birthday? If so enjoy the celebrations tomorrow.

Thank you and Yes there is a party. But the older I get the more I am happy to just stay at home.

 

[Lyn W]

Not the one I promised ( I have to practise some more days ) but I think a good substitude: @Cathie G
Bridge over troubled water / Simon & Garfunkel
sung by Bee...

Another one of my favourites sung beautifully, thank you Bee!
You are spoiling us with 2 songs.

 

[Lyn W]

Happy Monday everyone [emoji851]View attachment 274414View attachment 274415

Love these pics!
The giraffe must have seen an opportunity for a good scratch!

 

[Lyn W]

Good mornooning, roommates! I’ve been (and will probably continue to be) a little quiet. A lot of last-minute social engagements. A lot of work trying to sort everything out. Traveling to Canada on July 1st. Still have dinner for class moms, daughter’s birthday party, end-of-year gifts for class teachers, friends visiting from Australia and US... Wish me luck! Miss you all. Love.

A very busy time for you Lena!
I hope all goes well with the packing and final goodbyes!
You know where we are when you have a spare minute.
Thinking of you!

 

[Lyn W]

I drove my toy riding mower back and forth in the two pastures this a.m. It's supposed to be about 103F so I tried to get out there before lunch time.

I shaded my body as much as I could:

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(I've GOT to remember to smile - and maybe a dab of lipstick. Geez, I look like a man!)

Because I no longer have horses and grassy pastures mean extra work for me, I've kept the pastures just bare dirt the last several years. In the spring I spray with Round-up. I usually have to spray a couple times, as seeds sprout at different temperatures. But this past winter I have a terrible sprouting of horseweed. Horseweed is almost impossible to kill unless you can spray it when it's a baby. But we had too many rainy or windy days and I couldn't get out there to spray. So a month or so ago I mowed it, then waited a couple days so leaves could sprout on the cut stems, then I sprayed it. But the Round-up didn't work. This a.m. when I started mowing, some of the plants were about 2' tall. My two pastures are just this side of the white rail fence:

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And as I was driving back towards the house I spotted this growing on the other side of the fence in the manure pile:

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I think it's a banana squash. Now I have to remember to turn on the water occasionally so it will grow.

Lovely bit of land!
Would it be worth you renting it out to someone with horses or some other grazers to help keep the grass and weeds down?

 

[Lyn W]

Love the hat Yvonne!! You did a lovely job mowing!!

I sure hope you can stay cool!!
We only hit 90’s today. The weather went from chilly to hot over night!!
I guess it’s summer now!!

I wish someone would tell the UK that!!