COLD DARK ROOM

Cathie G

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Good evenooning all. It has been a very soggy afternoon here. Under the new lockdown rules my son arranged to meet a couple of mates outdoors this evening. He has gone, but they’re going to be pretty wet. It is such a shame. We have had lovely weather through lockdown and son and his friends have stuck to it complete. The first weekend they can meet, albeit out of doors and keeping 2 metres apart, the weather turns terrible :(

My trail camera decided to misbehave last night. The batteries were getting low so that was the obvious first thing to deal with. Unfortunately, the battery tray wouldn’t eject and I thought it was done for. JoesDad finally managed to extract it about an hour ago so it has gone back out with new batteries and we’ll see if that was the problem or something else. Fingers crossed for it working properly this evening. I need my hedgehog videos!
My fingers are crossed for you. I hate losing a good picture or video of animal antics.
 

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Hot, muggy, sticky & water logged garden. Sully is loving the rain. During a massive heavy thundershower last evening, we checked outside & there was Sully, big old large paws & head soaking up the rain. Even yawned a fee times during the downpour (maybe an easy way to drink).
I just love to see Sulcata out in the weather...we mostly talk about hatchlings...but bigger Sulcata are more fun...:)
 

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Good morning all! Hope that a pleasant Saturday is in store for all...I’ve got to go drop off the new windows 10 program to the people who are fixing my computer.. turned out that my hard drive failed so i had to replace that and all of my operating software.. it was outdated anyway but the expense of fixing it could have come at a better time. I also have to swing by Lowe’s for some more 10x10 boards to finish Crushers fence before my trip...
I have several short trips on the horizon that I’ve been stockpiling for. The first is coming up next weekend. Dad, brother, myself and children will be staying in a cabin off bolivar peninsula ( just outside galveston). Fishing directly off the back deck...crabbing below the docks, dolphin watching....maybe even kayaking over the manatees.. this trip is really important to me. I’ve been taking my dad to some specialist for testing. They found quite a bit of nastiness on a routine chest X-ray. We had a biopsy done Thursday so I am praying for some good news. They report from his first CT showed moderately extensive emphysema and probable pulmonary malignancy...any extra prayers are appreciated...

Anyway, after this trip, my sister and I are taking a road trip to Pensacola . ( I wonder if I have already told y’all this?)
And then a couple weeks later is the annual kayaking \ canoe trip on the buffalo river...

I seem to be very repetitive lately. I think my brain is struggling to keep up with everything so I apologize for the ramble.. what I really wanted to say was just Happy Saturday all!
Some of us here need reminded namely me.? You have my prayers going up for your dad. Also that you have some wonderful days on your trips...and a happy Saturday.
 

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Good evenooning all. It has been a very soggy afternoon here. Under the new lockdown rules my son arranged to meet a couple of mates outdoors this evening. He has gone, but they’re going to be pretty wet. It is such a shame. We have had lovely weather through lockdown and son and his friends have stuck to it complete. The first weekend they can meet, albeit out of doors and keeping 2 metres apart, the weather turns terrible :(

My trail camera decided to misbehave last night. The batteries were getting low so that was the obvious first thing to deal with. Unfortunately, the battery tray wouldn’t eject and I thought it was done for. JoesDad finally managed to extract it about an hour ago so it has gone back out with new batteries and we’ll see if that was the problem or something else. Fingers crossed for it working properly this evening. I need my hedgehog videos!
We need your hedgehog videos!!! So fingers crossed;-)
 

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We went from a very cool dry almost cold Spring - to a steamy hot humid yucky first few days of meteorological Summer! Last few days have been low 90s, humid, yucky sticky & wet coupled with afternoon/evening thundershowers.

That said - it’s really green & lush. Sunflowers, flowers & luffas growing.
 

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We went from a very cool dry almost cold Spring - to a steamy hot humid yucky first few days of meteorological Summer! Last few days have been low 90s, humid, yucky sticky & wet coupled with afternoon/evening thundershowers.

That said - it’s really green & lush. Sunflowers, flowers & luffas growing.
We have gone from a warm and sunny spring. To a cold, wet and windy summer :D

I got so cold last night that I have dug out a blanket to add to to my side of the bed!
 

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Good evenooning all. The trailcamera is working again, but there weren’t any particularly good pics. Hopefully we’ll have something for tomorro.

I spent this morning gardening. A bit of dead heading and then I planted out some pond plants. Our pond i starting to look more complete. I have more hornwort (a native oxygenator) on order and I could do with another marginal plant. The fringed lily I put in isn‘t doing particularly well... just one tiny leaf... but I will give that more time before I replace it.
 

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Good evenooning all. The trailcamera is working again, but there weren’t any particularly good pics. Hopefully we’ll have something for tomorro.

I spent this morning gardening. A bit of dead heading and then I planted out some pond plants. Our pond i starting to look more complete. I have more hornwort (a native oxygenator) on order and I could do with another marginal plant. The fringed lily I put in isn‘t doing particularly well... just one tiny leaf... but I will give that more time before I replace it.

Good news on the trailcam. ? Yep, pretty much same here too. Lots of edging borders, cut down spent daffodils, dead headed roses, trimmed/topped our dogwoods, cut some grass, painted some more of our gates/deck,refilled humming bird feeders.

I’ll have to make my deck fountain larger next year. I think you saw this pix, but my Water Hyacinths continue to fill out nicely.

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Silence is “golden”?

Wanted to get out on the water for an early morning “sunrise” paddle, but the winds are kicking up from the East, blowing directly across the Chesapeake Bay creating lots of “fetch”. Not the best conditions for solo paddling.
I did watch the early glow...

About 0515, 30 mins before “Sunrise”
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Not Much Later
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And Only a few More Mins Later
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Silence is “golden”?

Wanted to get out on the water for an early morning “sunrise” paddle, but the winds are kicking up from the East, blowing directly across the Chesapeake Bay creating lots of “fetch”. Not the best conditions for solo paddling.
I did watch the early glow...

About 0515, 30 mins before “Sunrise”
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Not Much Later
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And Only a few More Mins Later
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Really pretty...
What’s “fetch”? I’m thinking something like the wind pushing you back maybe???
 

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Good evenooning. Our trail cam is working and has revealed we have 3 prickly visitors not 2.

We still have the big one with marks across his back
And then we caught two of a smaller size squaring up to each other

At the rescue this morning we had quite a different set of birds.

The eleventy billion blue t-its was down to a more manageable couple of of dozen.

Instead we had 8 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers. They were escape artists and loved to wander up your arm and round your back. I spent a fair amount of time dangling food over my shoulder trying to tempt them back within reach!
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We also had a juvenile Green Woodpecker. These guys prefer the ground to trees. They love eating ants off lawns.
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This little guy is a Nuthatch. Another tree dweller but only the size of a sparrow. We had him last week when he was completely helpless. Now he still needs feeding, but he is well on his way to independence.
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And very unusual for us were two Herring Gull chicks. They’re just starting to take fish for themselves. They’re still at the cute stage. They’ll soon grow into the noisy, smelly feathered version!
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Good evenooning. Our trail cam is working and has revealed we have 3 prickly visitors not 2.

We still have the big one with marks across his back
And then we caught two of a smaller size squaring up to each other


At the rescue this morning we had quite a different set of birds.

The eleventy billion blue t-its was down to a more manageable couple of of dozen.

Instead we had 8 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers. They were escape artists and loved to wander up your arm and round your back. I spent a fair amount of time dangling food over my shoulder trying to tempt them back within reach!
View attachment 296793

We also had a juvenile Green Woodpecker. These guys prefer the ground to trees. They love eating ants off lawns.
View attachment 296794
This little guy is a Nuthatch. Another tree dweller but only the size of a sparrow. We had him last week when he was completely helpless. Now he still needs feeding, but he is well on his way to independence.
View attachment 296795

And very unusual for us were two Herring Gull chicks. They’re just starting to take fish for themselves. They’re still at the cute stage. They’ll soon grow into the noisy, smelly feathered version!
View attachment 296798
Oh my gosh! What a beautiful variety!!! In the garden and at the rescue:)
 

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Good evenooning. Our trail cam is working and has revealed we have 3 prickly visitors not 2.

We still have the big one with marks across his back
And then we caught two of a smaller size squaring up to each other

At the rescue this morning we had quite a different set of birds.

The eleventy billion blue t-its was down to a more manageable couple of of dozen.

Instead we had 8 juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers. They were escape artists and loved to wander up your arm and round your back. I spent a fair amount of time dangling food over my shoulder trying to tempt them back within reach!
View attachment 296793

We also had a juvenile Green Woodpecker. These guys prefer the ground to trees. They love eating ants off lawns.
View attachment 296794
This little guy is a Nuthatch. Another tree dweller but only the size of a sparrow. We had him last week when he was completely helpless. Now he still needs feeding, but he is well on his way to independence.
View attachment 296795

And very unusual for us were two Herring Gull chicks. They’re just starting to take fish for themselves. They’re still at the cute stage. They’ll soon grow into the noisy, smelly feathered version!
View attachment 296798

cute bunch of babies!
 
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