COLD DARK ROOM

JoesMum

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Well, it has been cold and wet here for a few days.

While walking I took a few pics for the bird lovers in here. This is a little pond near tl our house and it is actually the first time that I have noticed the nests and birds. I normally hear them but haven't noticed them. Sorry pics are not the best. I couldn't get close enough or zoom in enough to see them up close.
Yeah, sorry picture heavy and more than likely the same three birds. ??
The yellow bird with a black face is a kind of weaver bird... masked weaver I think

I can’t work out the others :)
 

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So today was a public holiday in South Africa. And the only sunny day for a few days where i would be able to finish the bottle wall levels. I have put the last levels up and cemented them in except for a few bottles. I ran out of cement. I will finish the wall off with white cement once I get a weekend free and no rain. This is where I will neaten everything off. I am using white cement, because that way I won't need to paint. And hopefully it will look much nicer. Once the wall is totally finished I will post a picture again. It also seems that finally my pond just might be water proof. I have put what rain water I managed to catch into the pond and so far it has not disappeared. (Yayyyyy) When my bucket/barrel has caught more water I will put that into the pond as well. And I will then have nice clean water in the pond and do not need to use the dirty well point water. I have plenty of wine bottles over and I think that I will use them to make some garden beds.

However I will have to give it some thought and see how I will do it. The wall just about killed my back today. However by the time I do it again I should have recovered from todays workout session.

It is dark already and hubby and I are lying in bed chilling. Although we decied to change our bedroom around. We just swopped sides, so the TV is now where the bed was and the bed is where the T.V was. It kind of feels wierd though and for some reason much bigger. Poor Scooby Doo is s confused. But I am sure he will get over it soon enough.

Anyway, have a great Monday and chat tomorrow again.
 

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That’s exactly what Ally said. ! She doesn’t want to get behind. She is going in the 8th grade..
Lol, Jarrod is in the 9th grade. They have extended this year into next year. So the poor kids are going to have to do the balance of grade 9 in the beginning of next year and then the whole of grade 10 by the end of 2021.
 

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It is dark already and hubby and I are lying in bed chilling. Although we decied to change our bedroom around. We just swopped sides, so the TV is now where the bed was and the bed is where the T.V was. It kind of feels wierd though and for some reason much bigger. Poor Scooby Doo is s confused. But I am sure he will get over it soon enough.
If you start having weird dreams now that you've moved the furniture around... Well, there's a thread for that!
 

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I feel terrible for the kids, especially the middle school and high school students. They really need that in person social interaction, however awkward it is.

I mean, what is school without being able to sneak a glance at the person the student has a crush on?
Ha Ha Ha very true, Besides that though I think that the kids just need a person explaining the work to them. It is very difficult to do online studying, you have to be seriously disciplined and most kids are not.
 

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Good evenooning all

Here in the south of England it has been sweltering day and night for a few days. 35C (95F) may not sound hot to many of you, but here few homes have air conditioning and the humidity has been horrible.

I have been making masks again.

My bestie who runs a guinea pig rescue found some gorgeous Cath Kidston fabric and I made that up into masks. They sold to her rescue Facebook followers in a few hours on Sunday making £230 :)
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Today was an early start for a morning at the rescue. It is getting quieter on the baby bird front as many species have stopped breeding now. I am making masks to raise more money for them too, but it was too hot to face pressing them with the iron this afternoon so I’ll do that first thing tomorrow hopefully and get the elastic on them. I have raised over £900 for the rescue since I started mask making :)

While we aren’t inundated with baby birds, we are short on volunteers right now. People are taking holidays and thise of us left are doing extra and/or longer shifts to cover.

JoesDad and I are supposed to be going to France on holiday in a couple of weeks, but it seems very unlikely it will happen. We are expecting the goverment to change the quarantine arrangements imminently which would invalidate our insurance if we travelled. :(
 

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So today was a public holiday in South Africa. And the only sunny day for a few days where i would be able to finish the bottle wall levels. I have put the last levels up and cemented them in except for a few bottles. I ran out of cement. I will finish the wall off with white cement once I get a weekend free and no rain. This is where I will neaten everything off. I am using white cement, because that way I won't need to paint. And hopefully it will look much nicer. Once the wall is totally finished I will post a picture again. It also seems that finally my pond just might be water proof. I have put what rain water I managed to catch into the pond and so far it has not disappeared. (Yayyyyy) When my bucket/barrel has caught more water I will put that into the pond as well. And I will then have nice clean water in the pond and do not need to use the dirty well point water. I have plenty of wine bottles over and I think that I will use them to make some garden beds.

However I will have to give it some thought and see how I will do it. The wall just about killed my back today. However by the time I do it again I should have recovered from todays workout session.
Hmmm.
It was supposed to be National Lazy Day, though I didn't realize it was a Public Holiday In South Africa.
Anyway, Nul Points to you! ;)
 

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Good evenooning all

Here in the south of England it has been sweltering day and night for a few days. 35C (95F) may not sound hot to many of you, but here few homes have air conditioning and the humidity has been horrible.

I have been making masks again.

My bestie who runs a guinea pig rescue found some gorgeous Cath Kidston fabric and I made that up into masks. They sold to her rescue Facebook followers in a few hours on Sunday making £230 :)
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Today was an early start for a morning at the rescue. It is getting quieter on the baby bird front as many species have stopped breeding now. I am making masks to raise more money for them too, but it was too hot to face pressing them with the iron this afternoon so I’ll do that first thing tomorrow hopefully and get the elastic on them. I have raised over £900 for the rescue since I started mask making :)

While we aren’t inundated with baby birds, we are short on volunteers right now. People are taking holidays and thise of us left are doing extra and/or longer shifts to cover.

JoesDad and I are supposed to be going to France on holiday in a couple of weeks, but it seems very unlikely it will happen. We are expecting the goverment to change the quarantine arrangements imminently which would invalidate our insurance if we travelled.
Well 95°f isn't nice even with air conditioning here. I can't go outside and it makes the humidity go too high even with the air inside. It's 90 today. But we are supposed to get rain also I hope and pray. I like your masks. I've been making them too for giving. It's good to see the baby bird rescue numbers going down. Thank God for rescues though. Each little rescue at least gets a chance.?
 

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Good morning, Roommates.
It is National Lazy Day in the UK and Canada. View attachment 302982
Great excuse for me not doing the housework.
Well I've lost several points. I was actually able to get my driver's license renewal and grocery shopped. Luckily my brother showed up so I didn't have to carry it all in myself.(points gained) but I did have to put it all away.points lost. Now I have to cook dinner....a womans work is never done. So I do have a question points lost. Is there a woman out there that gets to celebrate National Lazy Day???
 
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