COLD DARK ROOM

[Lyn W]

Good morning all.
It's a bright and very chilly day here, I think temps dipped to -1C last night.
Looks like Lola wants room service today as he doesn't seem too keen to come out for food.
Hope you all have a good Thursday.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Remember Remember the 5th of November ???

 

[EllieMay]

Good morning!!! Beautiful day here in the city!!! Jess had a much more comfortable night. I took Cinder out for a walk this morning on the concrete river walk.. ( You can tell I’m not from the city) i was amazed to see that the concrete river actually has an abundant amount of fish in it.. ?

 

[Maro2Bear]

Good morning!!! Beautiful day here in the city!!! Jess had a much more comfortable night. I took Cinder out for a walk this morning on the concrete river walk.. ( You can tell I’m not from the city) i was amazed to see that the concrete river actually has an abundant amount of fish in it.. ?
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I guess those canyons are to handle the flash flooding. Quite the concrete canyon. One would THINK they would/could plant shrubs & scrub trees along there.

 

[Maro2Bear]

Wow....5 November and it’s baking HOT out on our deck. Pulling the last of the decking up....and we have heat exhaustion already at 11:00 ! I guess we need to pace ourselves.

 

[EllieMay]

I guess those canyons are to handle the flash flooding. Quite the concrete canyon. One would THINK they would/could plant shrubs & scrub trees along there.

Right!!! I mentioned them to my mother who group up in South Texas (souther than where I am now) and she said they are common around here.cinder wanted to go down for a closer look and play in the water.. Mom told me that she tried to swim in one as a little girl but you can imagine what happens to the concrete after a period of time in the water.. it becomes slick.. Hard to get out of... we decided to stay high and dry.. lol..

 

[Maro2Bear]

Right!!! I mentioned them to my mother who group up in South Texas (souther than where I am now) and she said they are common around here.cinder wanted to go down for a closer look and play in the water.. Mom told me that she tried to swim in one as a little girl but you can imagine what happens to the concrete after a period of time in the water.. it becomes slick.. Hard to get out of... we decided to stay high and dry.. lol..

The thing is, you need to be careful‘cause as you prob know, they could have just a trinkle where you are, or even dry, but a few miles north (upstream) could be massive thunderstorms that quickly fill up these gullys and are traveling fast. Washing you away.

An arroyo (/əˈrɔɪoʊ/; from Spanish arroyo Spanish: [aˈroʝo], "brook"), also called a wash, is a dry creek, stream bed or gulch that temporarily or seasonally fills and flows after sufficient rain.[1]Flash floods are common in arroyos following thunderstorms.

In Spain and Latin America any small river is called an arroyo, flowing continually all year and never drying.

The Spanish term for the subject of this article is rambla, while wadi (Arabic) is used in North Africa, and Western Asia.[citation needed] Arroyos provide a water source to desert animals.

The desert dry wash biome is restricted to the arroyos of the southwestern United States.

 

[Yvonne G]

I guess those canyons are to handle the flash flooding. Quite the concrete canyon. One would THINK they would/could plant shrubs & scrub trees along there.

(and THAT would help towards fixing global warming!)

 

[Lyn W]

Remember Remember the 5th of November ???

Lots of fireworks around me this evening; no organised displays allowed so I guess people have bought their own even though you can't buy anything but essential goods in shops at the moment. They must have bought them before our 2nd lockdown. I only have a some old sparklers I found in a cupboard and there aren't any kids about I can give them to, so I may go and wave them around later just to get rid of them.

 

[Lyn W]

Good morning!!! Beautiful day here in the city!!! Jess had a much more comfortable night. I took Cinder out for a walk this morning on the concrete river walk.. ( You can tell I’m not from the city) i was amazed to see that the concrete river actually has an abundant amount of fish in it.. ?
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Is that the sort of place where kids used to use to race in when it's dry? I'm thinking of the film Grease.

 

[Lyn W]

I guess those canyons are to handle the flash flooding. Quite the concrete canyon. One would THINK they would/could plant shrubs & scrub trees along there.

The way our weather's changed I can see the UK building some of those in areas where flooding has become common. You're right Mark, some trees etc would definitely improve the area.

 

[Lyn W]

Wow....5 November and it’s baking HOT out on our deck. Pulling the last of the decking up....and we have heat exhaustion already at 11:00 ! I guess we need to pace ourselves.

Temps no higher than 7C today. Brrrr!

 

[Cathie G]

They would bring her right back as soon as she started snoring ? Seriously, she has received a ton of compliments on her behavior.. She has really done me proud, done her job well, and earned her keep;-) if it was possible to love her any more, I do!!!

For someone that cute I would ignore the little song she sings at sleepy time.zzzzzz

 

[Cathie G]

People aren't supposed to set them off after 11 I think here, but there's no way of policing it, and the police aren't interested anyway. I recently found out that they won't even go to shops who catch shoplifters unless they have over £250 worth of goods. There's just no deterrent these days.

I guess around here there's to many more serious issues then to mess with it. My animals are inside usually so I just shut the windows and turn up the music. My animals, I think, actually don't mind the music and kinda like it.?

 

[EllieMay]

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Is that the sort of place where kids used to use to race in when it's dry? I'm thinking of the film Grease.

...oooo maybe so!!! I’ve never seen one before but I could picture it.. Jess and I had considered being Pink Ladies for Halloween.. lol

 

[EllieMay]

Jess developed compartment syndrome and had went back to surgery for a fasciotomy:-((
It was caught early and will relieve a lot of pain but it means that her arm will be opened up again in a new place.. this time from shoulder all the way to the palm of her hand.. she can’t catch a damn break!!!

 

[Maro2Bear]

Jess developed compartment syndrome and had went back to surgery for a fasciotomy:-((
It was caught early and will relieve a lot of pain but it means that her arm will be opened up again in a new place.. this time from shoulder all the way to the palm of her hand.. she can’t catch a damn break!!!

Yikes. Had to read up on Compartment Syndrome” - yikes, it’s great they figured out what it was. Doesnt sound good, so fixing it early is great. ?????

 

[EllieMay]

Yikes. Had to read up on Compartment Syndrome” - yikes, it’s great they figured out what it was. Doesnt sound good, so fixing it early is great. ?????

Yes.. I’m trying really hard to be grateful for all the good but this is testing the limits.. she’s suffering and I fell pretty helpless.. I guess there is just no way to understand something like this..

 

[Maro2Bear]

Yes.. I’m trying really hard to be grateful for all the good but this is testing the limits.. she’s suffering and I fell pretty helpless.. I guess there is just no way to understand something like this..

I’m sure the Docs there have things well control. A slight set back, but moving forward. Baby steps.

 

[Lyn W]

Jess developed compartment syndrome and had went back to surgery for a fasciotomy:-((
It was caught early and will relieve a lot of pain but it means that her arm will be opened up again in a new place.. this time from shoulder all the way to the palm of her hand.. she can’t catch a damn break!!!

Oh no, poor Jess! I'm so sorry to hear that but at least it was caught early. Lets hope this will solve any problems so she can get on with her recovery. Big hugs to you and very careful ones to Jess.