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Cathie G

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Thanks, I was using Anoro but the doctor changed me to Trellgy yesterday for my COPD.
It's good. Anoro is the same one without the same type of steroid. Trelligy is the one my doctor tried to get me on but I can't. It has fluticasone. Now I seldom have to use ventolin.?
 

Cathie G

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@Cathie G a fellow bird enthusiast took this photo of a male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker not far from here today. This guy is tiny;, about the size of a sparrow.

They are so uncommon here and I am really jealous.
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That little guy is about the same size as the little ones here. And then...in the bird war story... there's been this hawk that hangs around here and he landed in our tree today. You should have seen the starlings and sparrows get the heck out of dodge. It was funny ?IMG_20201217_144431907.jpg
 

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RVA is a scary frozen mess with tons of Black Ice! Add in a regular heap of bad drivers and while sections of the highway are shut down! Glad I am off today!
See what I mean. Promises promises. We get 2 or 3" and it melts by noon. We have a little bit of snow left but not much.☹️
 

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Good afternoon/evening all.
Hope your Thursday is going well even if it is snowy.
We have further weather warnings in place for heavy rain and strong winds tonight and tomorrow - it's really depressing :(
It still doesn't feel Christmassy at all and I can't believe Xmas Day is next Friday.
I'm still looking for Xmas presents. I'm usually full of good ideas but I don't have a clue for my sisters and brothers in law this year! I'm panicking!!!!
I was going to go shopping today but my nephew has got himself into a financial pickle so I've spent most of today trying to sort all that out. I'll go tomorrow..........maybe.
 

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Good afternoon/evening all.
Hope your Thursday is going well even if it is snowy.
We have further weather warnings in place for heavy rain and strong winds tonight and tomorrow - it's really depressing :(
It still doesn't feel Christmassy at all and I can't believe Xmas Day is next Friday.
I'm still looking for Xmas presents. I'm usually full of good ideas but I don't have a clue for my sisters and brothers in law this year! I'm panicking!!!!
I was going to go shopping today but my nephew has got himself into a financial pickle so I've spent most of today trying to sort all that out. I'll go tomorrow..........maybe.
You know what's gonna happen to us? We will get all this snow of and on right up until the week before Christmas, then nothing. It will have all melted by Christmas, turned soggy and brown, etc. It's teasing us here. No white Christmas I guarantee you. lol
 

Cathie G

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Good afternoon/evening all.
Hope your Thursday is going well even if it is snowy.
We have further weather warnings in place for heavy rain and strong winds tonight and tomorrow - it's really depressing :(
It still doesn't feel Christmassy at all and I can't believe Xmas Day is next Friday.
I'm still looking for Xmas presents. I'm usually full of good ideas but I don't have a clue for my sisters and brothers in law this year! I'm panicking!!!!
I was going to go shopping today but my nephew has got himself into a financial pickle so I've spent most of today trying to sort all that out. I'll go tomorrow..........maybe.
Our family trades socks, candy, candles, hot chocolate etc in a little goody basket..
 

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Good afternoon/evening all.
Hope your Thursday is going well even if it is snowy.
We have further weather warnings in place for heavy rain and strong winds tonight and tomorrow - it's really depressing :(
It still doesn't feel Christmassy at all and I can't believe Xmas Day is next Friday.
I'm still looking for Xmas presents. I'm usually full of good ideas but I don't have a clue for my sisters and brothers in law this year! I'm panicking!!!!
I was going to go shopping today but my nephew has got himself into a financial pickle so I've spent most of today trying to sort all that out. I'll go tomorrow..........maybe.
We having a saying for things like this...
Chicken one day... feathers the next.. ?
 

EllieMay

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You know what's gonna happen to us? We will get all this snow of and on right up until the week before Christmas, then nothing. It will have all melted by Christmas, turned soggy and brown, etc. It's teasing us here. No white Christmas I guarantee you. lol
Same!!! Except we won’t even get the teaser ?
 

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Whahahaha that is funny. LOL not fully back though. As not only am I still recovering from covid, but I am also still trying the get the books reconciled for the last 5 years of the complex. That is how much of a bad job the previous volunteers have been with looking after the finances of the complex. I am also having to fight with residents about money that they still need to pay for their levies which was not brought to their attention by previous treasurers. It is a thankless job and gets ugly, because some of the people don't seem to understand simple math. e.g. the one lady had to pay in the amount of R2640 and then R3440 for 2019 and 2020, she always pays three months in advance. Anyway for 2019 she only paid in R1980 and for 2020 she only paid in R3000. But the more I explain that she has not paid these two years in full yet, the more she argues that she always pays in advance and has fully paid her levies. I am at my wits end, as I do not know how to simplify it for her any further than I have already done. I have done her account for her in 4 different way trying to explain to her and she still does not get it.
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maybe now.... just stare at her..
that will at the very least freak her out. ?
 

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Just got back from the doctors and there is no progression of the scarring in my lung!???
Will go back next month for another breathing test to see if my lung function of 48% is any worse. So pulamary fibrosis is pretty much out of the picture at this time.???????
One less thing to worry about!

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
??????????????????❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️?????☺️??????????????. (I threw in the alligator just for some fun.) This is GREAT news Ray! You should be celebrating ? !!!
 

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Good morning all - the weather is as promised, but we had a short dry interval where I was able to go out and restock my bird feeders. I have a few extra species this year which is lovely to see and a very sociable blackbird who is quite happy to let me get quite close, but he is pretty bossy and doesn't like the other blackbird on his patch.
Sadly there is avian flu in parts of S Wales so have to be quite thorough with cleaning the feeders.
It seems to be mainly affecting geese, swans and ducks and many have been found dead further away - 17 geese and some ducks found dead on a short stretch of one river :(
Although I did wonder if that was maybe pollution from one of the businesses near the river.
Poor birds! Lots of geese migrate here to over winter too so it could be disastrous for them.
Anyway bad news aside I hope you all have a good Friday.
I'm trying to gear myself up to go shopping but would prefer to take a leaf out of Lola's book and stay in the warm!!! TTFN
 

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Snowstorm now passed, time for another Winter road trip - off to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1933 as a waterfowl sanctuary for birds migrating along the critical migration highway called the Atlantic Flyway. The refuge is located on Maryland's Eastern Shore, just 12 mi south of Cambridge, Maryland in Dorchester County, and consists of over 28,000 acres of freshwater impoundments, brackish tidal wetlands, open fields, and mixed evergreen and deciduous forests. Blackwater NWR is one of over 540 units in the National Wildlife Refuge System, which is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

Hopefully lots of Eagles, Swans & more.

Have a great day all - be safe - wear a mask.!
 
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