COLD DARK ROOM
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It's been a crazy weather time for days. Wednesday it was in the 80's. Then a cold windy front blew through and finally brought hail that vanished as soon as it came today. It's been 2 days of it.
Happy Friday all.
Out for a quick grocery trip and swung through one of our many back roads quite near the NASA Goddard complex. Just like that I spotted a flock of big black birds, first thought wild turkeys or turkey vultures. A closer look as I pulled over is that we have two Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures & some crows feasting on a deer carcass.
Out for a quick grocery trip and swung through one of our many back roads quite near the NASA Goddard complex. Just like that I spotted a flock of big black birds, first thought wild turkeys or turkey vultures. A closer look as I pulled over is that we have two Bald Eagles, Turkey Vultures & some crows feasting on a deer carcass.
Enjoy it to the hilt! They grow so fast that you turn around and they're grown.
and look out 
they multiply.
Well... you can't believe this story but I promise it's true. My little R2 D2 cool air humidifier malfunctioned. I woke up and the light told me it needed turned off. So I did! Come to find out everything was wet. In my groggyness I just turned it off 
when I came to my senses I threw it away. Then I had to fight Joe tooth and nail to keep it in the trash can. In the meantime, I was thinking 
it lasted less than 2 months and could have given me or Joe a charge.Well here's where it gets good... I woke up this morning with a new one sitting where the other one should be so I got it up and running 
My little R2 D2 cool air humidifier malfunctioned. I woke up and the light told me it needed turned off. So I did! Come to find out everything was wet. In my groggyness I just turned it off when I came to my senses I threw it away. Then I had to fight Joe tooth and nail to keep it in the trash can. In the meantime, I was thinking it lasted less than 2 months and could have given me or Joe a charge.Well here's where it gets good... I woke up this morning with a new one sitting where the other one should be so I got it up and running 
Joe?
Did the first one come with a guarantee?My brother Joe bought me a new toy
It should have lasted much longer so the store may have swapped it for you.
Good morning/afternoon all.
Still cold here, we're back into -C temps overnight so there was ice on the birds baths this morning.
Lola followed me out in to the garden when I pegged some washing out, but wasn't impressed, so he headed straight back to his cosy hide.
I've just been skimming off the top layer of soil under a bird feeder which was covered in a thick matting of long, black hairy fungus. I've never seen it before but looked it up. It seems it's a fungus called phycomyces nitens that's common under bird feeders and breaks down bird poop, so nothing sinister, but maybe I'll start to rotate where I put the feeder. When I tried to brush it away with a stiff bristled broom, it didn't break at all and it was just like brushing hair - very weird but interesting!
I hope you all have a good Saturday.
Still cold here, we're back into -C temps overnight so there was ice on the birds baths this morning.
Lola followed me out in to the garden when I pegged some washing out, but wasn't impressed, so he headed straight back to his cosy hide.
I've just been skimming off the top layer of soil under a bird feeder which was covered in a thick matting of long, black hairy fungus. I've never seen it before but looked it up. It seems it's a fungus called phycomyces nitens that's common under bird feeders and breaks down bird poop, so nothing sinister, but maybe I'll start to rotate where I put the feeder. When I tried to brush it away with a stiff bristled broom, it didn't break at all and it was just like brushing hair - very weird but interesting!
I hope you all have a good Saturday.
Took my son Jim and granddaughters shark fishing yesterday. We caught 6 in about 2 hrs. Nanay my mother in law started getting sea sick. So we came back to the dock. Had a great time!
I love when you share fishing pictures with us!
TheLastGreen
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Hemel! Shark fishing?! That's like me saying I'm going on a safari tomorrow and I'm gonna tame a lion. You say it so casually, but it's amazing!
I wonder what type of shark it is? Is it a black tip shark?
TheLastGreen
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Good day all!
It's been a busy few days! My mom is covid negative, and we're all finally much better.
Here and there it rained and the last two days it was extremely cold, and cloudy.
Zvezda's hay arrived yesterday. All 5kg of it. It's ten times her body weight. It should last a decent bit into the winter. She was obviously disgusted, but after chopping it up she ate it with her salad leaves. If it's green she'll eat it.
Sunny is doing ok, he's stable on 137g, but he hasn't pooped in more than two weeks, and in the last two days he hasn't eaten a thing, perhaps nibbled but nothing too much. Perhaps I should feed pure cucumber to help things along?
(I should add after the horrendous vet visit a few weeks ago he cleared out his system, pooped about 1 and a half cycles worth, and peed, so it may take time till he has the urge to poop soon)
But just now while soaking he used both his feet to move! So I'm glad we're making progress there
Anyway, today was good! Only frustrating part was that I had a doctors appointment that was rescheduled for two days earlier. I arrived and no one was there! I stood there like a dry drab, and then left. I checked the e mail and it was sent by their no reply system, so it must've been an accident.
Anyway, enough talk from me, have a good day!
It's been a busy few days! My mom is covid negative, and we're all finally much better.
Here and there it rained and the last two days it was extremely cold, and cloudy.
Zvezda's hay arrived yesterday. All 5kg of it. It's ten times her body weight. It should last a decent bit into the winter. She was obviously disgusted, but after chopping it up she ate it with her salad leaves. If it's green she'll eat it.
Sunny is doing ok, he's stable on 137g, but he hasn't pooped in more than two weeks, and in the last two days he hasn't eaten a thing, perhaps nibbled but nothing too much. Perhaps I should feed pure cucumber to help things along?
(I should add after the horrendous vet visit a few weeks ago he cleared out his system, pooped about 1 and a half cycles worth, and peed, so it may take time till he has the urge to poop soon)
But just now while soaking he used both his feet to move! So I'm glad we're making progress there
Anyway, today was good! Only frustrating part was that I had a doctors appointment that was rescheduled for two days earlier. I arrived and no one was there! I stood there like a dry drab, and then left. I checked the e mail and it was sent by their no reply system, so it must've been an accident.
Anyway, enough talk from me, have a good day!
Most of that stuff only comes with a 30 days warranty and that store is one that sells closeouts so I just threw it away. I wasn't going to do another one because of the fact that it broke so quickly. Joe wasn't having that for a second though.
He keeps rubbing it in that he bought it for me though which is hilarious. I can tell now with this second one that the first one probably was faulty. I'm pretty sure this one will last.
That is very interesting. Is it actually beneficial?
You all can never talk enough to suit me.
I'm glad it doesn't seem to be covid for your family. Sometimes the longer lasting ailments are just as bad. This is just my opinion and others can object without hurting my fealings. I just think that if they aren't eating much giving a tort something they like like that starts to encourage them to eat.
Yes it is a black fin. When fishing in the ocean. Even if you are not targeting sharks. You will still catch them. Nothing worse than having a nice grouper, kingfish or snapper. On your line and it comes in the boat bitten in half from a shark.
Hope Sunny gets better. Have you tried a nice long car ride?
Apparently so, it breaks down the bird poop and doesn't seem to be any evidence of it being toxic to other animals. I took it up though because of Tilly the pup coming to stay next month, so just making sure my garden is Tilly safe!
Could loss of appetite be down to seasonal changes? Lola eats and poops less during winter even though he's inside and warm.
Cucumber is a good laxative, I grate some of the flesh (no skin or seeds) to a mush to make it work more quickly - although I've no evidence that it does, it just seems to make sense to me that it would speed up the digestion of it.
If you can get some opuntia cactus pads (spineless) that is a really good way to encourage poops and they are much more nutritious than cucumber. The ones I ordered are enormous so I just feed thin slithers of them and have to ration it because because otherwise poop is very loose and frequent!
