COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Thank you Ray! She does love to nip though

Hmmm. Selma may turn out to be male...

 

[CarolM]

Hmmm. Selma may turn out to be male...

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[Ben02]

Hmmm. Selma may turn out to be male...

Wouldn’t be surprised to be honest, haha

 

[Ben02]

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There are much bigger spiders near you Carol

 

[Ben02]

Yesterday my husband had a spontaneous bleed into the back of his head. He will not be waking up from this. He is at the hospital on hospice care. There is no response from him at all. I am with him.

I'll check in here as I'm able. I'm also posting this in the general forum to inform those who are not visitors to the CDR.

Please, treasure your loved ones...they can be gone in an instant.

I’m so sorry Karen

 

[CarolM]

There are much bigger spiders near you Carol

Yip, does not mean that I like them?

 

[Ben02]

Yip, does not mean that I like them?

Have you encountered any in your home

 

[Cathie G]

Carol I was thinking about a acupuncturist for my amputated right hand. 27/7 it feels like when you hit your thumb with a hammer.
Pressure, pain and when it's real bad. My invisible fingers hurt. Do you think it might help? I still need to try the mirror box.

I thought the mirror box was a really good idea because phantom pain and all pain really originates in the brain. I've known several paraplegics that although they don't feel pain like that they go through a different type of pain. I can see when they are going through it because their hair actually stands on end like static electricity.

 

[Cathie G]

Let us know if it works.

I'll have too because I'll be ecstatic. I haven't gotten over finding the little one in the bag of cans. Too cute...

 

[Cathie G]

Unfortunately these things happen. There will have been a reptile translocation before the build started. Daughter does these regularly.

They put up a reptile resistant fence. Basically a polythene sheet all round the site and then lay out mats for the reptiles to bask on then go round with a bucket and pick them up every day until they get none for 7 consecutive days. The reptiles are moved to a safe release site.

Amphibians and small mammals aren’t covered technically, but if they’re found they get moved too.

Thank God for people like your daughter.

 

[Cathie G]

It is illegal to disturb bird nests and to cut back hedgerows before 1 Sept. You need to mobilise those on social media. Can you email someone at your local wildlife trust?

Daughter says it’s a disaster for the slow worms and other reptiles too if undergrowth is cut back at this time of year. Long grass and undergrowth should be cut back once a year in the autumn and then to no less than 6 inches high which suits both the pollinating plants and the reptiles

Can he be persuaded to turn it into a community wildlife garden ? The wildlife trust would advise and Springwatch has made this idea very trendy. He might take that on board.

That's the saddest thing of all. Even though laws get passed to protect wildlife and even people, that law has to be enforced. Otherwise it's just a piece of paper in a big building called a law library.

 

[DE42]

Done stocking.

Need to do another 25% water change and get out more of the old broke down botanicals.

The next step will be adding new alder cones and a few almond and/or oak leaves.

 

[Cathie G]

View attachment 275612 View attachment 275613 We are approaching Selma’s first birthday, woohoo!

She has more than quadrupled her weight since I got her in August.

First pic was baby Selma
Second pic is her now

What a cutie! Happy birthday Selma...

 

[JoesMum]

Good evening all. We are home after a good day at the tennis. We got home at 7.30pm and it was 31C/88F. Goodness only knows how hot it was the peak!

Eastbourne temperatures, helped by the sea no doubt, were far better.

It has cooled down to 29C now, but we will have the fan on tonight.

Joe would have spent a day like today under a bush and probably only come out to eat about now when the sun has gone off the lawn and things are a little cooler.

 

[Cathie G]

Yesterday my husband had a spontaneous bleed into the back of his head. He will not be waking up from this. He is at the hospital on hospice care. There is no response from him at all. I am with him.

I'll check in here as I'm able. I'm also posting this in the general forum to inform those who are not visitors to the CDR.

Please, treasure your loved ones...they can be gone in an instant.

I'm so sorry...I'll be praying and thinking of you and your family...and that your last moments are a part of that treasure too.

 

[Cathie G]

Dead spider removal man. From my aunties kitchen. It was a kraken!!!

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What's a kraken? I don't think we have those in the US.

 

[Lyn W]

Cracking hot forecast for today so I got out on the water early. One of my better collections I think!

Had a nice rest here, out of the sun. Fish were jumping, eagles both immature and mature flying about, along with a few snowy egrets and cranky loud B,ue Herons.

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Beautiful!

 

[Lyn W]

Good evening all. We are home after a good day at the tennis. We got home at 7.30pm and it was 31C/88F. Goodness only knows how hot it was the peak!

Eastbourne temperatures, helped by the sea no doubt, were far better.

It has cooled down to 29C now, but we will have the fan on tonight.

Joe would have spent a day like today under a bush and probably only come out to eat about now when the sun has gone off the lawn and things are a little cooler.

It looked scorching at the tennis on the tv. There isn't really any shelter is there?
Lola basked in a sunny spot just inside the door, and only when it clouded over and the breeze picked up to cool things down did he have a good walkabout and graze. He obviously doesn't like it too hot either.

 

[Lyn W]

What's a kraken? I don't think we have those in the US.

I think a kraken is a monster from mythology, but I'm sure Ben can tell you more.

 

[Lyn W]

Dead spider removal man. From my aunties kitchen. It was a kraken!!!

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I have a huge one in my conservatory. It has spun a really dense web. I don't like to destroy the web, he's doing me a favour getting all the little flies that make there way in.
'If you want to live and thrive let the spider run alive'
Another had spun a web across my door. I walked into it this morning making me run for my hairbrush to make sure it wasn't crawling about on me.
Surprising really to build one in a place that's used so regularly.