COLD DARK ROOM

[Bee62]

Good night sweathearts out there in the dark. It is already MONDAY in Germany.
Have to catch some sleep.....
Good night my friends.

 

[Maro2Bear]

More opportunities for UK folks to volunteer

 

[Ray--Opo]

This is hilarious, have you ever thought about signing Opo up to become a rescue tort? He could replace those dogs who rescue people after a avalanche and he could have a little alcohol bottle round his neck

Little to cold for him though.

The problem is who or what needed to be rescued would have to smell like poo

 

[Ray--Opo]

Looks like he’s got the job. (I’ve got to much time on my hands at the moment)

That's a great pic.

 

[Ray--Opo]

Opo's new bath tub. Didn't take to long for him to christen it.

 

[Momof4]

Hey Kathy! Hope your enjoying a lazy Sunday. Is your tortoise yard all finished yet? And how are the fig cuttings doing? I’ve got plenty of fruit now but the squirrels will steal them before they can get ripe. Same with my blackberries...[emoji35]. Son and & planted some late cucumbers on Thursday and they sprouted this morning... this is huge for me!!!

I did have a quiet Sunday. Hubby is in China and I didn’t do much at all and skipped the grocery store!

The tort yard is pretty much done but haven’t worked on watering holes.l yet.

My figs didn’t make it. I was so bummed. I’m going to buy one.
I bought two grape vines for $3 each. I still need to plant them though.

Wow, your cucumbers grew fast!!
I hope you keep those critters away!
I have yellow squash growing.

 

[Momof4]

Hello Kathy ! Good to not see you in the dark.

Hello to you!!!! I hope you’re well!!

 

[Momof4]

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I hope this doesn’t offend anyone, but I was one proud momma this day. We are very much over populated here and these squirrels were cleaned and cooked...
Daughter did me a huge favor, not to mention proved a steady shot)

She did good!!!

 

[JoesMum]

That's about like what happened with me. The dishes rattled and that's about all. Then I heard there was an earthquake in a more southern state. Another time I was sitting cross legged on a chair visiting with family members. They all felt it but I didn't. They said it felt like a washing machine off balance. That was on the border of Ohio. But in the middle of Ohio once... My mother and I felt one. She started yelling at my younger brothers to stop jumping up and down upstairs. It was hilarious. For once they were innocent. From what I've read Ohio goes through a lot of them but not at the magnitude of when California goes through a biggy. I'm glad to see you didn't have to go through the worst of it.

My only earthquake experience was in Iceland. JoesDad and I were sat on the ground watching the sea on a glorious day when it sounded and felt like a big truck was tipping a load of rocks close by. Except there was no truck... and in an instant it had passed!

 

[JoesMum]

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I hope this doesn’t offend anyone, but I was one proud momma this day. We are very much over populated here and these squirrels were cleaned and cooked...
Daughter did me a huge favor, not to mention proved a steady shot)

I am SO not offended. They do much damage to property ... including our home a few years back. They’re not native here, some idiot introduced them from the USA a century or so ago, they have severely affected our native red squirrel and they’re classed as vermin.

The wildlife rescue where I am volunteering won’t help them if they’re injured, just euthenise them. If they did help them recover, they cannot release them back into the wild by law.

 

[JoesMum]

Doe

Does the UK have praying mantis? I didn't know Australia had them. I love them too. They live in my backyard and come out of their cocoons yearly. They need plants to hide out on and lots of bugs...my yard sure can supply that.

No we don’t. It’s too cold. But I have found them in France.

 

[JoesMum]

Squirrels cooked ???? Very strange !

I ate them in a restaurant while we were in a restaurant in the Lake District earlier this year.

 

[JoesMum]

Good morning all. I am up bright and early to go bird feeding. Not see you later

 

[Ben02]

Doe

Does the UK have praying mantis? I didn't know Australia had them. I love them too. They live in my backyard and come out of their cocoons yearly. They need plants to hide out on and lots of bugs...my yard sure can supply that.

There are not any mantises in the UK unfortunately. I don’t know whether the climate is inappropriate for them but there is a rare European mantis in some parts of Europe.

 

[Bee62]

Opo's new bath tub. Didn't take to long for him to christen it.View attachment 276113

Lovely ! A kiddie pool for a kiddie tortoise.

 

[Bee62]

Hello to you!!!! I hope you’re well!!

Yes, thanks I am well. Hope you`re too.

 

[Bee62]

My only earthquake experience was in Iceland. JoesDad and I were sat on the ground watching the sea on a glorious day when it sounded and felt like a big truck was tipping a load of rocks close by. Except there was no truck... and in an instant it had passed!

On the seashore I would fear a tsunami after an earthquake.

 

[Bee62]

I am SO not offended. They do much damage to property ... including our home a few years back. They’re not native here, some idiot introduced them from the USA a century or so ago, they have severely affected our native red squirrel and they’re classed as vermin.

The wildlife rescue where I am volunteering won’t help them if they’re injured, just euthenise them. If they did help them recover, they cannot release them back into the wild by law.

It is the same situation in Germany. The "American Squirrels" extrude the smaller native red squirrels.

 

[Bee62]

I ate them in a restaurant while we were in a restaurant in the Lake District earlier this year.

How do they taste ? Like chicken ?

 

[Bee62]

Good morning all. I am up bright and early to go bird feeding. Not see you later

Hmm, bird feeding in summer ?
When we would have more natural gardens / properties there were no need to feed them in summer but because more and more properties look like stone deserts, birds find no food and place to nest. It is the same in Germany. Grass is cut like on a golf course, no flowers for insects, no hedges or bushes for birds.... A garden must be "clean" these days. My garden and property is not clean. I have a lot of birds nesting here. I let native plants grow and bloom. Wild bees and bumblebees are finding food. Many different species of insects living in my garden too. Enough food for birds. A bunch of sparrows eating daily my chicken food too. That`s my little contribution to nature, birds and insects.