COLD DARK ROOM

[JoesMum]

Our bathroom remodel is 99% done!! Just waiting for the shower glass to be installed on Friday!!
It’s been a long 5 weeks!!

Yay!

What’s the next building project? You seem to always have something going on [emoji6]

 

[Maro2Bear]

Do you ever use the trusty old axe?

Sure.....but Id like to preserve my back. I have a ton of logs to split so I’m hoping this slow but steady process preserves my back.

You can see my splitting maul in the first pix, works well too, especially on smaller logs.

 

[Ben02]

Sure.....but Id like to preserve my back. I have a ton of logs to split so I’m hoping this slow but steady process preserves my back.

You can see my splitting maul in the first pix, works well too, especially on smaller logs.

Yeah, it can be back breaking work..... literally

 

[Ben02]

Here I am......I’m sorry but I had to wear that hat...... it was calling to me

 

[EllieMay]

Good evenooning everyone.

I have a few photos of our tinies today.


Other admissions included hedgehogs, a buzzard, a couple of kestrels and field vole mum with her brood.

A builder found the nest in a bucket in his van when he got to a job this morning, apologised to his customer and drove them straight to us. He returned to the customer after dropping them off .

WOW! I’m in awe of your facility! What a wonderful place. I love that your doing this and anxiously look for your updates. I think this is the most heart-warming thing (to me) that I read about these days!

 

[EllieMay]

Here I am......I’m sorry but I had to wear that hat...... it was calling to me

Lol! There are worse callings for sure... but it doesn’t look like you’ve made big sister very happy!!!
Glad you shared!

 

[Ben02]

Lol! There are worse callings for sure... but it doesn’t look like you’ve made big sister very happy!!!
Glad you shared!

Did you know that you are not allowed to keep the hat!!! I was devastated when I found out

 

[JoesMum]

Did you know that you are not allowed to keep the hat!!! I was devastated when I found out

I imagine that your sister hired the gown, hood and mortar board as most people do.

I didn’t get to wear one at my graduation as female graduands wore a sort of black square beret at Lancaster University. JoesDad got to wear one (we met there) and our daughter did too. They had changed the dress code at Lancaster by the time Daughter graduated 30 years after us.

The hood colouring is unique to each university.

 

[Cathie G]

Good evenooning everyone.

I have a few photos of our tinies today.

Starting with House Sparrows. The biggest in this nest was admitted on Sunday and is about a week old.

The other three were admitted this morning with the smallest hatching on the journey in and so it would be about 3 hours old
View attachment 276767

And this House Sparrow looked like those last week. It’s about a fortnight old
View attachment 276768

Then we have a 2-3 week old wren
View attachment 276769

And a Goldfinch that also started as a pink hatchling and is a couple of weeks old. It’s grown and feathered a lot since Monday
View attachment 276770

Other admissions included hedgehogs, a buzzard, a couple of kestrels and field vole mum with her brood.

A builder found the nest in a bucket in his van when he got to a job this morning, apologised to his customer and drove them straight to us. He returned to the customer after dropping them off .

Your rescue facility is amazing. I can see why you found your calling.

 

[Cathie G]

Here I am......I’m sorry but I had to wear that hat...... it was calling to me

You earned it!

 

[Ben02]

I imagine that your sister hired the gown, hood and mortar board as most people do.

I didn’t get to wear one at my graduation as female graduands wore a sort of black square beret at Lancaster University. JoesDad got to wear one (we met there) and our daughter did too. They had changed the dress code at Lancaster by the time Daughter graduated 30 years after us.

The hood colouring is unique to each university.

Nottingham have the green hood colouring. She got her hat and gown from the Uni, but she had to leave a deposit. My parents got to go in and watch it in real life while “the plebs” (me and my grandparents) watched it on the big screen in the lecture hall.

What did you study?

 

[Ben02]

You earned it!

I would 10/10 wear it again

 

[Cathie G]

I want to get a nice camra to do photography but not break the budget. Anyone have any recommendations?

I'm really not suggesting this if you know how to do settings etc on a camera. But I love an LG smartphone's camera. And the saying "your best camera is the one you have with you."

 

[Momof4]

No, that's the current one. It gets lost in the shuffle. Maybe I should pin it somewhere

Ok, I thought you all had been posting new pics.

 

[Momof4]

Yay!

What’s the next building project? You seem to always have something going on [emoji6]

You are right!
Taking a break for now.
But we want to insulate and drywall the garage and somehow enclose my laundry to make a tiny laundry room.
I hate it in the garage.

 

[DE42]

I'm really not suggesting this if you know how to do settings etc on a camera. But I love an LG smartphone's camera. And the saying "your best camera is the one you have with you."

I can see that lol
Thanks for the input though!

 

[Momof4]

Very vibrant green, I couldn’t tell you what species unfortunately

He’s just a tiny baby, probably why he’s so bright.

 

[Maro2Bear]

For long time CDRrs, you all recall the leaning pine trees, then the fallen trees, then my process of cutting them up into rounds, and stacking them up. So, now that all the top jungle of twigs, pine cones and all branches are gone (shredded or burned) I can work on the splitting. Thus the new tool.

Log Wheels Waiting to be Split



A Wheelbarrow Full

 

[DE42]

For long time CDRrs, you all recall the leaning pine trees, then the fallen trees, then my process of cutting them up into rounds, and stacking them up. So, now that all the top jungle of twigs, pine cones and all branches are gone (shredded or burned) I can work on the splitting. Thus the new tool.

Log Wheels Waiting to be Split

View attachment 276785 View attachment 276786

A Wheelbarrow Full

View attachment 276787

Did that for years when I lived with Mom and Dad. Now I have electric heat.

 

[Maro2Bear]

I can see that lol
Thanks for the input though!

Not sure how much “breaks the bank” - but take a look here at Olympus’ range of cameras. They have some ghod ones that many of my kayaking peeps use. https://www.getolympus.com/us/en/digitalcameras.html

Ive been really happy with my trusty Pentax. Have had it a long time, works perfectly.. https://www.bestreviews.guide/pentax-cameras?origin=google&google_params[matchtype]=e&google_params[network]=g&google_params[device]=t&google_params[creative]=305123333721&google_params[keyword]=pentax camera&google_params[adposition]=1t2&google_params[adgroupid]=61803235198&google_params[campaignid]=1602946287&bs=-1CJ1t4PZ-KIsfKbsx0L1TYcFe-F_ZVXFRJvHtulGn6uVNalAxZif6TYa1sr4TyurPrVkz_D6HjIKR1pNjh7dg==&google_params[feeditemid]=&google_params[targetid]=kwd-22891651&google_params[loc_interest_ms]=&google_params[loc_physical_ms]=9007722&google_params[devicemodel]=&google_params[target]=&dest=0&sys_id=0|605&gclid=CjwKCAjwscDpBRBnEiwAnQ0HQLfnlDvV7b9tnoyfu-_O07OtvRFVS4lF4lO2wg43CDlZkrDkn71T2RoClAgQAvD_BwE


I have this one...still a good price - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039237H4/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20