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Maro2Bear said:

Whew....i go off on a weekend kayaking trip and have 10 pages to catch up on!

Spent Saturday and Sunday kayaking rivers and creeks in Delaware, on the Maryland/Delaware border. Camped overnight at Trapp Pond State Park - where one finds 100s of Bald Cypress trees growing in the water, marshy, swamp areas.

• Trap Pond State Park is a 3653[1] acre (8.5 km²) Delaware state park located near Laurel, Delaware, USA. It is one of the largest surviving fragments of what was once an extensive wetland in what is now southwestern Sussex County. The state park features an extensive patch of bald cypress trees.
• The bald cypress is a wetland tree adapted to areas of calm, shallow standing water. Trap Pond State Park is the northernmost park in North America that includes cypress and bald cypress, although the actual range continues further north, ending just north of Georgetown, Delaware, in the Ellendale State Forest.

It was nice camping - no rain, almost full moon, and stars too.

Happy Monday all.

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Ray--Opo said:

I hope they will listen. They have 4 sullies weighing between 10 lbs to 20 lbs. They are in a enclosure maybe 10' × 15'. Then they have a 50 lb. in the same size. They have room to double the size. That's not ideal but better.

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Bee62 said:

Good morning friends. It is Monday and overcast weather in Germany.
Wishing you all a good start for the new week.

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Maro2Bear said:

Here’s one quick collage of the weekend of paddling.

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TriciaStringer said:

Hurricane Barry has come and gone. We had many tornado warnings and our road was mentioned too often on the news, but thankfully it was uneventful at our house. The Russian tortoise was kicked outside yesterday morning. He was extremely upset about being inside in a plastic container. He got a warm soak and was put in his outside house. It was high and dry. The sulcatas were much calmer in their confinement. I'm soaking them right now before bringing them back outside. We still have a couple more days of rain but not as severe as yesterday. Most of my children enjoyed exploring in the high water and overflowed pond. No snakes or gators were seen but a spider or ant sent one of them running back to the house. I hope all of you stayed safe as well.

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Maro2Bear said:

Whew....i go off on a weekend kayaking trip and have 10 pages to catch up on!

Spent Saturday and Sunday kayaking rivers and creeks in Delaware, on the Maryland/Delaware border. Camped overnight at Trapp Pond State Park - where one finds 100s of Bald Cypress trees growing in the water, marshy, swamp areas.

• Trap Pond State Park is a 3653[1] acre (8.5 km²) Delaware state park located near Laurel, Delaware, USA. It is one of the largest surviving fragments of what was once an extensive wetland in what is now southwestern Sussex County. The state park features an extensive patch of bald cypress trees.
• The bald cypress is a wetland tree adapted to areas of calm, shallow standing water. Trap Pond State Park is the northernmost park in North America that includes cypress and bald cypress, although the actual range continues further north, ending just north of Georgetown, Delaware, in the Ellendale State Forest.

It was nice camping - no rain, almost full moon, and stars too.

Happy Monday all.

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Yvonne G said:

Good day, all!

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TriciaStringer said:

Hurricane Barry has come and gone. We had many tornado warnings and our road was mentioned too often on the news, but thankfully it was uneventful at our house. The Russian tortoise was kicked outside yesterday morning. He was extremely upset about being inside in a plastic container. He got a warm soak and was put in his outside house. It was high and dry. The sulcatas were much calmer in their confinement. I'm soaking them right now before bringing them back outside. We still have a couple more days of rain but not as severe as yesterday. Most of my children enjoyed exploring in the high water and overflowed pond. No snakes or gators were seen but a spider or ant sent one of them running back to the house. I hope all of you stayed safe as well.

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JoesMum said:

It was a stressful afternoon. We had tennis on tv and the cricket on JoesDad’s iPad.

We wanted Federer to win too. What a match though!

And just as it finished, the Cricket World Cup Final between New Zealand and England finished in a tie and so each team batted an extra 6 balls. We hastily switched the tv to the cricket and watched in amazement as that finished in a tie too. So they went to a countback on the number of boundaries scored by each team and England won!

Cricket can be tedious beyond belief on occasion, but this match wasn’t.

I am just back from another shift at the wildlife rescue where I was able to photograph my favourite baby wren who is growing fast.
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We also admitted this tawny owl who was thoroughly underwhelmed at being powdered for mites and being treated for worms.
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We also played a game of “hunt the bat” as one went missing last night. We failed. Hopefully the evening shift will find it.

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CarolM said:

What does everybody think of the new TFO look?

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JoesMum said:

It was a stressful afternoon. We had tennis on tv and the cricket on JoesDad’s iPad.

We wanted Federer to win too. What a match though!

And just as it finished, the Cricket World Cup Final between New Zealand and England finished in a tie and so each team batted an extra 6 balls. We hastily switched the tv to the cricket and watched in amazement as that finished in a tie too. So they went to a countback on the number of boundaries scored by each team and England won!

Cricket can be tedious beyond belief on occasion, but this match wasn’t.

I am just back from another shift at the wildlife rescue where I was able to photograph my favourite baby wren who is growing fast.
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We also admitted this tawny owl who was thoroughly underwhelmed at being powdered for mites and being treated for worms.
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We also played a game of “hunt the bat” as one went missing last night. We failed. Hopefully the evening shift will find it.

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Cathie G said:

I think you have a better chance then most people for them to listen to you. I know this is a sad thing to say but I've been around disabled people all of my life. If you were just a regular guy you could be perceived as threatening. Since you are disabled, they will be more willing to listen to what you have to say and try to make you happy. I really believe you'll be able to make a difference.

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CarolM said:

So it is Monday evening by me. And it is cold. Brrrr. I am under my blankets with the electric blanket on. At least I will be nice and warm tonight.

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Ray--Opo said:

I know what you mean. I have experienced that already since being disabled. Believe it or not everyday I am out in the public. I get acts of kindness. The only thing that makes me uncomfortable is when someone says thank you for your service or a elderly gentleman gives me a salute.
If the opportunity is right I always say it was a car accident.

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Maro2Bear said:

Not sure if this was answered (yet) since I’m catching up after a weekend of kayaking over in Delaware.

But, red flower looks like. Monarda

Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. The genus is endemic to North America. Common names include bee balm, horsemint, oswego tea, and bergamot, the latter inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent of bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia).

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Ray--Opo said:

Finally home! Opo was out of his hide and came over to me and smelled my foot.
I would like to think it was a show of affection but I am sure Opo was looking for food.

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Cathie G said:

Your daughter is adorable...tortoises too. Leave it to a little Russian to throw a little horsey fit to go outside again.

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