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Good afternooning all.

The sun is out, the sky is blue and it’s 7C. A lovely day.

Our pond doesn’t get much sun at this time of year and is still completely frozen over.

At the rescue, I was working in Intensive Care with some of our sickest creatures.

This hedgehog was the victim of a garden line trimmer. People really need to check long grass for hibernating creatures before starting work :(
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And the Great Spotted Woodpecker was caught by a cat and is making a good recovery
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You work in such a wonderful wildlife rescue. I'm happy for you and the animals.
 

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If anyone has any advice on keeping something bulging from a split plastron moist in the thread 'Urgent!' then please help. The young UK member can't get to a vet until tomorrow - poor tort's in a bad way.
I am wondering if you got an answer and what the person said.
 

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Aaagh Winter. Cold, icy, wet, snow. But.....Spring is right around the corner. Winter makes us appreciate all those Springtime flowers.
I can't wait. I should have a ton of wild violets. This will be the first year that no one has pulled them up thinking they were helping. I did have a year several years ago that I managed and people thought I planted them with seeds. I do like them a little better in a rocky, foresty type garden setting though. They just fill in between everything with leaves for a nice little ground cover the rest of the year.?
 

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Happy Burns Night folks, sláinte ? ???????

Same to you Mark!
Address to a Haggis by Robbie Burns
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o the puddin'-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o need,
While thro your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An cut you up wi ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like onie ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an strive:
Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve
Are bent like drums;
The auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
'Bethankit' hums.

Is there that owre his French ragout,
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi perfect scunner,
Looks down wi sneering, scornfu view
On sic a dinner?

Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll make it whissle;
An legs an arms, an heads will sned,
Like taps o thrissle.

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies:
But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer,
Gie her a Haggis
 
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Lyn W

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Address to a Haggis Translation
Good luck to you and your honest, plump face,
Great chieftain of the sausage race!
Above them all you take your place,
Stomach, tripe, or intestines:
Well are you worthy of a grace
As long as my arm.

The groaning trencher there you fill,
Your buttocks like a distant hill,
Your pin would help to mend a mill
In time of need,
While through your pores the dews distill
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour wipe,
And cut you up with ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like any ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm steaming, rich!

Then spoon for spoon, the stretch and strive:
Devil take the hindmost, on they drive,
Till all their well swollen bellies by-and-by
Are bent like drums;
Then old head of the table, most like to burst,
'The grace!' hums.

Is there that over his French ragout,
Or olio that would sicken a sow,
Or fricassee would make her vomit
With perfect disgust,
Looks down with sneering, scornful view
On such a dinner?

Poor devil! see him over his trash,
As feeble as a withered rush,
His thin legs a good whip-lash,
His fist a nut;
Through bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit.

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his ample fist a blade,
He'll make it whistle;
And legs, and arms, and heads will cut off
Like the heads of thistles.

You powers, who make mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill of fare
Old Scotland wants no watery stuff,
That splashes in small wooden dishes;
But if you wish her grateful prayer,
Give her [Scotland] a Haggis!

?I couldn't eat one if you paid me!!
 
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Lyn W

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I can't wait. I should have a ton of wild violets. This will be the first year that no one has pulled them up thinking they were helping. I did have a year several years ago that I managed and people thought I planted them with seeds. I do like them a little better in a rocky, foresty type garden setting though. They just fill in between everything with leaves for a nice little ground cover the rest of the year.?
They are pretty and torts can eat them can't they?
 

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CDR Virtual Vacation presents On this day 2020: G’day Melbourne! We packed face masks for this trip... Not due to coronavirus which was announced as we left, but due to the bush fires (remember them?!) that were causing major problems in Melbourne, Australia. We got lucky. Rain just before we arrived left the city coated in ash, temperatures comfortably in the mid 20s and the tennis unaffected.

A wander round the city introduced us to many new birds including the large and comical swamphens... brash picnic-stealing cousins of our timid moorhen. And the evening session in the Rod Laver arena brought us a Federer win.

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Good morning all!
Grey, slushy and overcast here with heavy rain on the way., But it is a bit warmer - max 6C today!!
Hope you all have a good day.


Sounds about exactly like our morning. It’s about -1C/30F here in MD and it’s wet, frozen & slushy. Received a few inches of wet snow, sleet/rain lst evening. Roads are I’m sure black ice. Not a gardening day. Should have saved the bird house project for today. ?‍♂️⛄️
 

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They are pretty and torts can eat them can't they?
I think so. At least that's what I've read. Sapphire never did yet but I got him around the time I moved here to help my brother. I haven't let him loose in them yet. Plus he's a picky little person sooo...he could decide not to.
 

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Sounds about exactly like our morning. It’s about -1C/30F here in MD and it’s wet, frozen & slushy. Received a few inches of wet snow, sleet/rain lst evening. Roads are I’m sure black ice. Not a gardening day. Should have saved the bird house project for today. ?‍♂️⛄️
Well then make another one. I'm sure the birdies won't mind.?
 

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CDR Virtual Vacation presents On this day 2020: G’day Melbourne! We packed face masks for this trip... Not due to coronavirus which was announced as we left, but due to the bush fires (remember them?!) that were causing major problems in Melbourne, Australia. We got lucky. Rain just before we arrived left the city coated in ash, temperatures comfortably in the mid 20s and the tennis unaffected.

A wander round the city introduced us to many new birds including the large and comical swamphens... brash picnic-stealing cousins of our timid moorhen. And the evening session in the Rod Laver arena brought us a Federer win.

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Yes wearing a mask isn't that big of a deal. When covid-19 started I realized I could wear a mask. The manufactured ones that you throw away I can't. They make me sick. But the homemade ones I can. I made tons. I love the swamp hens even though they kinda resemble vultures.?
 

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Address to a Haggis Translation
Good luck to you and your honest, plump face,
Great chieftain of the sausage race!
Above them all you take your place,
Stomach, tripe, or intestines:
Well are you worthy of a grace
As long as my arm.

The groaning trencher there you fill,
Your buttocks like a distant hill,
Your pin would help to mend a mill
In time of need,
While through your pores the dews distill
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour wipe,
And cut you up with ready slight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like any ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm steaming, rich!

Then spoon for spoon, the stretch and strive:
Devil take the hindmost, on they drive,
Till all their well swollen bellies by-and-by
Are bent like drums;
Then old head of the table, most like to burst,
'The grace!' hums.

Is there that over his French ragout,
Or olio that would sicken a sow,
Or fricassee would make her vomit
With perfect disgust,
Looks down with sneering, scornful view
On such a dinner?

Poor devil! see him over his trash,
As feeble as a withered rush,
His thin legs a good whip-lash,
His fist a nut;
Through bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit.

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread,
Clap in his ample fist a blade,
He'll make it whistle;
And legs, and arms, and heads will cut off
Like the heads of thistles.

You powers, who make mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill of fare
Old Scotland wants no watery stuff,
That splashes in small wooden dishes;
But if you wish her grateful prayer,
Give her [Scotland] a Haggis!

?I couldn't eat one if you paid me!!
I watched them preparing haggis on a cooking show. Count me out also.?
 

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CDR Virtual Vacation presents On this day 2020: G’day Melbourne! We packed face masks for this trip... Not due to coronavirus which was announced as we left, but due to the bush fires (remember them?!) that were causing major problems in Melbourne, Australia. We got lucky. Rain just before we arrived left the city coated in ash, temperatures comfortably in the mid 20s and the tennis unaffected.

A wander round the city introduced us to many new birds including the large and comical swamphens... brash picnic-stealing cousins of our timid moorhen. And the evening session in the Rod Laver arena brought us a Federer win.

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Thanks for sharing your adventures. Wonderful story and pictures.
 

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Well got my stitches out today. The doctor explained the procedure to me again because I couldn't remember what was explained to me. They had me in la la land with fentanyl during the procedure. ??
Anyways it was called a granuloma nodule. It had grown around the peice of wood. It was putting pressure on a nerve. So hopefully the constant pain in my arm might subside. To early to tell because I have pain from the operation. He also had to reconstruct the muscle in that area.
 

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