WEEKLY CHAT (non-osprey) SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2015

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  • Hi, all. I forgot to mention that I saw the white-tail deer (doe) that has been staying behind my garage. I only saw her for a moment; she's very skittish, but so pretty. Also, while I mowed yesterday, two turkey vultures kept circling me, around and around. I think they were betting that mowing all that wet, long grass was going to kill me. At one point, I reckoned they were right. :-)))

    Hellen: Welcome! I hope you enjoy this thread. Folks here are friendly.

    Rita: What a scare! I'm glad Amber is okay. I have friends whose dog did that, except he did jump. They were terrified and raced around the house expecting to find him severely injured, but he was happily peeing as if nothing had happened. :-) LOL

    AQ: That's pretty chilly. I always think of your region as being so hot.

    Clare: Nice to see you!

    OG: Hope your lunch was very good.

    Annette: I don't blame you for wanting minimal bells and whistles on the new vehicle. The more features, the more things that can break down. I'd like to have a hybrid, but you're right that they charge such a premium for them. I'm not at all surprised that people are holding onto their cars longer, since the economic collapse. I'm driving a 2002. LOL I hope you find a perfect vehicle. Also, hope that the tropical storm doesn't cause any damage but gives you lots of rain.

    I just read an article about the huge numbers of red tuna crabs invading Southern California for the first time. You mentioned them last week. Colorful, but funny looking little fellas. There's a lot of them!

    All: Is anyone watching Wayward Pines? I read that it's being shown in U.K., as well as the U.S. That's the scariest show I've watched in years! I just finished episode 4.

    Take care, all.

  • Evening all:  

    Lindybird:  If ancientness isn't a word, it should be.

    patily: Hi there, good to see you.

    Rita: Didn't realize Proms had made the jump across the pond. Sounds like you're having a nice visit, Amber's antics aside.

    AQ: Oh dear - sorry your extra AQ-time has disappeared out the window.  :-(

    Hellen: Welcome - pop in any old time. It gets busier n the Fall when the birds have flown.

    Diane: Never heard of Wayward Pines but will keep it in mind for Netflix.  Just checked it on IMDB and it brings to mind Twin Peaks.  They're talking rain this week, but we'll see what happens....

    More tidy up in the garden today; then started spreading mulch around - it sure doesn't go very far. Second (I think) season of Last Tango in Halifax started tonight.

    Take care everyone and have a good Monday.  

  • Good Morning, All. Sunny here in preparation for what I'm sure all in the UK know already: we're due a heatwave this week, mainly starting on Wednesday. Looking out my thinnest trousers and T shirts!
  • Rita: That must have been a scary moment, I know what you mean, dogs do things like that & you can't be sure what their reaction will be to your panic. Glad she was OK. Our Bonnie has been trying to find a way through the fence all this week, twice she found a way through to next door where the garden is full of equipment and rubble. Last night I found a sharp piece of glass on our lawn which can only have come from there! Horrors, so lucky she didn't chew it & hurt herself. My OH has been double checking all the way along the wire and making sure its well pinned to the ground so she can't slip underneath.
  • Diane - don't expire over doing the grass! Love your wildlife stories. AQ - hope that you've had a bearable Nanny duty day after all. Clare - don't hear from you as much, hope all the family are OK. Hellen - Nice to have a new face here, Welcome! This is where you can discuss anything you like, post your photos of anything you like, and have a good moan if you need to, LOL!
  • Hi, Lindy - loved the latest poem!  We're all well though my continuing joblessness is very disheartening.

    Our herring gulls are red listed birds.  Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.

  • I'm sure it is, Clare big {HUGS}  - hope something comes out of the blue, soon.  Life can be surprising sometimes.

  • {HUGS} too, to both Margo and anyone else who needs one.

    Hope that Diane is OK in the bad weather scenario.  It seems to be a place of extremes.

    Rita:  I meant to say earlier, how nice it must have been to see your grandson all dressed up!  Annette:  Yes, the Proms thing is more popular here now with a lot of schools holding some sort of event at this time of year. Hopefully, it will make the young ones realise that they will soon be adults.

    I'm playing hookey as my OH has gone out to the allotment and taken a naughty spaniel pup with him (she ate two magazines this morning, stolen from a high table!).  We have to hide so many things now, that the rest of the house is beginning to look like a jumble sale...  there are ornaments in our bedroom, lined up on the windowsills, and extra stuff of every other room which we've had to remove because she takes a fancy to them.  On the good side, though, she seems to have lost interest in chewing the electrical cables of things :- ))

  • Here are the first of my garden pictures, this early summer:

  • More:

    The inevitable poppy, of course!  and the last one is of two clematis we have growing up the side of the house at the back. Very pleased with their numerous flowers this year, so pretty.

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