Weekly Chat, Sunday July 17, 2010

Morning all - Heavy drizzle here just now ... not what the forecast said! I was going to go on a short shopping mission but have changed my mind ... what is on the list can wait.

OG -  lovely to see photographs of LG, I have never been, so it is great to see the next best thing!

Heather - glad you enjoyed your holiday, but shame it was too hot. Sad about your step-daughter after she had done so well. I can only second what people have said about our troops.

Annette- glad your OH got away safely ... an upgrade ... can't imagine how wonderful that must be, as I have only ever travelled cattle class! Enjoy your time 'alone' and chill out :-)

GeorgeG - so sorry to hear about your BiL - no-one should feel bad about it, there is only so much a person can do to help, and it places such a strain on people. Look after yourself.

jsb - fabulous photographs ... thanks for the link.

Diane - I read on the BOT diary that the youngest owlet had fallen again and was being checked over ... unfortunately it died :-(( They say it didn't have an injury but was considerably underweight and probably died of starvation. A sad but very common fact of nature.

Many thanks to everyone else for chat/pics etc

Off to empty more kitchen cupboards, ready for kitchen fitters on Monday. I never knew so much stuff could be stored in such a small kitchen :-((( I shall probably be on here a lot next week having a good moan!!!

 Take care

Welcome back HeatherB and so sorry to read about your step-daughter and I hope she is able to recover soon.  Gosh it was hot for you in Brittany and then to come back to torrential rain must have been a bit of a shock for you.  Pleased to hear that SIL is OK and will be home for a couple of weeks soon.  It must be a terrible worry for you all as news is often bad now.

Just to let you know I am getting along famously with the hearing aid and it has improved things so much for me.  No confusing conversations with OH but we are still having a problem with the fact I don't have the TV at full blast and turn it down only for OH to say he can't hear.  I am sure we will work it out eventually.

Fingers crossed for you and your family and will be thinking of you.

We called it a 'virus' just as something to label it with, margobird.  We both had some dizziness and he felt clammy to the touch, and unwell.  He ate very little & I nagged him to drink water.  After  a good nights sleep we both felt OK this morning.  Just one of those things.

Thanks, thanks so much for great pics of Odin and LG, OG!!   Any pic of them not on the nest is precious for those of us who have not been there (yet!)

Yesterday I hoovered right thru the house & then proceeded to clean the filter on the Dyson, which has to then be left to dry out until next day.  So Dog came back from his walk, covered from head to toe in those awful sticky 'bobs'  (tiny sticky seeds) which are now on every carpet in every room: we are having sessions of pulling them off him - he does look rather apologetic about it!

Afternoon all,

Welcome back OG and Heather B.

Thanks for all the overnight chat and great pic of Odin amongst the shrubbery.

Just got back from Tescos. Enough said.

Weather is bright and sunny at the moment. Desperate for rain as the garden is beginning to look like the Sahara Desert. Never known it to be so dry.

Here is a watery picture of Derwentwater taken from Keswick to remind me that is does rain sometimes:

Another lovely pic Alan. I'll gladly send you some of our rain .. it was torrential for two days. Next door's back garden was beginning to resemble a swimming pool ... it is 'low-maintainence' shingle ... but was done by cowboys, so the drainage is appalling!

jsb said:

From today's Daily Telegraph, the following photographs, the magnificent osprey shot is No 12 in the sequence....Auntie: it is a Finnish one as well! :-0)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/7902773/Scott-Linsteads-high-speed-photographs-capture-creatures-frozen-in-time.html?image=11

Thank you jsb! I have been twice this summer watching ospreys at that pond where that pic is taken. They have a cam in one of the hides of that pond too, but unfortunately are having some technical problems now. They are hoping to get a streaming cam in the future

http://www.saaksisaatio.fi/en/ospreycenter/saaksenseuranta/webcam.htm

George, so sorry for your BiL

OG, great Odin pic and on Daily #3's landing. Will it be OK if I copy Odin's pic to a Finnish site?

Thanks to everyone for all chat, news and photos, take care :)

Hi, all. Just woke up, and I noticed that Trucker Steve is headed into the heart of New York City. Thought I'd post the info, in case anyone wanted to watch the big city. http://www.bigrigtruckcam.com/

DjoanS: I saw that about the owlet. When they didn't return him to the nestbox last night, I feared the worst. Very sad. I had thought they were all getting enough to eat, and when they examined them 6 days ago, they were all in good health. Maybe the little fella developed some kind of health problem. Hope the other two thrive. They are so cute with the fluff on top and the adult feathers underneath!

Lovely photo, Alan.

Unknown said:

OG, great Odin pic and on Daily #3's landing. Will it be OK if I copy Odin's pic to a Finnish site?

That's fine, Auntie, Go ahead.

So pleased to read that your Mum is home, and with good support too (more than stroke recovery patients get in the UK!)