HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a safe, peaceful, joyful week.
I saw 3 little Winter Wrens outside my porch window this week. Also, I hiked up to my small town for some groceries, and I startled 3 White-Tailed Deer as I crossed the bridge over the creek. They were getting a drink, and they made a loud racket as they crashed through the dry brush. I was glad to see that they were quite plump and healthy to face the long winter.
OG - I well remember my old nursing tutor in the 60s - when I was doing psychiatric nurse training. He impressed upon us that psychosomatic illness was ' an emotional coat hung upon a physical peg'. He wanted to make sure that we understood that the physical symptoms were very real. He had nursed RAF servicemen who were suffering from the effects of war. I'll never forget the pain on his face as he described how a lot of them were diagnosed as suffering from LMF - ' Lack of moral fibre'. Thank goodness we have moved on from those days...
Lindybird: :-)))
OG: Not surprised J discouraged by having mat pulled out from under. World is run by incompetent twits.
Heather: Lack of moral fibre? OMG. Yes, thank heaven we've moved on from that.....
AQ: I've tried shouting a weeds, but they don't listen.
Diane: Is your weed tree providing a home for critters?
Rusty: We have giant Chinese Elms around here including one in our front garden and I often see little shoots popping up that need to be pulled out asap because they have very long tap roots compared to what's above ground. Some neighbors don't seem to recognize the threat....
Off and running this morning. Parcel that was due to arrive between 11-2 Wednesday was on the doorstep this morning when I got up. Also received fabric to recover the cushions on the glider in our back garden (a pretty little thing; got it for $25 in a garage sale years ago!) and am taking tatty originals and new fabric to clever lady who will whip up new covers. This - and other things - were on my list of thing to do back in 2021. Still on the list: Hooking up the new router/modem and OH's new speakers which have been sitting in the box for 3 months. Sigh. Oh and then there's Christmas...
OG – That school doesn’t deserve any staff. Poor J.
LINDA – Our brand of sticky date pudd claims to serve 8 but they would be tiny.
ANNETTE – How big is your backyard? A glider in it? I visualize one of those things with wings that are towed into the air by a plane……. Must Google. [Later} ah, a chair.
Our Aussie Post has announced Saturday parcel deliveries for next few weeks. They must be busy after the “dark-coloured” Friday sales last week which seem to continue for a week according to some adverts.
Re my war on weeds. Success only in veggie & bulb patches. I made the mistake of looking under the weeping crabapple which is OH’s pride & joy but he has done nothing about the rampant rye grass which has gone to seed. <achoo> Alas he seems to think it is now my territory. <achoo>
I am feeling quite smug, having written & posted my half dozen overseas χmas cards. Now for friends interstate. Nah, plenty of time yet for them.
A sulphur-crested cockatoo story
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and how LINDA could travel to the Canaries next trip.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home