Afternoon all: Geez. May already? This happens every year!
Sitting in garden with laptop! Under umbrella in shorts and trying to ID a pale pink hybrid rose I didn't think I'd bought but which is now blooming like mad. I went out to buy orange/apricot/peach and yellow roses and have no idea how this pale pink one got into the mix. Also, it doesn't have a little metal label, which the others do, and I'm wondering if it didn't get into the wrong bin at La Sumida, where I bought six bare roots. In the meantime, Amber Flower Carpet and Julia Child roses are doing brilliantly... Met friends for breakfast this morning: Had a egg-white and seasonal veggie mix - won't make that mistake again! Very boring and challenging since nothing stayed on my fork. Was forced to rectify the situation with a cafe au lait and a boysenberry and lemon scone!
Diane: I have a visor and a sweathshirt with a hood that I wear on windy days at the whale count. That's it! Daughter has several cowboy hats, including one with a woven decorative band she made from hair taken from Cimarron's tail (the horse she had to put down Feb 10). I'll check out Trucker Steve next.
Alicat: Bet you had fun with Bobbie. Have you sorted your naughty OH yet? :-)
Wendy: Dolphin visit sounds like fun.
Sheila: Argh! Take care of that knee. Geez. A 1.5 hour wait for food? Did everyone complain loudly? Apparently, several of our channels repeated the wedding video throughout the day yesterday; I'm watching the recording a bit at a time; can't stand to be inside on a lovely day.
OG: More fab azaleas! Good news that son is trying the part-time option; hope it works out for him. Really understand "more money than sense," which also applies to grandson who, sad to say, doesn't have much money, so .....! Still, he's young yet and as always, we live in hopes. Little vole looks awfully sweet.
Hallo also to Lynette. It's past 4; can now officially start new Weekly Chat!
Thanks ALICAT off to have a look now.
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Hazel b said: Lynette There are still eggs to hatch but some of the goslings have already jumped from the nest. I can only believe that dad was waiting for them or maybe they joined a creche. Here is the Youtube of them jumping.
Lynette There are still eggs to hatch but some of the goslings have already jumped from the nest. I can only believe that dad was waiting for them or maybe they joined a creche.
Here is the Youtube of them jumping.
Thanks Tiger for putting me on the right track and link.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
http://www.wvec.com/marketplace/microsite-content/eagle-cam.html
This is the link to watch the eaglets of Hampton. Followed Tiger's links and it came up with a link to a live webcam.
Alicat, I think I credited Tiger with connection to Norfolk, didn't mean to, getting mixed up with the C Goose and goslings link. There is also the live webcam link which I have posted.
I have just joined the SWT for a year and they sent me a small print of an osprey taken by Russell Cheyne. In their words they "thank Russell Cheyne for providing this image of the resident femail osprey at Loch of the Lowes taken during the 2011 season" I don't think I am breaking copywright by showing a pic of her taken by my cam from the print. Does anyone recognise her from this print?
All quiet at LG, not sure whether EJ has had a fish delivered yet so will now go to Daily Update to find out.
Amazing footage of red kites in slow motion:
http://blog.birdguides.com/2011/05/slo-mo-red-kites.html
Its raining, here!!!! Whoopie!
--Thanks for the Red Kites link, Alan - its great, I shall have to watch it again!
Lynette D said: Alicat, I think I credited Tiger with connection to Norfolk, didn't mean to, getting mixed up with the C Goose and goslings link. There is also the live webcam link which I have posted.
Evening Lynette thats ok we all get mixed up at some point or other love the Osprey pic
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Super shot Lynette !! Thank you. I don't personally recognise Lady from this image though.
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Lynette D said: I have just joined the SWT for a year and they sent me a small print of an osprey taken by Russell Cheyne. In their words they "thank Russell Cheyne for providing this image of the resident femail osprey at Loch of the Lowes taken during the 2011 season" I don't think I am breaking copywright by showing a pic of her taken by my cam from the print. Does anyone recognise her from this print? All quiet at LG, not sure whether EJ has had a fish delivered yet so will now go to Daily Update to find out.
I'm not so sure its Lady either - too pale looking, I thought - but I havn't followed her as much as some folks, so what do I know?
Sorry that you are having to use the dreaded compression hose, Cirrus - that's rotten. My Uncle has been wearing them for a while now, but then he's 87, bless him, & has lots of medical problems. He hates them, too. Hope you can get away with only having to have them on occasionally.
Its not raining very hard here, so it will have to keep it up for 24 hours at this rate to get down into the dry soil. Don't know if my Friend will pay for her ironing to be done - her OH will have enough on his plate with the housework & at present we both have to be her Driver, so they may ask me to keep on doing it, I don't mind if its going to help them. Will have to wait and see.
OG: That's a cracking picture of the Pheasant, I've copied it if you don't mind. Just lovely. They are all good pics, and how lucky to see the Greenfinch and the Chaffinch posing together.
margo: I didn't write this last week, as too busy, but one day I went out into our driveway to put out the recycling bags and found a man coming along to each house - it was a Local Candidate for the local elections, trying to canvass. I spoke to him and to his helper/assistant about my vote (said I would decide when I had the pencil in my hand at the voting Booth!) Went back inside feeling quite a responsible upright citizen, then caught sight of myself in the mirror - I had a large Marmite stain on my chin from my toast & Marmite lunch!!!! Needless to say, my OH was at home and had not told me that I had been sporting this for at least the last hour.......