Evening/Morning all: This week should bring more interesting news about Mallachie. Check the last few entries of the previous Weekly Chat for another photo of Queenie and other input from bloggers!
Hope you all got your clocks, microwaves, coffee pots, TVs, etc., organized for the next six months. And when did BST replace GMT, at least in the summer. In the US, standard and daylight savings time have had a long and fascinating (and apparently often confusing) history, given that we have three times zones for the contiguous states. DST is another matter, with most states changing but some not, but at least we don't have 30 minute increments like they do in Australia!
TerryM: The GE Help window is pretty clear re tours. I do recall that it took several "clicks" to get the thing started. Other folks commented on that and I had the same experience in the beginning but then it was okay. I tried to copy and paste some of the info onto your page, but it included boxes with images and they didn't copy. I'm sure other folks will have more helpful info. Good luck. Too bad lovely Queenie isn't around any more. When my daughter and I were away the other week, we stayed at a place which is a favorite "drop off" spot for folks wanting to "lose" cats. They had three cats when we were there, which hung around the garden entrance to the dining room waiting to be fed (by the staff). One night, the cats were served prime rib, all nicely chopped up for easy digestion!!!!
Alan: So. Are you treating us all to a trip to Loch Garten next year with your lottery winnings or will we be depending on the webcam again? :-)
Gary: Dying to hear about your English food outing (what was it really like?)
OG: We grow tomatoes outside here but my friends who do often fence them and other veggies in to keep various critters, including deer, from snacking on them; not to mention snails. My sister has expressed some frustration with EU rules - specifically not being able to buy French cheese off a market stall (I think that was it). Is following EU rules a bore or do you think it's generally for the good?
Thanks Alan I certainly feel as though I have been in the wars. Lovely black eye and back and ribs feeling very sore. Have fun with Hamish this afternoon.
Margobird
Margobird : As we are all sending you flowers, I thought you might like this one of bluebells in Short Wood taken in springtime. Something to look forward to:
Alan thanks that just looks magnificent. Just what I need to cheer myself up at the moment.
Cirrus - your autumn colour photos are superb - I love them!
Margobird - so sorry about your fall & aches & pains - NOT what you needed - and here is my contribution to your floral get well - just a pic from my garden earlier in the year!
Joan - avid bird and nature watcher in Northumberland!
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For anyone who is interested ... the Barn Owl Trust now have their live webcam operating from one of their aviaries ... it can be accessed from www.thewebbroadcastingcorporation.com ... click on the 'Live BarnOwl Nest Cam' icon.
Morning all.
Caerann: I'm with you - found myself getting angry with Grizzly Man - seemed to do a lot of self-promoting in his videos ("look how cool I am" kinda stuff). I didn't hear the audio of the actually attack, which I've read has never been played. But the documentary was distressing - I just couldn't figure out why his girlfriend didn't just go home and tell him to get on with it! Do hope you get some sunshine soon or at least a chance to dry out. Re the "Not Another Human Being for 500 Miles" syndrome, somebody did a study years ago that showed that women in the wilderness were more alarmed by the site of an abandoned building in the wilderness than by the actual wilderness itself. I can relate.
AQ: You're going to have to give that critter a name! Skink is almost as bad as skunk.
Diane: Take care.
Margobird: Oh no! Poor you. That's awful. My sister fell flat on her face the morning they left for Paris to celebrate their 50th. She said her nose bled all the way there (via Eurostar). Now you'll have to wear dark glasses and look mysterious for a week.
Hi and bye everyone else: Lovely flowers/photos for Margobird, so nice we can all share them. I'll be gone until Sunday evening. Stay safe.
Margobird, so sorry to read about your fall. How painful. I hope the bruising isn't too bad. The stiffness sounds painful. Can you talk som pills for the pain?
I haven't got any flower pictures to post but here is one of our horse, Clover, sending her best to you:)
Annette, have a great trip. Enjoy yourself:)
Wattle, very interesting info about the SkinK, thanks (not that we get them here!!)
Cirrus, lovely photo's of the trees and that pink one is magnificent. How is your new TV coming along?
Diane, thanks for the funny about the leaf blower. I had a good chuckle at that:) I hope you feel better (same goes for you Auntie)
Enjoyed everyone else's pictures/postings.
Gary, how lovely to see Clover 'up close and almost personal'. Getting used to my new TV just fine and I'm about to record Autumn Watch as I'm out at work this evening . So looking forward to the better picture.
DjoanS - I've drawn a blank on the Barn Owl cam - can't get it going. Hoping it's the place where the cam is and not my PC.
Careann - Cranes still grounded aren't they - can't wait to see them fly. Nice video of the juveniles in their pen at the seond migration stopover though- they are so elegant. Wishing you bright skies and sun.
Well, gotta get ready for work and all that. Where is Annette going? Safe journey Annette.
New Blog.
http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/blogs/lochgartenospreys/archive/2009/10/30/a-quiet-end-to-the-week.aspx
Will I have beaten Alan!