CoTT 2 House of Cards

[CassieQ]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Well, I'm a lot older than you, but there are still times when I find myself spending hours on end reading.

But I do admit to having some books in my house (as I've yet not got round to putting up shelves since I moved in, I can't say on my bookshelves) and on my Kindle, that I haven't yet got round to reading.

I struggle with reading and television shows.  The only thing I seem to be able to do for long periods is write, and even that is hard some days.  I have the attention span of a gnat.    

[Valkyrie]

42 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

I struggle with reading and television shows.  The only thing I seem to be able to do for long periods is write, and even that is hard some days.  I have the attention span of a gnat.    

  Me too.  Oh look, something shiny!    

[Valkyrie]

[CassieQ]

4 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

  Me too.  Oh look, something shiny!    

I legit got distracted by a squirrel one day.

Edited August 23, 2020 by CassieQ
Unfortunately it was not shiny

[Valkyrie]

1 minute ago, CassieQ said:

I legit got distracted by a squirrel one day.

Of course!  Squirrels are very fun to watch  

[Albert1434]

I am using mind control on Val

       

Edited August 23, 2020 by Albert1434

[clochette]

Sooo I've just ordered yeast to make strawberry champagne!

Edited August 23, 2020 by clochette

[CassieQ]

6 minutes ago, clochette said:

Sooo I've just ordered yeast to make strawberry champagne!

Today I learned you need yeast for that.

[Marty]

2 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

Sure, why do today what you could just as easily put off until tomorrow? 

Spoiler

 

[Valkyrie]

19 minutes ago, Marty said:

Sure, why do today what you could just as easily put off until tomorrow? 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

[Albert1434]

Our cauliflower is starting a head woot

[Headstall]

7 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Our cauliflower is starting a head woot

Wish I was getting some head............................ oh right... I didn't plant cauliflower.  

[Albert1434]

Well we can hope Gary

[clochette]

11 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Wish I was getting some head............................ oh right... I didn't plant cauliflower.  

Wouldn't it be cool to just plant some and pick one up whenever you feel the need

[dughlas]

17 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Wish I was getting some head............................ oh right... I didn't plant cauliflower.  

Cabbage?

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, clochette said:

Sooo I've just ordered yeast to make strawberry champagne!

 

2 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Today I learned you need yeast for that.

Actually champange is double fermented. The initial fermentation before aging and then again when a small amount of yeast is introduced at bottling.  Hence the bubbles and the reason I can not drink champagne without developing a migraine.

[Headstall]

14 minutes ago, clochette said:

Wouldn't it be cool to just plant some and pick one up whenever you feel the need

 

[clochette]

9 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Actually champange is double fermented. The initial fermentation before aging and then again when a small amount of yeast is introduced at bottling.  Hence the bubbles and the reason I can not drink champagne without developing a migraine.

It's not going to be real real champagne,  more like a sparkling strawberry wine. But definitely easy to make. Or so it sounds like it 

 

[Albert1434]

18 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Cabbage?

No

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, clochette said:

It's not going to be real real champagne,  more like a sparkling strawberry wine. But definitely easy to make. Or so it sounds like it 

 

I've made elderflower sparkling wine in the past. And elderberry wine as well.

But where are you going to get hold of elderflowers this time of the year?

[clochette]

Just now, Marty said:

I've made elderflower sparkling wine in the past. And elderberry wine as well.

But where are you going to get hold of elderflowers this time of the year?

It'll be strawberries only. Though Hugh said a couple of vanilla pods add a nice touch too

[Headstall]

My life in a nutshell. Over the last few days, I've lost a bunch of cats... which freaked me out... it was pretty much all at once. A black mother cat got killed on the road a week ago, but the rest just up and disappeared. Two small kittens, one of which appeared to love me... he would let me pick him up, and kept getting under my feet. It's been three days now. Four older kittens disappeared at the same time. One came back yesterday, and two came back this evening. That was a relief. But one is still missing... as well as a light grey female, a mixed white male, and a tabby and white female. All at the same time! I think something is getting them and the cats went into hiding. Likely a coyote, but could be anything. Falkor and his buddy are fine, and so is a pregnant female, but they all sleep on the back veranda most of the day and night. Well, the mother cat just started doing that.

So that's my life... I'm that old crazy guy who frets about his cats...   

[clochette]

2 minutes ago, Headstall said:

My life in a nutshell. Over the last few days, I've lost a bunch of cats... which freaked me out... it was pretty much all at once. A black mother cat got killed on the road a week ago, but the rest just up and disappeared. Two small kittens, one of which appeared to love me... he would let me pick him up, and kept getting under my feet. It's been three days now. Four older kittens disappeared at the same time. One came back yesterday, and two came back this evening. That was a relief. But one is still missing... as well as a light grey female, a mixed white male, and a tabby and white female. All at the same time! I think something is getting them and the cats went into hiding. Likely a coyote, but could be anything. Falkor and his buddy are fine, and so is a pregnant female, but they all sleep on the back veranda most of the day and night. Well, the mother cat just started doing that.

So that's my life... I'm that old crazy guy who frets about his cats...   

That's so sad you're losing some kittens. And it's normal for you to fret about them, you care, you have a heart and those little bundle of fur have a way to snick their way to our heart whether we want it or not

[Marty]

A few hours before sunset this evening I decided to take a stroll up to the wind turbines on the mountain near me.

Here's a view back before I reached the summit plateau:

That's the northern end of Lough Allen, which is the first big lake on the River Shannon. At a total length of 361 km (224 miles), the River Shannon is the longest river in the whole of both Ireland and Britain.

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, clochette said:

That's so sad you're losing some kittens. And it's normal for you to fret about them, you care, you have a heart and those little bundle of fur have a way to snick their way to our heart whether we want it or not

And to add to what clo said, you're neither crazy, nor old, Gary.