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I have lived through three days of the most horrible kind of hell, and for the first time in about 51 years, I don't have a horse. My mare passed an hour and a half ago, and I was with her. She died i

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Went to see the surgeon today... he says he is willing to try reattachment if I get through a complete MRI... he needs that first. He also informed me I had two tendons detached, not one, which really

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Guten Tag! I'm about to cut the rampant  growing ivy. If you hear nothing from me again, it won.

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The Slieve League cliffs in County Donegal, Ireland
The Slieve League cliffs in County Donegal, Ireland

:thankyou: Albert! :thumbup:

A great spot, with great views on a clear day! They're about 80 miles from me, and I've visited them many times; although not in the past 12 months for obvious reasons (Covid).

They're among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, rising 609 metres (1,998 feet) above the Atlantic Ocean. That makes them almost three times the height of the more famous (to tourists) Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, which rise to 214 metres (702 feet) above the Atlantic.

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Cliffs of Moher, County Clare, Ireland.

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"Remarkably, on the high slopes of Slieve League there are remains of an early Christian monastic site, with chapel and beehive huts. There are also ancient stone remains that suggest that the mountain was a site of pilgrimage before the arrival of Christianity. At Carrigan Head, on the way to the main viewing area, you can see a Signal Tower built in the early years of the 19th century to watch for a possible French invasion. Close to the viewing area you can see stones, which marked out the word “Éire” as a navigation aid for aircraft during World War II."
Quoted from: https://www.ireland.com/en-gb/destinations/republic-of-ireland/donegal/articles/waw-slieve-league-cliffs/

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Well it's not far off 1:00 am here, so I suppose it's getting time for my beauty sleep. :yes:

Before I go, I'll leave you all with this song and accompanying video.

And this time, I think I'll simply dedicate it to myself. ;) 

 

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1 hour ago, Marty said:

Well it's not far off 1:00 am here, so I suppose it's getting time for my beauty sleep. :yes:

Before I go, I'll leave you all with this song and accompanying video.

And this time, I think I'll simply dedicate it to myself. ;) 

 

I can only say WOW:yes:

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12 minutes ago, Marty said:

Sort of what I thought as well, Albert. :yes:

Agreed. "Pot calling the kettle black" is an expression used to describe hypocrisy. How does hypocrisy apply to the act of wearing pants?  :huh:

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Agreed. "Pot calling the kettle black" is an expression used to describe hypocrisy. How does hypocrisy apply to the act of wearing pants?  :huh:

That's what confused me as well, Page. :yes: 

I know Sherye later said that she was joking with Bucket. And, certainly, the first sentence in her reply was funny. It was the later pot/kettle reference that left me totally confused.

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40 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

We have had 72 hours of active winter weather in a word snow!

Thankfully, our wee bit of snow has now all disappeared. Which means it's safe again for me to work from a ladder set against the boundary wall.

I'm just in for a cup of coffee and a snack. It's raining slightly, but not enough to force me inside permanently; particularly as I am somewhat sheltered from it by the wall. Although I am having to be careful not to get drenched from the rain-soaked Russian vine and ivy that I am slowly cutting away from the top of the wall.

If the weather doesn't turn too wet, I'm hopeful I shall get this job finished before the weekend is over. Although the gathering up of the last of the brushwood, and clearing of the fallen stones, can wait awhile; if only because I first intend getting on with that job of cutting back and tidying up that boundary hedge in the upper garden that I mentioned a while back. These two jobs (the sheds and the boundary hedge) are the two main jobs that I promised myself last summer to get done in the garden this winter.

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