CoTT 2 House of Cards

[dughlas]

5 hours ago, clochette said:

Chairs with wheels are even more scary than normal chairs

Especially if he stands with a foot each on two separate ones at the same time.

Edited March 10, 2021 by dughlas

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

What a beautiful day! Sunny and warm... the snow is melting and there are new green spots to enjoy.  

Oh, and there is a really pretty, orange tabby male with a white front who has moved into the barn and is getting it on with my female cats. He's big, and I think he is the reason the old gray male is keeping a low profile. 

Lot of cute new kittens in sight

[Marty]

1 hour ago, dughlas said:

It's currently sunny with a sea breeze keeping the temp around 63/17°. Overall a lovely day.

This morning. Mum and I went to breakfast at our usual place. However, we will not be going back until both mum and I have received both doses of vaccine because the Governor of SC in his wisdom declared it no longer mandatory that servers in restaurants wear face coverings. The owners of the establishment have grown tired of wearing masks and decided that they would no longer do so. The thing is that while it is no longer mandatory the same order lists guidelines that say restaurants should require servers and customers to wear face coverings. Mum gets her second shot next Tues. So by the end of the month she should be protected. I however only became eligible for the vaccine this passed Monday. I was able to schedule an appointment for my first shot but my appointment isn't until Sunday, April 11th. That's 5 and 1/2 weeks away. Add 3 weeks to that and my 2nd shot wont happen until the beginning of May. Fortunately that timing means I should be protected by the time we head to PA at the end of May.

After brekkie we went to a nearby mixed residential/commercial/recreational complex where my barber is located. While I got my hair cut mum and Thistle walked around a little than found a nice sunny spot to sit and relax. When I rejoined them we walked the 1.1 mile around the pond before visiting our favorite Orvis store. From there we went for lunch where we dined al fresco. I had a bratwurst sandwich and pommes frites and mum had a Cordon Bleu crepe. After lunch we headed home with a stop for groceries. Now we're all relaxing.

Cod!

What busy little bees you and mum have been today! 

[Albert1434]

The Temple of Trajan in Pergamon, Turkey

[Albert1434]

 

A rare yellow cardinal has been spotted in Illinois 

[dughlas]

31 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

 

A rare yellow cardinal has been spotted in Illinois 

Is he a friend of that penguin from a week or so ago?

[Bucket1]

13 hours ago, dughlas said:

Is he a friend of that penguin from a week or so ago?

Same tailor

[Marty]

15 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

 

A rare yellow cardinal has been spotted in Illinois 

 

14 hours ago, dughlas said:

Is he a friend of that penguin from a week or so ago?

 

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

Same tailor

Probably the tailor bird

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_tailorbird

[Marty]

 

[Headstall]

43 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

That was beautiful.  

[Headstall]

Happy Thursday, all!  

[Headstall]

It's a beautiful day here. Sunny, breezy, and 16 degrees. My mare is dozing in the sun in the middle of the paddock.   

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Happy Thursday, all!  

And you, bro!  

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

It's a beautiful day here. Sunny, breezy, and 16 degrees. My mare is dozing in the sun in the middle of the paddock.   

Nice enough day here, as well. Which wasn't what was actually forecast. About 6°C/43°F and dry for much of the afternoon. I've managed to get some work done in the garden; mainly clearing old root stumps that I didn't get round to removing last year.  

[Headstall]

10 minutes ago, Marty said:

And you, bro!  

Nice enough day here, as well. Which wasn't what was actually forecast. About 6°C/43°F and dry for much of the afternoon. I've managed to get some work done in the garden; mainly clearing old root stumps that I didn't get round to removing last year.  

It is 18 degrees here now.  Glory be to Cod... 

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

It's a beautiful day here. Sunny, breezy, and 16 degrees. My mare is dozing in the sun in the middle of the paddock.   

It's currently 65/18° and sunny. The sea breeze has just begun. Mum and I did outdoor chores this morning. She raked and did light weeding along the edge of onr of the flowerbeds. I staked two rosesxto pull them away from the side of the house. Then I fed all the roses, there are 6, the 2 hibiscus, the hydrangea, the gardenia and the 5 azalea. After that I relayed some of the stepping stones between mum and her neighbor. The stones needed to be raised as over the last decade they sunk to ground level. Anytime it rains most of the path would be under puddles. I've completed nearly 2/3 of the project with only 8 more to do. Hopefully I'll finish on Saturday.   

[dughlas]

48 minutes ago, Headstall said:

It is 18 degrees here now.  Glory be to Cod... 

Time to run naked through the lawn sprinkler ... just don't let your son catch you doing it.

[clochette]

To say today was windy would be an euphemism! The wind has been howling all day (I had to tied up to big outside trash bin as it kept being blow away and the front gate kept opening up!) and alternating sunny times and torrential rain!

But the temps were nice. The daffodils won't be long to open up

[dughlas]

9 minutes ago, clochette said:

To say today was windy would be an euphemism! The wind has been howling all day (I had to tied up to big outside trash bin as it kept being blow away and the front gate kept opening up!) and alternating sunny times and torrential rain!

But the temps were nice. The daffodils won't be long to open up

Our Spring flowers, daffodils, hyacinths, freesia and tulips have been blooming most of this month. Sorry it's so blustery in Picardy.

[Marty]

17 minutes ago, clochette said:

The daffodils won't be long to open up

In spite of the fact that it was very late (just before Christmas) that I planted my daffodil bulbs, twenty of the twenty-one clumps that I planted have shoots well above ground, and it looks like most of them will be opening their buds in the next week or so. I'm fairly hopeful the final clump will eventually send up shoots. 

Edited March 11, 2021 by Marty
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[clochette]

14 minutes ago, Marty said:

In spite of the fact that it was very late (just before Christmas) that I planted my daffodil bulbs, twenty of the twenty-one clumps that I planted have shoots well above ground, and it looks like most of them will be opening their buds in the next week or so. I'm fairly hopeful the final clump will eventually send up shoots. 

I've planted mine like a month ago and they're doing well. The tulips have sprout but there are only leaves so far. I have a couple of hyacinths in a pot by the front door (planted this past autumn) that have flowers this past week.

[dughlas]

43 minutes ago, Marty said:

In spite of the fact that it was very late (just before Christmas) that I planted my daffodil bulbs, twenty of the twenty-one clumps that I planted have shoots well above ground, and it looks like most of them will be opening their buds in the next week or so. I'm fairly hopeful the final clump will eventually send up shoots. 

In late November I planted paperwhite bulbs in two large pots on the patio. They came up and began blooming in February. The last flowers have just faded in the last week. I'll transfer the bulbs to a spot in the flower garden in the next week or two. 

[Albert1434]

Aloha All 

 

 

 

[Albert1434]

Our bulbs come back ever year

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

 

 

 

Hi, Albert!    

[Albert1434]

Tulips, daffodils and crocus