CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Albert1434]

Aloha CassieQ that sounds like hell

[Albert1434]

Jeremy

[Page Scrawler]

27 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

This is a nightmare.  

Hey, Cassie.  That's terrible.

[Albert1434]

Aloha Sandrewn

[spike382]

8 hours ago, clochette said:

Dill shouldn't be a problem even in the down under. 

About the snails, you can put crumbled eggshells around. Ot works great to protect the strawberries here.

Unless... is there some kind of Australian murder snail I'm not aware of?  

[Page Scrawler]

7 minutes ago, spike382 said:

Unless... is there some kind of Australian murder snail I'm not aware of?  

Cone snails, but those are only in the ocean, fortunately.

[spike382]

12 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Cone snails, but those are only in the ocean, fortunately.

I KNEW IT!!!  All those beautiful beaches and there's murder snakes, murder sharks, and murder SNAILS.  @Bucket1, how do you deal with it? 

[Albert1434]

Well Spike you seem to have over look the salt water crocodile lol.

[spike382]

3 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Well Spike you seem to have over look the salt water crocodile lol.

Yeah, there's crocs too, but that didn't fit in with my murder "Ss" theme.  

[Albert1434]

Then you should have included spiders Sidney Funnel-web spider

 

Edited May 17, 2022 by Albert1434

[CassieQ]

35 minutes ago, spike382 said:

I KNEW IT!!!  All those beautiful beaches and there's murder snakes, murder sharks, and murder SNAILS.  @Bucket1, how do you deal with it? 

Everything in Australia is meant to kill you.  Mad respect for people who actually LIVE there.   

[CassieQ]

Just now, Albert1434 said:

Then you should have included spiders

No, no, they should not.  

[spike382]

9 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Then you should have included spiders Sidney Funnel-web spider

 

Bertie I already covered murder spiders last time.  Plus I was talking about the beach... are there murder spiders on the beach?  Wait, what am I saying, it's Australia.  

 

11 minutes ago, CassieQ said:

Everything in Australia is meant to kill you.  Mad respect for people who actually LIVE there.   

Cassie you are so correct.  That's why I endlessly tease our resident Aussie about it all the time 

[raven1]

5 hours ago, Headstall said:

My lilac trees are all in flower. They opened up today, and the smell is glorious.    

I miss the smells of temperate zone flowers especially lilac and daphne odora.

[spike382]

5 minutes ago, raven1 said:

I miss the smells of temperate zone flowers especially lilac and daphne odora.

What’s seasonal in your area Terry?

[Headstall]

3 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Well, I was going to do some writing tonight.  Instead, I have to figure out where the cleaning lady put all my stuff.  I told her that my worktable was the ONE place I didn't want her to touch, then I come home and she just stuffed everything into boxes and piles.  This is a nightmare.  

That is definitely grounds for firing her ass.   Unless she's a real sweetheart. I wouldn't like someone touching my desk... ugh  

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, spike382 said:

Unless... is there some kind of Australian murder snail I'm not aware of?  

I would put money on it that there is.   

[raven1]

2 hours ago, spike382 said:

What’s seasonal in your area Terry?

Fruits are very seasonal here for most , but some grow year round.  Most other vegetables and plants grow year round. Most flowers grow year round, except for those on trees that produce some sort of fruit.  Seasons are identified by the amount of rain, rather than length of day. Trees do lose their leaves once a year, but when is determined by species. Almost all shrubs have leaves year round. Climate zones only differ in the heights above sea level.  Jungle forests change to pine forests as you get high on the highest mountains. 

[clochette]

5 hours ago, spike382 said:

Unless... is there some kind of Australian murder snail I'm not aware of?  

Honestly I wouldn't be surprised...  its droll is probably poisonous or something

Edited May 17, 2022 by clochette

[Bucket1]

12 hours ago, Albert1434 said:

Well they have ship my everbearing mulberry tree

The furit is so good makes great jelly and pies so good

My grandparents had a huge mulberry tree. It was great for climbing.

Picking the berries was always fun and my grandmother used to make a great pie with them. Also good stewed with ice cream. Oh and a good jam

[Bucket1]

10 hours ago, spike382 said:

Unless... is there some kind of Australian murder snail I'm not aware of?  

Well…

9 hours ago, Page Scrawler said:

Cone snails, but those are only in the ocean, fortunately.

Yeah, well I wasn’t going to say but…

 

9 hours ago, spike382 said:

I KNEW IT!!!  All those beautiful beaches and there's murder snakes, murder sharks, and murder SNAILS.  @Bucket1, how do you deal with it? 

When you see a sea snake, you get out of the water very quickly…

When you see a shark, you punch it in the face… and get out of the water…

When you see a snail, you don't touch…

And the same goes for the blue ring octopus… no touching… it paralyses you but you remain conscious… now we know you continue CPR

[Bucket1]

9 hours ago, CassieQ said:

Everything in Australia is meant to kill you.  Mad respect for people who actually LIVE there.   

Awww… thanks Cassie

[clochette]

Hey gang!  Hope you are all having an enjoyable day

Pheew it's so hot! 28°C at 12am! B if you could take some of your heat back, like 5°C, that's be a relief

The neighbors went on holiday. Minion spent all of yesterday pouting, hoping they'd come back. Today he seems to have get they won't be back for a few days and came to nap in the house, had a cup of milk and lazed around in the garden with the other two. 

[Bucket1]

9 minutes ago, clochette said:

Pheew it's so hot! 28°C at 12am! B if you could take some of your heat back, like 5°C, that's be a relief

5C sounds good to me  

[spike382]

7 hours ago, raven1 said:

Fruits are very seasonal here for most , but some grow year round.  Most other vegetables and plants grow year round. Most flowers grow year round, except for those on trees that produce some sort of fruit.  Seasons are identified by the amount of rain, rather than length of day. Trees do lose their leaves once a year, but when is determined by species. Almost all shrubs have leaves year round. Climate zones only differ in the heights above sea level.  Jungle forests change to pine forests as you get high on the highest mountains. 

Honestly that sounds pretty cool.  I’ve never been a fan of wintry weather, I’m too much of a wimp.  So warmer weather sounds wonderful 😀

Edited May 17, 2022 by spike382