CoTT 2 House of Cards

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

 

Hey Clo!  

 

We're at 15℃ here. And that's really good for February in Ireland. Lovely blue sky with a few fluffy white clouds as well. Heaven!  

Another lucky one! It's only minus 8 Celcius here, but it's lovely in the sun. We'll get our turn.  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Another lucky one! It's only minus 8 Celcius here, but it's lovely in the sun. We'll get our turn.  

 

The sun's starting to slip towards the horizon here.

 

Think I'll bookmark where I am in the story I've been binge-reading for the past few hours and head out with the camera. There should be some nice light worth photographing over one of the loughs in my locality....

 

Catch yous all later.  

[Thorn Wilde]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

 

Dublin was fun! Tiring, but we got a lot done.  

Hey, Marty!  I went to Dublin once. Was visiting Ireland with my friend who's half Irish, to see her dad and grandparents and things. We went to a few different places. I liked Dublin a lot. We went there with her aunt

 

3 hours ago, Dmrman said:

Thanks, TW we are now preparing for another storm blast...   hope everything is fine with you and your day too..!!  

Hi, Bob!  Hope the new storm isn't too bad. I'm good, just got back from IKEA with some stuff we needed. Clothes drying rack, bread knife, french press, a few odds and ends that we no longer had because they belonged to my former flatmate.

 

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

Hi, Thorn.  It's a beautiful day here... no wind... and lots of sunshine. I was able to turn my mare out this morning. I love watching here trot across the paddock as if she's never been in it before, snorting and spinning. She might be almost 26, but she still looks like a filly.  

Hi, Gary!  Aww... I love horses. Always wanted to learn how to ride. When I was eight my dad took me to a riding school to try it out and look into maybe getting me riding lessons, but somehow I managed to embarrass him by saying something that may or may not have insulted the riding teacher, and my dad did not take kindly to being embarrassed, so he never took me back. So no riding lessons for me.

 

1 hour ago, clochette said:

Good day gang  

Another sunny and warm - kind of hot even - day with 20℃. I was stun when I took my car that was park in the sun in front of the house at 3pm and it said 25℃! It feels so good!

Hope you're all enjoying your day

Hi, Clo!  We had 7℃ here today. Warmest it's been in a while. Now the sun's gone down, though, so it's getting colder. Had a gorgeous sunset on the way home from IKEA.  

[clochette]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

Hey Clo!  

 

We're at 15℃ here. And that's really good for February in Ireland. Lovely blue sky with a few fluffy white clouds as well. Heaven!  

Afternoon Marty

That's about what we should have too. I'm in the north of France so our temps are closer to England. The last couple of weeks have been exceptionally warm and sunny.

[Headstall]

49 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

The sun's starting to slip towards the horizon here.

 

Think I'll bookmark where I am in the story I've been binge-reading for the past few hours and head out with the camera. There should be some nice light worth photographing over one of the loughs in my locality....

 

Catch yous all later.  

Have a great afternoon, Marty... happy clicking, and I hope you are enjoying Exes and Ohs.  

[Headstall]

25 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hi, Gary!  Aww... I love horses. Always wanted to learn how to ride. When I was eight my dad took me to a riding school to try it out and look into maybe getting me riding lessons, but somehow I managed to embarrass him by saying something that may or may not have insulted the riding teacher, and my dad did not take kindly to being embarrassed, so he never took me back. So no riding lessons for me.

 

Horses have been my passion most of my life, and I was a hardcore competitor for a couple of decades. Now I'm down to one horse, and she is getting up there.   Hopefully, she be around a few more years.  

[Thorn Wilde]

14 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Horses have been my passion most of my life, and I was a hardcore competitor for a couple of decades. Now I'm down to one horse, and she is getting up there.   Hopefully, she be around a few more years.  

A good friend of mine has a, don't know what the breed would be called in English, a Norwegian breed called Nordlandshest. He's over twenty now, too. He's so patient and such a sweetheart. They took him on the metro once to film an ad. He was cool as a cucumber the whole time.

[Page Scrawler]

5 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. Not as lovely a day today. Forecast to be as warm as yesterday but more clouds.

Afternoon, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.   *scratches Thistle behind the ears*

 

5 hours ago, Kitt said:

Good morning everyone.  

Afternoon, Kitt. 

 

5 hours ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Morning, Kitt!  How are you?

Hey, Thorn.   

 

4 hours ago, Marty said:

 

Dublin was fun! Tiring, but we got a lot done.  

Hey, Marty.   Glad you had fun.   

 

4 hours ago, Dmrman said:

 thanks, Pagey... we are and that's what matters !!!

Hey again, Bob.     

 

3 hours ago, Headstall said:

Solid maple here. 

Hey, Gary.     

[Page Scrawler]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

"The Land of Time Enough" is a term often used to describe Ireland. The same could be said of Cuba. The only real difference was the sunnier weather and the darker skinned population.  

I've heard Spain and India have similar customs. "It happens when it happens." is usually the motto for most situations, with some exceptions for big business meetings.

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Headstall said:

Have a great afternoon, Marty... happy clicking, and I hope you are enjoying Exes and Ohs.  

 

"Clicking" !! ??  

 

Heathen! I don't go out "clicking" with my camera. I go out chasing light with it.  

 

Unfortunately today the sky was too clear overhead, with no clouds to be illuminated by the setting sun (and their colours to be reflected by the lake water), and there was a solid bank of cloud on the horizon stopping the actual sunset itself from really being visible on the mountain tops. I'll check the photos on the large screen of my desktop PC later. One or two of them might just be worth keeping...

 

 Not to worry. There'll be other days. And at least I got out of the house for a while.

 

I'll get back to the story I was reading after I've prepared and eaten dinner. Have an appointment tomorrow morning at the doctor's for blood samples to be taken. Have to fast for at least thirteen hours before he takes the samples, so better eat soon... 

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by Marty
Clarification

[Marty]

1 hour ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hey, Marty!  I went to Dublin once. Was visiting Ireland with my friend who's half Irish, to see her dad and grandparents and things. We went to a few different places. I liked Dublin a lot. We went there with her aunt

 

Hey right bakatya, Thorn!

 

Dublin (at least as far as I am concerned) is okay for a visit. Maybe for a meeting like yesterday, or to attend a concert or the theatre. Wouldn't want to spend too much time there, though. It's just too big and busy for my liking. When I do visit I'm always happy to leave again to get back to the slower pace of life of where I am living nowadays. I feel more in tune with the natural world with the mountains and the lakes around me.

 

 

Edited February 26, 2019 by Marty
Correcting another of my inevitable typos.

[Marty]

26 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

I've heard Spain and India have similar customs. "It happens when it happens." is usually the motto for most situations, with some exceptions for big business meetings.

 

Often, in Ireland a poster for an event will have something like "Starting at 8 p.m. sharp" written on it. Everyone knows that that means they'll be early enough if they get there by about 8:45 ...

 

[Page Scrawler]

8 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

Dublin (at least as far as I am concerned) is okay for a visit. Maybe for a meeting like yesterday, or to attend a concert or the theatre. Wouldn't ant to spend too much time there, though. It's just too big and busy for my liking. When I do visit I'm always happy to leave again to get back to the slower pace of life of where I am living nowadays. I feel more in tune with the natural world with the mountains and the lakes around me.

I live just a few blocks from the city center, but with only 15,000 people in this town, we get to spread out a bit more. The house has a fairly big yard. Once the weather warms up and the ground thaws, I'm having a tree house installed for my kid brother-in-law. 

[Thorn Wilde]

50 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

 

Hey, Thorn.   

 

Hi, Page! You doing all right today?  

[Page Scrawler]

1 hour ago, Thorn Wilde said:

don't know what the breed would be called in English, a Norwegian breed called Nordlandshest. He's over twenty now, too. He's so patient and such a sweetheart. They took him on the metro once to film an ad. He was cool as a cucumber the whole time.

I was just reading about them on Wikipedia. They sound like wonderful horses.   

[Thorn Wilde]

23 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

Hey right bakatya, Thorn!

 

Dublin (at least as far as I am concerned) is okay for a visit. Maybe for a meeting like yesterday, or to attend a concert or the theatre. Wouldn't want to spend too much time there, though. It's just too big and busy for my liking. When I do visit I'm always happy to leave again to get back to the slower pace of life of where I am living nowadays. I feel more in tune with the natural world with the mountains and the lakes around me.

 

 

I live in Oslo, which has roughly 100k more people in it than Dublin, though over a larger area... I quite like cities, personally, as long as they're not, you know, enormous. I'd never want to live in, say, London, as much as I like to visit.

[Page Scrawler]

2 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Hi, Page! You doing all right today?  

Perfect. The weather could be better (warmer), but I'm having a nice day organizing my printed recipes into a binder. I have eight dividers to put them in. So far, I have:

• Appetizers
• Soups/Salads
• Main Dishes - Breakfast
• Main Dishes - Lunch
• Main Dishes - Dinner
• Sides
• ?????
• Desserts

I'm not sure what to put in the seventh folder. Drinks, sauces, bread, or something else?

[Thorn Wilde]

9 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

I was just reading about them on Wikipedia. They sound like wonderful horses.   

They're lovely, though not very big. Most horse breeds native to this part of the world are technically ponies. Like the Icelandic horse or the fjord horse.

[Thorn Wilde]

2 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

Perfect. The weather could be better (warmer), but I'm having a nice day organizing my printed recipes into a binder. I have eight dividers to put them in. So far, I have:

• Appetizers
• Soups/Salads
• Main Dishes - Breakfast
• Main Dishes - Lunch
• Main Dishes - Dinner
• Sides
• ?????
• Desserts

I'm not sure what to put in the seventh folder. Drinks, sauces, bread, or something else?

Bits and bobs? All the stuff that doesn't fit in anywhere else. That's what I'd do.  Glad you're having a good day! 

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Page Scrawler said:

Afternoon, Dugh, Mum, and Thistle.   *scratches Thistle behind the ears*

 

Afternoon, Kitt. 

 

Hey, Thorn.   

 

Hey, Marty.   Glad you had fun.   

 

Hey again, Bob.     

 

Hey, Gary.     

Hi, Pagey.  

[Thorn Wilde]

This is my friend's horse on the metro in Oslo, lol! 

[Headstall]

40 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

"Clicking" !! ??  

 

Heathen! I don't go out "clicking" with my camera. I go out chasing light with it.  

 

Unfortunately today the sky was too clear overhead, with no clouds to be illuminated by the setting sun (and their colours to be reflected by the lake water), and there was a solid bank of cloud on the horizon stopping the actual sunset itself from really being visible on the mountain tops. I'll check the photos on the large screen of my desktop PC later. One or two of them might just worth be worth keeping...

 

 Not to worry. There'll be other days. And at least I got out of the house for a while.

 

I'll get back to the story I was reading after I've prepared and eaten dinner. Have an appointment tomorrow morning at the doctor's for blood samples to be taken. Have to fast for at least thirteen hours before he takes the samples, so better eat soon... 

 

Heathen? Yeah, my daughter would roll her eyes at the 'clicking' too. I'll have to remember 'chasing light.'  

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Headstall said:

Heathen? Yeah, my daughter would roll her eyes at the 'clicking' too. I'll have to remember 'chasing light.'  

 

Actually I wasn't 100% sure your use of the word clicking was referring to my photography or to me clicking the Like button as I was binge reading.... 

 

And you do realise you have now interrupted my binge read by making me switch tabs to read your reply...?   

[Headstall]

2 minutes ago, Marty said:

 

Actually I wasn't 100% sure your use of the word clicking was referring to my photography or to me clicking the Like button as I was binge reading.... 

 

And you do realise you have now interrupted my binge read by making me switch tabs to read your reply...?   

I've actually been thinking of purchasing a decent, simple camera. All I have is the one on my phone, a Galaxy S3, which is seriously outdated. I bought my daughter the camera she uses the most, back when she was in college... if memory serves me, it's a Canon Rebel XS something... I remember researching one Christmas, and deciding on it, along with a macro lens... It came with two others, I think... anyway, I'm always walking, and I live in beautiful countryside... maybe I can chase some light.  

[Marty]

Hey, Randy!   

 

Can't really chat at the moment. Binge-reading a great story!