How long will it take us to get to 10,000 posts?

[Michelle Stevens]

Eagle Chat​

I have a good feeling that Fluff will return ... I just wish she would hurry up and do so, I'm on edge here :shifty:

I have read on the chat on the cam that Fluff is okay and on other trees. I do hope she returns to the nest to rest her legs. I did see Freedom on the nest this morning.

Those Blue Jays look such sweet little birds, but I believe they're aggressive towards other birds and are known for dive bombing, but then, they probably see Fluff as a threat Poor Fluff, she (is he really a she? ) is having to learn the hard way that the world isn't always a friendly place.

So very true! Yes, these birds surely see Fluff as an intruder in their territory. It seems that they have eased off in recent days.

I didn't see that video and aw, poor Fluff I don't think I want to see it.

It's just birds being birds. It didn't deter Fluff but showed her the hard world as you said.

Yes, you're right Michelle it did and Soap was far less developed than our Fluff. Fluff will return also I'm sure Liberty and Freedom are still looking after her, they're good parents and will lead her back.

Indeed! I saw that Liberty or Freedom brought a fish to the nest this morning hoping Fluff would follow. No results as of this writing.

Someone needs to let those people on the web-site that they're using the wrong name, its not Patience its Fluff!

Exactly! I see the operators of the cam still call her H313 too which is useful in gauging her age as being born on 13 March. I had forgotten that. Fluff313!

Here are the other three earlier today and they're climbing higher and higher up the branch..

^^the one in the top left of the photo was even standing on one leg whilst preening itself, yikes!

They do enjoy standing on those limbs. It's a good tree for a nest so Lipstick and Guy are wise parents in choosing that tree. As of today they are all still there. No accidents or flying yet.

A wet night for the trio.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

:ex:

Here it is. A new photo of Streetie in her new pot with a cutting from my white poinsettia Princess in front.

Spoiler

She seems happy and in a much more pleasant location to enjoy the summer.

I also picked-up two Orchids yesterday whilst in my local home improvement store (Lowe's). They had a shelf of discount orchids from Mother's Day and one really caught my eye as she as so dehydrated. She had no price tag opposed to the others who were discounted to $7. I asked a saleslady for a price and she let me have it for $5. I was so pleased I chose another in a smaller pot. She also discounted it to $5. Michelle's hotness at work. I named them Spirit and Pacer.

Spoiler

I called the small one Spirit as her lone remain bloom looked to the heavens, or at least to my face. Pacer is very dehydrated as you can see and I will have to employ my orchid knowledge in a bid to save her. Pacer is a sad little plant right now as no one wanted her for so long and I could tell she was crying for help. My Maizie and Plantara were in similar conditions so a recovery is possible with attention and love.

Don't you find that its usually the simple things in life which stay in our memories? I used to literally get so excited when I saw the Bluebells again, sadly they didn't last long once picked.

It's a shame a place like the Bluebell Wood had to vanish for humans but there is only so much space. Indeed, some flowers don't live long after they are cut. I learned at as a child with Irises. In first grade I picked those for my teacher and they drooped and I cried on my way home on the bus.

Did you ever collect shells and pebbles from the beach as a child?

Oh yes. I even do so know if I am at a unique location. I have a pebble on my desk from Pebble Beach when I was in California.

I'm still traumatised by recent run-in with the Budgie :eck:

I understand. They are ruthless birds. #facts

Sadly, its gone and is now a housing estate. I do wonder if those homes have Bluebells in their gardens? I hope some survived and are still growing.

I hope so too. It would be a shame they all vanished due to the construction of these estates. I think we as humans are a little more mindful today about the natural world around us when it come to building. It's just a shame to see nature damaged by we humans.

Lol! .. its going to be a massive plant , I should've read up on it before buying its called "Snow Queen" and will look more similar to this ...

.... that's if I don't kill the poor thing off

It should give you years of joy hopefully. Those blooms look very unique. Does it have room to grow?

Ooo is the .. Get Out Of Jail Card .... which @Jessie kindly gave me acceptable to the Budgies? ,, please say it is! ray: ... my dainty hot hands are covered in blisters, blisters everywhere from smashing rocks at the TT quarry.

Michelle, please let the Budgies know how repentant I am and that I will also give a sizable donation to my local Snail Sanctuary.

Word on the street is that after lengthy talks the Budgies have agreed to let you out early. @Jessie reputation is stellar and they think that you did about half of your term was enough.

Your poor fingers. We'll have to find you some gloves for your time at the TT Cafe. At least you got some good exercise and some sun. I hope the budgies let you keep that sledgehammer. The Enforcer my like that.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Yes, my house was in the countryside. And no I don’t mind ur usual nosiness LOL!! It was a very small hamlet called Palenville in the town of Catskill. That mountain behind the house is called Hunter Mountain.

And yes, that little section of the green lawn you can see is part of the field. The front of the house is where my mother was waiting for me after I built it. I thought she was gonna kill me that day but I was smart. I left her garden undisturbed and untouched and when she saw that she let me have the field.

And thank you for asking me how I’m doing with the pandemic. I’m fully vaccinated now and everything seems to slowly be getting back to normal. I hope all is well over there with you and ur family!!

It's certainly a great avatar with true meaning to you.

I did like your previous Incredible Hulk avatar. That brought back memories.

Hi everyone

Hope all is well I’m tired not sleeping well. I have insomnia, it’s starting to get to me.

Insomnia is about the worst.

It can ruin your entire day. I hope you have been able to get a good rest since post this.

Have a great weekend everyone! :go:

 

[DallasFanForever]

Everyone have a nice weekend and stay safe and healthy!!

73 posts to go til 4100!!!

 

[Jessie]

Hi everyone

Hope your all ready for the weekend. I’m still not sleeping well but I’m ok.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I can’t sleep either @Jessie but that’s what I love about TT. We’re open 24 hours!! I’m just glad that after Saturday I’m off work until June 14. DFF is about to take a nice long rest!

 

[Biggie]

Without sounding like a sycophant, I have to salute everyone here. I'm not often left discombobulated by something that I've taken proactive steps to understand.

Are you all ornithologist to a lesser or greater extent? Would I be correct in assuming that the bird watching is currently the primary focus with all other pontifications being tangential?

Honestly (even though you'll have no reason believe) I'm not an imbecile.

 

[Jessie]

Have a wonderful time off @DallasFanForever You deserve it.

Nice seeing you here @Biggie

 

[DallasFanForever]

Have a wonderful time off @DallasFanForever You deserve it.

Nice seeing you here @Biggie


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Thank you @Jessie!!

You have a nice Sunday!!

 

[Long Lashes]

Eagle Chat​

I have read on the chat on the cam that Fluff is okay and on other trees. I do hope she returns to the nest to rest her legs.

Its such a relief to know she is managing to survive. which makes me wonder if she will want to return to the nest? I hope she does as I would love to see her back for a while, I guess time will tell.

did see Freedom on the nest this morning.

Ooo he looks kind of stressed here, he has his tough-guy face on.

I see the operators of the cam still call her H313 too which is useful in gauging her age as being born on 13 March. I had forgotten that. Fluff313!

Do you know, I didn't even realise what those numbers meant until you just explained it to me thank goodness you're on the ball Michelle!

Do you think the "H" part of H313 stands for .. hatch? .. wow I'm so unclever

A wet night for the trio.

I shouldn't laugh, but I cant help it :laughing: naughty me, but they do look comical.



Here they are sunbathing ...

I have a feeling one of these three will fledge any day now, they stand on that branch and look so longingly at the world around them ...

I cant tell these three apart, but that's a good thing because it means our tiny Curly who I used to worry about, has caught the other two up in both size and development.

 

[Long Lashes]

Here it is. A new photo of Streetie in her new pot with a cutting from my white poinsettia Princess in front.

Spoiler

She seems happy and in a much more pleasant location to enjoy the summer.

Ooo she looks so healthy and happy and doesn't she have a great shape, very well balanced. I'm surprised that she still has so many red leaves, wow she's beautiful. I hope she realises how lucky she is to have been saved from the streets and not only does she have a new loving home, but she gets to go on vacation too

And a brand new tiny Princess growing in a pot! when did you take the cutting Michelle and is it growing? thank you for showing us all these, I love to see them :yeep:

I also picked-up two Orchids yesterday whilst in my local home improvement store (Lowe's). They had a shelf ofdiscount orchids from Mother's Day and one really caught my eye as she as so dehydrated. She had no price tag opposed to the others who were discounted to $7. I asked a saleslady for a price and she let me have it for $5. I was so pleased I chose another in a smaller pot. She also discounted it to $5. Michelle's hotness at work. I named them Spirit and Pacer.

Spoiler

I called the small one Spirit as her lone remain bloom looked to the heavens, or at least to my face. Pacer is very dehydrated as you can see and I will have to employ my orchid knowledge in a bid to save her. Pacer is a sad little plant right now as no one wanted her for so long and I could tell she was crying for help. My Maizie and Plantara were in similar conditions so a recovery is possible with attention and love.

Hello and welcome to Pacer and Spirit :w1:

I see your Number 2 status in the hotness race helped you to get their prices discounted ..Lol! In all seriousness you did get a bargain here, although I know you now have your work cut out in saving them, especially poor Pacer .. if anyone can bring them back to glory then its you I like how you chose their names and that's a gorgeous bloom from Spirit. Let me know how they are getting on when you get the time.

. Indeed, some flowers don't live long after they are cut. I learned at as a child with Irises. In first grade I picked those for my teacher and they drooped and I cried on my way home on the bus.

Oh no, poor you

I have a pebble on my desk from Pebble Beach when I was in California.

That's a fab souvenir to have and I'm sure it must bring back so many memories of your trip there. We used to make plant pots (of all things ) out of the shells we collected. My dad would mix up some white gluey stuff and we would stick the shells on, they looked a bit like this ..

At the time I thought they were beautiful, but since then my taste has changed

I think we as humans are a little more mindful today about the natural world around us when it come to building. It's just a shame to see nature damaged by we humans.

So much damaged has been done through the years and I think that's partly why we get so much more local flooding than we used to do, a lot of fields, woods etc which were natural sponges for the rain have now gone.

It should give you years of joy hopefully. Those blooms look very unique. Does it have room to grow?

I might take a photo of my Passion plant next week, its still small, but at least its still alive...so far. Its going to be far larger than what we wanted, but we can work around it

Word on the street is that after lengthy talks the Budgies have agreed to let you out early. @Jessie reputation is stellar and they think that you did about half of your term was enough.

Yes and thank you! :hats:

I hope the budgies let you keep that sledgehammer. The Enforcer my like that.

Oh my, can you imagine The Enforcer let loose with a sledgehammer :eck:

 

[Long Lashes]

Yes, my house was in the countryside

How fantastic to grow up in such a place.

And no I don’t mind ur usual nosiness LOL!!

You're too kind to me DFF

It was a very small hamlet called Palenville in the town of Catskill.

I always learn so much on here, thank you for telling me this. I had a google and the place looks beautiful and so green, it looks steeped in history too.

That mountain behind the house is called Hunter Mountain.

The mountain looks glorious. a natural beauty spot. Did you ever climb up there yourself?

And yes, that little section of the green lawn you can see is part of the field. The front of the house is where my mother was waiting for me after I built it. I thought she was gonna kill me that day but I was smart. I left her garden undisturbed and untouched and when she saw that she let me have the field.

How special to hear all this ... what a clever child you were to be smart enough to leave the garden alone

I’m fully vaccinated now and everything seems to slowly be getting back to normal.

This is great news!

I hope all is well over there with you and ur family!!

Yes, we are all fine thank you. At the moment we are experiencing a heat-wave and everyone is grumbling about how hot they are.
We are funny in this country ... we grumble when it rains, we grumble when its hot, we grumble when it snows

 

[Long Lashes]

I’m tired not sleeping well. I have insomnia, it’s starting to get to me.

@Jessie I too have been suffering from insomnia and I know how awful it can make you feel, so sorry you're going through this too. It was the lockdowns which got to me as well, its a tough time to get through.

One thing which has helped me was listening to the radio in bed ... I tried relaxing music etc but it seemed to keep me awake, but if I listened to a boring radio play I found it eventually sent me off to sleep, its worth a try.

I hope you start to sleep better soon my friend.

Yes I tie my hair back. Tiggs grabs my hair now because it is too long.

I bet Tiggs will miss your long hair when you eventually get it cut

 

[Long Lashes]

Without sounding like a sycophant, I have to salute everyone here. I'm not often left discombobulated by something that I've taken proactive steps to understand.

Good to see you on here @Biggie

Are you all ornithologist to a lesser or greater extent? Would I be correct in assuming that the bird watching is currently the primary focus with all other pontifications being tangential?

The threads original aim was and still is to get to 10,000 posts, but its grown into much more than just posting numbers and counting.

To be honest I'm not sure what this thread is about anymore ... but I do love it. Its a sort of post whatever you feel like posting, say whatever is on your mind type of thread and everyone is welcome to join in.

A couple of us watch an Eagle web cam each year, but that only lasts until the season is over, so yes we do chat about the eagles on here ... although maybe next next season we will have a separate Eagle thread so we don't clutter this thread up too much.

One day I believe we will achieve our aim of reaching 10,000 but as far as I'm concerned its more about having a chat, a laugh, a grumble or whatever on the way to our goal.

Honestly (even though you'll have no reason believe) I'm not an imbecile.

You're absolutely not an imbecile and I feel glad that you can join us whenever you feel like it and ask whatever you feel like asking.

Hope I haven't confused you further Biggie.

 

[DallasFanForever]

How fantastic to grow up in such a place.



You're too kind to me DFF



I always learn so much on here, thank you for telling me this. I had a google and the place looks beautiful and so green, it looks steeped in history too.



The mountain looks glorious. a natural beauty spot. Did you ever climb up there yourself?



How special to hear all this ... what a clever child you were to be smart enough to leave the garden alone



This is great news!



Yes, we are all fine thank you. At the moment we are experiencing a heat-wave and everyone is grumbling about how hot they are.
We are funny in this country ... we grumble when it rains, we grumble when its hot, we grumble when it snows

Thank you Lashes! I’m honored that you like that house and the little town I grew up in. That town looks the same as it did in the 80s. It’s just one of those places where time kind of stands still. I haven’t visited in quite a few years now but when I do all I can do is laugh because everything looks like it did when we moved. That house was for sale in 2013 and I know you can’t go back in life but nonetheless DFF might’ve taken a tiny little peek into buying it back without telling the rest of the family. But it just wasn’t feasible at the time. That house means everything to me but not as much as the people that were in it. Maybe that’s the real reason I wanted it back so badly. I’ve always had trouble letting go of the childhood I guess.

But I digress. To answer your question, yes I went up that mountain all the time. We went up there skiing, hiking, camping, etc. There really wasn’t much else to do I guess. But that was the charm of the place for me. I love the country, and even though it was only 100 miles from New York City, it was an entirely different world.

I’m glad ur doing well over there despite the heat wave. I can relate to what you’re saying about the grumbling though. You know how I hate cold weather but I really start to miss it around this time of the year. We’re roasting down here LOL!!

 

[Jessie]

Thanks @Long Lashes
I will try listening to the radio or music to get to sleep . I hope you had a wonderful weekend. You are always so kind.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Eagle Chat​

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Its such a relief to know she is managing to survive. which makes me wonder if she will want to return to the nest? I hope she does as I would love to see her back for a while, I guess time will tell.

Still no return to the nest as of Monday night. Maybe Fluff doesn't need the nest as out 2019 duo did. It would be nice to see Fluff at least one more time before entering the big world.

Ooo he looks kind of stressed here, he has his tough-guy face on.

Maybe he's prepping the nest for next season.

Do you know, I didn't even realise what those numbers meant until you just explained it to me thank goodness you're on the ball Michelle!

Do you think the "H" part of H313 stands for .. hatch? .. wow I'm so unclever

"H" stands for Hanover as that is the location of the nest. Now that this has come up I wonder what Soap and Chat's official names were. Mentioning Soap and Chat here is a throwback image.

I shouldn't laugh, but I cant help it :laughing: naughty me, but they do look comical.

Here they are sunbathing ...

What a great image. :10:These three seem in no hurry to leave the nest. I did look over the comments and it does seem they have left the nest, or at least one has but returns. I don't know if it's just hopping to another out of view branch or to another tree.

I have a feeling one of these three will fledge any day now, they stand on that branch and look so longingly at the world around them ...

I cant tell these three apart, but that's a good thing because it means our tiny Curly who I used to worry about, has caught the other two up in both size and development.

It is good that they all grew up without too much sibling fighting. This nest is so fun to watch.

 

[Jessie]

How was everyone’ Monday?
Mine was quiet but most my days are quiet except when my cat Tiggs decides to meow to get attention.

 

[Michelle Stevens]

Good to see you on here @Biggie



The threads original aim was and still is to get to 10,000 posts, but its grown into much more than just posting numbers and counting.

It's so good to see so many people in this thread. :hats:

To be honest I'm not sure what this thread is about anymore ... but I do love it. Its a sort of post whatever you feel like posting, say whatever is on your mind type of thread and everyone is welcome to join in.

A couple of us watch an Eagle web cam each year, but that only lasts until the season is over, so yes we do chat about the eagles on here ... although maybe next next season we will have a separate Eagle thread so we don't clutter this thread up too much.

One day I believe we will achieve our aim of reaching 10,000 but as far as I'm concerned its more about having a chat, a laugh, a grumble or whatever on the way to our goal.

So well put 'Lashes. Yes, it may be several more years before we hit the 10,000th post but we'll have fun getting there.

You're absolutely not an imbecile and I feel glad that you can join us whenever you feel like it and ask whatever you feel like asking.

Hope I haven't confused you further Biggie.

You're a great addition to the Games section @Biggie Your post keep my tiny brain active.

I hope you have had a restful few days @Jessie. Insomnia is no fun. I hope the weather is kind to you in your part of the world.

Great new avatar @Long Lashes. I did like your recent Sunflower themed avatar and profile image too.

Have a great week @DallasFanForever. It's always good seeing your post. You keep this place moving.

 

[Jessie]