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

[Biggie]

@Michelle Stevens thanks for your kind words. The decision to join this site made on an idle day in February, seems to be one of my better decisions of late!

 

[DallasFanForever]

My Monday was very quiet and uneventful @Jessie and thank you for asking!! I hope all is well with you up there. I saw on the news this morning that Canada is going to be lifting a lot of restrictions as of July 21 now? Is this the plan? I really hope that’s true!

@Long Lashes I really like ur avatar too! I had to zoom in on it to make out what it was at first because I couldn’t figure it out. Then I saw it up close and I felt real stupid.

@Biggie it’s a pleasure to have you here, even if it means keeping a dictionary close by for when you post. But that’s okay because I like a challenge.

@Michelle Stevens you have a great week as well my friend!!

That puts us at 55 posts away from 4100

 

[Michelle Stevens]

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 placed the cuttings from when I trimmed Princess and Duchess back in April. They were placed in water in a vase and some sprouted roots. My Mother wanted a white poinsettia and she may have it if it pulls through now that it is in soil.

Streetie is doing well. I don't know if I should bring her back with me in the Autumn or not, if she is happy where she is. LOL, I greet her whenever I return from work.

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.

Yes, Michelle is buying rescue orchids again. I was only hoping to get one but wanted a small one as well. Pacer has been improving in the past week. I can detect some firming of the leaves. I really need to nurse her back to health but I think she can pull through. She was the saddest plant on the shelf in a remote corner that no one would reach or care to see. Her future was in doubt for sure. I wish I could save them all. Spirit is doing well too. She is funny to look at with her bloom facing up.

And as for this Number 2 status ..... PFFT! When you get discounted or free orchids from the flower people then we can see who is #1 or #2.

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

What a great idea! Do you have any from your childhood? The next time I'm on the beach I'll have to remember this and collect some shells.

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.

So very sad. Do you have farmland near to where you live? That is something that I have noticed in my area that is vanishing due to home construction.

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

Oh, I would like to see this plant. I'm sure you can cut it back whenever it gets too rangy. I wonder how it winters over.

Yes and thank you! :hats:

Yes, your first weekend out of the TT Stone Quarry. Did you make any friends whilst in the quarry?

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

It will be more devastating than her/your whip. I'm sure the big winner of this time in jail, the quarry will be The Enforcer. Enhanced strength and a new weapon.

 

[Jessie]

Hi @DallasFanForever -They say they will lift some restrictions this Friday. I can’t wait until it is finally lifted for good.

Hope everyone has a good hump day.

 

[DallasFanForever]

Hi @DallasFanForever -They say they will lift some restrictions this Friday. I can’t wait until it is finally lifted for good.

Hope everyone has a good hump day.

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I’m glad to hear that Jessie!! You deserve a return to some kind of normalcy up there. Hopefully they keep lifting more restrictions real soon!!

 

[Jessie]

Happy Friday everyone

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend

 

[Jessie]

Relaxing watching movies

 

[DallasFanForever]

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!!

Only 49 posts away from 4100

 

[Jessie]

 

[Long Lashes]

Eagle Chat​

Maybe Fluff doesn't need the nest as out 2019 duo did.

I have a feeling our Fluff is enjoying his freedom too much to return to the nest, I think he/she would've been back by now if he really wanted to. But what do I know?

he/she might surprise us yet.

"H" stands for Hanover as that is the location of the nest.

Oh I see, thanks for telling me because I though it meant Hatch

Now that this has come up I wonder what Soap and Chat's official names were.

Soap and Chats official names were ... Soap and Chat

Mentioning Soap and Chat here is a throwback image.

Aw, that was a fab year watching those two characters we got to know them really well didn't we?



Well if you're sharing a throwback of Soap and Chat then so am I remember this?...

^^ I wonder if they keep in touch with each other?

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

They started off with one of them being very aggressive when they were so small, luckily that didn't last and you're right Michelle ... all three seem to get on well together.



Here are two of them this morning, number three has been missing all night ....

^^ its hard to see, but on the bottom left of this photo is a tiny bird, it kept returning to pinch something from the nest, the eaglets saw it and weren't bothered at all ...

here's the cheeky little thing ..

 

[Long Lashes]

I placed the cuttings from when I trimmed Princess and Duchess back in April. They were placed in water in a vase and some sprouted roots. My Mother wanted a white poinsettia and she may have it if it pulls through now that it is in soil.

How clever you've become with those plants

Streetie is doing well. I don't know if I should bring her back with me in the Autumn or not, if she is happy where she is. LOL, I greet her whenever I return from work.

She seems to be happy wherever she is I bet she will let you know what she wants to do herself.

Yes, Michelle is buying rescue orchids again.

Id be disappointed it you weren't you definitely have an eye for poorly Orchids.

I was only hoping to get one but wanted a small one as well. Pacer has been improving in the past week. I can detect some firming of the leaves. I really need to nurse her back to health but I think she can pull through. She was the saddest plant on the shelf in a remote corner that no one would reach or care to see. Her future was in doubt for sure. I wish I could save them all. Spirit is doing well too. She is funny to look at with her bloom facing up.

Aw poor Pacer she was almost forgotten until you came along and saw her, glad to hear she is improving. Spirit is another who obviously likes to do her own thing, I wonder if all her blooms will face upwards?

And as for this Number 2 status ..... PFFT! When you get discounted or free orchids from the flower people then we can see who is #1 or #2.

Michelle Stevens, if I was in the same store as you had been in, I'm sure I would've been given a dozen discounted plants ... due to my NIH status of course :danc:

What a great idea! Do you have any from your childhood? The next time I'm on the beach I'll have to remember this and collect some shells.

lol.... I didn't save any home-decorated plant pots, I used to give them to family members as gifts

Do you have farmland near to where you live? That is something that I have noticed in my area that is vanishing due to home construction.

Yes, we live near quite a few farms, in fact I shop at one of them who have opened up an old barn to sell fresh fruit and local veg.

Yes, your first weekend out of the TT Stone Quarry.

Freedom is bliss

Did you make any friends whilst in the quarry?

Friends! are you joking? .. they were all criminals Michelle ..Lol!

I'm sure the big winner of this time in jail, the quarry will be The Enforcer. Enhanced strength and a new weapon.

Beware! THE ENFORCER is now stronger than ever, thanks to the Budgies

 

[Long Lashes]

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.

I honestly do like the town where you were raised, it all looks so serene, a perfect place to raise a family. I kind of like it that nothing changes there, do you?

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.

Maybe it wasn't for some reason it wasn't meant to be for you to get the house DFF? I love hearing about your memories there, its good of you to share them with us.

I have a question .. lol .. which is this - whose land did you build your field of dreams on? was it just some unused place?

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.

This sounds magical, I'm glad you were brought up in such a stunning place. What a great way to learn about life.

@Long Lashes I really like ur avatar too!

Thank you and I like yours even more now that I know the story behind it.

I had to zoom in on it to make out what it was at first because I couldn’t figure it out. Then I saw it up close and I felt real stupid.

:laughing: ... that really made me laugh! the circular frame on my avatar cuts off part of my hat so I can see what you mean..lol

 

[Long Lashes]

They say they will lift some restrictions this Friday. I can’t wait until it is finally lifted for good.

This is great news Jessie are things improving in your country now?

We are supposed to be fully open again in a couple of weeks, but it looks like its going to be postponed to a later date. I don't know about you, but I'm becoming even more confused as to what our rules are, they keep changing.

 

[Long Lashes]

to go!

well done to everyone for keeping the thread moving
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[Long Lashes]

Sorry, its me again



I forgot to post this, its a week by week pictorial development diary of Fluff ...

its incredible how much he grew in just 12 weeks.

 

[DallasFanForever]

I honestly do like the town where you were raised, it all looks so serene, a perfect place to raise a family. I kind of like it that nothing changes there, do you?



Maybe it wasn't for some reason it wasn't meant to be for you to get the house DFF? I love hearing about your memories there, its good of you to share them with us.

I have a question .. lol .. which is this - whose land did you build your field of dreams on? was it just some unused place?



This sounds magical, I'm glad you were brought up in such a stunning place. What a great way to learn about life.



Thank you and I like yours even more now that I know the story behind it.



:laughing: ... that really made me laugh! the circular frame on my avatar cuts off part of my hat so I can see what you mean..lol

Yes I do like the fact that the place hardly ever changes. I’m pretty big on nostalgia so that’s why I still love it up there.

And I do believe ur right that me buying it back just wasn’t meant to be. I really tried but it just wasn’t going to happen.

To answer ur question about the field, I built it right on the front lawn. It was on our land. The house was once part of a resort. But my grandparents were getting older and were tired of that business so they just converted it into a ranch-style house.

So one day when I was about 7 I’m on that lawn playing ball, and it was a pretty big open field, and it hits me. So I just started making it into a real field. And when all the grownups in the house finally calmed down and went out there to take a look at it and saw what I actually did they understood.

And then about 7 years later my mom took me to see Field of Dreams when it came out and I’m shaking my head the whole movie and steaming mad and she’s hysterical, laughing at me and my misfortune as usual. She was the only person I ever knew that laughed all through Field Of Dreams, and no one knew why but me. But I guess I got over it because the ironic thing is somehow Cosner ended up becoming my favorite actor over the years, which I can’t understand. So I guess at the very least I’m forgiving.

I’m so sorry I didn’t get ur avatar at first. Now it’s plain as day to me what it is. I just didn’t see the hat. Don’t get mad but at first I thought it was a patio umbrella

(oops DFF says as he inserts his own foot in mouth).

 

[DallasFanForever]

its incredible how much he grew in just 12 weeks.

I follow this thread every day as you know and it’s honestly astounding to me how fast he grew when I see those pictures side by side now!!

 

[Jessie]

Goodnight

 

[Long Lashes]

To answer ur question about the field, I built it right on the front lawn. It was on our land. The house was once part of a resort. But my grandparents were getting older and were tired of that business so they just converted it into a ranch-style house.

So one day when I was about 7 I’m on that lawn playing ball, and it was a pretty big open field, and it hits me. So I just started making it into a real field. And when all the grownups in the house finally calmed down and went out there to take a look at it and saw what I actually did they understood.

That must've been a lot of work for you making the land into a filed. I suspect all the adults were secretly impressed with you and your determination

And then about 7 years later my mom took me to see Field of Dreams when it came out and I’m shaking my head the whole movie and steaming mad and she’s hysterical, laughing at me and my misfortune as usual. She was the only person I ever knew that laughed all through Field Of Dreams, and no one knew why but me.

Lol!... that film has taken on a whole new meaning with me too, I always thought it was a bit boring, but you've made it much more interesting to me.

I got over it because the ironic thing is somehow Cosner ended up becoming my favorite actor over the years, which I can’t understand.

He is a good actor and how forgiving of you considering he stole your idea of the field

I’m so sorry I didn’t get ur avatar at first. Now it’s plain as day to me what it is. I just didn’t see the hat. Don’t get mad but at first I thought it was a patio umbrella

:laughing: ... I can see what you mean though, at first glance it probably does look like a parasol ..lol

(oops DFF says as he inserts his own foot in mouth).

Join my club DFF ... as you know I've often put my foot in it and I don't just mean on the snails.

Thank you for answering my latest question. I will have many more soon ...

I follow this thread every day as you know and it’s honestly astounding to me how fast he grew when I see those pictures side by side now!!

I know what you mean. It still completely amazes me how fast they grow and develop, to think that tiny bit of fluff is now off exploring the world in just 12 weeks. Eagles are wonderful birds, I never tire of watching and learning about them, they're also very attentive parents.

 

[Long Lashes]

Goodnight
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Thank you @Jessie. I hope you're sleeping better these days