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Rosa_Damascena

I love the hair comb @Miró - I use similar now my hair has grown enough to tie back. Simply gather together, coil and secure with the comb. I'm using these ones and they hold it tight:

Works best with day 2 hair though.

I bought a Phase Eight midi evening dress for just £2 today, and a black skirt for £1, and a pink float Roman blouse for £1.50. Eta: the blouse retails at £32:

Rosa_Damascena

Pics of my dress, skirt and another scarf I collected along the way:



Admittedly not the most brilliant pics I could have taken but I'm sure they'll look fine on me!

C_J

I'm not sure about ducks, but I have experience with my hens hatching their eggs and they can barely move from their nest - they may only get up for a couple of minutes a day to stretch their legs and have a drink. They often don't bother much with food, as they are so focussed on the task at hand! They survive perfectly well though

Chicken eggs take about 21 days to hatch, I gather for ducks it is nearer 28 days.

Wednesday2000

The Cornerstone was having a sale of some racks of clothes for £1. I found a black Next jumper. I also got a pair of sunglasses for £2 and a king size duvet cover for £5.

I was very happy about the duvet cover as I just managed to ruin one of mine by attempting to dye it.🤣

Miró

C_J said:

I'm not sure about ducks, but I have experience with my hens hatching their eggs and they can barely move from their nest - they may only get up for a couple of minutes a day to stretch their legs and have a drink. They often don't bother much with food, as they are so focussed on the task at hand! They survive perfectly well though

Chicken eggs take about 21 days to hatch, I gather for ducks it is nearer 28 days.

Trouble is I have no idea when she started/finished with the egg laying.  The nest was well hidden by lots of tall plants* til madam and her two suitors started trashing the bed.  I have been on 'duck watch' for 3 weeks tho for certain.  

 *ahem, lazy gardener!!

@Rosa_Damascena  Love the Roman blouse!  Have a fancy for something in that colour myself....got my eye on an LKBennett dress on Vinted in that colour but cannot bring myself to be disloyal to the chazza way of shopping!

Coxy11

Daphne Duck has made the MSE carousel! 

Miró

Just got back to this!!!!!!  I just knew they would wait til i left.....!😅😊🤣😁

8 live chicks, one sadly did not survive and 3 non-viable eggs.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

So cute 🥰 

Miró

Ermmmm... what is the MSE carousel??? 🥹

General_Grant

goldfinches said:

@Miró how exciting to have a nesting duck, you lucky thing. I don't have any useful advice to offer except to say that unless it is her first ever brood she is an expert and has presumably chosen a site she considers perfect. I'm in awe of your setting up a camera so quickly and hope that you'll be posting regular photos and updates on here for us all to admire. I expect you'll be starring in next week's newsletter too.

In other news I had a particularly expensive trip to my favourite Bhf shop this afternoon where I spent £58 on 6 pairs of M&S trousers, a Boden top, a tray, 2 cookbooks, a kitchen waste container and a dinky bain marie pot. They must have seen me coming because one of the cookbooks had been placed prominently in the window which mysteriously made me unable to pass the shop door! I'm not expecting that all the clothes will fit and/or flatter but, since they have a 28 day return window, decided to buy the lot and decide at home because I find that much easier. I'll post photos tomorrow once I've made up my mind.

When I saw the picture on the MSE homepage I remembered your prediction, @goldfinches .
So the picture appeared (static) under the "carousel" ( @Miró - the selection of various larger pictures which roll round.)