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  • Karmacat
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    Morning! More sunshine here! :j
    For the first time in my whole (long:eek:)life I'm having nights of very disturbed sleep. Not just occasionally but almost every night:(. It doesn't matter too much as I haven't any important appointment ...
    Ouch, it *does* matter, CBC - not getting enough sleep long term is really serious, it actually affects our lifespan, I'm sorry to say, thats why I take the OTC - even with that, I'm only managing to be in bed for about 6.5 hours, but at least I'm asleep for nearly all of that.
    I fear it has become a game now:

    "DD steal Daddy bed? DD sleep in her own bed!"

    "NO! MY SLEEP IN DADDY BED :D"
    Uh oh! :rotfl: you've got problems there, my friend. But it also sounds absolutely, cutely, charming
    :happylove hearts for little DD :happylove

    Okay, here's the essentials on the to-do list:
    - pay French accountant.
    - email French accountant to ask about selling apartment and not being charged the VAT.
    - phone bruvver.
    - finally tackle the porch, which is getting overwhelmed again.
    - text my boardgames buddies, as we're scheduled for tomorrow.

    More would be great, but thats whats needed.
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  • Karmacat
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    Right, done the two French items, the accounts are **really** expensive for what they are. Hopefully they'll reply to the email in a few days.

    On to the porch.
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    edited 22 March 2018 at 3:58PM
    gallygirl wrote: »
    The house martins have started returning here :T and I think I saw some swallows as well :T.

    How are you with ospreys - am guessing they're a bit too big :eek:. The webcam at Rutland Water is up and running though I don't think any have left Africa yet.

    I'm not sure where you live,gg, but it must be a long way south of us. I've just checked my 2017 diary and read that our house martins arrived in large numbers and had started nest-building by 12th May. I told you I was obsessed by them:o, I even write about them in my diary:rotfl:. That's my pen and paper diary not one on MSE by the way.


    As for Ospreys, they're certainly too big:eek:. I like the martins because they're so small and keep well out of the way:j. Either they're on the wing or in their nests just under the roof overhang. I've been known to walk a very long way round a big group of pigeons on the ground. Is there a term for a group of pigeons I wonder? I remember having to cross Trafalgar Square with my parents when I was a young child and being absolutely petrified:o:eek:
  • Karmacat
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    CBC, you're right, she lives south of all of us -if you check out Gally's diary, also on the mfw board, you'll see she lives in Spain :) I'm not betraying a confidence there :)

    I saw a heron a couple of days ago, in a stream that runs through my village. No ospreys :)

    Ahem. One of the things that was blocking up the porch was a kilo of bananas, bought impulsively for an experiment with a piece of kit I bought ages ago, a little dehydrator. I've seen people raving about banana chips recently, and I thought I'd give it a go. I must have been mad :o Anyway, its humming away to itself. I used a fourth tray to snip down one of the pots of chives - everything was about to flower, which is no good for a pot thats going to be planted out in a month or so, so it all went into the dehydrator. Weird mix of smells :rotfl: bananas and chives.
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    I'm not sure where you live,gg, but it must be a long way south of us. I've just checked my 2017 diary and read that our house martins arrived in large numbers and had started nest-building by 12th May. I told you I was obsessed by them:o, I even write about them in my diary:rotfl:


    As for Ospreys, they're certainly too big:eek:. I like the martins because they're so small and keep well out of the way:j. Either they're on the wing or in their nests just under the roof overhang. I've been known to walk a very long way round a big group of pigeons on the ground. Is there a term for a group of pigeons I wonder? I remember having to cross Trafalgar Square with my parents when I was a young child and being absolutely petrified:o:eek:
    According to Mr Google the collective noun for pigeons is a kit. Though I think it should be a plague :rotfl:.

    Yes, as KC says, I am in Spain, roughly where North Kent or Southern Essex would be in the UK :rotfl:. If you don't like ospreys how about these little fellas - seen a fair few the last couple of days :smileyhea. Oh, and these :) . We also get flamingos passing through - I expect that'd have you fainting :rotfl: . Love seeing different birds to the UK (well, many can be found there if you have the time, which I never had!).
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  • Karmacat
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    They're lovely! Thanks for that, Gally :)

    When I went to Florida to watch a shuttle launch, I remember being fascinated by all the pelicans :) the alligators by the entrance to NASA were also quite interesting :rotfl:

    Half an hour weeding cut short - felt like somebody stabbed me :eek: I need to do some strengthening exercises for my back, nothing cardio, just strength - apparently that also helps posture and stomach :D

    To-do list update: phoned bruvver, each updated the other :)
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  • gallygirl wrote: »
    According to Mr Google the collective noun for pigeons is a kit. Though I think it should be a plague :rotfl:.

    Yes, as KC says, I am in Spain, roughly where North Kent or Southern Essex would be in the UK :rotfl:. If you don't like ospreys how about these little fellas - seen a fair few the last couple of days :smileyhea. Oh, and these :) . We also get flamingos passing through - I expect that'd have you fainting :rotfl: . Love seeing different birds to the UK (well, many can be found there if you have the time, which I never had!).

    Lucky you living in Spain:j:beer:. I wasn't aware of that fact until KC mentioned it.

    Yes, I agree about the 'plague' of pigeons:rotfl:


    The pictures are lovely but seeing anything with such sharp beaks at close quarters would finish me off:o. Strangely, we have a huge variety of birds visiting our garden and OH puts out all sorts of feeders and spends a fortune on wild bird food. I'm happy viewing the birds through the window from the safety of the house but come out in a cold sweat if I'm in the garden and any come too close.


    Years ago I was sunbathing on the grass in our garden when a pack of guinea fowl escaped from the land next door. I didn't see or hear them approach but looked up suddenly to find myself almost surrounded. We were eyeball to eyeball:eek:. I know they're only small but I'm ashamed to say I jumped up and ran into the house screaming:o
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    I do love a hoopoe - and they remind me of childhood holidays where the kids' club was the Hoopi (the Hoopoe) club :) Do you get bee eaters as well Gally? (I think that's what the other one in that picture is?)

    CBC - you have my sympathy. As someone who had an insane fear of all forms of fungus until a couple of years ago, I know what it's like to be terrified in the garden... (the tiniest toadstool would have me running and screaming.) Have you considered hypnotherapy? It worked wonders for me and now I smile when I think about how terrified I used to be of even having mushrooms in the fridge. It was a weird process (the therapy), but absolutely amazing in what it achieved and my life is much better for it :)
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    I have great sympathy for anything anyone does that looks like an overreaction to something ... I have several triggers to a startle response myself, it's horrible.

    I've been burrowing my way out to my front door :D and I got there :j so at least its clear enough to clean properly :o
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