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We don't watch the cat one (although we like cats - we just busy doing som..."
That was delightful. I think it showed a Labradors true character. And what about the ones who didn't eat the biscuits until their owners shut their eyes? So funny.
Sally906 wrote: "Leonie wrote: "And am just watching 'Cats Uncovered' on SBS, and watching our two dogs watching the television avidly..."We don't watch the cat one (although we like cats - we just busy doing som..."
I loved the labs, esp the one that just couldn't go past the tennis balls. He was good and ignored the chook and the dog bikkies but tennis balls? Nup, no way!
Carolyn wrote: "Sally906 wrote: "Leonie wrote: "And am just watching 'Cats Uncovered' on SBS, and watching our two dogs watching the television avidly..."We don't watch the cat one (although we like cats - we ju..."
They were so funny! I loved the one with the tennis balls - reminded me of our kelpie/staffie cross.
It reminded me of my brother in law's kelpie. The minute you walk in and sit down she drops a tennis ball at your feet and looks up at you with those big brown eyes! Impossible to resist!
Carolyn wrote: "It reminded me of my brother in law's kelpie. The minute you walk in and sit down she drops a tennis ball at your feet and looks up at you with those big brown eyes! Impossible to resist!"Oh yes, the big, brown, eyes....beseeching you, following you, making you feel guilty - I am very familiar with them!
i think i killed my keyboard for my tablet..spilled beer accidentally and now it half works (will charge on battery).
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LOL!!! Trust you;)
I've never heard of rice helping to try out a keyboard before? :o
@Laura I've seen a hairdryer dry out a mobile phone keyboard but don't know if it would work for a tablet.
We had a dreadful day here down in SW Victoria, a combination of factors had it brewing as a perfect storm for fire; 36C and winds at 60kph with bursts of 80kph. It was zoned extreme fire danger down here which made me nervous until the cool change blew in at about 3pm.I could see a faint haze of smoke on the western horizon but presume that was blown in from Port Lincoln fire?
I do worry for people and their belongings in fires but have seen too many sheep etc trapped in the paddocks and burned to death, koalas who don't move fast enough and perish, small wildlife.
B the BookAddict wrote: "We had a dreadful day here down in SW Victoria, a combination of factors had it brewing as a perfect storm for fire; 36C and winds at 60kph with bursts of 80kph. It was zoned extreme fire danger d..."
I see our bad fire season has worked its way back to you guys. Stay safe.
I see our bad fire season has worked its way back to you guys. Stay safe.
How nutty is this, and how many people do a similar thing? I have only a little bit left of my internet data, the new quota starts tomorrow. So, I've been hurrying thru my notifications, posting on threads as fast as I can before my usage runs out!I do the same when low on petrol, drive faster; quilt more quickly when I know I'm short on the fabric I'm using! Think I should be blonde?
You might remember that a week or so ago I mentioned I had been surpsised to see a brush turkey strutting down an urban street full of apartments next to St Leonard's station on Sydney's North shore. Well, I just saw an article about them invading Sydney's back yards: http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/1...
Carolyn wrote: "You might remember that a week or so ago I mentioned I had been surpsised to see a brush turkey strutting down an urban street full of apartments next to St Leonard's station on Sydney's North shor..."Oh no!! We have those dirty big Ibis' advancing on our neighbourhood. They are very messy and climb into bins etc and pull everything out looking for food scraps. They used to confine themselves to areas where there is likely to be more scraps, like train stations and outside fast food shops in the main streets...now they are wandering around the streets as dirty, slack people leave/chuck their takeaway food bags from their parked cars.
I'm sure these birds now recognise the brand name on the bags and go in search of "fries" etc.
We also have the Ibises (Ibi?) wandering the inner west streets of Sydney. I don't think they're fussy about what they eat (although as you say they do seem to have developed a taste for fast food!). I first saw one or two of them in the parkland around the Cooks river 10 or 12 years ago when my boys played soccer down there. I thought they'd head home when the drought ended but now they're everywhere in huge numbers. I've heard that brush turkeys can be very damaging to gardens.
Just remember - like geese - you can say boo to a brush turkey.You are the boss of your garden!
raise your arms up by your sides and charge at them bellowing! trust me they skedaddle!
Speaking of wildlife, we had a duck and her ducklings wander into our backyard a week or two ago. Were slightly worried about Tally going and killing them but she basically sat on the back steps and stared at them for the entire day. I think the mother duck intimidated her a bit.
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You are the boss of your garden!
raise your arms up by your sides and charge at them bellowing! trust me they skedaddle!"
I want to see that Sally:)
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Very cute Liam. On the news this morning they had a piece about firemen rescuing ducklings from a drain. One of them had the whole lot in his helmet.
Brenda wrote: "Vivian wrote: "Wandered down to beach for a bit of sun & a quiet read. You'd think I'd have learnt growing up with tempermental Melb.weather. Mad dash to the car as conditions changed."Is it cold..."
We sweltered in the mid-30's yesterday before the temperature dropped. Today we're back to a chilly wintry blast. Strong winds fanned several bushfires that broke out in yesterday's heat so I hope the weather stays cool long enough to give the firefighters a chance.
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Oh you poor thing Phrynne! I'm so lucky I don't suffer from hay fever! I feel so sorry for all those who do...I hope you don't suffer too long...
Brenda wrote: "We had bushfires yesterday too in the 36 heat! And today it's blowing a gale and about 21! Such a contrast - no wonder people get sick!"And summer hasn't even started
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And summer hasn't even started"
I know - it seems to get worse every year:(
Phrynne wrote: "I'm not sick but oh the hay fever!!!! My nose is streaming and my eyes ITCH. It's the wind of course blowing all the pollen around."Oh Phrynne I can sympathize, I have been like that since the start of Spring! Some days I couldn't read at all as my eyes were so bad and sore from constant watering. I am beginnng to rattle with the amount of antihistamines I've taken everyday since...sometimes a couple a day. The amount of times I've bitten my tongue sneezing means it's also sore. Come on holidays! :))
^^ is the major cause of my slowness in reading of late^^ Aaaaaarrrchooooo!!! ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶
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Brenda wrote: "LOL!!! Not funny I know Jools:) Just your little face;)"....just cleaning the screen here! ;)
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....just cleaning the screen here! ;)"
She's not joking either. Happens all the time. Really bad if you are eating Weetbix at the same time:)
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Phrynne wrote: "I'm not sick but oh the hay fever!!!! My nose is streaming and my eyes ITCH. It's the wind of course blowing all the pollen around."Phrynne, I totally understand. I get it horribly. I bet thigh, that my sneezes are louder! I haaaaate hayfever..
☼♄Jülie wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Veronica wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Hi everyone, I still use my GR app for boring things but don't come on too much, have not a lot of reading time at all, and if I try for GR time as ..."Thanks Jools!! I'm sitting here watching my family clean up after dinner.. I'm not gonna do it every time lol lol lol
Welcome back to our intrepid traveller Marianne and her suitcase full of books.
Yay Marianne is back! Though it appears she may have succumbed to the jetlag afterall? Or just unpacking :))Welcome home Marianne (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))
When you're wide awake at 3am reading this - welcome back Marianne :)
Welcome, Marianne. How's the infamous jetlag going? <:-) That's about the best face I can make on my laptop:)
Hi, everyone. Thanks for the welcomes!Good to be back: my bed is wonderful and my shower has lovely hot water and pressure!!!
We arrived just after six, but had to wait on the baggage to come through (all those books, no doubt weighing it down, LOL) so didn't get out of the airport until about an hour later.
Did our best to stay awake all day: unpacking, sorting the washing, buying some groceries, etc etc.
Finally succumbed to sleep after a bit of dinner, went to bed about 7.30pm, DH said "see you at 2am".
Slept really well until, you guessed it, 2am. Saw a light on, there he is having a cuppa. What, I said, did you set the alarm? Nah, just the body clock going off.
Anyway, forced myself back to sleep after a read but couldn't really stay in bed after about 4.30, so eventually got on the treadmill (no fun after 6 weeks of laziness! but I have books to read).
Have to get into this time zone: I don't want to fall asleep during the Lit Lunch tomorrow, Magda Szubanski
and the other reason I need to get on the treadmill is the extra weight I brought home that was not in the form of reading matter: the pasta pounds, the croissant kilos, six of them, to be exact. Bummer!!
But you would have done a heap of walking to counteract the food surely? (I am planning on eating my way from Holland to Hungary in March and have assumed I will be skinny when I fly back!!)
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Sadly it never works like that!
Sally906 wrote: "But you would have done a heap of walking to counteract the food surely? (I am planning on eating my way from Holland to Hungary in March and have assumed I will be skinny when I fly back!!)"Hahaha, that sounds like a good time Sally! ;)
Sally906 wrote: "But you would have done a heap of walking to counteract the food surely? (I am planning on eating my way from Holland to Hungary in March and have assumed I will be skinny when I fly back!!)"I had a pretty lazy holiday. Strolling around sites is not exercise and I ate more at every meal than usual.
As a Cloggie, I'm interested to hear you're going to Holland: do you have family there? Lots of nice things to eat if you like Dutch food.
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Still good to see you pop in from time to time though Suzanne ;))