Mundane News

[Andy in Germany]

Lovely and bright here, but very windy.

I dropped my toast during breakfast.

 

[Mo1959]

Lovely and bright here, but very windy.

I dropped my toast during breakfast.

Butter side up I hope

 

[Deleted member 26715]

As we have some milk I may treat myself to some cereals

 

[oldwheels]

Well that is it now. We are in lockdown here. Only island residents and essential workers are allowed onto the island and visitors are encouraged to go home. The holiday home opposite me has obviously not heeded that advice so far. The wife of my dive buddy has to go to Oban for chemo treatment and that sort of thing is ok but anything of lesser importance is cancelled. Emergency accommodation for transport drivers who may be stuck here is being set up. The Coop has announced that daily papers will not be put out on arrival as for reasons beyond me there is a rush to get them and it is too crowded. I cannot remember when I last bought a newspaper but if bog roll runs out I may have to.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Butter side up I hope

Alas no.

As we have some milk I may treat myself to some cereals

I don't think I'll risk that, after experience so far this morning...

 

[EltonFrog]

Cup of coffee and a piece of Rocky Road? I don’t mind if I do.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Half inch of snow here, but above zero C now.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Half inch of snow here, but above zero C now.

I can see snow on the hills in the distance.

Also a buzzard is circling just outside the kitchen window.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Illinois is on lockdown, so there was no mass yesterday, except over the internet. So I don't know if other people even see the outside,nonetheless care. My work continues as amended. In terms of a buzzard, do you mean a hawk, or a buzzard?

Hawk (Red Shouldered Hawk)

Buzzard (Turkey Buzzard)

 

[Andy in Germany]

In terms of a buzzard, do you mean a hawk, or a buzzard?

Common buzzard:

They are literally quite comon here. We also have kites, hobbies, sparrowhawks, and my personal favourite, kestrels. Yesterday a kestrel was taking on a buzzard over the houses opposite, but today only the buzzards seem to be out, possily because of the wind.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Here, we see the turkey buzzard as a buzzard, and the bird of prey as a hawk. A buzzard, in our nomenclature, is a larger bird, a carrion eater, more closely related to the stork. It also cools itself by pooping on its' legs as storks do. Buzzards hardly flap their wings in flight, being beautiful soarers. Where I work, due to the large number of buildings located in an open field near woods, there are a large number of buzzards who roost there. Hawks also co exist quite well with them. A turkey buzzard is attracted by the smell of captan from decaying flesh, sometimes from a great distance.

 

[Reynard]

Spent the morning in the garden hauling logs. And falling arse over tit in a nettle patch. My botty is now very tingly.

In other news, I was left a box full of wonky veg on my doorstep by a neighbour, and another brought me 4 pints of milk as they were donated a whole lot at work and there was no way they were going to use it all.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Spent the morning in the garden hauling logs. And falling arse over tit in a nettle patch. My botty is now very tingly.

In other news, I was left a box full of wonky veg on my doorstep by a neighbour, and another brought me 4 pints of milk as they were donated a whole lot at work and there was no way they were going to use it all.

Ouch!

 

[Lullabelle]

Beautiful sunny day, lawns done, patio door open, glorious.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Dog walk time I think, had enough of work