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Old 01-09-2021, 05:00 AM
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Kaily- "pacifically". LOL
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Old 01-09-2021, 05:01 AM
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Beautiful pictures MesaMan and Kaily.
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Old 01-09-2021, 05:10 AM
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Kaily- "pacifically". LOL
I think maybe I mean't specifically.
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Old 01-09-2021, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by MesaMan View Post
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MesaPup is also just fine. As are the rest of us here in MesaVille. He's now >18 lbs. [~8 Kg.].
He is growing so quickly. Daisy only weighs 1.5 kg and is fully grown!


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Old 01-09-2021, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaily View Post
I think maybe I mean't specifically.
Well - either are appropriate, as I live on the Pacific Coast. :nods:

Daisy and MesaPup are so cute. I call it a good day if I see a dog.
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Old 01-09-2021, 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Kaily View Post
I think maybe I mean't specifically.
I thought it was an intentional word play on geography.
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Old 01-09-2021, 05:57 AM
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MesaMan, good to hear Sao is fine. MesaPup is growing up fast.

Kaily, Alfie looks small against the tree. so cute, both of them.

love seeing dog pics too.

Bim, hope your ankle is soon better.
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Originally Posted by Kaily View Post
I think maybe I mean't specifically.
pacifically: in a peaceable manner

alternatively, blame autocorrect
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Old 01-09-2021, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by andyh View Post
Happy Friday Weekenders.

What a fantastically spirited dog, andyh. Thanks for posting that.

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Obstreperous - no, I was a very quiet and shy child.

Kaily, Daisy looks very sophisticated in her coat.

MesaMan, MesaPup is a smart pup; he has found a safe place to weather out the world’s craziness.

Another Weekend at hand; let’s do this soberly and together.

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Old 01-09-2021, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Caramel View Post
Completely random post: the thread title puts me in mind of this old ditty, these are the words I learned:

Oh, Jemima, look at your Uncle Jim,
he's in the duck pond learning how to swim,
first he does the breast-stroke, then he does the side,
then he does the back-stroke, swimming against the tide
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Has anyone else come across this one?
Love this poem, Caramel. Thank you.

Swimming against the tide. Yep, know the feeling.
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Old 01-09-2021, 10:27 AM
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^ Evidently that poem/song is an old music-hall ditty, used to be reasonably well-known in England, one can find references to it if one googles the first line.

biminiblue - I hope your ankle mends up quickly.
Do you have liniment e.g. Arnica to apply?
Best wishes to you.

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^^^^ Yes, Arnica.

Bim, Suze turned me onto this and it really helps.

Take care of that ankle.
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Old 01-09-2021, 07:00 PM
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Good Morning Weekenders

I forgot your mention yesterday. I saw a lesser spotted woodpecker feeding on the tree outside my window. I haven’t seen them for ages and usually get the greater spotted woodpecker. Whether he always visits and I noticed because I’m watching them slightly more at the minute.

It’s cold again, not that I’ve been out yet but I let the cats in and out. They didn’t hang about. I’ve got a cat flap for them but Missy has brought two live field mice in, in the last week so I’m ‘mouse monitoring‘ them.

Leigh I hope you had success in getting through to book a vaccine.

Love to all our absent friends. Hope you’re doing ok. xxxx

Take care and be safe. xxxx
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Old 01-09-2021, 07:11 PM
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Your cat story made me chuckle, Mags, and reminded me of an experience I had with a cat.

About a decade or so ago, maybe less, we had back to back snowstorms which caused over T5 feet of snow with large drifts to pile up. I heard a cat meowing persistently outside of a door in the basement; it had apparently taken refuge under the porch above during the second storm and couldn’t get out. As I am severely allergic to cats, I couldn’t let it in. I felt that it was warm in its little igloo but probably very hungry. I would open the door just a crack and throw bits of food to it a couple times a day. In the weeks months that followed, I would find dead mice at that door and at our front door. I would also see the cat prowling around, too. I suspect that he was the one leaving me the mice.

Seeing those woodpeckers must be cool.
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Aw Leigh, the cat was saying thank you for the food you gave him, with a gift for you.
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Old 01-09-2021, 09:07 PM
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Great post! This is my first weekend post in a long time. Happy to be here.
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Good to see you Water Ox
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Old 01-09-2021, 09:20 PM
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I like the lesser spotted woodpeckers, I have seen one in my garden but it is a rarely. I guess the colder it gets the braver they get in search of food.

Going walking as soon as it gets light, before the masses. It is very icy!

Have a good day all.
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Old 01-09-2021, 10:03 PM
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Take care Kaily. x
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Old 01-10-2021, 02:32 AM
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Morning Weekenders

"Mouse monitoring" Mags?! I have visions of you standing there with a clipboard and getting the cats to leave a paw print as they leave and return to your house!

I don't think I've seen any woodpeckers anywhere near where I live. I assume it's just too urban around here for them to venture this far.

Welcome WaterOx and hello to Mags, SoberLeigh and Kaily
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