Huh, I think that's really unfair, for it isn't me that does 'stinky' things like spraying people with that homoeopathically enhanced water or taking away yesterdays' food saucer, is it?
And whilst I am in the mood to have a groan about something, how much does that Met Office get paid to do their long term weather forecasts? Today was supposed to be dire, with rain, hail and or even snow!
What we've had so far: a light rain shower at about 05.30am, followed by sunshine and a patchy but mostly blue sky. If it hadn't been forecasted with rain, hail and chilly-billy weather, she would have slipped under the ground to Hammersmith, caught the little 190 bus to the allotments and I wouldn't be sitting here in a rather morose soggy state.
I would have been sitting on front pole squeaking at passers-by, whistling a happy tune or just having a quiet doze with no interfering person giving me a wet time.
She overdid it at the allotments yesterday.. grrr.. she forgot to use the body strap that takes the weight of the grass trimmer, which being a petrol one, is a heavy beast. Her right wrist is swollen and last night was extremely sore.
Why she didn't immediately go to Valeries' book 'The Fragrant Pharmacy' is beyond me, so she slept badly with it giving her a great dal of gyp throughout the night. It was only this morning that she had the sense to look in it for 'Wrist Sprain' (page 137) and to go and mix the appropriate amount of the following oils, Ginger, Nutmeg and Clove into vegetable oil to use after applying an icepack. Lo and behold, the pain has lessened considerbly already.
I know we owe you the roastie recipe, others too. She has to finish cleaning and then we will give you the potato recipe and another soup recipe. She is making our favourite later on for tonight and tomorrows' lunch at weigh-in.. the better than borsch beetroot soup!
Which reminds us, has Karen finished her trip in Japan? There was a CNN report this last week about how the aftershocks were still happening, this is a considerable time after those two earthquakes, ugh. And Ecuador.. those poor poor people.
On a much happier note, we have a short video that we wish to bring to your attention. It was sent to us by one of our very own Dear Readers, these are people whom we actually know. It is a selection of short video clips by several people of their parrots and was produced by the New York Times.
Several are wonderful, there is a little Amazon who sings 'I left my heart in San Francisco (or some of it), a Cockatoo who trots about on the kitchen floor giving his dog a Beakful, another Amazon who clearly LOVES being sprayed with water and a Macaw who plays in and with a large paper carrier! Always knew those South Americans' were a trifle strange.. and more!
So please go immediately.. if not sooner to: http://nyti.ms/26akTdV
The article is in Science: Parrots: The Highlight Reel for it's lubbly-jubbly stuff to make you laugh!
She's got to finish cleaning YumYum HQ, I'm still soggy. I'll have to think of something ultra-sneaky to do, all suggestions gratefully received, write them in my comments box at the end of this post.
GeeGeebParrot.
April 24th, 2016
And whilst I am in the mood to have a groan about something, how much does that Met Office get paid to do their long term weather forecasts? Today was supposed to be dire, with rain, hail and or even snow!
What we've had so far: a light rain shower at about 05.30am, followed by sunshine and a patchy but mostly blue sky. If it hadn't been forecasted with rain, hail and chilly-billy weather, she would have slipped under the ground to Hammersmith, caught the little 190 bus to the allotments and I wouldn't be sitting here in a rather morose soggy state.
I would have been sitting on front pole squeaking at passers-by, whistling a happy tune or just having a quiet doze with no interfering person giving me a wet time.
She overdid it at the allotments yesterday.. grrr.. she forgot to use the body strap that takes the weight of the grass trimmer, which being a petrol one, is a heavy beast. Her right wrist is swollen and last night was extremely sore.
Why she didn't immediately go to Valeries' book 'The Fragrant Pharmacy' is beyond me, so she slept badly with it giving her a great dal of gyp throughout the night. It was only this morning that she had the sense to look in it for 'Wrist Sprain' (page 137) and to go and mix the appropriate amount of the following oils, Ginger, Nutmeg and Clove into vegetable oil to use after applying an icepack. Lo and behold, the pain has lessened considerbly already.
I know we owe you the roastie recipe, others too. She has to finish cleaning and then we will give you the potato recipe and another soup recipe. She is making our favourite later on for tonight and tomorrows' lunch at weigh-in.. the better than borsch beetroot soup!
Which reminds us, has Karen finished her trip in Japan? There was a CNN report this last week about how the aftershocks were still happening, this is a considerable time after those two earthquakes, ugh. And Ecuador.. those poor poor people.
On a much happier note, we have a short video that we wish to bring to your attention. It was sent to us by one of our very own Dear Readers, these are people whom we actually know. It is a selection of short video clips by several people of their parrots and was produced by the New York Times.
Several are wonderful, there is a little Amazon who sings 'I left my heart in San Francisco (or some of it), a Cockatoo who trots about on the kitchen floor giving his dog a Beakful, another Amazon who clearly LOVES being sprayed with water and a Macaw who plays in and with a large paper carrier! Always knew those South Americans' were a trifle strange.. and more!
So please go immediately.. if not sooner to: http://nyti.ms/26akTdV
The article is in Science: Parrots: The Highlight Reel for it's lubbly-jubbly stuff to make you laugh!
She's got to finish cleaning YumYum HQ, I'm still soggy. I'll have to think of something ultra-sneaky to do, all suggestions gratefully received, write them in my comments box at the end of this post.
GeeGeebParrot.
April 24th, 2016
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