Happy Palm Sunday, everyone. I have so enjoyed the conversation about spring around the world that I thought I would share a picture I took this morning of wild turkeys at our bird feeder. It's not black and white. The sun is so bright on the snow today it appears that way. No flowers here yet!
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Spring in Maine
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Looks beautiful Easterncedar, as I debate whether to not to finish my breakfast in the shade. It's autum here in SA, still very hot, but all the leaves are turning and started to fall. Trying to make the most of the sunshine before we fly home to UK in A few weeks!
Lots of love
Heady
Hi Heady, I hope you are enjoying your time in SA and haven't had any anxious moments whilst there. It's definitely warming up here now so should be nice when you return and as the clocks went forward on Sunday, it's much lighter later now. Unfortunately our morning carer forgot so on Monday morning I was up at 6.15 ( 5.15) having showered and dressed and then shaved Colin ready for her only to have a phone call from the agency at 6.55 to say the carer would be late. After 3 hours sleep that night, the extra hour I could have had would have made a difference to me. I put a silly film on TV in the afternoon and we both slept right through it so felt a bit better by the evening.
I hope the wet room build is on track and will be complete by the time you return home.
Enjoy the rest of your time away.
X
Hi NannaB, can't say our trip has been restful or uneventful! Started with S falling through the shower screen, then he developed a chest infection, so our poor friends who have been staying with us, had to put up with him coughing all the time. Well his version of coughing, seems to have forgotton how to cough as well as everything else! Had several choking fits in restaurants. On top of all that, I have been the biggest evil bitch that walked the planet, according to my dearly beloved!!!
Now got to make the awful decision, whether or not this should be our last trip, therefore sale the house. It's going to break both our hearts. One part of me says, it's a no brainer, but I love this place, life has got to be about me as well! Oh well, that's tomorrows problem, I longer I leave it, the easier it is going to be!
Still, we did have a pleasant time, travelling around the country, showing our friends, what a wonderful country this is. At one time, we were at a watering hole surrounded by at least three hundred elephants!!! So life can't be that bad!!!
Hope you and Colin are OK.
Lots of love
Heady
Your three hundred elephants trump my three turkeys! wow!
My view is, any wild life experience in our overgrown world is pretty amazing!
Lots of love
Heady
Yes, that's how I feel, too. Here in Maine, I do get to see some wildlife, and it always thrills me. The snow is fun because it shows all the creatures who come by in the night or when we are not around. My sweetheart was a wildlife biologist, and he tells what the tracks tell him, leaping mice and tiny shrews to fishers, coyotes and moose. And turkeys!
Funny, S was a biologist as well! So he has taught me a lot and I would love to read the tracks around your house. Gives me great pleasure to be able to recognise a footprint! I have even been known to actually miss seeing the animal that made a print, because I was to busy trying to identify the track!!!
Lots of love
Heady
wise words heady im glad you have enjoyed yourself even if S did go through the shower screen mate it makes a change doesn't it mate from just a normal fall that must be a good feeling to see all the wildlife around with mans greed for a trophy to be stuck on hes wall or to fill hes pockets with money from animals sufferering its sickening well mate I will say see yer take care whether in the UK OR SA HAVE A GREAT TIME MATEY REGARDS TO S MATE PETER JONES QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA
Ignore "no brainer" let it be there for you when you need it if you can Couldn't possibly bring an elephant back with you could you- it would go down storm in our little Devon village . Just imagine tying it up outside my local store while I pick up a newspaper .It would really show up the guy who ties up his Great Dane and I can just see the look on his dog's face as well !
How I would love to!!! Slight problem with what it produces, might overpower your lovely village, though it's great for burning!!! Also, I was pretty close to my baggage allowance on the way out!
Lots of love
Heady
Couldn't it pack its own trunk - sorry terrible joke how my family would groan !
Oh George, what would we do without you! First time I have laughed out aloud for a while!!!
Lots of love
Heady
Still chuckling about that days later. Thanks, Georgepa!
That reminds me Georgepa. When I was 15, I had a Saturday job in a shoe shop. It was a high class, expensive shop ( we supplied all the pupils at the boarding school Princess Ann was a pupil at). We rarely had many customers on a Saturday. One day I was standing near the door, thoroughly bored when a baby elephant ran down the hill past the shop. I shouted for the others and they said things like, pull the other one it's got bells on. I ran out of the shop at the same time as a man ran past. Close by I could hear a band and the big bass drum was making my stomach vibrate. It was the circus arriving in town. The baby elephant was leading the parade and had run away, I'm not surprised. It was probably scared of all the noise. I don't think a parade like that would happen now but maybe it does.
What a wonderful story, NannaB! I could just see it. Like something from a Noddy book. What fun!
hi=nanna b put more water with it mate that helps I hope it was not pink hows me old mate colin going along ok I hope see yer cole peter jones queensland Australia psp suffere
Hi Peter Jones, Colin's thumbs go up when I ask him how he is feeling but he has an open sore on his rear end, probably due to having to be constantly cleaned due to the colitis. The colitis, however, has now improved so hopefully so will the sore. The weather is beautiful here at the moment, 25 degrees c yesterday. A bit cooler today, but still T shirt weather. The leaves are starting to come into leaf and there is an abundance of spring flowers. Everything seems so much better at springtime.
Stay upright Peter Jones. Don't give that lovely lady of yours too many heart attacks.
X Nanna B and Colin👍👍
hi nannab thanks for update and em I am glad that the weather has improved for you all its great to have nice weather
it makes you feel good through and through I know I miss the sun if we have a couple of days without it we have temperature of 25 -- 24 now as well although our winter is on the way mate well im sorry to hear of colins problem but you know what they say don't you a sore a day keeps the dr away
or something like that mate that must be very painful for you I can see the thumbs going up right now I hope it gets better very soon well nanna your a bit late with your advice about staying upright I had a nasty fall in my daughters driveway this time my shoulders my knee and my elbows buit nothing broken that I know of only my confidence goes down a bit but it will return in a day or so ====== so must not grumble well nanna and colin I will say see yer take care both of you peter jones queensland Australia psp0 sufferer and keep the thumbs going up colin mate your a champion
Wow! Wild turkeys in your garden. I don't think wild turkeys exist here. I suppose pheasants would be the nearest. We have lived here since 1977 and dug the garden when we moved in, which did resemble a small field. A few weeks after moving in I was amazed to see a beautiful cock pheasant pecking at the soil. Suddenly our cat pounced from behind some Brussel sproat plants and jumped on its back. The pheasant attempted to fly off and eventually left the ground. At about a metre the cat fell off. I didn't think my husband would believe me but that evening our neighbour came round and asked me if I had seen the pheasant. He said he was willing the cat to win as he enjoyed eating pheasant. I think he told all the others what happened as we haven't seen one here since. The snow looks beautiful but I expect you are looking forward to warmer weather aren't you. It's sunny here today. A bit windy but the garden is begining to wake up and is already very colourful. March in our garden is yellow. Daffodils, tulips and celandine which I tried for years to get rid of but I lost the battle. I'm glad I did as once it has flowered, the leaves die off leaving space for other plants. We also have lots of wild garlic which adds splashes of white amongst the yellow. All this talk of gardens, I'm going to go out there for an hour while my husband is asleep.
I hope your flowers soon show their heads.
Yow! What an amazing image! Did you see the picture in the last week or so of a weasel riding on the back of a green woodpecker it was trying to take down? What a wild world we live in. I loved this story when I first read it last week. Didn't get back to say so until now. Thanks, NannaB. It's hard to ignore the fact that in some ways psp has enriched my life. Your story being the proof. Love and peace, Easterncedar
Yes, that picture of the woodpecker and weasel was amazing. I've always been a nature watcher but since PSP I have spent much longer looking in our garden. We are on a small 1960s estate with woodland opposite so do get quite variety of different birds, mammals and insects. Last month, sitting on our bird table, was a bald tailed squirrel......OK, it was really a rat but bald tailed squirrel makes it sound better. Unfortunately it is one animal I didn't welcome so she had special food, just for her. After seeing her every day for 3 weeks, she has now left us. I hated getting rid of her as she was really quite cute. She was young and had a ginger streak down her back but as one rat can quickly result in many, I'm sorry she had to go.
Love and peace to you also this Easter.
X
We live I the Shetland Islands, the farthest north you can go in the UK.. and we've just had a hail shower ! They always say we can have all 4 seasons in the one day, so, who knows, maybe the heat wave will hit this afternoon 
hi auntiemary from the shetlands that sounds like MELBOURNE 4 seasons in one day and bitter cold in the winter I bet mate peter jones queensland Australia psp sufferer good luck matey in gods country
god that looks cold eastern cedar a very nice photo though mate reminds me of Germany when i was there but oh so cold even the turkeys look as if they could do with jumpers on mate to keep them warm I like the shadows from the trees it certainly reminds me of Germany we were camped in a field with trees bordering the edge of it and we were dug in but that's another story matey anyway see yer two cedars take care peter jones queensland Australia psp sufferer no good for bike riding mrs ec unless you put chains around the wheels mr c
I want to hear that story, Mr. Jones! How long were you in Germany?
It was cold when I took that picture, and I do feel for the birds with their little bare feet, but it is warming fast now. No more skiing this year - swimming next! And we'll be taking the chains off the bike tires any day now.
Love and peace, EC
hi eastern cedar and mr c hows it going ok I hope how is mrc travelling along the psp road matey ]]]]]] well mate if you don't like to see the birds in their bare feet you could always knit some socks for them that would make them happy for sure it certainly looks cold there matey you can have that snow and clearing i t up as soon as you clear one lot another pile comes down doesn't it
well mate I had 2 years in Germany with the occupational forces I think I marched over one half of Germany and rode on a centurion tank the other half I know which bit I liked the best mate riding the tank no blisters I also spent some time in Rommels training ground sennalager I think thats how you spell it its been a long time out of it now anyway mate I had 6 weeks training before I was sent overseas and we had our own training ground well I got my girl friend then]]]]] who is now my wife to come and meet me anyway I wanted somewhere quiet so I took her into this training ground and I was walking along this track which had trenches and god knows what in and I was talking away and i turned around to look at her but she had disappeared and I saw this blond head looking out of the trench well she had fallen down the trench
because she had not seen it she had been looking at the back of my head walking along in single file cause the track was not that wide and gone straight down it I never heard a muffled cry or anything but when I said 'what are you doing down there ' I heard her then ok she had ripped her stockings and the heel off of her shoe and hurt her leg I had to carry her back to the train station and put her on a train to get her back home because I could not leave camp what a night that was mates I don't think I have told you this story before if i have my apologies
as always mr c and mrs c take care goodnight peter jones queenslansd Australia psp sufferer
That's a wonderful story, Mr. Jones! Rather romantic, isn't it, to be carried along by your dashing young man in uniform, although I'm sorry your wife was hurt.
We are doing okay. Mr C is still kicking! He's had a few minor falls, nothing broken on him or the furniture. I'm looking to get a stairlift though; the bannister is getting wiggly and I'm terrified it will snap while he is hauling himself upstairs.
I'm really looking forward to some warmer weather so we can go for our evening strolls again. This winter has kept us indoors too long now!
More later, love and peace, EC
hi eastern cedar and mr c im glasd you like the story but it was hard work carrying her to the station mate I can tell you ]\] well while mr nc is getting up the stairs it would be great exercise for him I think the stairlift would be great and less chance of an accident with your wiggly stair rails mate that could be very nasty for him and you of course well mate we go out nearly every day here then its nice to come home plus im doing a little bit of walking so its not to bad mind you I have not got 3 feet of snow to jump around in either thank goodness im still having trouble with my eyes but I don't really want botox if I screw them up and say to myself open now it works like walking when you say go and the old brain kicks in someimes not all the time so if you see a mistake or spelling its me eyes not me that's my excuse anyway I mean apart from no full stops and commas and punctuation marks or anything intelligent that is which I should do really but to lasy now you know that's not me that S is because my puter wont allow the letter I want remember matey of course you do well there has been an influx of people now on this forum I never knew there were so many people with psp but its good that there is an outlet for us
I remember when i first started on here there was only a handful of people to write to now you can be flat out getting through your ems i usually get into trouble for being on the puter to long but with one finger typing it takes me that much longer but hey ho see yer mrs c and mr c take care as always peter jones queensland Australia psp sufferer
easterncedar and mr c I should leave them chains on mate it might help you get a better grip on the ice and snow brr brr brr brrr wheres my anorak matey I think we might need a boat to get out in the morning its been raining for ages I don't know about bike chains mate and heres me flogging sunny queensland what a joke see yer mates take care peter jones from sunny queensland psp sufferer see yer mates Australia
Wow christmas dinner on legs just outside the window - what more could you ask .Not sure I could survive your long winters Eastern Ceder when does spring get going and next winter start ?
This is an unusually long winter, Georgepa. We generally have daffodils by mid-April and have lovely weather into November. Some biting flies and mosquitoes to keep the tourists down, but otherwise just beautiful, from mountains to seashore. They say spring is coming three weeks late, so I'm looking for shoots where the snow has backed off. Happy Easter. Love and peace, ec
Looks beautiful but cold. How deep is the snow ?
We've only had a sprinkling all winter here in London. But its grey and chilly a lot !
Signs of spring and lovely when the sun comes through.
I'm a fair weather gardener and its not been warm enough for me yet.
I tell everyone we are having a wild flower garden. Sounds better than neglecting it.
Just packing to go up to Yorkshire for a couple of weeks.
Chris has rallied since his cold and performed well when the physio came. Both very pleased with each other.
Happy Easter holiday to all.
Jean
The snow is about two or three feet deep in the shady places, but is shrinking fast under the strengthening sun. I expect to see snowdrops in the garden in town within the week. Good about the physio! Happy Easter to you, Jean, and I hope you have a fine trip to Yorkshire. Easterncedar
well mrs & mr e cedar I could not possibly type out again what I have just lost so I will just say how yer going mates ok I hope I am up to 6 tabs a day on madopar but my speech seems to have got worse and falling around the joint like a man with no arms and legs so will knock them on the head very soon and try and get back to my bike riding mate I really thought that I was going to be ok with these but no such luck just like an empty bucket with pills in ah well its back to the drawing board as they say mate see yer I had a great fall the other day mate done my shoulder in again and gravel rash on my elbow the same one or two that I keep hitting all the time and my leg that was in my daughters driveway hey ho mate now I have just had a filling come out of my tooth it never rains but it pours what do you reckon mr and mrs ec I do hate going to the dentist but I guess im just a chicken I hope you have fared a bit better mr c
as always see yer mate thanks for your em peter jones queensland Australia psp sufferer
Oh, Mr. Jones! I was just going to write to ask you about your shoulder when I saw this. You do give the ground quite a beating, don't you? I really hope your shoulder isn't torn up. Ice really helped me, though, if the painkillers don't cut it. Mr. C hasn't had a bad fall lately, just rolled out of bed this morning, but he's been very stiff and slow, freezing in place quite a bit, so I don't think the lack of falling is necessarily a good sign. He's not moving about as much. We have been trying to do the BIG exercises more regularly. He spent the afternoon yesterday with a friend, and they worked through a bunch of them from a DVD his therapist lent him, and he was practically stunned by exhaustion all evening. Do you use a cane or a walker when you are out, Mr J? Mr. C has started using a rolling walker more, and that is a big help. I was a little afraid of it when we were at the lighthouse on the cliff edge on Sunday, though. I didn't trust the brakes enough for us to get to the good views!
Spring has actually arrived here now. The snow is only left in great dirty piles by the parking lots. Crocuse and daffodils are coming up now. We are all VERY grateful for the sunshine at last.
Stay upright, Mr. J. We are surely trying to do the same.
Lvoe and peace, EC
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