chickencam Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Best wishes for a speedy recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Samhain Blessings to you all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daphne Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Sorry to hear that GC, I hope your son makes a speedy recovery, it must be a real worry to you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 Did Halloween in my street tonight. Was a success! Handed out loads of biscuits and Leentje chicken helped handing them out too! My mom made some extra special treats for the older kids: chocolate covered brussels sprouts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Thank you for your good wishes. We're home! They let us out last night and we've had the best nights sleep. He's doing really well and has been prescribed a tapering dose of salbutamol over the next few days. Such a relief to be home, safe & sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Great news Groovychook, such a worry when they are unwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Groovy chook that's good to hear. Bet you're both exhausted. DM and Cattails what fantastic pumpkins - mine has a chicken but it's rubbish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Give him extra cuddles and chocolate! Found the cat one online and it turned out much better than expected! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 sorry, should have explained, that isn't my pumpkin, although 'here's one we made earlier' some years back actually.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 Now mine looks even MORE rubbish by comparison! We have a running joke that every animal I ever draw / make looks like a dog (unless it's supposed to be a dog) - my chicken doesn't look like a dog but I think it's more like some kind of dinosaur Han a chicken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 It took blooming ages and I haven't done one since as it was such a faff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 1, 2016 Share Posted November 1, 2016 The cat took a while too, but most time went into removing the inside as it wasn't nowhere ripe... and managed to cut myself twice... Did learn that it's no use trying to maul the knife through in one go, but go a bit deeper everytime. First I just traced the outline wit the tip of the knife, only cutting through the peel as it were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Love the pumpkins! Halloween here (Slovakia) is more a celebration and remembrance of the dead. Lots of candles and fake flowers lit around cemeteries, all very pretty. What's in the jars on the stairs CT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Grasshoppers (the BIG ones) and crickets. Kids loved them! Crickets are now being fed to the chickens. (I'm rather done with their chirping right now...) Grasshoppers will feature in the lessons of my biology colleague at school and have been transferred to a large fauna box. Although I doubt the grasshoppers were very fresh... as I already had 2 casualties and only bought them this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patsylabrador Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Groovychook, I just saw the posts about your son. Glad you're back home and improving. How old is he? Changing the subject enormously.....I've got one of those x10 makeup mirrors. That's not a very nice place to be! Horror show every morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groovychook Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Groovychook, I just saw the posts about your son. Glad you're back home and improving. How old is he? Thank you He's 3 and a half. He's almost back to normal although still catching up on lost sleep. He went back to preschool for a couple of hours this morning. It's amazing how quickly they bounce back... and scary how fast they can deteriorate. I'm hoping that we'll be illness free for a while now. He's already had Campylobacter and Hand Foot & Mouth since the beginning of September Changing the subject enormously.....I've got one of those x10 makeup mirrors. That's not a very nice place to be!Horror show every morning. Ooh, I don't like the sound of those! There are bonuses to having poorer eyesight these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Poor little man, his immune system is being given a real work out . On the positive side though it is all helping to build strong immunity for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 American election. For someone who doesn't tend to watch news much. News is on in background. In the whole of the enormous country of America are those the best two? My goodness,words fail me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 (edited) Same here. Where are all the young ambitious people? Orange Trump is 70 and Hillary is 68. Nothing against people of that age! But they should just go and enjoy their pensions. Trump will be 74 at the end of the term if he manages to fool enough people. Edited November 7, 2016 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I agree Grandmashazzie. As someone on the news said is morning maybe Michelle Obama will be next - they may as well have a royal family! I'm almost holding my breath to see what happens on Tues / Wed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I can't bear to watch; it's like a bad road accident in slow motion. I wouldn't trust either of them with an empty brown bag, let alone the future of most of the first world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I can't bear to watch; it's like a bad road accident in slow motion. I wouldn't trust either of them with an empty brown bag, let alone the future of most of the first world! You voice my exact feeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sil-El Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I agree completely. They're both awful candidates I am trying to stay away from news channels for a while until all the fuss has died down, but somehow I don't think it's going to be that easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I just fail to understand how a seemingly educated nation can choose such ill-suited people. The whole razzmatazz of the campaign makes me feel ill too - OK, so most politics is essentially corrupt, and based on thinly veiled fibs, but this really takes the biscuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 From what we were shown in the media, there seems to have been absolutely no talk of policies at all in the last few weeks - just been entirely personality based Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
