The Retirement Thread

[BoldonLad]

I have been busy. I've wondered up to the pond for a look see.

Then I cleaned the wood burner out. It's a dirty job but had to be done. It's all ready now for when the winter arrives again. Just need to get Mr WD to clean the chimney and we are all set.

Chicken for us today.

Do you send him up the Chimney, as per Charles Dickens?

 

[welsh dragon]

Do you send him up the Chimney, as per Charles Dickens?

Of course. As the saying goes, you don't buy a dog and bark yourself so up he trots

 

[Mo1959]

I had another short wander before lunch. As I was coming along our street I could hear Blackbirds making a huge commotion and saw a Crow with a young Blackbird. Think it might still have been alive but the bloody thing flew off with it or I was going to try and make it drop it in the hope it might have been ok.

 

[Dave7]

I had another short wander before lunch. As I was coming along our street I could hear Blackbirds making a huge commotion and saw a Crow with a young Blackbird. Think it might still have been alive but the bloody thing flew off with it or I was going to try and make it drop it in the hope it might have been ok.

Nature seems so cruel sometimes.

 

[welsh dragon]

I had another short wander before lunch. As I was coming along our street I could hear Blackbirds making a huge commotion and saw a Crow with a young Blackbird. Think it might still have been alive but the bloody thing flew off with it or I was going to try and make it drop it in the hope it might have been ok.

Crows are horrible. They peck at the eyes of new born lambs and cause awful injuries. Nasty things they are

 

[ColinJ]

I saw a video the other day of a female bear and her cubs above a cliff. A big male bear approached. Apparently they kill existing cubs so they can get the females pregnant and replace with their own cubs. The female put up a fight and the two adult bears fell off the cliff. The video showed the male tumbling down and down. Apparently he was killed by the fall. The female was seen some days later back up on the hillside with her cubs!

 

[welsh dragon]

I saw a video the other day of a female bear and her cubs above a cliff. A big male bear approached. Apparently they kill existing cubs so they can get the females pregnant and replace with their own cubs. The female put up a fight and the two adult bears fell off the cliff. The video showed the male tumbling down and down. Apparently he was killed by the fall. The female was seen some days later back up on the hillside with her cubs!

And the moral is, don't mess with a mama

 

[numbnuts]

Been shopping and had a walk 29c in the

 

[Dirk]

The Eagle has landed

In da pub

 

[ColinJ]

I have just been out and done my lumpy little shopping loop...

Lesson learned from yesterday's near miss!

Previously, I would assume it unlikely that a car would be coming up the hill, would give a cursory glance in that direction, and would sprint out of the side road to head up the hill.

Today, I assumed that the road would be busy (it wasn't, but that's not the point!), approached the junction slowly so I had plenty of time to check for approaching cars, and then used brute force rather than momentum to climb up to the other junction. It is harder doing it this way, but safer, and I need the exercise anyway!

 

[Tenkaykev]

A splendid lunch and a few pints in the Beer Garden of the Kings Arms in Wareham.The buses are getting busier as the holidaymakers arrive. Decided to jump on the train back instead of waiting for the bus. Back home now, new transparent feeding box stuck to window and loaded with bird food.
Next month our group are heading to Weymouth for a saunter around the various watering holes.😎

 

[Exlaser2]

Well I survived shopping and even bought some stuff . Hopefully it will be another 2 years before I have to do it again . 😂😀

 

[Exlaser2]

Welsh dragon , I bought jeans too 😂😂😀

 

[welsh dragon]

Welsh dragon , I bought jeans too 😂😂😀

Good man. Can't have to many pairs of jeans is what I always say.

 

[rustybolts]

Good man. Can't have to many pairs of jeans is what I always say.

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