Sudokuaholics Anonymous 6

and Over for TOPP #2!

CP & TOPP!

... now to feed the dogs.

...... now I know how eaa feels. Do I offend?

Brenda, I'm glad your friend is in a specialized hospital. That should speed her recovery.
Rolanda, beautiful and unique flower.
To the revelers in Brissy: enjoy yourselves.

Nobody sees me. I think I'll go to bed now.


Everybody!
(I know what's going on.... everybody is socializing with Ian and Anne.)

Hey all! Those fall colors are really coming out all over our area!
Didn't get the room repainted this afternoon as my stepdaughters dropped in for the afternoon on their way to Lake Tahoe for the weekend. They are really great gals and it was a lovely visit. They brought their dad cookies that they baked.

I am still here Heidi, Although have been out in the back yard as it is a beautiful day here.
I have met Ian and Anne last year and they are a lovely couple.

One last note before I go off to bed...Mike has something called Dupuytren's Contracture in both of his hands and both of his feet. It's more commonly known as "Vikings Disease" and appears to happen to middle aged folk of Northern European descent - no kidding!
Anyway, the disease causes some sort of callused growth on the inside of his hands and feet. His hands have been slowly being drawn in so he can't open his hand flat. The surgery cleaned all that out and now his hand is in a plastic cast opened flat. Sometimes the disease reoccurs...but in a 10 days he'll have the stitches out and be able to start using his hand again (he'll need physical therapy, tho)

Hey June! I'm sure looking forward to the video Broni's going to post!
Ruby - thanks for the mole info. I think what they eat in our yard is worms...at least that's what the locals tell me. I'll be glad when we start getting some rain so they'll head off into other areas.

Just put up a photo I took a little while ago of Laura feeding a kookaburra. There were three in the tree. When the second one came down it brushed my face with its wing then landed 6 inches in front of her. That photo has her standing back eyeing them off (Not on my page)

Grubs look like short, fat worms. They make good fishing bait.

Afternoon all.

Just been off investigating why our connection dropped to 56k. Just a symptom of wireless, nothing we can do about it... Sigh...

June, Laura has really grown. And your birds are amazing. Bet that kookaburra could be rough on little fingers.

Less than 10k at the moment! Guess I will have to wait for a time when there are fewer people around...

Gotta hand it to the Hawkes Jaz...they are certainly playing well

OOP's...wrong tab..

2 AM and i am awake. sigh! not sleeping much. hubby needs to come home.
checked out the girl and bird june. i don't think i like koodaburras unless they are in the song i sang as a kindergartener...laugh kookaburra, laugh...

vici, that surgery sounds pretty major! good healing mr. v. i have some danish in me...yikes!

for you Mariana.

thanks gail, i needed that. this late night has been productive at least. i organized ALL of my digital pictures. every last one is sorted into the right year and month. there are no dupicates and everything is labeled. next i get to use this photo elements program bret got me a couple of years ago and organize them into photo albums for each kid. that will take a few more really late nights!

2:30 now. guess i will go try to think sleep thoughts. hope my head cooperates.

Mariana.
Dream of the good times.

everybody...gee it gets dark quickly....one minute I'm contemplating another job outside and all of a sudden it is too dark to see!!

June a comment by Mariana about Laura and the kookaburra and how it would be a "shame to have her nose pecked off" makes me wonder if I have EVER heard of a kookaburra ever hurting anyone or anything other than their usual prey...snakes, lizards, rodents.... apart from the lizards definite benefits to us all!

They are undoubtedly one of my favourite Australians... Eaa has one of the best photos of one in her gallery.

Hi evryone
The only damage I have ever seen a Kookaburra do is steal a sausage from one of my nephews hands, poor little fellow (my nephew that is)
as that was the last sausage, on the BBQ,
shame I didnt have a camera handy, as it was priceless the look on his face......

Lots of 'tame' kookaburras over the years that take the meat from your hands. Have felt a beak a couple of times but it has never hurt. Laura has had them take meat from her hand and once our grandson Kyle, when he was two, actually put his hands around one and tried to hold it.
There have been three around most of today looking to be fed and one taking the meat from my hand.

Now magpies are a different story.

dropping in without reading the last 2 pages, just to see who is around. June are you still there?

Still here Tricia

Just dropped by Broni's page to see if she has put up any photos yet. I see she is about so may be going to put some on soon.

Giday SA6,
Great time meeting Ian and Anne, K, Nola, Grasshopper, Danstell and Peter also had a couple of helpers. Do not think I need to eat for a week now. Congrats Hawthorn....next year.
More tomorrow and pics.
Hope everyone is well.

Nah too tired and too full to think about photos tonight but I did get a couple of videos so will sort it all out tomorrow.

Guess you are tired after a long and busy day Broni. Glad you all had a great time.

HI June, Hi and Bye Broni.

My Internet connection is flakey this morning, having to wait on it to wake up when I try to post.



Maybe some coffee will help!

Broni, happy your gathering turned out so nice, and no one went home hungry.

Hope your pooter soon wakes up Tricia and appreciates the coffee.

June, saw the photo of Laura, and the bird, bigger than I thought it would be. Looked at your Luna park photos also, you got some lovely shots! That self portrait of you in the skinny mirror was fun and I love all the colors in your shirt, very nice.

Kookaburras are quite big birds and eat fish (I have to have a net over my fish pond), small snakes, lizards, mice etc but are not agressive.
The bird is closer to the camera than Laura so that probably makes it look even bigger.

Actually my back yard looks much like the photo I took 12 months ago with the clivias and the white blossom out again.

Hi Gail see you have dropped in. How has your day been.

Guess Gail is still doing the puzzles