Hi velvet

Can I be a bridesmaid? 

 I think I'll tell PB it's my elf name.

 Oops! 

Lol did I agree to something during that glass of wine last weekend..?

I'm in the IAC thread.

no worries velvet, I'm not after your money as long as the Xmas tree is 20ft high, that's all I need

I'm heading off to bed, enjoy the jungle and have sweet dreams

Leaving hugs for the night owls

Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer.

Off to bed, goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet and Ros.

Nite nite, sleep well and have sweet dreams lovely peeps   

night yogi summer moons velvet

Good morning everyone

 

Fairly cloudy here and some rain forecast late afternoon/early evening bringing the first cold snap tonight. Only expected to last a couple of days before getting back to normal temperatures (but not as warm as recently). No snow expected in my area though some expected elsewhere.

 

Good morning a bright but cold start here, I've decided to put my first xmas jumper of the season on- just to keep warm you understand

Have a lovely day all

Sorry Moonie, I didn't realise you were here last night.

 

Good morning everyone.

 

Weather is wet and miserable.

 

Clearing out the room with PB's toys - it may take some time.

 

Have a good day, everyone.

 

Summer, it's sensible to try out your jumper to make sure that it keeps you warm

 

Yogi, I see what you mean .

Thank you El, I'm pleased you approve. I can confirm that it's warmer than my other jumpers, therefore it's the sensible thing to do by wearing it

Good morning everyone, it's not actually raining has something gone badly wrong somewhere?  Feels odd.

 

Anyway I hope it's lovely and dry wherever you all are, and not too cold, now I wonder which jumper you chose Summer hmmm...

 

 

Enjoy your day everyone

Urgently sends some rain down to squiggle

 

Nooooooooo!

 

Sends EL to naughty step

 

         

 

Rapidly cancels order for rain

Interesting BBC article and photographs of the Ernest Shackleton's attempt on Antarctica in 1915

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34856379

 

This discovery about pigeons is remarkable. We knew about their homing ability and how they are/were used to carry messages but this is in a different league:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/scie...environment-34878151

 

Hi Yogi 

I was late on last night so no appologies needed 

PB will not be pleased if she cannot find here toys where she left them  

Hi Sweet 

My mum had a Xmasy jumper she used to put on every Christmas. We still have it now

Quite understand  

You have a good day too 

Hmmmm, that looks about right for PB 

Posh one that Squiggle 

Top right jumper for me please squiggle

Yes, that is definitely you Sweet  

and to match

I can here Sweets fingers tapping out "purchase" now El 

A clip of songbirds doing a tap dance. Some of it it shown at normal speed (clip says 30 frames a second) and some in slow motion (so each normal second lasts 10 seconds) (the clip confusingly says high speed 300 frames a second). The high speed has been filmed at high speed but then shown at normal speed.

It's worth watching in full screen and the sound of their singing in slow motion is very strange.

Have you ever wondered how a cygnet sleeps, well until a sibling interrupts it that is 

 

 

Moonie, a great clip

Thank's El 

 

It wasn't quite that bad, El, but it took us ages to sort out.

Hubby said, "We need to stop buying toys for her" and my son and I burst out laughing and said, "Yeah, like that's going to happen!".

Evening aw moonie that's lovely (and sad) I have a jumper in my cupboard that was my dad's, I could never bring myself to throw it out

Wow, those pidgeons really are incredible! That could really help the way medicine is practised

El, thanks for the shackleton and pigeon links.

Love the songbird video, and Moonie's swan clip. The cygnets are looking very grown up now.

Squiggle, that's a very smart naughty step.

Summer, how many Christmas jumpers do you have?

Hi yogi how was your day?

I have 4 for work and 2 for home, 1 of which was hand knitted especially for me and the other lights up
Do you have one/some?

Moonie, those cygnets are wonderful as ever thanks for the update

My day was busy and now my back is aching!

 

Ooh, you have lots! I don't have any but I think I'll get one this year.

 

How was work?

The ones from primary are very warm & cosy! I have one of the men's ones (they had better designs that year) and it's the warmest

Work was quiet this morning but busy all afternoon.
What have you been up to that's made you sore? And do we need DR. PB to examine you..?