Fleur

@Fleura (34704)

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A Stop For the Birds!

Four Walls @FourWalls (85770) • United States 4 May

This discussion is for the birds. Let’s talk Audubon. Have you ever heard of Alexander Wilson, the late 18th/early 19th century Scottish ornithologist who did work in America? You probably haven’t, and the reason for that is...

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travel

kentucky travel

john james audubon state park

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Fleur Looks like a beautiful place to stop.

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Today’s Derby Winner: My ER Visit

Four Walls @FourWalls (85770) • United States 2 May

The Derby winner today was Golden Tempo, which made history! For the first time ever, a female horse trainer won!! Congratulations to Cherie DeVaux, who is on top of the horse racing world with her talents! Derby Day, however,...

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Fleur That sounds most unpleasant; glad it wasn't serious. And congrats to Cherie DeVaux and Golden Tempo!

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Ideas to enhance my farmhouse area

Kevin @excellence7 (3695) • Mauritius 22h

Last year, I bought an agricultural land of around 2000 m². It is not too big. It is located in a farming zone, not too far from poultries. As an immediate step, we planted pumpkins, bananas, chilies and eggplants on the land. My...

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Fleur It sounds just perfect already!

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Would you believe?

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51744) • St. Catharines, Ontario 30 Apr

So, I told you that I lost my keys... I had a spare house key but not a spare for the shed. So I went to Canadian Tire today and checked out padlocks. There was quite a selection to choose from: big ones, little ones, ones with...

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Fleur People will steal the most surprising things

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Woe is me

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (51744) • St. Catharines, Ontario 28 Apr

I've lost my keys! All two of them. I have a spare house key, but not one for the padlock on my shed. Usually, I just have to say, "Keys, where are you?" and they show up in a few minutes, but not this time. I've looked and...

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Fleur As you say, you used them to get in, so they absolutely must be there somewhere.

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Crazy Happenings Here Yesterday

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (90452) • United States 5 May

Happy Tuesday and Happy Cinco de Mayo . We have a beautiful sunny day with nice warm temperatures. Looks like a perfect day to spend some time outside. Meanwhile, I have to tell you about the big fiasco here yesterday...

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Fleur Maybe they just said that to start a panic for a laugh. Or else they really are totally ignorant.

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Last Night's Eats

Jim Bauer @porwest (112110) • United States 5 May

I know, I know, when I tell you that braised pork steak was for dinner last night, even though I have been gone from here a couple of months, everyone will be highly shocked. What? Pork steak? You'd never! But that was...

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Fleur Stir-fry here, with whatever was in the fridge plus a few greens from the garden.

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What’s the best thing about traveling?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 5 May

I have travel on the brain because my next trip starts this Saturday. I like to travel, especially to new international places, because the experience is so different from what I see every day in my suburban part of the United...

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Fleur I think waking up in the morning and looking out at somewhere new

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When Pit Bulls Attack

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 5 May

I wrote a post here last week about how I was seeing cases of pit bull attacks being heard before Justice Judy and most of them were pit bulls attacking chihuahuas specifically. I decided to do a little research about pit bull...

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Fleur Years ago I don't remember ever hearing about fatal dog attacks; now they seem to be much more common. But then I guess there are also a lot more dogs - at least there are here.

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Poor Hubby

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (134104) • Marion, Ohio 5 May

He got his thumb stuck in a rat trap this morning. . Of course I was laughing at him once I knew why he was yelling for help. . I rescued him. So I am still a good wifey. I have everything...

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Fleur Oh dear I would have laughed too. Glad he was OK though. And hope you enjoy your busy day!

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Death Doula

Amber @AmbiePam (118752) • United States 5 May

Have you ever heard of a death doula? I think I had, but until my cousin (pictured) announced she was close to getting certified, I didn’t really look into it. This cousin is the youngest daughter of my late awful, terrible uncle....

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Fleur I had never heard of such a thing until they were featured in a radio programme about a week ago!

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Free Chips and Queso for Cinco de Mayo

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 5 May

Hubby and I go to the Mexican restaurant near us every Tuesday. Today was a special Tuesday, that being the celebration of Cinco de Mayo. As an enticement to come in there today, they were offering free chips and queso with any...

cinco de mayo

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Fleur That sounds like a great deal! I guess we don't really have any reason to celebrate a Mexican victory... We did have cheese fondue on Sunday, which is almost along the same lines

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Is it corny now?

Amber @AmbiePam (118752) • United States 30 Apr

I heard a song by Boyz II Men on a commercial just now, and of course the words had been changed to fit the product it was advertising. Obviously, done that way the song becomes corny. However, I wondered if the music I listened...

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Fleur I think it's the other way around. All the corny songs I despised as a teenager are really popular now, just look at ABBA!

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The communion wine that wasn't

Judy Evans @JudyEv (379363) • Rockingham, Australia 30 Apr

I hope I haven’t written about this before. I can’t find a previous post through the usual search methods. It was brought to mind following discussion about gluten-free communion wafers. Many years ago, a breakaway church group...

western australia

communion wine

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Fleur That must have been an amusing spectacle!

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Happiest Animals in the World

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (96983) • Daytona Beach, Florida 29 Apr

If only we could be like the quokkas. These are small marsupials found on Rottnest Island in Australia. If you would meet one, you would find out they are also very photogenic. Now this does not mean that you and a quokka can...

quokkas

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Fleur They are very cute. I hope their tendency to approach humans doesn't lead to their demise.

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Last photo of my view and Orville is alive!

DianneN @DianneN (254717) • United States 29 Apr

I actually had a relatively relaxed last day in Florida considering we had no internet this morning. Cleaned, spoke with my friend, Sandi, received notification that our pizza reservations are confirmed for Thursday night’s...

easy time closing for the end of the season

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Fleur Very glad to hear that Orville is still around! All the best with your travels.

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Floating Homes

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (55796) • Canada 25 Apr

While in Victoria we encountered so many 'firsts' for all of us. Down on the water, there are actually floating neighbourhoods. They are comprised of floating homes, which go for quite a steep price. The neighbourhoods are...

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Fleur I had to look for pictures. Yes I have seen floating homes, although usually only one storey. We stayed in one in Norfolk last year, and my friend's brother lives in one in Holland where they are fairly common.

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Wonderful Wednesday

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (55796) • Canada 29 Apr

Today has been just a wonderful Wednesday. Outstanding is what I would refer to it as. Our deep freezer was getting awfully low on beef. I placed an order in March, and I called them yesterday as there isn't...

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Fleur That's a lot of meat in one go, our freezer wouldn't have space! And yes everything has gone up so costs are increased at every stage - fertilizer, and therefore feed, and transport of everything including of course the fertilizer and the feed and the animal,...

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Have you tried meditation before?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (126997) • United States 29 Apr

It is a big thing here where I am. Hey I'm always down to lay down in the dark under a blanket, listen to calming music, and rest for a bit. I'm not so great at the actual meditation part though. I do the breathing deeply,...

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Fleur I tried many years ago. The 'empty your mind' part is my stumbling block. How is that even possible? My mind is always full of things! As soon as I stop thinking about one thing in particular then I just think about everything else!

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The cow that went to college? It really happened.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (57964) 29 Apr

We've heard of extremely young people going to college occasionally, maybe 14, 15 years old. Not the norm for sure, but it does happen occasionally. But have you ever heard of a cow going to a major university? I hadn't,...

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Fleur I love the way they are ordering everyone indoors as if there is something really dangerous going on! I expect the students were thinking there must be yet another campus shooting or something, and it was just a smallish cow!

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