Chat-A-Thon Thread

[Natalka]

hicks, those are amazing pics! I had no idea they would just be in a regular lake!

[cabmonk]

Had lunch with my aunt. Pulled pork sandwich, pot roast soup(tiny portion lol) and caser salad at Montana's which was all really good. She was really happy I could use my employee discount at work. Paint that is normally $67 for $25.

[22hicks]

hicks, those are amazing pics! I had no idea they would just be in a regular lake!

Thanks Nat. Yes they are, along with a number of other species. I have hundreds of pics of nature and wildlife from the cottage. It was wonderful, and oh how I miss it there.

[dededi]

Great pics Hicks ( and a great rhyme LoL) thanks for sharing. We have nothing like that on our lake.

[Darth Penguin]

When our kids were young, we went to all kinds of those nature presentations. Not only were they great, and informative, but we all learned something, and helped us appreciate the world around us.

At our cottage, we had some very large snapping turtles. Here's a pic of one of them. He was always hanging around the boat, hoping to steal one of the fish we were catching. In the 2nd one, you get a better idea of his size; his head's out of the water, but @ the top of the pic, is the tip of his back. He was approx. 20" long. (just an estimate, we never measured, but should have)
The last one, is another, smaller turtle.



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[Lynn49]

@22hicks...great pictures. They aren't the prettiest things in the lake, are they? DH said the shell the young lad was holding was about 1' wide, but that was enough to keep the kids out of that swampy area at the east end of the campground! Isn't it so great for kids and grown-ups, too, to be out there so close to nature. Our Grandson always has some critter or other in his bucket, but since he's a "Ranger" now, he releases them unharmed. Last week he even brought a butterfly home in his back-pack because its wings were all "shredded" when he found it. He thought it would be safer for it to be let out in their yard than the school-yard. And yes, our DD said it was still alive when he took it out and put it on the tree.

I hope you try those cookies, Hicks!!!

Well, DH, our Grandson and myself just got back from the "Dory" movie; I just had to see it and he still hadn't so it was a good opportunity to go. I guess we missed, "Through The Looking Glass", but DD said she'd buy it from itunes so we'll get to see it.

Good night, everyone!

[Natalka]

Lynn, so is Dory better or worse than Finding Nemo? I've heard it both ways...

[walkonby]

uh!! I had to stop watching, our Jays are having a very bad time right now in Colorado.

[Lynn49]

Lynn, so is Dory better or worse than Finding Nemo? I've heard it both ways...

@Natalka , if you like the character, "Dory", then you're going to love her just as much or, for me, even more than I did in Finding Nemo. Her character is more developed and the fact that she has short-term memory loss isn't...how shall I say this...isn't the butt of jokes, but it's handled in a very sympathetic manner in spite of the humour.
I loved it, as did my DH and our Grandson! New characters, and oh, those otters!! HUG TIME!!

[Natalka]

I hope to see it soon, Lynn!

I slept from midnight until 2 - I guess I woke up and called my husband, who wasn't in bed yet. I had had a bad dream, and he was asking me what I was talking about, in Ukrainian. Well, I'm not fluent in Ukr., so I can't imagine what the heck I was saying and didn't remember the dream.... bizarro!



SO funny to find this pic, as we were torturing the cats about tuna yesterday...

Have a great day, everyone! It's going to be another hot one here.

[danger_dan]

@22hicks I thought you were talking about telling me and Dan apart from you guys lol.

I keep my nails trimmed regularly...thank you very much!

[danger_dan]

Good morning everyone.
Another warm day here today, but much cooler and much more bearable outside today.

Have a wonderful day folks!

[dededi]

Good morning everyone.

[Lynn49]

Brrrrr~! 12 this morning, heading up to 20; very weird weather.

Running errands today after my doc's appt....everyone, have a fantastic day!!!

[cath007]

Wishing everyone a great day!