got a notice you were set to private.
That is probably because I attempted to turn all these new "stalk me"
features off; apparently, I met with some success. I'm just not much of a fan of (anti-)"social media"... stuff.
AKgramma said:
Do you HAVE a current journal?
Not at present. It is still a bit chilly here, and I can barely find the money to heat (part of) my house up enough to keep the water pipes, my cat, and myself above freezing. Also... I confess that I have been awaiting some improvement in this new forum setup. It would be a disservice to the members if I created a journal - and then could barely bring myself to post in it with any regularity. So I've been trying to pummel myself into getting used to it in its current state. To date, though, that seems to have amounted to forcing myself to log in a few times per day with the intent of catching up with a few dozen threads that I'm already subscribed to. And then I end up reading/posting in one or two, and by that point my hope has been dashed and my mental energy completely expended, so I shut down the computer until I am able to try again. Maybe it'd help if I took up drinking liquor once more, lol?
I have tried to start seeds a few times, but I end up forgetting about them until I can manage to overcome the depression long enough to go check... only to find dead, yellowed "newborn seedlings" at the bottom of the cups. I've p!ssed away too many seeds because of this recently, including several strains that I only had one or two (seeds) each of.
AKgramma said:
Grandson's plants are usually very free of infestations. His plants look way better than mine. Those mites must have been dormant in the soil or something
Oh, okay. I was under the mistaken impression that they came all decked out with mite webs, as if they were Christmas trees hung all about with tinsel. Stupid of me, I suppose; you would have noticed such a thing right away, I'm sure.
BtW, in catching up on your journal thread, I saw you post about wanting it moved to "Completed." I understand that you've changed your mind for the time being (thanks, BtW
), but I wanted to mention that the best way to have such a thing done is to use the Report Post function, and ask the staff to do so in your report. Otherwise, it requires a staff member to be following your thread and to see your post.
Strange days. The other day, I found a brilliantly-colored pigeon (all the local ones are washed-out looking, even the males) in my yard. It was also quite a bit larger than the local winged rats. As I walked around it, it seemed to me that all it could do was swivel its head in an attempt to keep me in sight. I thought it must have been injured, somehow (although I saw no blood). Had I liked bird better (or at all
) or been a wee bit poorer, I'd have had it in the oven. I went back out a few minutes later and it was still there. It seemed to be trying to rise up on its legs, but wasn't making any wing movements. Its tail feathers looked almost like the back end of the bird had been rotated 90° to the side. As it was below freezing - and starting to snow - I found myself wondering if it'd freeze to death before one of the neighborhood cats made a meal of it. The next time I went out, it was gone with no blood, feathers, or feces to show it had ever been there at all. I wonder where pigeons that are as colorful as a peacock normally make their homes? Oh... I just read that the blue-crowned pigeon can grow to be as large as a turkey. It wasn't
that large.
I just realized that I have NO idea what prompted me to type all that in. But since I'm mostly typing with one good hand, it took some effort, lol, so I'll leave it.