Novica & Forum Members Tips & Product Reviews Pt 13
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Mom's second COVID test came back yesterday, just got the call an hour ago. Positive again. She's doing fine, no coughing, no fever, clear lungs. Kicking booty of that virus at 92! But that means at least another 2 weeks in that room, but again, I think it's safer. The med student, Mike, calls me on the weekends when he works there, and he agrees. He's going to get her bird feeder from her patio at her normal room, and bring it to this one, so she can perhaps have some birds to watch. She loves that. I know I'm going to be the same way when I get older- I gotta have some animals around me at all times.
Good that she is doing well! She must be a strong woman, even at 92. I'm sure your close presence in her life is a joy and a big help in maintaining her sense of being cared for and loved.
I'm glad to hear your mom is doing well.
I started bird watching when I moved back to USA and was visiting my mom. Since she likely feeding the birds I bought a big bag of bird feed and I never saw so many different kinds of birds and so many of them in the same place. For fun I counted all the cardinals eating at once there and there was 34 of them!
My sister had a Facetime with her Friday, it's a standing appointment each week from now on. The nurse holds the tablet so Mom can see it. So it's like having a face to face visit, probably more resembling that then when I wave from the window and chat. I couldn't find that room phone number Tuesday, but I have it marked now so I'll call her on the phone to talk, instead of through the glass of the patio door. :)
My best to your mom Novica, and also for you and everyone in your family.
So glad to hear she's doing well, I'm still praying for her very often!
Great news @Novica! Your Mom looks like a wonderful person, and a fighter!
Thanks all :) I had the fishnet shaders wishlisted and just wanted to point out they're in Fast Grab. You can even use the shaders as solid latex. Read the thumbnails :) Anyone ever use these? I bought them and they look like fun.
Wishing your Mom well. I know a little about birds. Have an outside aviary of about 200 or so tiny finches, lady goudians and canaries etc. Had feeders for wild birds to keep them away from aviary and ran into problems and came up with a few solutions. I and also raised a wild sparrow from newborn to adult and nursed a humming bird back to health. If you decide to get her a feeded let me know. I've had them rot, clog up, fall apart and found some really great solutions. Sent you a PM regarding older matter discussed recently.
Thanks so much :) We have a recycled plastic bird feed which is wonderful, we're fortunate to have a hardware store here which features the unique, latest in technology, have everything except the kitchen sink products. The trays are covered with an extended roof so most of the weather never reaches the seed. I got one for myself then one for Mom, and that roof is so good that a couple of the little finches take naps, snuggled on the tray. So cute! They don't have it pictured on their site, but check out hallshardwear.net
Lady goudians and canaries are so beautiful! I've never had those, but many, many species of exotic birds (three types of cockatoos, macaws, amazons, pionus, eclectus, etc.) Aviaries would have been wonderful, but putting cockatoos and macaws outside are only for those with neighbors ten or more miles away LOL. Goudians definitely are one of the birds at the top of the list for colorful beauty. They look like they've been painted!
I kept finches for a number of years but couldn't think what lady goudians were. I looked them up thinking they were some American finch but they are Gouldian Finches, with an "L"
I agree, very beautiful birds.
I love their beaks too, they are broad near the base and give a very sturdy look. I wondered about the "l" but figured she knew how to spell it since she owned them :) Gotta love typos. Mine is tomorrow, tomarrow. Hate that word, I always have to ensure that "a" doesn't sneak in.
I took Ci Pwff to the vet today and they asked if he could be featured on their facebook page tonight. I'll let you know when he shows up. I had him microchipped. I love my vet, he just plopped down in the floor and made himself comfy with Pwff.
Sent you a PM earlier but deal may be too late to scoop up.If I post this deal it will be awol. Not sure if still good. Check your PM's. Here are a shot of my birds. I made the aviary, houses and ladders and sometimes between saving feral cats and stray dogs we save some bees.
Anyone know what plant this is
It's trying to take over and winning
Honey bees love it
Oh, here we go-
One of the vets with Ci Pwff and a second shot. He is shown on their site as the pet of the day. I posted a second photo there of the main vet (Pwff's) on the floor with him. He just plopped right down and began cuddling with him. Love that guy.
I thought perhaps Angelonia which hadn't fully opened, but yours are more spread out. But then I read they can cascade and not be upright but the leaves are wrong. These are pointy.
Some types of this annual, also known as summer snapdragon, cascade, while others have an upright form. They look amazing starring alone in a container, but they also play well with others in mixed containers. Angelonia prefers sun.
This flowers on this thing are in the shape of a globe on the end of a stem or a ball on a string
Oh no, I'm crying I'm laughing so hard. Thanks Robert- my search for weird shaped flowers turned up the Naked Man Orchid. And he has all his essentials. And this is why my thread is popular LOL. Just scroll down the page past the flower that they say look like Dracula (to me it's more like a screaming monkey.) The Moth Orchid, look close and you'll see it's got a bird head above the bright orange, plain as day. Two eyes and a beak. I don't see a moth, that bird is so obvious!
Enjoy the page, it's interesting other than the um...nude dude flower.
And bless those Hooker's Lips!
That's an interesting site
Thought I'd share something I thought rather neat- look at how one school system in Florida is trying to keep students safer from the virus. Rather neat! I like the design and spacing. But how on earth are students supposed to see anything on an overhead or a white board?
Looks like it might be Mikania scandens (Climbing Hempvine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikania_scandens
A useful App is PlantNet. Take a picture and then there are different ways to search. Flower, leaf or bark etc. It is what I just used taking a picture of the image on my laptop screen. I could also have downloaded it and used it in the App that way.
https://identify.plantnet.org/
What is that plant? I've lived all over eastern US and never saw outside that I remember becfore today in my yard. My 1st thought was it's some sort of bush bean but the leaves and flowers aren't quite right. At any rate, I can't wait another day, I'll have to mow them down tomorrow.
It looks sort of like sweet potato, the leaves. but I think sweet potatos have yellow trumpet shape. I've never seen one come up wild. My kindergarten teacher though had a few in clear jars full of water and the vines from those few potatoes she used to circle the big classroom two or three times draped up on the walls and windows.
We have lots of wild finches here. The most colorful one is the American Goldfish that comes in my yard, neon yellow and there is no such thing as neon black but if there was this bird would be. We have buntings and lots of other finchlike bird but the painted bunting, colorful like the Lady Gouldian Finch doesn't live this far north but is native to where Novica lives.
Currently I have 5 Indian Ringnecks. I just received the last of 3 identical cages today that I ordered for them. These cages can't be taken apart, are as big as I could get but all 3 would still fit in my car (2007 Impala LS Sedan), and best of all the little tray is paint this super hard glossy black enamel so that the mess those birds make can be spray off in less than 5 minutes everyday. I now have 2 mated pairs in 2 different rooms and an unmated female in a 3 room so it was to the point I had to have these new cages that I could clean in less than 15 minutes everyday as I have other things I must do too.
Thanks that looks similar but so does Honey Vine which isn't surprising as they're both members of the asterids clade
Either way from what I've read I'm stuck with it according to the weed and plant control people at least it looks ok and the bees love it and it's supposed to attract Monarch Butterflies
Funny PlanetNet didn't pull that up last night when I searched it
That rock going through the wall looks whacky to me. (See thumbnails) Outdoor Dining and the two piled on each other don't look good either.
Yeah it does look strange but I've seen stuff like that IRL where everything was molded from concrete and textured supposedly cheaper than using the real thing
What do you get when you combine three cats and a hummingbird lose in the house answer total chaos
Had a Hummingbird fly in through my patio door as I was letting Emerald my dog out and instant chaos as my cats went berserk
Actually took longer to get the Hummingbird back outside than it did to catch and lockdown the cats in their room
My mom built a 100' long rock wall from sandstone fieldstones on her land and it does take a lot of searching and puzzling to find rocks that are the right shape without cutting them to piece together into a wall that's stable so I understand the modelers difficulty with his rocks, otherwise the Outdoor Dining does have a good general design for a garden yard except those shortcomings you pointed out.
A couple things. First, please check Power Mix and see if you see a main image. Second, just an FYI whenever I find them- I'm seeing that Zombie Girl (G3/8F) is no longer in the store.