The Chill Out Zone

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by RPWC

Thanks both, it’s not due to covid situation that I am in this state, it’s been a combination of things but obviously c19 wasn't helped. As said earlier I have had the best day out of the last 2 weeks or so today, but I am extremely tired atm.

Good morning Richard, sorry to hear you are having a struggle. Did you have a break from taking AD’s? AD’s help in coping with depression and with life. That’s only part of the answer You said you feel extremely tired at the moment.

[reworht]

Morning all - eventually. Yesterday's snow has been replaced by dank, dismal, damp low cloud - a thoroughly unpleasant day. Heating on and sat indoors - again.
We're now on "expected birth day + 1" with my daughter - the bump hasn't put in an appearance yet

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

WoW! I've never seen a woodpecker locally here.

Could have sworn I had a photo of it on our feeders but can't find it. Here it is on our neighbour's feeder.

[Georgies Dad]

Originally Posted by Lancpudn

WoW! I've never seen a woodpecker locally here.

Which reminds me of that famous cider advert

[trikey]

Originally Posted by Georgies Dad

Which reminds me of that famous cider advert

Ahh the un pc 70s, oh to be back there!

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by stevestrat

Could have sworn I had a photo of it on our feeders but can't find it. Here it is on our neighbour's feeder.

A fabulous shot Steve of a beautiful and colourful bird, thank you for posting.

[Gate Keeper]

Originally Posted by AndyN01

Morning all,

Just seen this on our neighbour's front lawn - a green woodpecker I believe.





Overcast and dry and due to get better .

Take care.

Thank you Andy for sharing the photo, which shows how varied and spectacular these birds are.

[stevestrat]

Originally Posted by trikey

Ahh the un pc 70s, oh to be back there!

Best ad I remember appeared in the Motorcycle News, early 80s? It was an ad for the Yamaha motorcycle roadshow which was to go around selected dealers with various bikes you could test drive. The full page ad featured a very scantily clad woman (undies, stockings, suspenders!) astride a Yamaha bike with the caption "Happiness is a free ride" As I said, only appeared once

[Lancpudn]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good morning Ian

If you smear some mentholated gel Vicks on your upper lip, nostrils it helps to lessen the smell. A trick I learned from having to attend post mortems.

How are you?

Yesterday was hot at 35C, today it’s 28C, no complaints except we are still waiting for the vaccinations to start.

Morning Phil I hope you're well, I'm fine thanks. Good tip, the nettle tea I did last year was even more stinky than the comfrey tea, Tomatoes.peppers/chilli's cucumbers thrive on the comfrey, only trouble is the slugs love to eat the plant too So I'm sowing some more comfrey seeds this year to bulk up my supply, They're notoriously slow to germinate with a poor percentage of seeds germinating. Two seedlings out of twelve so far

[RPWC]

Originally Posted by Gate Keeper

Good morning Richard, sorry to hear you are having a struggle. Did you have a break from taking AD’s? AD’s help in coping with depression and with life. That’s only part of the answer You said you feel extremely tired at the moment.

Morning Phil,I have never been on them. I was on beta blocker anti anxiety meds in Oct/Nov and hadn’t taken any for a while so have started them again. Doc said I could have some ad s to go with them but I said I would try the bb s first and get in touch if I needed anything else. They seem to have kicked in now, I think the tiredness is mental exhaustion.