Good morning SGL. I think if you can cancel your hair appointment then it will be a wise thing to do. Black Friday Weekend and it will be carnage in the shopping centres never mind the roads.
Ante, I meant to say earlier, please take care digging the turnips today and look after that poorly leg.
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Good morning Lily and LB.You must have been tired out to sleep like that last night Lily . It will have done you good .I don’t think i would go out under those circumstances either .LB how is your cold?
Stay indoors and keep warm ,it’s certainly not a day for going out if you are a bit under the weather.The frost is like snow on the roof tops here .👋everyone .
Good morning Chive and Ruby. Cold is not too bad thanks. I just do as much as I can without overdoing things. Chive I know someone who will be putting up their dekkies tomorrow - not me I hasten to add - but my Bestie's daughter starts on December 1st - aaaarrrrrggh
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Good morning to all. Sunny morning here, but very windy and rather cold. I'll set off in a while. I slept well so I'm well rested.
LB, my leg is much better now. I'm using relaxing, cooling gel which also has anti pain medicine. Stay in warm and I hope so that your cold will pass soon.
Chive, I put on my tree on Christmas eve, but tomorrow we light up first candle on Advent wreath. It's another Christmas tradition here with which officially start Christmas time.
Morning - white over but it’s all sparkly in the sunshine now. Days like this are very pretty.
LB - hope you feel a little better by the end of the day. Maybe 30 minutes outside would help to clear your head.
MU - hope you get to Fyvie today.
@pansyface - I am sorry to hear the problems with Elsa are continuing. I wonder if keeping her downstairs in a large dog cage with her own bedding etc would help her adjust to ‘family life’? She can slowly reacclimatise to the different surroundings and be reassured by the company of you and Mr M. A blanket over most of the cage will make it feel like a safe, dark den for her. It worked for Harry and he was the most frightened, semi-feral cat I’ve ever had.
Chive - No, definitely not, never, no way.... 😁 Will probably have to do it about the 12th because we have 5 days away from the 14th and it will be too much of a rush when we get back. The 12th is too early for me though.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Brrrr! morning all. Sack of sunflower hearts has been delivered so that will keep my feathered friends happy for a while.
M-U, will your OH be busy at this time of year? Ante, I hope you manage to harvest more turnips before the snow arrives at the cottage. Pansy, I'm sorry that feline relationships are still hostile.
Hope the shops aren't too hectic for those buying pressies.
@pansyface It was primarily to get Harry (a very, very nervous cat) used to his surroundings - but also to keep him safely secured so he couldn't run away. His default response to being in a new house and / or workmen arriving at the house would have been to make a bolt for the open door. If he'd got outside he would have run and run and probably got lost and never found again.
I just think that if Elsa can see that downstairs can be a safe place (like upstairs) she might start to be a bit happier. She can still live upstairs when the household goes to bed.
If you had the blanket completely over the cage with just a tiny gap for her to peer under for the first few hours she might just curl up and go to sleep in her dark space. I think you might only be talking about actually keeping her 'trapped' during the day for a few days.
If she seems to be settling with the cage closed you could try leaving the door ajar so that she can come out if she wants to (make sure LC can't get in and corner her in the cage though).
You might then have to put up with a dog crate in the corner of the living room, partially covered and with the door slightly open for a few weeks. That way she will know she has her own little hidey-hole downstairs.
I do understand Mr M's reservations about keeping an animal 'trapped'. I bought a dog crate suitable for a BIG dog so there was plenty of room for a bed, food bowls and a small litter tray in case of emergency (never used).
My idea would be to just to keep Elsa downstairs for several hours at a time - long enough to see that it's not quite such a bad place after all. You might have to try to avoid making sudden noises and do a bit of sitting next to her and reassurance like you've been doing upstairs. Maybe even keep LC away for the first day.
Harry was only shut in the cage during the day for the first 3 days we were there so we could come and go from outside as we needed to. At night he slept in his bed locked in the kitchen. After that he found his own quiet spots in the house. Over the next few weeks we just used it to keep him confined on the odd day when we were expecting workmen. Once we were happy he knew where to run to in the garden the cage went in the loft.
Gosh - that was a long post! Sorry everyone! I do hope it helps Pansy. I know that neither you nor Mr M wants to give up on poor little Elsa and it would be such a shame if you had to do that. She might always live upstairs, she might never be buddies with LC but, if she can at least feel settled in her new home - well, that's a winner for me.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
MU - as you now have your crafty head on (crafty as in making things for M's house😁) why not have a wander round to try and find a nicely shaped twiggy branch from the garden which you can use for a small tree? Spray it with a bit of white paint, use a short length of lights (they do ones for wreaths) and some smaller baubles, bit of ivy instead of tinsel....
We had one such twig which we kept going for about 5 years. It was stood in a flower pot filled with polyfilla if memory serves.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Tbird, i've got some twigs I sprayed silver......had those a few years now. Do exactly the same.....little baubles, lights etc. Have them in the dining room or hall. Looks lovely lit up. Not sure when we'll put ours up, can't be bothered this weekend. Hair appointment is cancelled, which is a shame as it's got a bit long and getting on my nerves. May have to chop it a bit myself 😂😂 Gorgeous sunny morning, perhaps I'll go for a walk later.
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Sunny morning here, but very windy and rather cold. I'll set off in a while. I slept well so I'm well rested.
LB, my leg is much better now. I'm using relaxing, cooling gel which also has anti pain medicine. Stay in warm and I hope so that your cold will pass soon.
Chive, I put on my tree on Christmas eve, but tomorrow we light up first candle on Advent wreath. It's another Christmas tradition here with which officially start Christmas time.
LB - hope you feel a little better by the end of the day. Maybe 30 minutes outside would help to clear your head.
MU - hope you get to Fyvie today.
@pansyface - I am sorry to hear the problems with Elsa are continuing. I wonder if keeping her downstairs in a large dog cage with her own bedding etc would help her adjust to ‘family life’? She can slowly reacclimatise to the different surroundings and be reassured by the company of you and Mr M.
A blanket over most of the cage will make it feel like a safe, dark den for her. It worked for Harry and he was the most frightened, semi-feral cat I’ve ever had.
Chive - No, definitely not, never, no way.... 😁
Will probably have to do it about the 12th because we have 5 days away from the 14th and it will be too much of a rush when we get back. The 12th is too early for me though.
Sack of sunflower hearts has been delivered so that will keep my feathered friends happy for a while.
M-U, will your OH be busy at this time of year?
Ante, I hope you manage to harvest more turnips before the snow arrives at the cottage.
Pansy, I'm sorry that feline relationships are still hostile.
Hope the shops aren't too hectic for those buying pressies.
It was primarily to get Harry (a very, very nervous cat) used to his surroundings - but also to keep him safely secured so he couldn't run away.
His default response to being in a new house and / or workmen arriving at the house would have been to make a bolt for the open door. If he'd got outside he would have run and run and probably got lost and never found again.
I just think that if Elsa can see that downstairs can be a safe place (like upstairs) she might start to be a bit happier. She can still live upstairs when the household goes to bed.
If you had the blanket completely over the cage with just a tiny gap for her to peer under for the first few hours she might just curl up and go to sleep in her dark space. I think you might only be talking about actually keeping her 'trapped' during the day for a few days.
If she seems to be settling with the cage closed you could try leaving the door ajar so that she can come out if she wants to (make sure LC can't get in and corner her in the cage though).
You might then have to put up with a dog crate in the corner of the living room, partially covered and with the door slightly open for a few weeks. That way she will know she has her own little hidey-hole downstairs.
I do understand Mr M's reservations about keeping an animal 'trapped'. I bought a dog crate suitable for a BIG dog so there was plenty of room for a bed, food bowls and a small litter tray in case of emergency (never used).
My idea would be to just to keep Elsa downstairs for several hours at a time - long enough to see that it's not quite such a bad place after all. You might have to try to avoid making sudden noises and do a bit of sitting next to her and reassurance like you've been doing upstairs. Maybe even keep LC away for the first day.
Harry was only shut in the cage during the day for the first 3 days we were there so we could come and go from outside as we needed to. At night he slept in his bed locked in the kitchen. After that he found his own quiet spots in the house. Over the next few weeks we just used it to keep him confined on the odd day when we were expecting workmen. Once we were happy he knew where to run to in the garden the cage went in the loft.
Gosh - that was a long post! Sorry everyone!
I do hope it helps Pansy. I know that neither you nor Mr M wants to give up on poor little Elsa and it would be such a shame if you had to do that.
She might always live upstairs, she might never be buddies with LC but, if she can at least feel settled in her new home - well, that's a winner for me.
We had one such twig which we kept going for about 5 years. It was stood in a flower pot filled with polyfilla if memory serves.
Not sure when we'll put ours up, can't be bothered this weekend.
Hair appointment is cancelled, which is a shame as it's got a bit long and getting on my nerves. May have to chop it a bit myself 😂😂
Gorgeous sunny morning, perhaps I'll go for a walk later.