tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post1565894884363359336..comments2024-03-20T21:40:17.164+11:00Comments on Merlesworld: Last two weeks.Merlesworldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-74750160898815686312016-01-01T09:16:05.344+11:002016-01-01T09:16:05.344+11:00Your shrimp/prawns look wonderful!! We also had b...Your shrimp/prawns look wonderful!! We also had boiled shrimp, raw oysters, grilled scallops and crab cakes for Christmas dinner!!<br />Glad Derrick is doing well!! He has a strong beak so be careful!!! He needs oyster shell for his gizzard!! Is he talking to you?Suzanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105925017959326571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-66878352821460732392015-12-31T11:07:21.191+11:002015-12-31T11:07:21.191+11:00Oh wonderful Christmas with your family and someon...Oh wonderful Christmas with your family and someone else to cook...perfect! Your daughter-in-law is so cute. The new contraption for the cat looks like ramps and catwalks...he will love it if you can figure it out. Can you beg your son for help? =D <br /><br />Happy New Year, Merle! Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-5350154196467066972015-12-31T08:38:44.540+11:002015-12-31T08:38:44.540+11:00Great to see the very spacious home you are making...Great to see the very spacious home you are making for Derrick. Your new garden is like living art, just beautiful.<br />Hope the renos go smoothly.Cheryl : )<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-44721071988700070922015-12-31T08:30:31.719+11:002015-12-31T08:30:31.719+11:00I've seen the weather reports hope you are hig...I've seen the weather reports hope you are high and dry.<br />Merle.......... Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-84821045055605762452015-12-30T23:30:57.746+11:002015-12-30T23:30:57.746+11:00Hari OM
I knew Derrick would become a permanent re...Hari OM<br />I knew Derrick would become a permanent resident! ...and that he will be living in style. Glad you had such a good time over Christmas, shingles aside... Love the pagoda garden. Back in Dunoon, it is very very very grey, very very very windy, very very very wet - hey ho... YAM xxYamini MacLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18383916589808462620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-70219639937292518512015-12-30T17:37:11.926+11:002015-12-30T17:37:11.926+11:00We haven't started it yet just trying to dry i...We haven't started it yet just trying to dry it out a bit for a month or so, trying to get all the bits together then we will get the tradesmen in most or on holidays at the moment, if we can do it quickly not so disruptive least it summer the hot water system died in winter a bucket wash with luke warm water not so good when the weather is freezing.<br />Merle.............. Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-49659706370014393732015-12-30T17:32:17.702+11:002015-12-30T17:32:17.702+11:00It was Christmas eve dinner .
I'm surprised at...It was Christmas eve dinner .<br />I'm surprised at the amount of wells in America, all our water is dam water but in dry times we must be very careful of it.<br />Happy new year to you too.<br />Merle............Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-22223380560591347252015-12-30T16:32:10.043+11:002015-12-30T16:32:10.043+11:00Your bathroom doesn't look too bad, as long as...Your bathroom doesn't look too bad, as long as you can still shower while renovations go on, it's all good.<br />Your daughter in law is a fabulous cook!<br />I love the dreaming kitty (Kidney?), she looks like she's holding a shopping basket. The oriental garden is lovely.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-57218920822119786012015-12-30T15:31:39.529+11:002015-12-30T15:31:39.529+11:00He should like to open his wings fully
Merle.
He should like to open his wings fully<br />Merle.<br />Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-1882266756847536682015-12-30T15:30:28.853+11:002015-12-30T15:30:28.853+11:00When you visit you can help because I a bit lost w...When you visit you can help because I a bit lost with this thing.<br />Merle........Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-63676784174009605162015-12-30T15:29:30.834+11:002015-12-30T15:29:30.834+11:00I hope so left over from chicken pox I've hear...I hope so left over from chicken pox I've heard.<br />Merle..........Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-84947417816998337962015-12-30T12:14:16.281+11:002015-12-30T12:14:16.281+11:00So nice of you to take in Derrick and his new cage...So nice of you to take in Derrick and his new cage will be so nice for him. Your Christmas dinner sounds very yummy - fresh prawns - mmmmm! Your little garden turned out very charming. Good to let go of the spa - we always wanted one but have a well, so water is something we have to conserve carefully. Happy New Year, Merle! Hope you are on the mend. xo KarenKaren @ Beatrice Euphemiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631972741518142563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-18982752844416713862015-12-30T12:09:42.206+11:002015-12-30T12:09:42.206+11:00Can't wait to see Derrick flying around in his...Can't wait to see Derrick flying around in his new cage. He will love it, I am sure! Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-12547888926413089052015-12-30T10:33:20.960+11:002015-12-30T10:33:20.960+11:00..Hi Merle... I love that Derrick's cage will.....Hi Merle... I love that Derrick's cage will be large... Kidney looks gorgeous sleeping in the sun..... your Hydrangeas are beautiful... xxx<br />Kugs.. Barb xxxBarbara Neubeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12129774816143303590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-20674079509973688002015-12-30T09:21:31.050+11:002015-12-30T09:21:31.050+11:00Always the pleasantest times spent with you, M.
Ho...Always the pleasantest times spent with you, M.<br />Hope you feel super fine very soon. You will then be immune from further flare ups i believe-Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-55619286783452230842015-12-30T08:36:48.207+11:002015-12-30T08:36:48.207+11:00They were popular about 20 years back, men liked t...They were popular about 20 years back, men liked the idea of having one but they didn't like the idea of cleaning it, ours was just a big shower base, now to hard to step into and out of .<br />Merle.................... Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-9818931090367303882015-12-30T08:32:54.483+11:002015-12-30T08:32:54.483+11:00Funny she loves prawn heads and must be put outsid...Funny she loves prawn heads and must be put outside when we eat prawns as they make her very sick, she sits at the window and cries.<br />Merle..................Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-77453491319573729452015-12-30T08:30:21.043+11:002015-12-30T08:30:21.043+11:00Happy new year that last year sure went very fast ...Happy new year that last year sure went very fast but they say the older you get the quicker the years go.<br />Merle.........Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-7907157564829528252015-12-30T08:28:55.993+11:002015-12-30T08:28:55.993+11:00Shingles are awful, like a burn that does not sett...Shingles are awful, like a burn that does not settle down.<br />Merle........<br /> Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-10737613697119522192015-12-30T08:27:05.763+11:002015-12-30T08:27:05.763+11:00Two years ago I stopped cooking big meals as I nev...Two years ago I stopped cooking big meals as I never enjoy the peoples company always to busy try ing to make everthing work and be ready at the same time.<br />The bathroom was or is leaking under the bath well it really a big shower base as no one has ever had a bath in it, so we are redoing the whole thing but with tradesmen this time.<br />Merle..............<br />The sand was the beer fairy idea not a good one but worked at the time.<br /> Merlesworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573975763012762631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-42404594538296708382015-12-30T00:59:00.131+11:002015-12-30T00:59:00.131+11:00Derrick will adore his new home! My brother in law...Derrick will adore his new home! My brother in law insisted on installing such a spa when the bathroom was remodelled some years ago. My sister never let him fill it; we have a well and she couldn't conscience putting a hundred gallons in the damn thing. It's gone now.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-36172430472367489302015-12-30T00:44:16.684+11:002015-12-30T00:44:16.684+11:00I laughed when you said you live in hope of son gr...I laughed when you said you live in hope of son growing up, lol,,,<br />Derrick is very lucky fella, that will be a great new home,, your gardens look so beautiful and what a dinner, you daughter inlaw is a good cook!<br />I think the cat was dreaming of those prawns, lol,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-6724587188322335882015-12-30T00:05:55.400+11:002015-12-30T00:05:55.400+11:00Hello Merle, I like your pretty New Japanese garde...Hello Merle, I like your pretty New Japanese garden! I think Derrick will love his new larger home when it is done. I am sorry to hear about the shingles, they sound very painful. I hope you are feeling better now. Happy Tuesday, enjoy your new week! I wish you all the best in 2016, Happy New Year!eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-18358861658933254042015-12-29T20:51:02.587+11:002015-12-29T20:51:02.587+11:00Lucky, lucky Derrick. He has come to a wonderful ...Lucky, lucky Derrick. He has come to a wonderful home.<br />Shingles? Poor you. I believe they are AWFUL, and hope you are all better now.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741530210211074202.post-27221223210934561142015-12-29T20:42:44.481+11:002015-12-29T20:42:44.481+11:00How nice to have a DiL who is an accomplished cook...How nice to have a DiL who is an accomplished cook and you can hand over Christmas cooking to her. Derrick will be able to fly once his new home is assembled. Did I miss something? Why is your bathroom full of sand and what renovations are you doing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com