Tuesday Coffee and Chat --14th April 2026

Morning @Shaz51 . How are you? I had my 2 mugs of coffee for the day this morning when I got up. Had just 2 puffs of a smoke this hour counting that as an achievement. Aiming to cut back on smokes then have another go at giving them up when I run out. Cold dreary morning here this morning. Need to get onto my Spanish lessons. Hope your back is ok. Have a good day.

Morning beautiful @Shaz51 ❤️

@Shaz51 

i had a bit of a full on morning. il  et the dogs out while making myself a cuppa at 4:50am and all three dogs took off on me. Never happened before. Now we life in the country and have sheep farmers all around, both Zeta and Zeus are likely to cause havoc if they get in with the sheep. So i was worried. It was pitch dark. Long story short, struggling to get enough breath (got C.O.P.D) search through the wilderness around our place. Shadow cam back when called. She always does but neither Zeta nor Zeus did.

Luckily i found them where they were for one of them open the tap from our massive 110,000 litres water tank, already near full, ready for winter, no idea how they got that done. But water was running and i could hear it very faintly, so i though better check, thinking they might have broken pipes or something - it is all overgrown there right? Very happy i checked otherwise we would have lost all our water reserves.

When i found Zeus and Zeta, Zeta was happy to come. But Zeus thought it was fun and wouldn't move. He weighs more than 60 kg is as strong as an bull no way i could move him. So i just took Zeta and waited to see what he would do. He came and stood at the gate 10 minutes later missing Shadow and Zeta.

In a bit of a pickle right now. For my wife wants to sell up if we get back together for the place is becoming too much work for her and she has found different interests being gone. This means i cannot keep all three dogs and will have to put Shadow down, she is basically 11 already, and sell Zeta, and only keep Zeus for he is my best dog ever never going to get rid of him. But selling Zeta is painful too, i love her a lot and so does she, as well as Shadow.

Hard and painful decisions right now.

So yes my morning was one big stress.My boyhow sweet they look asleepZeta planning her next excape

Have a good day 😊 @GezzaP 

Love the memes @MissGremlin 😍

Ohh wow @DownMoreThanUp , what a morning for , hope the dogs are all settled down now for the morning 

Really selling up and buying somewhere else sounds a lot of stress and takes time 

My husband wants to sell and move at different times too then there is so many other questions to follow like where, why , how ect 

Sitting with you my friend 🧡 

hi @Shaz51 i'm doing fine, how about you?

@DownMoreThanUp I'm too fatigued to read that long postright now. But your dogs are beautiful

@DogMan79 @Shaz51 

My wife wants to move when we get back together. Our dogs keep running off, Shadow and Zeta are very good jumpers. Too much work to fixed the yard me being so unwell and my wife gone. Shadow is already 11 and at the end of her life so we will have to put her down. i love her, she has been such a nice dog, but i cannot run after her all the time taking of, Zeta the same. i will try and seel her or give her away to good home. She is pure bred. kindly natured, and good with kids.

Zeus is a dog after my own heart, not letting him go.

Zeta when she came as puupy 2 years agoBest of friends now

Love your photos @DownMoreThanUp 

Going OK here @DogMan79 , @Blackcloud , @MissGremlin ,, @GezzaP 

How did you sleep last night @Blackcloud 😊

RAT was negative yesterday. I have some cough syrup and stuff

@Shaz51  Good morning I hope you are well. Hope you are enjoying a coffee this morning lovely. 

hello @Cuddlebear , @DogMan79 , @DownMoreThanUp , @Blackcloud , @Nala2022 @The-red-centaur , @Spirit_Healer , @Faith-and-Hope , @Glisten , @utopia , @MatchaToad , @creative_writer @Gibbs 

done a few things this morning 

made toasted ham , cheese and tomato sandwiches for lunch 

looks like it is going to rain again soon 

hello @CalmKingfisher 😍

Hi @Shaz51 and everyone 😊

Yum, I love a good toastie!! As it's getting colder, I'm definitely craving more comfort food lately.

I hope you all have a great day!! 😄

Attacking dishes today

I've booked a cleaner for  a spring clean for 7th May. Hopefully I can get through dishes etc, to leave just scrubbing for them

All part of my eternal battle to avoid the Bloody National Disability insurance Scheme (Which should be officially renamed BNDIS or FNDIS) Hopefully i never have to cave in to pressure to sign up

Also hoping to batch cook fried rice for the freezer

@Anonymouse1000 @Determined , @Fluttershy1 , @Tolly , @DogMan79 , @Nala2022 , @Cuddlebear , @DownMoreThanUp , @Blackcloud , @heartathome @ENKELI @Glisten , @TAB , @Meredyth49 @Meowmy , @Bunniekins , @PeppiPatty 

Look what I found outside waiting for me to take a photo of him 😎

Hi @Shaz51 wow, love the Kookaburra, they always look so cuddly to my eyes because they are so fluffy looking. 

@Anonymouse1000 @Determined , @Fluttershy1 , @Tolly , @DogMan79 , @Nala2022 , @Cuddlebear , @DownMoreThanUp , @Blackcloud , @heartathome @ENKELI @Glisten , @TAB , @Meredyth49 @Meowmy , @Bunniekins , @PeppiPatty 

cuddly and very noisy in the mornings @Tolly 😊

how about this tiny fellow

anyone have any animal pictures to share would to lovely to see 

@Bunniekins @Cuddlebear @avant-garde @NightFury @MJG017 @Captain24 @Flutterbug9 @AlwaysMyself @Chasingsunsets @ENKELI @Glisten @heartathome @REDLINEZ750 @Bellaley @DownMoreThanUp @Realness @Shaz51 @Appleblossom @Meowmy @PeppyPatti @Mustang67 @Rosepetal96 @SmilingGecko @GezzaP @StuF @TAB @Jacques @Snowie @Bow @Dimity @Eve7 @outlander @Emelia8 @SleeplessRaven @MedicinalGypsy @Kashmina @LexieJo @Sophia1 @creative_writer @The-red-centaur @Sadness2015 @happy222 @R_nie912 @Blackcloud @lonemushroom @DahliaDreams @puppydoglover @Judi9877 @Jynx @Ru-bee @AuntGlow @RiverSeal @0ddsidian @Oaktree @tyme @DogMan79 , @Nala2022 , @Cuddlebear , @DownMoreThanUp 

Hi @Shaz51 

this little fellow is amazing, what a beautiful little frog, just perfect!!!!

he was soo tiny @Tolly 😁

@Shaz51  soooo tiny and soooo adorable 😍

@Shaz51 lol Shaz51 beautiful photo of kookaburra! when i see kookas i think of @REDLINEZ750 .  hope you both are well and flying high in the sky with the kookas!! xxx

Hai @Nala2022 @Shaz51 @Bunniekins @Tolly @DogMan79 @tyme @Jynx @AuntGlow - staying low key today, just abit overwhelmed hiding out with Perry penguin 

Don't  know if you can see the pin feathers? New feathers emerging encrusted with keratin after a molt

Uncomfortable chook mans 

Very nice

Love your perry penquin @Fluttershy1 😊

Love your photos @DogMan79 , they are awesome 

Hello 😊 @Determined , hope you had a OK day today 

@Bunniekins , @Tolly 

Assuming they are your babies @DogMan79 

Beautiful.  

I have one of these. 

My wife has a green one. 

Like a Chihuahua crossed with a cat lol 

Very nice @Determined 😊

@Shaz51 I love your kooka! I miss hearing them where I live. Thanks for sharing it with us  😊 

Not my actual baby @Shaz51 

Just a pic I found online. 

@Determined 

Yes. 15 this year for the older one. He could fall off the perch any time

8 this year for the younger

@SmilingGecko or anyone else, do you know what these boards are about or how to use them in regard to use with crystals?

Hi @Shaz51 

🙂

How are you?

Hope you're well.