A week with Socks and Socks Mom

[Maz]

Borage is lovely! You are clever growing things in the window box - I could never keep anything alive in pots! It's also edible and a herb for making tea for humans (but it's medicinal so there might be contraindications with medicines!). Traditionally it was for coughs and asthma I believe

Unfortunately hamsters can't eat borage flowers. I don't know about guinea pigs!

If the Kindle Fire isn't quite up to scratch, Amazon are usually quite good with returns! Within 14 days.

The guppies are so cute!

 

[Socks' Mum]

Thank you for the heads-up about borage flowers, I will keep them away from Socks.
I'm glad you like my window box.
Here is today's sunrise.

 

[Socks' Mum]

The Amazon Fire is OK. Í am getting to like it more and more. It's a nice size for holding while I sit and has all the basics for a good price. I don't really need anything more elaborate and I keep finding things of interest on it

 

[Socks' Mum]

Some more plants The guinea pigs are very fussy so I try to give them fresh greens when possible, newly picked. Some will grow in water and I can use the tender leaves as treats instead of buying processed treats. Also I cook with them and they make my kitchen look nice and green

 

[Socks' Mum]

What is Mom up to now she is on holiday?

 

[Maz]

All those lovely plants and herbs in the kitchen Lucky guinea pigs. I think I can recognise rosemary and basil? Not sure what the others are

You are very clever doing that cross-stitch

 

[Socks' Mum]

Thank you Yes, lots of rosemary which roots quite easily and is surprisingly popular with the animals. Mint and celery as well, so it smells nice . The Dragon fly is made with diamond painting, the diamonds being little sequin like bits of plastic which stick into a "canvas" which has the picture on it covered in an adhesive resin like film over it. I use a little tool to pick up the diamonds and put them on the corresponding numberbforvthat colour. It's nice enough, but I prefer sewing. 🖌

 

[Socks' Mum]

My keyboard is very much in charge. It turns the word (resin) into train. But if I spell r e s i n tresin it helpfully suggests that the word should be resin

 

[Maz]

Thank you Yes, lots of rosemary which roots quite easily and is surprisingly popular with the animals. Mint and celery as well, so it smells nice . The Dragon fly is made with diamond painting, the diamonds being little sequin like bits of plastic which stick into a "canvas" which has the picture on it covered in an adhesive resin like film over it. I use a little tool to pick up the diamonds and put them on the corresponding numberbforvthat colour. It's nice enough, but I prefer sewing. 🖌

It's very clever and creative and looks lovely.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Hello everyone I got out for playpen time last night
Mom: I cleaned Socks' cage the day before yesterday and when I saw him in the night, he sat still and ignored me. He wasn't interested in climbing into the tube to go to the playpen Then after a while he went into his tunnel under the dual chamber house. I checked on him there next day. He had abandoned his original nest but is healthy.
Socks: last night I was keen for a run and hurried across the cage to catch the tube

 

[Socks' Mum]

Sunrise colours in an autumn rose

 

[Socks' Mum]

And apples! Mind the big ones don't fall on your head

 

[Socks' Mum]

Time is fleeting. Mom is hoping to cook some fish for lunch today, wrapped in tin foil, fancy like

 

[Socks' Mum]

Did someone say fish? No, you can't eat us

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[Socks' Mum]

Did someone say fish? No, you can't eat us

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[Socks' Mum]

So Mom bought the fish. She had a fried egg sandwich for brunch, so will cook her fish later in the afternoon

 

[Maz]

The rose is beautiful and the apples are lovely - quite autumnal looking. Whereabouts are these? And the snail - I like seeing snails - although they can be invasive! Fish sounds like a treat. We sometimes have smoked haddock (cooked in foil as you say ). But only get it frozen.

 

[Socks' Mum]

Thank you! The apples grow in the garden of this property and next door. The big apple tree is next door, it's huge. The rose is outside the building where I live. The snail is on a tiny commute, reminding me that I am on holiday while everyone else is on the move . I love kippers. Foil cooked smoked haddock must be very tasty! The fish is Basra and it went into the oven a few minutes ago with olive oil and herbs, including green onion grown in my window box

 

[Socks' Mum]

Nice, it's turned out moist and tender and flavourful

 

[Lovelyness]

I love picking herbs for cooking straight from my garden