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Offline Liz 101

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #130 on: May 23, 2015, 14:58:08 PM »
Don't think you will hear too much from Menthol for a wee while. I've just seen her in Kipa & she's stocking up for a deluge of visitors that are arriving in the next few days   ;)



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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #131 on: May 23, 2015, 15:19:28 PM »
Aaah yes, thought she'd been quiet - which is totally out of character!   ;)

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #132 on: May 23, 2015, 16:34:48 PM »
Hello, Bluwise!

Liz is correct.

I already have my daughter, her friend and my Mum here and my brother and my two nephews land at 3am later tonight. Then my eldest son, his girlfriend and my son's friend also arrive on Monday.

I will get round to updating at some point. Have a million stories to tell! Just today, got back from shopping with my Mum and my super allergic daughter declares she has been stung by a bee in the pool and also 'seen a spider carrying a red button on its back across the terrace' .....  :  :)

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #133 on: May 23, 2015, 16:42:21 PM »
This is the spider as she photographed it earlier today.



It has been identified by friends on Facebook as:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eresus_cinnaberinus

My daughter has also survived the bee sting and wont require hospitalisation. As we have been to the Esnaf for 3 out of her last 4 visits, this is awesome news.

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #134 on: May 23, 2015, 16:48:24 PM »
Thank goodness she's alright!
Just read all the wiki blurb on the button-carrying spider - nothing about it being dangerous (phew) -   That wouldn't stop me busting me gizzards to get away from it though.

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #135 on: May 23, 2015, 23:20:36 PM »
My 13 year old nephew who is due to land in the next few hours is quite the entomologist. He likes nothing better than lifting stones and poking round walls to see what he can discover.

Hopefully we are now rid of the kahverengi yılan (brown snake) that was living in the wall behind the honeysuckle creeper. Certainly not seen it for nearly a year now.

My 16 year old nephew on the other hand, holds the world in complete and utter disdain. I have challenged myself to be, just for him, The Most Embarrassing Auntie in The World during this week.   :)

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #136 on: May 24, 2015, 06:45:48 AM »
I'm looking forward to hearing about that as I imagine you could be very good at it.  ;D

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #137 on: May 24, 2015, 09:06:08 AM »
Sounds like a fun couple of weeks ahead! Nothing like family - enjoy! ;D

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« Reply #138 on: May 24, 2015, 09:44:21 AM »
I take my hat off to you - looking after them all!

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Re: Well, we did it ......
« Reply #139 on: May 24, 2015, 14:44:33 PM »
Glad your daughter is ok Menthol it rings a bell you saying about the Esnaf before when he got bitten R stung..
Wow I don't do spiders but that one looks pretty fascinating exactly as your daughter described carrying a red button on its back  ;D




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