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What has been your highlight today, no matter how big or small? Come share 🫶

What has been your highlight today, no matter how big or small? Come share 🫶

Hi everyone! This is my first ever forum post so do hope it lands where it’s meant to 🤣

Most days, I like to find a highlight 😊. Usually, that means during a walk with my dog, I try to spot something different, something cool or something that brings me some happiness. Whether it’s something big or small, it doesn’t matter. A highlight can be anything!

I love taking photos and would really like to share and see what you've come across. Something that made you smile, sparked your interest, or simply caught your eye. For me, it’s all the little things that count on the hard days.


To start, I’d like to share these beautiful birds I came across today. They like to appear like branches of a tree or the tree itself. They are called Tawny Frogmouth’s. Has anyone else seen these types of birds? My pics below -(hopefully not too small to see two in the tree on the left pic).

What have you seen today? ☀️💛🙏

 

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..wondering what it is that I said now @Glisten no matter.

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@TAB I have no idea which company that was lol! Rod Marsh was a relative of mine apparently. My aunt married one of his relatives.

You needed to know that didn't you? 🤣🤣

Going to try and google the insurance company now!

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@Rosepetal96 🐞💕🐭🐣

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@Chasingsunsets Hi good catching up again.

A big bad day from e but also good. Our dog Zeta was sold today. i already miss her so much but we both knew we had to do this. My dream had been to breed her. She is an awesome dog but also very energetic i have not been well. She and Shadow began jumping fences and taking off. Each place we had enclose - three in total she worked her way out. For she loves the poo of the birds and wants to chase them. The problem is we have sheep farmers around. i was forced to stay with them outside. I was often fat too unwell, nausea or in a state unable to run after her all the time. Plus she is about to go on heat. And that was the cycle i was going to breed her in but now we know i'm too unwell for such a responsibility. Hence we sold her for less than a third she cost us to make sure she will get a good home. A single mum with three young kids who has had a Rottweiler before and like me is a dog lover and not someone who would possibly do the wrong thing with her. We love her far too much for that.

@PeppyPatti @ENKELI @TAB @Glisten

Zeus is already depressed with Zeta gone, even though Shadow i still there. If she keeps running away we have to put her down, we hope she will not repeat this behaviour she never has before. Otherwise a far more difficult decision might have to be made for she is already 11 years old in a few months, and breed wise only has a few years left, so it might be hard to find a new owner for her. i don't really want to think about that. i love here a lot, even more than Zeta.

The loss is hard but i had no voices or emotional overload so far letting the hurt hurt. That is already massive progress for me.

As far as my wife and me concern. We had a great time today despite the loss and really found connection on this topic together. Next week or first couple session we both hope that will be the next step in our getting back together again. We both know going because we miss each other so much will not work, it was good to hug that moment together, but it still is bloody hard to see her leave again afterwards.

Only had two times voices -- considering the strss and emtional upheaval that is unheard of and in itself is noteworthy.

i hope you have nice day.

It hurts to know i'm never going to see them do this again together. We had so much fun. I certainly hold onto that memory.

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@Mustang67 My apologies. If I'd thought about the fact that the process changes from state to state I would have written my original post in English! In QLD they have conveyer belts. At some I think you can just park your car and the fairies come and take the cans and make the magic happen. At a lot of them you take your big bans in to the fairies. But I like the belts. They come with three sections, one glass, one plastic, one aluminium. And a little computer screen adds up each 10c when you put them through. I have no idea how the computer counts them but assume it has something to do with the fairies at the other end of the belts. I don't know if I'm weird, but I find the whole thing kind of cathartic

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Yes @Chasingsunsets @Mustang67 That is definately a Peachfaced Love-Bird.

I have one in my Aviary.

They're native to Africa.

I've never seen any escaped ones before - Like that one in the tree.

It does look happy to be out & on the loose...

I also have 3 Fishers Love-Birds, they're a bit smaller than Peachfaces.

Adge

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@Chasingsunsets this is the tree that I was talking about, that the lorikeets love the fruit at the top.

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@Chantarelle that sounds cool. I think I would prefer that method over trusting the people that work there to count them correctly. Lol

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@Mustang67 wrote:

@Chasingsunsets this is the tree that I was talking about, that the lorikeets love the fruit at the top.


Are they loquats? @Mustang67

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Someone I coach scored some bling at a national championship @Chasingsunsets

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