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DarkestHour

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In a Transformers collecting stalemate; small collection of unbuilt Gumpla; very slowly playing LoZ BotW, TotK, Link’s Awakening & Skyward Sword; Occasionally tries to draw; Life belongs to my dog; Former cosplayer (see owned by dog); old and jaded.

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Okay, it was nothing to do with his DoB. The verification wanted his home address, not the office address. Well, I guess that’s 1 thing sorted in a myriad of issues this week. 😅

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This week has been a disaster work wise, thanks to one of our suppliers. This week my boss is also on holiday. AND, now I can’t even order knife blades on our work Amazon acc. because for some reason, it won’t accept my boss’s DoB for age verification. He’s mid 50s!

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Right, I think I might be able to make a couple of props for people to collect at #TFNation next month. if folks are interested, DM me

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<< are a bit different. They come back year & year and flower spring to autumn so look pretty for a chunk of the year.

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Was thinking earlier, a hydrangea plant could be a nice option too. They can get thick & bushy, but are controllable. You’ve got the commons ones usually seen everywhere in pink or blue, or go for something different like a piniculata type, but there are many types. I’ve two lovely ones which >>

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I walked past a house with one in a large pot today, wish I’d grabbed one from a local store when they had them. But I don’t need more plants/shrubs/trees. 😅

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Yes. This! Also, heavier to keep trimmed down and tidy.

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Yes, would be a nice option. Nice sunny spot with good drainage and a good rose feed.

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Yeah, it comes down to restricting the root growth. And yes, tree surgery is expensive. My nephew had a tree removal business, but he’s not a tree surgeon, he employs trained people to do that.

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This time 8 years ago, I was prepping to go to Canada for TFCon. How times have changed.

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Also, I’m certainly no expert about trees, but i have several trees in my garden (in the ground, not pots) all which have gotten out of control at one point or another. Some have had to be removed as they are too big as garden trees. Well, unless you have a small field for a garden.

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<< popular around where I live. A few supermarkets etc have been selling them the past few years. That one takes years to get to full size, which I think is about 2.5m, no fruit though. The ones I pass look pretty. It can get quite bushy though, so needs some trimming to keep to tidy.

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Aww, that’s a lovely thing to do. 🫂 My mum put her cat’s ashes into a large pot with plants, but that was because she was renting and wanted to be able to take the pot with her when she moved. Most trees put into the ground have the potential to get big. I’ve noticed flamingo trees are getting >>

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Today I had 2 young fog trees delivered. Little Miss Figgy they are called. They grow up to 1.8m/6ft, but are more bush like, spreading about 1.4m than tree looking. I also have a raspberry tree. That will get to the same height. These pics are from the company I have them from.

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You can contain the size of fruit trees by planting them in pots (would want a decent size though) instead of the ground. Their size is determined by the root space. You can get grafted apple trees, where they are planted on a stem/root suitable for containers. >>

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Oh, Colin. I’m so sorry. Sending much love to you. 🫂

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I live both red onion and spring onions chopped in my salad. Now I can have both. 😁

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Well, not quite this time in 2021 as I’ve just noted the date on the pics says Feb 2021. I always assumed the For You vids the iPad generates were memories from this time <insert date>.

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My iPad played a photo compilation from this time in 2021. The compilation was titled Pet Friends and this bunch of photos came up. 😄 Tempest the Kaiju dog versus Metroplex the Autobot City-former.

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I think it was Brickowl I got the list from, but on Lego I was looking at the bricks, which seemed hard work to search on.

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I started looking into this, I have the parts list, but finding all those parts on their site was getting tedious. 😅

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I’ve used this BotW concept art for a couple of years. It makes me feel a bit more tranquil when I look at it. 😄

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Can we take a moment to admire Tempest’s natural eyeliner. So on point.

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Absolutely. The idea of buying new things to have something different is such a silly concept. 😆

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😅 As I often have to help people on their PCs here, if I set the PC up , it’s gets done my way. 😁

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When you change PCs and have to have every icon and pin in the exact same place. 😅

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3 years! That’s madness. Happy gotcha lovely Evie.

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If you still have a Switch, Crunchroll is on there too.

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I don’t think I know ME, but I still have nightmares about Vista. I swear it killed my rather expansive laptop it came installed on.

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If there’s one thing I constantly repeat in this office is ‘don’t touch my screen!’ I despise fingerprints on my monitors. This is NOT an invitation to touch my screen! 😱

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Boss ordered me a new all-in-one PC, after witnessing how long it takes for certain programs to open on mine, and now I’m forced to submit to Win11 😫 Also, the size of this thing! My hand for comparison, I have small hands. 😄

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War's End #4, which I did colour assists for, currently has one sketch of Deathsaurus.

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Last bump of this thread, with the last of the pre-drawn sketches available at TFN. I have more issues and boards I can sketch on, so might offer them after the show.

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Not just to show solidarity against Beeb censorship, but here's a friendly Nightshade.

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Don’t you call me out, too. I started one several weeks ago and haven’t gotten past the feet. 😆👀

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😆 But that means going into my junk room and opening boxes. 👀 He recently asked how many Bumblebee figs I have (not many, and I’ve given him 1), I told him I don’t know as they are packed in boxes. He keeps asking ‘have you counted for me yet.’ Next he’ll be telling me I’m a fake fan. 😅

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I’ve not come across them before. Are they in here? Do you have a link?…no pun…okay, maybe a little pun intended.

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<< all done over the fence between our gardens. As we were saying goodbye and he was collecting his things, he asked ‘when are you going to show me your stuff?’ 😅

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