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Przewalski's horse[a] (Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii), also called the takhi, Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered wild horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia. It is named after the Russian geographer and explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky. Once extinct in the wild, since the 1990s it has been reintroduced to its native habitat in Mongolia in the Hustai National Park, Takhin Tal Nature Reserve, Khomiin Tal, and several other locales in Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Several genetic characteristics of Przewalski's horse differ from those seen in modern domestic horses, indicating neither is an ancestor of the other. For example Przewalski's horse has 33 chromosome pairs compared with 32 for the domestic horse. Their ancestral lineages split from a common ancestor between 160,000 and 38,000 years ago, long before the domestication of the horse. Przewalski's horse was long considered the only remaining truly wild horse, in contrast with the American mustang and the Australian brumby, which are feral horses descended from domesticated animals. That status was called into question when domestic horses of the 5,000-year-old Botai culture of Central Asia were found to be more closely related to Przewalski's horses than to E. f. caballus. The study raised the possibility that modern Przewalski's horses could be the feral descendants of the domestic Botai horses. However, it remains possible that both the Botai horses and the modern Przewalski's horses descend separately from the same ancient wild Przewalski's horse population. Its taxonomic position is still debated, with some taxonomists treating Przewalski's horse as a species, E. przewalskii, others as a subspecies of wild horse (E. ferus przewalskii) or a variety of the domesticated horse (E. ferus caballus).

Przewalski's horse is stockily built, smaller, and shorter than its domesticated relatives. Typical height is about 12–14 hands (48–56 inches, 122–142 cm), and the average weight is around 300 kg (660 lb). They have a dun coat with pangaré features and often have dark primitive markings.

The Takhi horse is a long time favourite in Czech Republic, given the Prague zoo has the longest uninterrupted history of breeding Przewalski's horses in the world and keeps the studbook of this species. In 2011, Prague Zoo started a new project, Return of the Wild Horses. With the support of public and many strategic partners, dozens of captive-bred horses are being transported to the Gobi desert in Mongolia and to Kazachstan, returning them to their once homeland where they went extinct.

Happy Tuesday!
Never got here yesterday, because after I took DBD to the meeting point for their week-long school trip (intense swimming training Mon-Fri), I went to work, stayed late making up time, then library and then a well deserved long massage, meaning I got home at 6:30 and all I was able to do were the basic routines and dinner.
I have an online seminar from 9 to 2 today, so I am doing home office - no point in sitting with my earbuds in the office! Also, it means I don't have to rush this morning and I will be (at least in theory) able to start on housework / yard work at 2pm.


TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- snacks for all kids
- DS and DH off the door
- internet time

ToDos
- morning routine
- 30 on cleaning / pick up
- get started on work

Braindump
work
- online seminar
- look at affidavits for product design - must do today / tomorrow!
- confirm workshop - Thursday
- BoD task status update + reminders
- prepare/schedule 2 compliance controls - legal + UW
- new documentation by RL - sign off
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- update land contract
- home insurance!!!
- email to DBD's teacher
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- plan for March & April
- get started on taxes
cleaning
- clean DBD's room
- clean twins' room
- clean DS1's room
- clean master bedroom
- clean master bathroom
- clean kitchen
- clean out / reorganize attic
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
- spiff up office
laundry
- load of linens
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside - weekend
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyards
- start cleaning out the carpool
- seeding plan for veggie garden
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- install green house
- fertilize roses
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

Good morning, Trissie, and thank you for starting us off. How very interesting about the Czech Republic '" breeding programmes with Przewalski's horse!

Helia, your supper sounded yummy! Which reminds me, we haven't had pork chops for ages!

L.Ann, your spring weather sounds similar to ours except (for once!) without the drizzle!

KitKat, my spring garden is very green ATM. Everything is coming back to life, and the and the flowers are making an appearance:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/l ... kohiorV2hi

Gma,.yikes on the root canals! Ive had one, years ago, and all I remember was what a relief it was to be free of the pain I'd had, now the nerve was gone.

Bama, Dogged is right, and there's always that one extra special pet that comes I to our lives - DDeparted Trifle was mine.

Dogged, you're a mine of information about dogs - it's been fascinating to read! Cats are so different (sigh!). No cheap (er) OTC human remedies for them! I came across this article yesterday evening, and wondered whether it might help Germane at all?
https://www.vettimes.com/clinical/small ... s-and-cats

I never made it back yesterday , but my day consisted of a nice walk, time in my garden, chatting g with Dnextdoorneighbour C, and a good blitz upstairs in my house. I also put away the light box for the summer, and reorganised part of the bottom of my wardrobe. And I found Fred's insurance papers, ready for his blood test and full health check next week.

Today is another cloudy, grey start, but dry so far. I need to prioritise another walk (I got out of the habit a bit over the winter, as we had so much rain - some areas had 50 days straight of rain, and we had over 40 days. I don't mind going out in a little drizzle, but that was just too much!) I need to check my pots and see if any more of the daffodils have finished flowering and need to be moved, and if any of them need a drink. We haven't had significant rain for a while!

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order no later than 9pm
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
Pick up meds and food for Fred and Matilda - remember Petplan
12 pm parish lunch -there will be 10 of us
3.30 pm fitting appointment for orthotics (a d if all goes well, I'll take them home with me!)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
2/4 weight check -Jude
31/3 bloods/Solensia health check under sedation -Fred

Sometime when it stops raining - roofer L will work on Garage roof and small house job
11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Collect my prescription from pharmacy
Order new orthotics - WIP
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Lightbox session ( I don't really need this any more, so I'll put it away for the summer)
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched for his walk
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash throw for spare room bed and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen
Spray roses WIP

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Topdress roses in pots #1#2#3
Repot that rose that needs it
Mulch roses in borders with FYM - front garden done back garden
Feed roses their special food
Slow release fertiliser on borders
Feed lawn
Think about what I'm going to grow in *that* patch, which is sloping and shaded now the climbing hydrangea is gone. Montbretia at the back are fine, with supports so they don't flop everywhere, and I can keep an eye on them to make sure they dont spread into everything. There is a hardy geranium that's looking sad, but it might do better with less competition and more light? Maybe I could just sow some low growing hardy annuals and see what happens? Planted hellebores in that "difficult " spot
Buy some more pansies
April (depending on weather!).buy geraniums (work out how many I'll need in advance! - 24?)


Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1

Good morning Ladies!
Thanks for the start trissie - So nice you took the time for a massage! - We have (or used to have?) Przewalski's horses at the Toronto zoo... It's been years since I went. I see a green house on your list. That's exciting.
Kittykatt LOVE your garden. You do a wonderful job with container gardening, something I'd like to attempt .

Dpup decided that 5:30 is her "new time" to get up... I'm not excited about it. She noticed a bunny in the backyard last night and got a little too boisterous. I hope bunny does not decide that my yard is the perfect place for the babies... (Last Easter's story: I went out to hide Easter eggs for kids; pup started sniffing near a shrub. I looked: there was fluff covering a hole in the ground. Then the fluff started moving rhythmically... Somehow, I talked pup out of further investigation, fenced off the area until further notice. ).

We have not been able to connect with Dfriend: there is a 5 hour time difference... We are on summer hours - they have not changed the clock yet. Hopefully, later today.
Sitting here warming my back. It became my morning routine. Definitely helps with movement. Big pains subsided, I'm functional. (Thanks for asking, Bama)

Today I should be catching up in the house. There is also a coffee planned with DD. Gym class in the evening.
Will be starting with MR
-pay phone bill
-make shopping list
-keep laundry moving

Good morning, KitKat! Thank you for your very kind words. I can sympathise with your early start -Matilda has decided that 5.45 am is the perfect time to get up! Fortunately our clocks do their thing for summer time this coming weekend, so that should buy me a little extra dark time in the morning (for a few weeks, and then as the days get much longer still, it will get light really early!)

It's still grey and overcast but dry for now. I've take Fred out and had some time in my tiny front garden. Just had coffee, and now I'm going to to tackle the pots in my back garden.

To do:

Appointments:
Tuesday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Wednesday:
DH to office
At home for me
Final touches to Waitrose order no later than 9pm
Thursday:
DH WFH
10.30 am church
Any errands to run?
Can I hoover the car?
Pick up meds and food for Fred and Matilda - remember Petplan
12 pm parish lunch -there will be 10 of us
3.30 pm fitting appointment for orthotics (a d if all goes well, I'll take them home with me!)
6-7 pm Waitrose delivery
Friday:
DH WFH
At home for me
Saturday:
DH??
Text DF E re coffee tomorrow
Sunday:
Church 9.30 am
Visit DF E for coffee
Laxapet Jude and Matilda
Set up new Waitrose delivery

Future dates to note:
2/4 weight check -Jude
31/3 bloods/Solensia health check under sedation -Fred

Sometime when it stops raining - roofer L will work on Garage roof and small house job
11/5 (this may get pushed back if the rain doesn't stop, but J will contact me the week before) - painter J to paint outside of house and clean fascias./downpipes etc

Outstanding deliveries:

Extras:
Deal with eBay issue
Collect my prescription from pharmacy
Order new orthotics - WIP
Can I do 15 minutes of decluttering each day?
Digital decluttering- Google Photos for 2024 and 2025
Pick up my footprints
Book eye test for me
Sort prints and put in albums (this will probably be an activity to do on wet days!) WIP I am now finished with 2025 for the cats
Think about setting up Guardianship for F,J and M - looked on Cats' Protection, I need their microchip numbers, approximate DOB, colour and markings and useful information about them. Bookmark link with local recommended solicitors (also ask DF CW?)

To do:
Early morning:
Cuddles and treats on the bed with Matilda,
Jude and Freddie
Cup of tea
QT
Lightbox session ( I don't really need this any more, so I'll put it away for the summer)
Make bed
Shower / wash hair/ moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
DH launched for his walk
Physio exercises and back exercises WIP
Proprioceptors exercises X1 x2 x3
S/S bathroom
Get dressed
Breakfast and meds / supplements - me
DRINK WATER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8
Check bank account
Go for my walk

Garden:
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden

Cats:
Cats’ breakfast and meds / supplements
Fresh water in cat bowls
Scoop cat trays
Check Jude’s bowl
Check Matilda's bowl
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Play with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Head rubs with Jude, Freddie and Matilda
Cats' supper

House:
Rubbish down to wheelie bins
Kitchen clean up
Unload DW
Load DW
Run DW when full
Unload DW
PUPA downstairs
Quick dust sitting room
Quick hoover downstairs
PUPA upstairs
Quick dust bedrooms
Quick hoover upstairs
Lunch
Supper
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Journal three things I am thankful for today
Hand cream

Extra house tasks:

Monday:
Clean bathroom
Clean spare room
Clean bedroom
Wash throw for spare room bed and cat blankets

Tuesday:
Clean hall
Clean sitting room
Clean stairs
Empty hoover before starting work
Wheelie bins back when dustmen have been
Filing paperwork for 15 minutes

Wednesday:
Clean kitchen

Garden extras:
Water pots
Feed pots weekly
Topdress roses in pots #1#2#3
Repot that rose that needs it
Mulch roses in borders with FYM - front garden done back garden
Feed roses their special food
Slow release fertiliser on borders
Feed lawn
Think about what I'm going to grow in *that* patch, which is sloping and shaded now the climbing hydrangea is gone. Montbretia at the back are fine, with supports so they don't flop everywhere, and I can keep an eye on them to make sure they dont spread into everything. There is a hardy geranium that's looking sad, but it might do better with less competition and more light? Maybe I could just sow some low growing hardy annuals and see what happens? Planted hellebores in that "difficult " spot
Buy some more pansies
April (depending on weather!).buy geraniums (work out how many I'll need in advance! - 24?)


Financial:
More work on budget WIP- look at discretionary payments this week 30 minute sessions #1
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