Monday, August 27, 2012

We expect Alana's mum tomorrow and the kids are suddenly discovering this new tidying thing. Long may it last. We walked out last night and i got wallaby for biltong and dog tucker, and the exercise of carrying them back. The dogs got a wallaby foot to each, and Wednesday wandered around looking like she was smoking toenails. Tonight they are warming the place with their joyous flatulence - yes I have been reading too many Chinese-English written product descriptions on e-bay. How did you guess? My rifle swivels have arrived and now I have a strap, making carrying safer and easier. My seeds got here too from Phoenix seeds and I just have to get to planting soon. Basically I have onions and garlic for the new season in, a few carrots and beetroot, coming through, and broccoli, sugar snap peas and silverbeet holding us. That's FAR from what we need. There is a stock of capsicums surviving (sort of) in the greenbox but, I need to plant a lot more seedlings indoors, and prepare about about another 20 square meters of garden for planting....

The woodshed frame went up today - in the rain. It comes down tomorrow for some adjustment! Nothing is ever simple.


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  1. Taking advantage of your post to wish you a happy birthday on August 28. Many happy returns of the day! *hugs*

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    1. Thank you - being a year older in a day gave me a story idea :-)

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  2. I tried to post this on facebook, but it wasn't working:

    Well, by my watch it's not the 28th yet, but since you out-run time on a regular basis, I'll say Hippo Birdies anyway.

    Lisa S. in Seattle

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    1. :-)in respect for my new country. Wombat birdies :-)

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  3. It generally takes some sort of trauma to force a slob to turn into a neat freak; and a visit by Mom is relatively mild as they go. In my younger brothers case it took living with people whose habits were bad enough to appall him: "We don't have an 'ant problem'. We have a 'people spill food on the floor and don't clean it up problem.'"

    I'm waiting to see if his new found ways outlast his current living arrangements.

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