catch up

I spent the weekend in Melbourne catching up with family and friends.  I had a couple of hours in the CBD .  I had a lovely lunch with Floss and then a bit of a walk around - not really much different to home and pretty hard on the feet!

this scary photo is my brother after he came into contact with the bitumen as a result of a fall from his bike - says he's feeling a bit better now!!!!!

Tossie drove me to see b and k and received a terrarium for her troubles...plus a lovely lunch

Then back to Abbotsford where Peter had left some Haig Dimple scotch for me to taste - very nice - I had to have a couple to make sure!

Chips and pizzas for dinner.....

you've got to crack eggs to make an omelette

some parts of my garden are looking ok

but for others, it's the time of the year when you have to be a bit brutal.  I am now exposed to the world walking down the street - I wanted to post these pics so that I can see how long it takes for a euphorbia to return to normal.

Hopefully by September, the verandah will be a shaded and secluded place again!!!!

now that's enough

First it was the ironing board cover.......

Then this morning I was in the shower and heard a crash.  When I came out I found this on the floor:

Somehow, it had jumped sideways off the wall and landed in the doorway.  You can see the hook it was on just to the left and above the light switch

Anyone know a good exorcist?

perhaps these boys know something?

a weekend away

I have just spent a very nice weekend at Evans Head.  It was cold and wet and I hope that's my only real dose of winter for this year.  I think at last I have acclimatised to Briz and was very glad to see some sun when I got back.

We went for a walk along Airforce Beach but had to turn back when it started to rain......

At least there was a lovely rainbow!!

This is a very cosy spot to be - with a bottle of Chivas and some chips!

and in the morning, this was just as cosy for breakfast in bed!  Bed covering consisted of TWO donnas and a blanket!!

There's a very happy little echidna wandering around in Marina's garden.......

There's also another echidna by her front door for boots to be cleaned on!  I hope he wasn't related to the one in the garden!!

re-organisation

This weekend I had another go at re-organising my life.  There's so much stuff in my house that I think I need professional help to organise it.  Anyway, I went to K Mart on Saturday and brought this box home - note the weight - 22 KILOS!!!  An obliging young man put it in the trolley for me and then I had to manhandle it into the car and out again and then up the stairs on the wheels!!

That was not the end of it - once inside I had to unpack it and screw it all together..... but I did it!!!
Success and here's what it was:

 A shelf to put shoes in - wonderful.....I might even get another one and put it on top but it's quite nice to see the entire window - and it does make things a bit brighter.

I manhandled the chest of drawers out of the dressing room into the spare bedroom where it looks ok.  I am now looking for a new home for the small brown chest of drawers which I think needs a coat of white paint

All the sweetie boxes have been moved to the top of the chest of drawers

and that leaves this table looking for a new home - might keep it in the study for a while

 the pineapple's are looking good, and so are the flowery baskets and the garden - after all the work I've been doing in it, so it should!!!!!

Gardening - things that make me stiff

I spent quite a large proportion of this weekend in my garden.  It's a small garden but still takes a lot of looking after - particularly after all the rain we've had and the weeds that have grown,

 In the spot left where Bill helped me to take out the tree, I have put a poinsettia and a lime tree to try to hide the veryrich fence

 Vodka and lime on the verandah this time next year?

 Berries are looking good ..........

and one quarter of the 'quilt' garden has been given the treatment - three to go! and that took three hours of saturday and two of sunday!

This bad thing has moved out of the garden and is growing a large family of hippies on the path.  I have a plan to kidnap someone with enough muscles to dig it out and put it in front of my picket fence.

Strange fruits - Coles had pomegranates for $1 each - worth buying even if you don't like them (which I do) because they look so pretty.

 These strange fruits are finger limes which Bill has grown at Nimbin - they're full of little bursts of lime flavour and quite delicious scattered over salad

neighbours

we live in a narrow street and it can be quite difficult sometimes to swing out and get into your garage or carport if cars are parked opposite.  Yesterday a young friend parked her car opposite my house in a spot that apparently made it difficult for mrs veryrichbuilder to get her black 4wd bmw into the veryrich compound through the sliding gates.
I was on the nature strip with Bill loading the trailer but she ignored us and left this note on Laura's windscreen

Interesting really - I was wondering if any of the veryrichs knew how to write - she obviously passed printing at school.  Shame she didn't enrol in social relationships!