Another damp and cool day down here. I finished the string of elephants, still to deliver them, and another day or two of my daily stitch. I am still having good fun working out what to do with it. John cut back the jasmine on the garage, I handed up tools and held the ladder. I am sorting out the stuff to take to the Grampian texture next week end. I am having a bit of a panic about it all but I am sure I will be OK. Sorry this is a bit of a nothing post, I am tired.
It has been damp, not proper rain, the odd grumble of thunder, a short power outage and now it is warming up again. Through the back gate, wish it was a bit greener but it is summer. Then a different coloured succulent flowering, lost its name for the moment! Age. Remembered, its a sedum. The bases of the woolly verbascum (mullein) are showing up in the gravel by the track up to the house, maybe a short trip in the car to look at the sea, things going on in the town and roads closed but we should be ok if we go out the back way.
My pea hen with one of her chicks, she still has four, a bright flower in the garden, a dreaded gazania but I enjoy them even if they do go a little wild. we walked this morning before the rain, lovely skies again over the sea and this photo I took of water over the reef, to me it almost looks like something taken from a plane. The Bluff and the Island were looking lovely. It has drizzled a bit all day but nothing to speak of in it. We planted a couple of trees today, I just hope the promised rain appears. I have been very frustrated as the three elephants that I have made for Lachlan to be a cot string, all ok except when I strung them together the middle one turned upside down. Very annoying but I think maybe I have worked out how to fix it. String them along a cord. I will see how that works out. Better look to our dinner and make sure nothing burns.
A new flower and a few filling stitches, you may not be able to see them but they are there.
I always think the bit of the Bluff that goes into the sea looks a bit like the remains of a dragons tail. It was cool this morning with low cloud, now its quite warm, I am not sure really how beneficial these walks are, i come home very tired. Not only that but with my woeful eye sight when I went to sweep the kitchen floor I found under the couch 2 old George poos. yuk, I have just had to scrub the floor. sometimes I think it would be nice to be looked after.
We were in Adelaide yesterday, a long day as we started early for our hairdressing appointments and got caught up in traffic, a very slow trip across town, and then up to my friend P's house to set up for my sisters birthday lunch, it isnt her birthday until Thursday but as we were in town a good day to celebrate her 83 years. Lunch tasted pretty good too. Then on the way home I went to a big shopping centre to buy some make up, first the usual car park entry was closed, I know what I am doing from there, then we went up to an undercover park and I walked miles to find the mall entry and then finally got to where I was going and got terribly lost on the way back to find the car. John was in it and what I didnt know was that his phone wasnt working or I would have panicked even more. I did finally find him after walking my feet off.Home both of us a bit cross and tired, then to make dinner, well a pretty scratch meal. today I feel totally wiped out. Nice walk on the beach, the blue crane was looking for breakfast and what you cant see was him wriggling one foot and then suddenly, caught something. fascinating. Back home I had a huge wash up to do, my fault for not having time or inclination to do them yesterday. John had a meeting and, well perhaps a nana nap would be a good idea. I am feeling a bit old, warming up again too.
Not many on the beach this morning, daylight saving should have finished by now but I think we have about 3 weeks left of the wretched thing. Dark at 7 am this morning. I am having lunch for my sisters birthday at my friend P's place tomorrow, her actual birthday isnt until the 9th but we have hair cuts and 2 trips to town in a week isnt on. I have made a cake and an impossible pie, will sort a salad to take as well, I am not used to cooking like this any more, I am very tired and my feet really dont like me being on them for most of the day. Nothing fancy but I hope it is all ok. Loved the sea weed on the beach this morning. lovely shapes and the water over the reef was so clear, very low tide again so it is fun to photograph the shapes of weed, rocks and ripples. The two adult and the fledged chick hooded plover were on the beach again this morning. Always nice to see them.
