Flowering gum flowers and morning walk

I nipped over the road this morning to cut the last few remaining flowers that I could reach on the flowering gum over the road. too nice not to have them inside. I also brought in a lot of ants! We walked again this morning and again a very low tide. I suppose because of the super blue moon we have just had. too cloudy here to see it. I felt terribly stiff this morning but it was a good walk. I put the poor starfish that was on the sand back into the water. I think I felt stiff because I went over to see Sarah yesterday and we walked out to see the ponies, probably a longer walk or rougher than I normally have. I have felt terribly tired today. I do hate this getting old. I am trying to do too many things at once I think, getting my little squares stitched together for India Flints little class, making legs for both my rat and duck from Jill Maas patterns, most of the bodies are done but I need help from John to twist the wires and I found the duck leg description a bit confusing. I might add so did John but I think we have worked it out. Still got to get to my TAST for this week, herringbone stitch and my daily stitch has fallen by the wayside a bit. A lot of wandering from my chair to the work room and back. After the bit of rain we had John is out there mowing the edges of the lawn, they have grown more than the middle. Time to feed Max and George, they get a bit stroppy if I dont feed them on time.

Walking this morning, a very low tide

I seem to have an infected cheek, dont really know how or why but ended up seeing the duty doctor late yesterday afternoon so am now on antibiotics, still feel rather off and trying not to scratch. Looks awful and I am not keen on being seen out in public. We walked this morning, a very low tide and it was windy and can you believe it, cold. The Pacific gull was standing on a sand bank that was way out of the water, there was froth and bubbles and only one other person and her dog, daisy on the beach. I walk so slowly compared to others. I have a chicken curry on for dinner, I have repotted some succulents and given some of my pots some soluable fertiliser and made a ratty body and two arms. On my way. Hope I feel better tomorrow.

Once a doll maker, always a doll maker.

It has rained today, cooler and lovely. We walked this morning but John has just shut down the computer with my photos on it so....Instead photos of the doll I have just finished. One of Jill Maas creations, but I can't find the pattern so had to make it up, a bit odd in the arms but no one will notice when she is dressed. Finally her hair, can't find my hair but found this knitting stuff which did well. Pleased with her. Now for Ratty with his hottie. Max beat his way into the house again last night, I wouldn't mind if he didn't smell. As a rescue dog I can't wash him he won't let me near him with a brush or water, he is so sweet in every other way. Oh well.

No snakes seen on our walk today

Although there could have been, we walked on the top of the cliffs, long grass on the side of the path. It got hot quite quickly. I will be glad when we get a decent change but not for a while I think. Most of the day was spent inside, I sewed and we both watched an Audrey Hepburn/Cary Grant film set in Paris, Charade. It was quite fun and she is was so beautiful. Nice just occasionally to do that. We watched well no I watched the New Zealand film Hunt for the Wildepeople with Sam Neil and the 'fat boy' very funny, we had seen it before and I loved it as much the second time around. 'George and Max seem to be at odds with each other, I moved Georges meals area to near an outside door and I think Max comes and makes faces at him. There seems to have been a lot of swearing going on. Dinner (crumbed Coorong mullet) is ready to be cooked and the salad is made. I have just had a glass of bubbly. feeling a bit relaxed, finally. Just hope I survive this wretched weather, give me winter any time.

Walking

We have walked the last few mornings although to day was shopping and by the time I have sorted that out and loaded and unloaded the car I am tired so no walk and it is warming up too. There are a lot of Pacific gulls around at the moment and yesterdays walk along the cliffs was cool and overcast and rather lovely, today the clouds have burnt off and the expected few days of heat dont sound too good although I believe it wont be as hot as Adelaide thank goodness. It is Australia day tomorrow and as John was an Australia day recipient we will go in for the celebrations in the town. Hope it is still reasonably cool.I really dont like the heat and my body these days certainly doesnt cope with it very well. My feet swell and ache. I was going to do some sewing but at the moment just feel like reading a book. The stapeleia flower is the second one on this plant, it was covered in ants and blow flies at one stage so I think it does smell like rotten meat, even though it is such a spectacular flower.

Odds and ends

My camera is not talking to my laptop so I am having to use those I have on my tablet. We had a lovely walk this morning along the cliffs. The orchid is a very out of season zygopetalum (should be in autumn). I have a few more pots out the front and I have been having a bit of fun with stitching. I spent a busy day tidying up and looking for some fabric to make Jill Maas' Ratty pattern. A small job that took forever to get done. At least it was a cool and pleasant day.

Walking the beach near Hayborough and a new flower

We decided to go and walk the beach near Bridge Point at Hayborough this morning, we havent been there for ages but as it was cooler and overcast a nice firm sandy beach to walk on. Lots of dog walkers but nice to go on a different beach for a change. This one hasnt got much in the way of shells though. We walked for about an hour and I was really ready to come home and have a coffee and a sit down. I found this magnificent flower on a strange plant in the gravel wastes (as I call them) first I thought it was a euphorbia but then realised that it was a stapelia, I hadnt ever seen this one I think it is grandiflora, I only knew the smaller more common one. Love this and even if the flower is supposed to smell of rotten meat so far I cant smell it. Must take a piece off. A lot of the ones here look quite sad but there are a couple that look ok. I bought some more petunias today too and potted them into the two cement pots I have had waiting for something to go in them. I just hope they get established a bit before the week end when it is supposed to heat up again, although I dont think this time we will be as hot as Adelaide, they are expecting 40, 42, 42 a proper South Australian summer heat wave. Not much one can do but walk early and then find something easy to do like hand sewing, which I am doing or reading. I went mad yesterday and bought Jill Maas's lovely Ratty pattern, but of course now I cant find the fabric for him, another trip to the container, sigh.