It’s a new month already.

We’ve had the whole rain hail and shine thing today. Mrs daughter is better, thank goodness. But the sick pullet is only marginally better. Polka is still inside in the warmth, her best friend Cleo is with her. Cleo goes off the deep end if we separate them. The noise! I’m actually considering an avian vet, have to weight up the risks, and costs, as tests will be needed.

The dishwasher finally died and I made hubby ring about for a newie. It’s sitting in the box right beside me waiting to be installed. You can only fix an old appliance so many times. We went to pick up the newie in Critters big covered Ute and I waited in it whilst hubby went to pay and get the thing loaded in the back. It hailed so hard I couldn’t see out of the windscreen for the pile of ice. Bloody freezing.

More freezing to come by the looks of things…even RoughBarked will be getting rain?

It’s a bother with the chookens, isn’t it…hard to tell if they’ll come good or they’re languishing without complaint…

Dinetta said:

More freezing to come by the looks of things…even RoughBarked will be getting rain?

It’s a bother with the chookens, isn’t it…hard to tell if they’ll come good or they’re languishing without complaint…

I could say it rained several times and even looked like snow but it didn’t stop me from being out in it. I reduced a pile of weeping mulberry prunings that was 2 m high x 5 m x 5 m, down to a heap that was 1 m x 2 m x 2 m.

roughbarked said:

I could say it rained several times and even looked like snow but it didn’t stop me from being out in it. I reduced a pile of weeping mulberry prunings that was 2 m high x 5 m x 5 m, down to a heap that was 1 m x 2 m x 2 m.

Onya!

Pardon my ignorance, but what did you reduce them to?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I could say it rained several times and even looked like snow but it didn’t stop me from being out in it. I reduced a pile of weeping mulberry prunings that was 2 m high x 5 m x 5 m, down to a heap that was 1 m x 2 m x 2 m.

Onya!

Pardon my ignorance, but what did you reduce them to?

Bits that can be tossed into the stove when they dry. The rest is mostly instant kindling.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I could say it rained several times and even looked like snow but it didn’t stop me from being out in it. I reduced a pile of weeping mulberry prunings that was 2 m high x 5 m x 5 m, down to a heap that was 1 m x 2 m x 2 m.

Onya!

Pardon my ignorance, but what did you reduce them to?

Bits that can be tossed into the stove when they dry. The rest is mostly instant kindling.

Sounds good…have you a slow combustion range?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Onya!

Pardon my ignorance, but what did you reduce them to?

Bits that can be tossed into the stove when they dry. The rest is mostly instant kindling.

Sounds good…have you a slow combustion range?

A wood recycler, yes.

Hello Gardeners….forum is back.

:)

Yay! I mightn’t spend the time here I could, but just knowing yous are in my pc is comforting, lol.

buffy said:

Hello Gardeners….forum is back.

:)

:) :)

buffy said:

Hello Gardeners….forum is back.

:)

YAY!!

Searching for ticking on the internet…found a nice piece earlier this afternoon but do you think I can find it now???

:(

Dinetta said:

Searching for ticking on the internet…found a nice piece earlier this afternoon but do you think I can find it now???

:(

Search your history?

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Searching for ticking on the internet…found a nice piece earlier this afternoon but do you think I can find it now???

:(

Search your history?

Tried that, only managed the last 10 sites visited sequentially so anything visited before that doesn’t show…this is Moz Firefox…

That’s 15…

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Searching for ticking on the internet…found a nice piece earlier this afternoon but do you think I can find it now???

:(

Search your history?

Tried that, only managed the last 10 sites visited sequentially so anything visited before that doesn’t show…this is Moz Firefox…

You can set your history to as many days as you like. However this does bog the computer down a bit. Mozilla default is nine days if you don’t change anything.

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

Searching for ticking on the internet…found a nice piece earlier this afternoon but do you think I can find it now???

:(

Search your history?

Tried that, only managed the last 10 sites visited sequentially so anything visited before that doesn’t show…this is Moz Firefox…

Use ‘show all history’ to bring up the history window. It should show
Today
Yesterday
last 7 days
last month and up to the last six months.

Thanks RoughBarked, I found it in the three horizontal bars up the top right…

Still can’t find it but I think my memory might be faulty as to what I saw, there is another picture that looks very like…(looking for ticking, thank goodness my credit cards are maxed…)

Just found out that my employer’s wife has had a stroke and is in hospital. No work until further notice.

bluegreen said:

Just found out that my employer’s wife has had a stroke and is in hospital. No work until further notice.

Ooooh that’s no good BlueGreen…not for the lady I mean…was it a big one or a mini one?

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Just found out that my employer’s wife has had a stroke and is in hospital. No work until further notice.

Ooooh that’s no good BlueGreen…not for the lady I mean…was it a big one or a mini one?

Don’t know any further details. The girl that does the accounts rang me and she was obvious upset (family friend) so I didn’t want to press.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Just found out that my employer’s wife has had a stroke and is in hospital. No work until further notice.

Ooooh that’s no good BlueGreen…not for the lady I mean…was it a big one or a mini one?

Don’t know any further details. The girl that does the accounts rang me and she was obvious upset (family friend) so I didn’t want to press.

The lack of work bit doesn’t bother me too much although I am sure Centrelink will be.

bluegreen said:

Just found out that my employer’s wife has had a stroke and is in hospital. No work until further notice.

Oh no! I hope they get her back to good, modern medicine and all.

I didn’t go to my course today, it’s onto cakes now and todays task was making a carrot cake. I hardly need instruction for a carrot cake, could make one with both eyes closed.

Still minding the sick chookies and so far so good. The last of the fertile eggs are hatching and the last just popped out. It’ll join the others in the warm box when dried off, then out to mum tonight.
I’ll make a carrot cake anyway, lol, and got some egg whites so little meringues too for filling. Oranges aplenty, so might make orange mousse for the filling.

Hello Gardeners. After the frost, a gorgeous day. I have been weeding and then mowing in the weeds to the grass. And I used the mower and catcher to get some oak leaves mulched up to put around the blueberries.

There is also one pomegranate tree out there that I expect will pick up its roots and run next time it sees me with secateurs and loppers. I’m ‘persuading’ it to grow up into a tree-like structure….so it loses a lot of lower stuff each year. It is getting some shape now, about 5 years in.

I am now ready for a bit of a lie down.

head hurts :(

bluegreen said:

head hurts :(

Not good. Hit it harder this time.

bluegreen said:

head hurts :(

What from? Not well? hope you get better quick then, if that’s the case xx

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

head hurts :(

What from? Not well? hope you get better quick then, if that’s the case xx

woke up with it. otherwise I feel as usual.

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

head hurts :(

Not good. Hit it harder this time.

Hahahahaha!

Happy Potter said:

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

oh no!

((((HUGS))))

Happy Potter said:

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

If there’s one thing I’ve realised in the past two weeks, it’s that I need to get out more…force myself to go to things…they can only laugh at me…I haven’t been to Mah Jong for 3 weeks and it’s just at the bottom of the street…haven’t been to morning prayer on Wed mornings for 2 months…

You’re right, it doesn’t mean you have to cope well…be kind to yourself, tho’…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

head hurts :(

Not good. Hit it harder this time.

Hahahahaha!

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

Life can be tough but only you can live yours. That’s what I keep telling myself.

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Not good. Hit it harder this time.

Hahahahaha!

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

Sorry, I have been flirting with suicidal of late.

Happy Potter said:

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

That is how my Mr Poo ended up, last night was seizures every half hour, basically went most of the night, I never went that far with injections, it was his time :( approx 18months from his first one :(

Dinetta said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

If there’s one thing I’ve realised in the past two weeks, it’s that I need to get out more…force myself to go to things…they can only laugh at me…I haven’t been to Mah Jong for 3 weeks and it’s just at the bottom of the street…haven’t been to morning prayer on Wed mornings for 2 months…

You’re right, it doesn’t mean you have to cope well…be kind to yourself, tho’…

Sage advice :) Yes being kind to myself. And avoiding whingers with ‘first world problems’. I do have to force myself to go out though.
I took a bag of my sweet oranges to a family with a young ‘I never eat oranges’ son of about 11 and he sent me a photo of a half orange stuffed in his mouth holding up a sign with ’999.999 % rating’ on it.
It so made me laugh hard :)

Thee’s Estate said:

Happy Potter said:

I’ve had a tough night and not long woken. Max had a seizure at 3 am, made the whole bed shake, he was panting heavily and drooling. I was trying to do ten things at once, hold him so he wouldn’t fall off the bed, get the lights on then get him on the floor to hold him. It lasted 45 minutes. The man was on nightshift. Next we will have to have an injection here to give him to ease his symptoms, but it is closely getting to ‘that time’. This, and then the little pullet dying, is tipping me over the edge and I haven’t been out for weeks. I know I know, that’s how life is, but it doesn’t mean I have to cope well and be graceful about it. I’m a bloody mess.
I wont leave Max alone so I make sure someone’s here if I have to go out. I’m minding little granddaughter this arvo while her parents go to their accountants appointment, but the man will be here to mind Max.

That is how my Mr Poo ended up, last night was seizures every half hour, basically went most of the night, I never went that far with injections, it was his time :( approx 18months from his first one :(

That is so sad. Max doesn’t get them that often, once a week, happy all other times, still chasing birds. It’s just that they are getting more severe, and lasting longer.

When did he have his first one C ? Mr Poo’s where like every month or so, medicated for this and then on stronger dose until was not fair on him. He has a great send off though, all bells and whistles for him. Still miss him so much xxx Since then I adopted an old pug, Mr Pugsley was 8 and now his is a fit fat old 10 plus hahahaha

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Not good. Hit it harder this time.

Hahahahaha!

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

:D

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Dinetta said:

Hahahahaha!

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

Sorry, I have been flirting with suicidal of late.

don’t do that, we’d miss you :(

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

Sorry, I have been flirting with suicidal of late.

don’t do that, we’d miss you :(

The fact that I haven’t should add credibility.

Thee’s Estate said:

When did he have his first one C ? Mr Poo’s where like every month or so, medicated for this and then on stronger dose until was not fair on him. He has a great send off though, all bells and whistles for him. Still miss him so much xxx Since then I adopted an old pug, Mr Pugsley was 8 and now his is a fit fat old 10 plus hahahaha

About 15 months ago, seizures caused by an inner ear infection, vestibular attacks.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

sorry BlueGreen but if RoughBarked said it to me, I’d say the same…

Sorry, I have been flirting with suicidal of late.

don’t do that, we’d miss you :(

…it was bad enough when he was off the ‘net just recently, wasn’t it?

roughbarked said:

The fact that I haven’t should add credibility.

as long as you don’t go from flirting to serious dating!

I friend down the road has me worried. She is being harassed by her neighbour who owns all the houses in the close except hers, and he wants it. He does things like run at her with his ride on mower and mutters “I’m going to get you” under his breath when he walks by. He lets her cute as a button dog out when she is not home then calls the council and she gets fined. It seems he has the council and the local police’s ear as they ignore her if she complains. The onus is on her to prove it but she is on the disability so can’t afford security cameras or the like. Last time I spoke to her she was saying she has nothing left to live for and has updated her will and if anything happens to her little dog then…. And the latest rain had her house leaking in 3 places including the bedroom.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Sorry, I have been flirting with suicidal of late.

don’t do that, we’d miss you :(

The fact that I haven’t should add credibility.

Good.

Don’t you ever..do that.

Happy Potter said:

Thee’s Estate said:

When did he have his first one C ? Mr Poo’s where like every month or so, medicated for this and then on stronger dose until was not fair on him. He has a great send off though, all bells and whistles for him. Still miss him so much xxx Since then I adopted an old pug, Mr Pugsley was 8 and now his is a fit fat old 10 plus hahahaha

About 15 months ago, seizures caused by an inner ear infection, vestibular attacks.

Vet said Mr Poo’s would have been a brain tumor :( (most likely without $$$ MRI)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

The fact that I haven’t should add credibility.

as long as you don’t go from flirting to serious dating!

I friend down the road has me worried. She is being harassed by her neighbour who owns all the houses in the close except hers, and he wants it. He does things like run at her with his ride on mower and mutters “I’m going to get you” under his breath when he walks by. He lets her cute as a button dog out when she is not home then calls the council and she gets fined. It seems he has the council and the local police’s ear as they ignore her if she complains. The onus is on her to prove it but she is on the disability so can’t afford security cameras or the like. Last time I spoke to her she was saying she has nothing left to live for and has updated her will and if anything happens to her little dog then…. And the latest rain had her house leaking in 3 places including the bedroom.

I don’t have a dog. There’s only one neighbour who caused me problems and the police keep removing him for short periods. He’s the one who stole and burnt my ute. I have little money but at least I have fixed my roof. The gutters are next.

roughbarked said:

I don’t have a dog. There’s only one neighbour who caused me problems and the police keep removing him for short periods. He’s the one who stole and burnt my ute. I have little money but at least I have fixed my roof. The gutters are next.

The coppers can’t remove him for longer periods? Like permanently?

Actually did some “gardening”…filled up the raised bed, the chook poo had melted right away leaving only shredded paper…tipped two dog feed bags of horse manure in, filled ‘er up with more leavings from under the roost, watered…put some cardboard on top…watered…then I went down and collected the lawn mower clippings tossed over my fence by the back neighbour…she was hanging out clothes and watching me from behind the underpants or whatever…then I put these clippings into the compost, which also has horse poo and a new layer of roost leavings…watered that as well…offered a dog feed bag each of chicken poo and horse poo to Fashionista but she said her pot plants are all she could manage right now…so I won’t take then down until I suss out her compost and “garden” scenario…F has a new job working for a pollie (senator) and of course it’s life at rocket speed … still “seasoning” the second raised bed frame, turps and linseed to repel the termites…I hope…then when that’s done I’ll start building up another “no dig” over there…might bury Goldie over there, it’s the spot I picked for her anyway…so by Christmas I may have a garden bed growing something….have a sprouted spud that I would like to “have a go” with…need to construct a wire covered frame so the chooks don’t dig it up…not very hopefull with this because the hot weather is coming in a few weeks …

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t have a dog. There’s only one neighbour who caused me problems and the police keep removing him for short periods. He’s the one who stole and burnt my ute. I have little money but at least I have fixed my roof. The gutters are next.

The coppers can’t remove him for longer periods? Like permanently?

If I wait long enough he’ll disappear.

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t have a dog. There’s only one neighbour who caused me problems and the police keep removing him for short periods. He’s the one who stole and burnt my ute. I have little money but at least I have fixed my roof. The gutters are next.

The coppers can’t remove him for longer periods? Like permanently?

Pity it’s illegal to kill some people.

Hows this for a barter. Three young tame silkies for kids pets, for three legs of goat meat. I’ve never tried goat. I will have to look up some recipes. Tomorrow I get it.

Another barter of a different kind.. a dad on a fb group was asking what to do for his little toddlers daughters severe eczema. The poor bub was bandaged shins to neck in moist cloth strips and steroid skin solutions, her skin red raw, bleeding, and horrible looking. I said about the pawpaw cream but my comment was overshadowed by 100 other comments about trying this and that, changing washing powder..that’s a common one, and ones like using goats milk soap, olive oil etc etc.
I messaged and told him about it and that I will give him of my cream some to try. But he forgot about it, got busy and stuff. Then a couple months later said he had some first cold press olive oil to share about if someone wanted a jar of it. I said yes please. He was going past my way and dropping the jar off to me, so this was my opportunity to give the pawpaw cream to him. I did so, just a little pot of it, how to apply the cream and a printed sheet of the info about it.

Four days later he sent an update photo to the group of his daughters skin on the back of her neck and shoulders. Mostly cleared of eczema. His wife went out and bought 5 bottles of it!
Two weeks later there’s no trace of her eczema , he said she’s a different kid, happier, pink healthy skin, no bandages, no scarring.

My work is done :D

Oh the olive oil was nice too.

Happy Potter said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I don’t have a dog. There’s only one neighbour who caused me problems and the police keep removing him for short periods. He’s the one who stole and burnt my ute. I have little money but at least I have fixed my roof. The gutters are next.

The coppers can’t remove him for longer periods? Like permanently?

Pity it’s illegal to kill some people.

For quite a while I was woken from sleep with the vision of his head exploding. It is not pleasant nightmare.

Happy Potter said:

Hows this for a barter. Three young tame silkies for kids pets, for three legs of goat meat. I’ve never tried goat. I will have to look up some recipes. Tomorrow I get it.

Another barter of a different kind.. a dad on a fb group was asking what to do for his little toddlers daughters severe eczema. The poor bub was bandaged shins to neck in moist cloth strips and steroid skin solutions, her skin red raw, bleeding, and horrible looking. I said about the pawpaw cream but my comment was overshadowed by 100 other comments about trying this and that, changing washing powder..that’s a common one, and ones like using goats milk soap, olive oil etc etc.
I messaged and told him about it and that I will give him of my cream some to try. But he forgot about it, got busy and stuff. Then a couple months later said he had some first cold press olive oil to share about if someone wanted a jar of it. I said yes please. He was going past my way and dropping the jar off to me, so this was my opportunity to give the pawpaw cream to him. I did so, just a little pot of it, how to apply the cream and a printed sheet of the info about it.

Four days later he sent an update photo to the group of his daughters skin on the back of her neck and shoulders. Mostly cleared of eczema. His wife went out and bought 5 bottles of it!
Two weeks later there’s no trace of her eczema , he said she’s a different kid, happier, pink healthy skin, no bandages, no scarring.

My work is done :D

Oh the olive oil was nice too.

love goat meat, especially good in curries.

great news about the little kid’s eczema clearing up!

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

we’d miss you :(

…it was bad enough when he was off the ‘net just recently, wasn’t it?

So does that mean I pop in for a cup of tea?

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

we’d miss you :(

…it was bad enough when he was off the ‘net just recently, wasn’t it?

So does that mean I pop in for a cup of tea?

welcome here any time :)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

…it was bad enough when he was off the ‘net just recently, wasn’t it?

So does that mean I pop in for a cup of tea?

welcome here any time :)

send me instructions and put the kettle on when you see my dust in your drive. ;)

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

So does that mean I pop in for a cup of tea?

welcome here any time :)

send me instructions and put the kettle on when you see my dust in your drive. ;)

point car south, drive for about 4 hours. A long way for a couple of hours, you better let me throw in some dinner as well :)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

welcome here any time :)

send me instructions and put the kettle on when you see my dust in your drive. ;)

point car south, drive for about 4 hours. A long way for a couple of hours, you better let me throw in some dinner as well :)

A long way for a couple of hours cup of tea!

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

send me instructions and put the kettle on when you see my dust in your drive. ;)

point car south, drive for about 4 hours. A long way for a couple of hours, you better let me throw in some dinner as well :)

A long way for a couple of hours cup of tea!

I’ll be travelling a long way anyway.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

So does that mean I pop in for a cup of tea?

welcome here any time :)

Ditto…and my shortbread is rather nice even if I say so myself…

Back home after a day and a half away…am enjoying the use of Ragamuffin’s car no end…the chookens survived my absence but pleased to see me back …Shadow had a lovely time at his sleepover with The Girls and I bought a pack of beef neck bones to ensure his departure combined with their exclusion therefrom, was seamless…no morals when it comes to juicy beef neck bones, any of them…

My compost seems to have heated up nicely and the layers in the garden bed in the making are nice and damp…

J1 said she will be back again this weekend, I need to get my study sorted and move the laptop into there … as much as I appreciate their watching my place, I feel over-watched at times…she has the drippers going on her fruit trees non-stop, another washer has gone on a tap and it leaks madly, J2 only repaired that tap at the beginning of the year…her mangoes are flowering…

Hello Gardeners. I may have removed quite a bit of fruit from my orchard this morning. Pruning. But I haven’t really done a good prune for a couple of years, so less fruit this time. Then again, the weather ensured no fruit last season anyway, so I’ve got nothing to lose.

buffy said:

Hello Gardeners. I may have removed quite a bit of fruit from my orchard this morning. Pruning. But I haven’t really done a good prune for a couple of years, so less fruit this time. Then again, the weather ensured no fruit last season anyway, so I’ve got nothing to lose.

:)
that’s the spirit. I remember my dad was cranky with mum for pruning all the fruit wood off while he was in hospital. Her reply was, well you couldn’t be here to do it. We still got gripe from eating green apricots, er.. us kids that is.

Js 1 & 2 not back yet…their brachychiton has lost its’ leaves…so has the other neighbour’s brachychiton…and they are trying to flower…

Still laundering my way through the “floor-drobe” from the other place…I have told the boyz that I don’t care if they shove things in the cupboards, just don’t put clean clothes on the floor…

Have a new mobile phone, it’s a Nokia Lumios 520…have told P not to buy a smart phone as it’s impossible to text whilst driving…the buttons are better for this…Yes I know you shouldn’t text and drive, but after struggling with my “smart” phone, I bet it’s texting on “smart” phones that’s causing car crashes…other factors as well, sure…but those squibby little keyboards are distracting…driving long distances with not another soul on the road, texting (with the button phones) is less likely to cause accidents than wildlife …

Dinetta said:

Js 1 & 2 not back yet…their brachychiton has lost its’ leaves…so has the other neighbour’s brachychiton…and they are trying to flower…

Still laundering my way through the “floor-drobe” from the other place…I have told the boyz that I don’t care if they shove things in the cupboards, just don’t put clean clothes on the floor…

Have a new mobile phone, it’s a Nokia Lumios 520…have told P not to buy a smart phone as it’s impossible to text whilst driving…the buttons are better for this…Yes I know you shouldn’t text and drive, but after struggling with my “smart” phone, I bet it’s texting on “smart” phones that’s causing car crashes…other factors as well, sure…but those squibby little keyboards are distracting…driving long distances with not another soul on the road, texting (with the button phones) is less likely to cause accidents than wildlife …

OMG! Don’t text at all while driving, no matter how big the buttons are! it is so just not worth it! It means taking your eyes off the road and taking your mind off what is going on around you. PLEASE!

Just got a phone call to say that the lady I work for died this morning.

bluegreen said:

Just got a phone call to say that the lady I work for died this morning.

So it wasn’t a minor stroke. :( sad.

bluegreen said:

Just got a phone call to say that the lady I work for died this morning.

Oh dear, such a loss for her family! At least she’s not lingering as a vegetable or cripple but her family will miss her very much, no doubt…Was the onset of the stroke, sudden?

The Js are back, Mrs B next door is back…Shadow is thrilled about J 1 and J2 as J1 blows kisses to him…Flick (Mrs B’s dog) is also back from her “bush holiday” and now has a nice comfy pillow on her bed…so the neighbourhood is no longer gloomy…

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Js 1 & 2 not back yet…their brachychiton has lost its’ leaves…so has the other neighbour’s brachychiton…and they are trying to flower…

Still laundering my way through the “floor-drobe” from the other place…I have told the boyz that I don’t care if they shove things in the cupboards, just don’t put clean clothes on the floor…

Have a new mobile phone, it’s a Nokia Lumios 520…have told P not to buy a smart phone as it’s impossible to text whilst driving…the buttons are better for this…Yes I know you shouldn’t text and drive, but after struggling with my “smart” phone, I bet it’s texting on “smart” phones that’s causing car crashes…other factors as well, sure…but those squibby little keyboards are distracting…driving long distances with not another soul on the road, texting (with the button phones) is less likely to cause accidents than wildlife …

OMG! Don’t text at all while driving, no matter how big the buttons are! it is so just not worth it! It means taking your eyes off the road and taking your mind off what is going on around you. PLEASE!

What she said. Smack your hand!

bluegreen said:

Just got a phone call to say that the lady I work for died this morning.

Oh no :( How awful for her family. And you.
Sorry to hear this.

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Just got a phone call to say that the lady I work for died this morning.

Oh dear, such a loss for her family! At least she’s not lingering as a vegetable or cripple but her family will miss her very much, no doubt…Was the onset of the stroke, sudden?

she had a history of micro bleeds on the brain, but was given the all clear earlier in the year. I gather this was more bleeds rather than a stroke.

I particularly feel for her husband. Being responsible for sorting out photos on the computer I was privileged to see ones of them as a young couple and I was particularly struck by the look of devotion on his face when looking at her. I am sure he is devastated. They have two married sons with children of their own.

How is Max HP ?

Thee’s Estate said:

How is Max HP ?

Good thankyou Thee :) Being monitored, still on meds and ear drops. No seizures since that last big one. Though he has become fearful of ‘things’ that he wasn’t before, like the broom leaning close up against a doorway, he wont go through it. Take the broom away and he is happy. We think he is starting to lose his hearing on the bad side. When I am out of his sight he can’t seem to find me when I call.

We’ve had Giant Son here since Friday. He’s been good, took four of us to get him to his GP for a check up. Came out with a wad of prescriptions and test requests. Managed to get him the chest xray, but still trying to get him to do the blood tests. He needs to fast for 12 hours for a couple of them, but he forgets and does a midnight – 3 am fridge raid. This morning is looking good though and I’m just waiting for him to wake up and I’ll pounce, car keys in hand. Big brekky after the tests, then he can go back home to his unit flat.

He is back on his meds and thinking straight. Yay.
He asked me how does ones brain stay in ones head and not fall down into the body. Huh? ask me stuff like this before a coffee!? membranes, ligaments, blood vessels and stuff like that hold it in place . Ask a doctor. He said he thinks his brain has fallen down.. (Me) well we will need to have an xray to see and put it back into place, lol.

RIP Robin Williams.
How ironic that he made the world laugh, but couldn’t find joy himself.

Happy Potter said:

RIP Robin Williams.
How ironic that he made the world laugh, but couldn’t find joy himself.

same for all clowns.

Happy Potter said:

We’ve had Giant Son here since Friday. He’s been good, took four of us to get him to his GP for a check up. Came out with a wad of prescriptions and test requests. Managed to get him the chest xray, but still trying to get him to do the blood tests. He needs to fast for 12 hours for a couple of them, but he forgets and does a midnight – 3 am fridge raid. This morning is looking good though and I’m just waiting for him to wake up and I’ll pounce, car keys in hand. Big brekky after the tests, then he can go back home to his unit flat.

He is back on his meds and thinking straight. Yay.
He asked me how does ones brain stay in ones head and not fall down into the body. Huh? ask me stuff like this before a coffee!? membranes, ligaments, blood vessels and stuff like that hold it in place . Ask a doctor. He said he thinks his brain has fallen down.. (Me) well we will need to have an xray to see and put it back into place, lol.

sit an orange on the neck of the bottle and say the brain is the same, it won’t fit through the neck!

Happy Potter said:

RIP Robin Williams.
How ironic that he made the world laugh, but couldn’t find joy himself.

:(

Happy Potter said:

Thee’s Estate said:

How is Max HP ?

Good thankyou Thee :) Being monitored, still on meds and ear drops. No seizures since that last big one. Though he has become fearful of ‘things’ that he wasn’t before, like the broom leaning close up against a doorway, he wont go through it. Take the broom away and he is happy. We think he is starting to lose his hearing on the bad side. When I am out of his sight he can’t seem to find me when I call.

The ears would cause they, prolly feels off balance, poor baby :(

I left the “lid” off my current no-dig, hoping the chookens will do the spadework for me…looking good so far…not sure whether to turn the compost before adding the rest of the chooken and horse manure, or just add the stuffs anyway…

My chooks pens were muddy swamps so I had to do something quick while deciding where and what drainage work needs to be done. The trailer load of horse manure was still sitting there dry, so I used that as a temp measure.
It was loaded with meal worms! The feathered gang had a blast sorting through that and spreading it out. I scooped up some mealworms into a bucket to hand feed some littlies. It really tames them, eating out of your hand.
I don’t want to breed mealworms, it’s another thing to do on my already long to do list. I am getting another trailer load of the manure weekend. This lot will be going out the front, so I’ll grab any mealworms I see. The magpie family in the tall gums out front will be in for their share.

Dinetta said:

I left the “lid” off my current no-dig, hoping the chookens will do the spadework for me…looking good so far…not sure whether to turn the compost before adding the rest of the chooken and horse manure, or just add the stuffs anyway…

add, then turn?

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

I left the “lid” off my current no-dig, hoping the chookens will do the spadework for me…looking good so far…not sure whether to turn the compost before adding the rest of the chooken and horse manure, or just add the stuffs anyway…

add, then turn?

I decided this morning, to avoid dry or anaerobic spots, I’ll turn and then add…the chookens had a grand time in the garden bed, don’t know why they eat shredded paper…I’ll check later to see how good a job they did…

Dinetta said:

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

I left the “lid” off my current no-dig, hoping the chookens will do the spadework for me…looking good so far…not sure whether to turn the compost before adding the rest of the chooken and horse manure, or just add the stuffs anyway…

add, then turn?

I decided this morning, to avoid dry or anaerobic spots, I’ll turn and then add…the chookens had a grand time in the garden bed, don’t know why they eat shredded paper…I’ll check later to see how good a job they did…

Shredded paper at least looks like wrigglies?

I’ve shown them wriggly worms from the farm and they let the poor things die on the ground…beats me what they’re digging for in the garden beds where I know there are worms…

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roughbarked said:

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Yay!

roughbarked said:

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Yo’ got wheels???!!!

Well the neighbour won’t be able to nick your tools any more…

roughbarked said:

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Yay! Mobile again! Did you get some new tools as well?

Dinetta said:

Yo’ got wheels???!!!

Yo. :)

bluegreen said:

Yay! Mobile again! Did you get some new tools as well?

yes some nice people on the <— holiday place have helped me along. Not the least one, a dina short of a quid, who supplied me with the most essential tools to get me started again.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Yay! Mobile again! Did you get some new tools as well?

yes some nice people on the <— holiday place have helped me along. Not the least one, a dina short of a quid, who supplied me with the most essential tools to get me started again.

Wonderful :)

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Yay! Mobile again! Did you get some new tools as well?

yes some nice people on the <— holiday place have helped me along. Not the least one, a dina short of a quid, who supplied me with the most essential tools to get me started again.

That was very, very nice of them !

Happy Potter said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

Yay! Mobile again! Did you get some new tools as well?

yes some nice people on the <— holiday place have helped me along. Not the least one, a dina short of a quid, who supplied me with the most essential tools to get me started again.

That was very, very nice of them !

Oh yes it was. The strangest thing was that I didn’t ask. I even tried to beg them off from doing it. Here I was thinking I was the serial pest. It was a very pleasant surprise which has been a real life saver for me in a very difficult time.

At least now I’ll possibly be more able to do with my grandchildren, stuff that was shared with their parents.

roughbarked said:

At least now I’ll possibly be more able to do with my grandchildren, stuff that was shared with their parents.

lovely :)

:)

roughbarked said:

At least now I’ll possibly be more able to do with my grandchildren, stuff that was shared with their parents.

They’ll be rapt, I’m sure…

roughbarked said:

:)

…belongs in the Cuties thread…

What lovely roses and it looks like your daughter thinks so too…

That’s what roses are for, anyway…sniffing…

Further back in time, way back to school days. One of these lovely young ladies is the mother of the daughter with the roses.

roughbarked said:

Further back in time, way back to school days. One of these lovely young ladies is the mother of the daughter with the roses.

…and that would be the lass on the left??

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Further back in time, way back to school days. One of these lovely young ladies is the mother of the daughter with the roses.

…and that would be the lass on the left??

it would indeed.

roughbarked said:

Further back in time, way back to school days. One of these lovely young ladies is the mother of the daughter with the roses.

:)

I think my worm farm might be full…either that or the layers weren’t sitting properly…got drowned worms in the ant-trays (filled with water, placed under legs, to keep ants out of farm)…and worms all around the “tulle skirt” of the bottom layer…

That’s what nearly 2” of rain will do, I suppose…so I will have to harvest a level…

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Further back in time, way back to school days. One of these lovely young ladies is the mother of the daughter with the roses.

…and that would be the lass on the left??

it would indeed.

and this be her daughter:

in thought balloon;
The top half of my head is still out in the field doing science but WTH?
Nothing beats a cuppa billy tea stirred with a gum twig.

Definite likeness…

May have incorporated my hand held sprinkler thingy into the compost…and it’s brass…the sprinkler attachment that is…

…and now I will incorporate some day-old blood and bone, the back half of a rat as discarded by my very own Rodent Patrol, aka Nefertiti…

Dinetta said:

May have incorporated my hand held sprinkler thingy into the compost…and it’s brass…the sprinkler attachment that is…

time to turn it? that can turn up all sorts of things, I find.

Dinetta said:

…and now I will incorporate some day-old blood and bone, the back half of a rat as discarded by my very own Rodent Patrol, aka Nefertiti…

lol!

Hello Gardeners. I’ve been doing a little gardening, but not this weekend. Went to KCC Park at Cranbourne on Saturday to touch base with a Boxer breeder. We are listed for a pup from a litter due in the first week in September. He bred our lovely Babuschka, and he breeds for temperament. We pretty much said….either sex, any colour, just want the temperament he breeds for. He’s into his 80s now,so we’d like to get his lines for probably the last time.

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

May have incorporated my hand held sprinkler thingy into the compost…and it’s brass…the sprinkler attachment that is…

time to turn it? that can turn up all sorts of things, I find.

I did turn it BlueGreen, and that’s when the sprinkler head disappeared…

Need to put more shreddings under the roosts…am toying with the idea of taking some roost litter to Sonny Jim, help him get a garden bed established whether he wants one or not…

HELP I need the tech talk forum please. I changed my computer clock for an assignment, changed it back to today, shut down and started up twice since then but Mozilla Firefox won’t let me log in to my Hotmail for this reason:

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.hotmail.com. The OCSP response is not yet valid (contains a date in the future). (Error code: sec_error_ocsp_future_response)

I tried the same thing in Internet Explorer and it works like a charm. Mozilla is my favoured browser…

It’s OK, It’s OK…I had the date re-set to 21 Jul 2014 instead of today (18 AUG 2014)…

Testing 123 testing….

YEp, that works…today’s date works…so help me…

Dinetta said:

It’s OK, It’s OK…I had the date re-set to 21 Jul 2014 instead of today (18 AUG 2014)…

Testing 123 testing….

YEp, that works…today’s date works…so help me…

:D

OK, I still need that tech talk website, not sure why I’ve lost the URL from favourites but there you go…

I have a Canon MFC but the software for manipulating the scans (Presto) does not come with the Canon drivers and I need something, free, that will help me do things like paginate the scans…i.e. put them into order in one document…

Dinetta said:

OK, I still need that tech talk website, not sure why I’ve lost the URL from favourites but there you go…

I have a Canon MFC but the software for manipulating the scans (Presto) does not come with the Canon drivers and I need something, free, that will help me do things like paginate the scans…i.e. put them into order in one document…

Ooooh.. I have the same problem. Same printer. I just tell the man to deal with it and somehow he does it. he’s at work atm..

Me at the pastry course today, having a ball making eclairs. Hehe. They turned out fabulous, but the melted chocolate topping looks awful, lol. I didn’t dip them daintily like one ought, but rather, flung it! Everywhere else too! They taste great!

Snorthing chocolate LOL

Oooo yum…!

I’m having a look at my Windows options, I ‘ve done this before but so long ago I can’t remember the details.

I need to send an Assessment booklet back,. It came to me as a .pdf , not write-in-able, so I have re-done some as MS Word docs and converted to .pdf, and some are scanned documents, also converted to .pdf. I would scan the lot if I could only work out how to put the pages back into the booklet form.

Take it from me, Payroll is an absolute pain in the fundament…if you do it all the time you wouldn’t need to think but I don’t and it takes a while to fit all the pieces together (after working out the nature of the pieces)…

buffy said:

Hello Gardeners. I’ve been doing a little gardening, but not this weekend. Went to KCC Park at Cranbourne on Saturday to touch base with a Boxer breeder. We are listed for a pup from a litter due in the first week in September. He bred our lovely Babuschka, and he breeds for temperament. We pretty much said….either sex, any colour, just want the temperament he breeds for. He’s into his 80s now,so we’d like to get his lines for probably the last time.

Now there’s a lucky puppy waiting to be born…

Hope this works”

It’s about eating indigenous f & v which are possibly more nutritious per item than the normal f & v

Thanks D :)
and good to see your cuteness HP, choccy and all.

I spent the afternoon clearing some 10,000 potting tubes and various foam boxes that i would normally fill with tree tubes. All so that;
• it would make a space clean for when SWMBO drives into the drive to see.
• it would give me space to move a gigantic metal canopy made for a 3 tonne truck which had been the back of a cage/enclosure for birds/chooks, out of the way and both hide it as above and give me a dry space to store things in an otherwise unseen position in the yard.

•and I’m going to have to get used to renaming.. SWAWTLM or SWIG for the reality is SGAIDWHB.

roughbarked said:

Thanks D :)
and good to see your cuteness HP, choccy and all.

I spent the afternoon clearing some 10,000 potting tubes and various foam boxes that i would normally fill with tree tubes. All so that;
• it would make a space clean for when SWMBO drives into the drive to see.
• it would give me space to move a gigantic metal canopy made for a 3 tonne truck which had been the back of a cage/enclosure for birds/chooks, out of the way and both hide it as above and give me a dry space to store things in an otherwise unseen position in the yard.

•and I’m going to have to get used to renaming.. SWAWTLM or SWIG for the reality is SGAIDWHB.

Sounds productive RoughBarked…the cleanup worked for you in the end…I must ask, don’t the birds peck away at your styrofoam containers?

Still lost re the acronyms but that’s OK….

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

Thanks D :)
and good to see your cuteness HP, choccy and all.

I spent the afternoon clearing some 10,000 potting tubes and various foam boxes that i would normally fill with tree tubes. All so that;
• it would make a space clean for when SWMBO drives into the drive to see.
• it would give me space to move a gigantic metal canopy made for a 3 tonne truck which had been the back of a cage/enclosure for birds/chooks, out of the way and both hide it as above and give me a dry space to store things in an otherwise unseen position in the yard.

•and I’m going to have to get used to renaming.. SWAWTLM or SWIG for the reality is SGAIDWHB.

Sounds productive RoughBarked…the cleanup worked for you in the end…I must ask, don’t the birds peck away at your styrofoam containers?

Still lost re the acronyms but that’s OK….

I know She Who Must Be Obeyed, but I am lost on the other ones :D

‘I know She Who Must Be Obeyed, but I am lost on the other ones :D’

Me too. I’ve made up some to fit, but they don’t make sense, or make me giggle lol

I’ve raked up some big clumps of grasses, some thigh high, out the front, and left it in piles to break down. Yeah there’ll be more weeds, but there will be anyway. Dandelions too, but they will come back anew in spring. I use their leaves for us and chooks, but the grasses were taking over and I couldn’t find them.

Decisions being made re the aquaponics system, pond and all things water holding. The pond is going, it will be filled in and the area used to plant out some pretty things, like chilli’s and other herbs, a comfrey, borage calendulas and the like. Once established the chickens will forage in the area and can eat what they like. This will happen over spring/summer.

The AP system is going to changed into grow beds for azolla weed. My chooks can’t get enough of this protein rich green feed so it makes sense to grow more of it. I can also dry it for use in their feed in winter, when there’s less of it about. Combine that with fermented feed that I’ve recently started making for them and they waddle about with full crops. My feed bill has dived and I don’t spend a quarter of what I once did, and for more chickens. 7 layers = 5- 7 eggs a day with healthy hard shells.

I also used some large wire drawers to make a stack of fodder trays to sprout barley. I line them with woven feed bags and after an initial hosing the only moisture they get is rain. Outside in the cold but between fruit trees, they take longer to start sprouting, about 5 days, but do so without taking up any of my time.

I was cleaning chickens water dishes on the tap path near this fodder tray stack, tripped on the rock border and careened into the trays, knocking the top one all over myself. Oh bother. Just a scratch or two, but the chooks came barreling over for the seed, and to a visitor, it would have looked like I was being attacked by a million chooks LOL

Happy Potter said:

I’ve raked up some big clumps of grasses, some thigh high, out the front, and left it in piles to break down. Yeah there’ll be more weeds, but there will be anyway. Dandelions too, but they will come back anew in spring. I use their leaves for us and chooks, but the grasses were taking over and I couldn’t find them.

Decisions being made re the aquaponics system, pond and all things water holding. The pond is going, it will be filled in and the area used to plant out some pretty things, like chilli’s and other herbs, a comfrey, borage calendulas and the like. Once established the chickens will forage in the area and can eat what they like. This will happen over spring/summer.

The AP system is going to changed into grow beds for azolla weed. My chooks can’t get enough of this protein rich green feed so it makes sense to grow more of it. I can also dry it for use in their feed in winter, when there’s less of it about. Combine that with fermented feed that I’ve recently started making for them and they waddle about with full crops. My feed bill has dived and I don’t spend a quarter of what I once did, and for more chickens. 7 layers = 5- 7 eggs a day with healthy hard shells.

I also used some large wire drawers to make a stack of fodder trays to sprout barley. I line them with woven feed bags and after an initial hosing the only moisture they get is rain. Outside in the cold but between fruit trees, they take longer to start sprouting, about 5 days, but do so without taking up any of my time.

I was cleaning chickens water dishes on the tap path near this fodder tray stack, tripped on the rock border and careened into the trays, knocking the top one all over myself. Oh bother. Just a scratch or two, but the chooks came barreling over for the seed, and to a visitor, it would have looked like I was being attacked by a million chooks LOL

Great post…have you seen Hitcock’s movie, The Birds? Your last paragraph reminds me of it…

Why has the AP system been discontinued?

Waiting on my assessment results…soo eggsited…never got this nervous at school/uni…

This is MYOB Payroll by distance ed…

Dinetta said:

Waiting on my assessment results…soo eggsited…never got this nervous at school/uni…

This is MYOB Payroll by distance ed…

fingers crossed for you :)

bluegreen said:

Dinetta said:

Waiting on my assessment results…soo eggsited…never got this nervous at school/uni…

This is MYOB Payroll by distance ed…

fingers crossed for you :)

Thanks!

:)

Great post…have you seen Hitcock’s movie, The Birds? Your last paragraph reminds me of it…

Why has the AP system been discontinued?
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Yeah, haha I had chicks on my head and others pecking the collar of my shirt where sprouts got caught, and on my shoulders. Yes, the AP hasn’t been going since I disconnected everything to clean out the water snails. They are long gone from the grow beds and the big tub, but continue to proliferate in the pond. That’s one of the reasons to get rid of the pond, that and it’s a danger to grandkids, and chicks, and pool fencing is out of the budget.

This morning our local gardening group went for a wander along the wildlife corridor on a member’s farm. Here are some pics of trees, flowers, views, wombat holes, mossy rocks, etc. Some of the trees were planted by them or by the previous owner, some as an offset to vegetation lost when a nearby road was widened and some is natural revegetation.

Pictures

bluegreen said:

This morning our local gardening group went for a wander along the wildlife corridor on a member’s farm. Here are some pics of trees, flowers, views, wombat holes, mossy rocks, etc. Some of the trees were planted by them or by the previous owner, some as an offset to vegetation lost when a nearby road was widened and some is natural revegetation.

bluegreen said:

This morning our local gardening group went for a wander along the wildlife corridor on a member’s farm. Here are some pics of trees, flowers, views, wombat holes, mossy rocks, etc. Some of the trees were planted by them or by the previous owner, some as an offset to vegetation lost when a nearby road was widened and some is natural revegetation.

Try again

I got it on the previous post, with the “View” button…looks cold…one has to admire the little delicate wildflowers making a statement…

Dinetta said:

I got it on the previous post, with the “View” button…looks cold…one has to admire the little delicate wildflowers making a statement…

It was actually not cold at all and quite warm on the sunny, lee side.

Dinetta said:

Waiting on my assessment results…soo eggsited…never got this nervous at school/uni…

This is MYOB Payroll by distance ed…

The teacher is very pleased with me but on one exercise the PAYG tax is “wrong”. So I checked it manually, explained the results in an email (agrees with the MYOB) and sent this back…waiting on teacher to explain where I’ve gone off the track…

I’m the last person to talk to about managing money.

roughbarked said:

I’m the last person to talk to about managing money.

Haha I’m just learning the theory…

My compost heap is smelling delicious…

Morning. I’ve a busy day, have to get GS back to his GP for test results. A challenge to say the least. Had my toast and honey and a strong coffee to get me started. If I get there and he refuses to get up, I’m gunna chuck a wobbly of my own.

My week : I woke to three boxes of hessian bags on my doorstep and another foam box of fruit and veg. Our lovely fruit n veg gift giver is youngest daughters boyfriends dad, who works at the fruit market and drops a box of goodies off almost weekly. The hessian bags are from the fish and chippery fellow for lemons. I ‘discovered’ pink salt in boxes at his shop… it’s to die for. Bought several. Murray river basin gourmet salt. Yum.

Yesty I went to pick up a pastry board being offered for a couple dollars, looked nice and big, new never used. Composite stone or something or other the woman said. I got there and it was so heavy, I fair struggled with it but I got it into the car, then got the next person to get home to get it of the car out for me. It’s black marble! Score!

My lovely friend who breeds parrots and who’s beaut rcom pro 20 incubator I borrow occasionally, is selling up and selling off all her birds, bar her two favourites. I was offered the incubator at a price I could not refuse, so it’s now mine :D
She threw in a cupboard full of bird stuff suitable for chickens too, vitamins and tonics and whatnot, way too much to list. I was like that kid in the lolly shop! I gave the chookens soluvite vitamins in their water and I swear they got springs inserted in their legs overnight. Chicks got ninja knees too.

Well done HP, on giving all these giveaways a good home… ;P

I thought you already had incubators and a pastry slab?

Happy Potter said:

Morning. I’ve a busy day, have to get GS back to his GP for test results. A challenge to say the least. Had my toast and honey and a strong coffee to get me started. If I get there and he refuses to get up, I’m gunna chuck a wobbly of my own.

My week : I woke to three boxes of hessian bags on my doorstep and another foam box of fruit and veg. Our lovely fruit n veg gift giver is youngest daughters boyfriends dad, who works at the fruit market and drops a box of goodies off almost weekly. The hessian bags are from the fish and chippery fellow for lemons. I ‘discovered’ pink salt in boxes at his shop… it’s to die for. Bought several. Murray river basin gourmet salt. Yum.

Yesty I went to pick up a pastry board being offered for a couple dollars, looked nice and big, new never used. Composite stone or something or other the woman said. I got there and it was so heavy, I fair struggled with it but I got it into the car, then got the next person to get home to get it of the car out for me. It’s black marble! Score!

My lovely friend who breeds parrots and who’s beaut rcom pro 20 incubator I borrow occasionally, is selling up and selling off all her birds, bar her two favourites. I was offered the incubator at a price I could not refuse, so it’s now mine :D
She threw in a cupboard full of bird stuff suitable for chickens too, vitamins and tonics and whatnot, way too much to list. I was like that kid in the lolly shop! I gave the chookens soluvite vitamins in their water and I swear they got springs inserted in their legs overnight. Chicks got ninja knees too.

awesome!

hope GS is in the mood for a doctor’s visit :)

bluegreen said:

awesome!

hope GS is in the mood for a doctor’s visit :)

Yes, bet Mum chucking a wobbly is to be feared…

I’m p@#$%^%& off with my current energy broker Click Energy. I went onto them because they were supposed to be cheaper but they have a very sneaky way of charging you so that you end up paying much of your usage at a higher rate. They send you monthly bills, the first two are estimated and the third is the actual reading. The problem is that they estimate a token, negligible amount for the first two months then bundle the almost total usage into the third month when they do the actual reading. This means that you pay the base rate up to a certain amount, then the rest at a higher level. If they distributed the reading over the three months evenly then it all falls into the base amount. I have been using them for 6 months and only found out this was happening because it was pointed out by a fellow who was quoting on solar for me. The first quarter they adjusted but they have gone and done it again so I am complaining again. If they don’t fix it I am going to the ombudsman (maybe I should anyway because who knows how many people they are doing this too?) I am changing company regardless, I have been recommended using Momentum. Apparently they are producers as well as retailers, cutting out the middle man and therefore cheaper.

AFAIK we don’t get a choice out here. Ergon Energy or nothing. However I do believe that a meter reader was not reading meters here, and some consumers were hit by $thousands$ … Good thing you check your Bills, BlueGreen. Go ahead and let the Ombudsman know, that’s what (s)he’s there for. The billing sounds sneaky. Over time, could they adjust the monthly estimates to suit the actuals?

Our meter reads and bills are quarterly. I pay so much per month (Budget Payments) and this means there’s less to pay when the bill is released. I’ve been ahead of the bills for 12 months so now I’ve got my deposit back: they put it against my charges.

Victory! I got GS there, threatening to bodily drag him down the stairs if need be. Bribed him with topping up his w.o.w account. that worked.

Good job we did get there. This was for his test results for his ‘once in a decade health check up’ and there was a couple small issues to deal with, but one critical issue. His vit D was so low, single figures, that he was in danger of standing up and have a leg break just from the motion. His bones have thinned. Urgent script for a high dose D, 50 thousand units, took three tabs straight up and then he has to have one a month after that.
This will also have an affect on his mood and cause fatigue and depression and is the result of him sleeping during the day and being awake all night.

He’s not likely to change that in a hurry, but if the disability org would actually do their job and turn up, it could. That’s another issue! I’ve been onto dhs re GS’s funding and needing a review. That’ll happen next. I am going to publically advertise for a good disability org!

Coffee time.

Low Vitamin D! That’s scarey! Does GS not have a GF any more?

It’s my opinion that as soon as they mention “cost effective” in the same breath as “health services”, quality care evaporates…

Happy Potter said:

Victory! I got GS there, threatening to bodily drag him down the stairs if need be. Bribed him with topping up his w.o.w account. that worked.

Good job we did get there. This was for his test results for his ‘once in a decade health check up’ and there was a couple small issues to deal with, but one critical issue. His vit D was so low, single figures, that he was in danger of standing up and have a leg break just from the motion. His bones have thinned. Urgent script for a high dose D, 50 thousand units, took three tabs straight up and then he has to have one a month after that.
This will also have an affect on his mood and cause fatigue and depression and is the result of him sleeping during the day and being awake all night.

He’s not likely to change that in a hurry, but if the disability org would actually do their job and turn up, it could. That’s another issue! I’ve been onto dhs re GS’s funding and needing a review. That’ll happen next. I am going to publically advertise for a good disability org!

Coffee time.

well done :)

Dinetta said:

AFAIK we don’t get a choice out here. Ergon Energy or nothing. However I do believe that a meter reader was not reading meters here, and some consumers were hit by $thousands$ … Good thing you check your Bills, BlueGreen. Go ahead and let the Ombudsman know, that’s what (s)he’s there for. The billing sounds sneaky. Over time, could they adjust the monthly estimates to suit the actuals?

Our meter reads and bills are quarterly. I pay so much per month (Budget Payments) and this means there’s less to pay when the bill is released. I’ve been ahead of the bills for 12 months so now I’ve got my deposit back: they put it against my charges.

SP Ausnet is the provider, but don’t sell direct. There are lots of brokers out there that act as the go between and prices can vary. I contacted Momentum and signed up. They sound like a great company. The fellow I spoke for was very informative and obviously believed in his product. They are Australian owned in Tasmania producing 100% hydro-electric and wind turbine energy. Although technically I won’t be using their energy directly, they offset my usage by exporting to the grid network. Their rates are much lower than what Click were charging and although they don’t offer anything like “pay in time discounts”, the lower charges more than make for it. My son in law uses them and his bills are much lower than his peers.

I shouldn’t be doing this because the situation is that my DiL believes that her children deserve the right for images of themselves to not be shared on the internet without their express permission and my son is easily capable of tracking anything anywhere on the internet, above or below ground. So, I’m breaking all sorts of confidences by doing so but indeed it is his birthday today and as a grandpa I do want to at least want to celebrate that I have a grandson at all, what with two GD’s and another on the way.. A grandson is rather precious.

Done in true Viking style in a Singaporean pool.

Happy birthday to RB’s grandson. How old is he today?

bluegreen said:

Happy birthday to RB’s grandson. How old is he today?

three.

roughbarked said:

I shouldn’t be doing this because the situation is that my DiL believes that her children deserve the right for images of themselves to not be shared on the internet without their express permission and my son is easily capable of tracking anything anywhere on the internet, above or below ground. So, I’m breaking all sorts of confidences by doing so but indeed it is his birthday today and as a grandpa I do want to at least want to celebrate that I have a grandson at all, what with two GD’s and another on the way.. A grandson is rather precious.

Done in true Viking style in a Singaporean pool.

Cuuuute! Um you could always ask CB88 to remove after a few days…so you don’t get sprung…

Goodness how time flies…

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

I shouldn’t be doing this because the situation is that my DiL believes that her children deserve the right for images of themselves to not be shared on the internet without their express permission and my son is easily capable of tracking anything anywhere on the internet, above or below ground. So, I’m breaking all sorts of confidences by doing so but indeed it is his birthday today and as a grandpa I do want to at least want to celebrate that I have a grandson at all, what with two GD’s and another on the way.. A grandson is rather precious.

Done in true Viking style in a Singaporean pool.

Cuuuute! Um you could always ask CB88 to remove after a few days…so you don’t get sprung…

he never answers my emails anyway.

I’m not sure if his name isn’t also others.. I’ve narrowed the possibilities to a few.

Dinetta said:

Goodness how time flies…

Gosh I need to eat.. the clock says so.

anyway.. the other half and I were having a serious discussion that I could find the need to walk away from enough to take this photo.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Goodness how time flies…

Gosh I need to eat.. the clock says so.

anyway.. the other half and I were having a serious discussion that I could find the need to walk away from enough to take this photo.

? Not sure I understand what you said?

I need to eat as well, just had a very long chat with Fashionista daughter…of course they ring me when sick and miserable…she has bought herself a Kitchenmaid (?) $$$$ anyhow…she has a new job now as something or other with a Senator…enjoying the $security$ but will be happier when “it all settles down”… haven’t had the heart to say I don’t think it ever settles down in politics…but I need to eat, yes…it will be a basa fillet on chilli, ginger and garlic, with potatoes and broccoli…

Dinetta said:

? Not sure I understand what you said?

Neither apparently, does anyone else. The other half being foremost.

In reality it does have to become water off the duck’s back.

and it really did happen in that sequence.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

Goodness how time flies…

Gosh I need to eat.. the clock says so.

anyway.. the other half and I were having a serious discussion that I could find the need to walk away from enough to take this photo.

And we’re glad you did ;) That’s a fab photo!

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

? Not sure I understand what you said?

Neither apparently, does anyone else. The other half being foremost.

In reality it does have to become water off the duck’s back.

and it really did happen in that sequence.

Me understandee..the opportunity, the scene, grab camera and go for it! into the rain, ignoring hunger pangs to take a photo of a bird sitting on a handle. Which is beautiful.

Great pic of your grandson too RB. I didn’t comment on it so as not to spread it further. It’s worth the smack you may get :)

Happy Potter said:

Great pic of your grandson too RB. I didn’t comment on it so as not to spread it further. It’s worth the smack you may get :)

I’m his favourite so far too. I went into town to use skype to wish him a happy birthday, he ran to the phone when he heard my name mentioned.

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

Great pic of your grandson too RB. I didn’t comment on it so as not to spread it further. It’s worth the smack you may get :)

I’m his favourite so far too. I went into town to use skype to wish him a happy birthday, he ran to the phone when he heard my name mentioned.

:D

Happy Potter said:

And we’re glad you did ;) That’s a fab photo!

Thanks. Did I show you my fledgeling crested pigeon pretending to be blending?

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

And we’re glad you did ;) That’s a fab photo!

Thanks. Did I show you my fledgeling crested pigeon pretending to be blending?

Just now, you have! Well done, I had to look twice…the bright beady eye was a giveaway…

Just worked out why I had a dead crested pigeon on my front yard, about a month ago…it had flown into my open window, broke its’ neck….

roughbarked said:

Happy Potter said:

And we’re glad you did ;) That’s a fab photo!

Thanks. Did I show you my fledgeling crested pigeon pretending to be blending?

nice one :)

Dinetta said:

…the bright beady eye was a giveaway…

Just worked out why I had a dead crested pigeon on my front yard, about a month ago…it had flown into my open window, broke its’ neck….

Somewhere in my thousands of photos on Flickr is one of a hole though the kitchen window and the dead pigeon on the bench on the other side of the room. I arrived home from opal digging to find that my house had been broken into by a pigeon. They explode at such speed from whatever place they were whenever something tries to get them. My guess is that it was the resident sparrowhawk it was trying to get away from.

Dinetta said:

…the bright beady eye was a giveaway…

Just worked out why I had a dead crested pigeon on my front yard, about a month ago…it had flown into my open window, broke its’ neck….

Somewhere in my thousands of photos on Flickr is one of a hole though the kitchen window and the dead pigeon on the bench on the other side of the room. I arrived home from opal digging to find that my house had been broken into by a pigeon. They explode at such speed from whatever place they were whenever something tries to get them. My guess is that it was the resident sparrowhawk it was trying to get away from.

Here we go. I have probably shown it before. It was September 10 2012.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

…the bright beady eye was a giveaway…

Just worked out why I had a dead crested pigeon on my front yard, about a month ago…it had flown into my open window, broke its’ neck….

Somewhere in my thousands of photos on Flickr is one of a hole though the kitchen window and the dead pigeon on the bench on the other side of the room. I arrived home from opal digging to find that my house had been broken into by a pigeon. They explode at such speed from whatever place they were whenever something tries to get them. My guess is that it was the resident sparrowhawk it was trying to get away from.

I remember that photo…

roughbarked said:

Here we go. I have probably shown it before. It was September 10 2012.

Yes there’s a lot to be said for dusty windows…when I was working in a regional library, it was almost a fortnightly occurence that birds would fly into the big windows…the bigger ones were OK (pee wees) but the little ones became instant blood and bone….

roughbarked said:

Here we go. I have probably shown it before. It was September 10 2012.

Thankfully “my” bird did not break the window pane…glass is exxy these days…

I’m a peaceful person. I love peaceful doves.

Now that I’ve got hearing aids, I can hear them too…

I’ve been turning my compost over every couple of days lately, it’s amazing how the kitchen scraps just melt away in such a short time…likewise the egg cartons that people give me…

Dinetta said:

I’ve been turning my compost over every couple of days lately, it’s amazing how the kitchen scraps just melt away in such a short time…likewise the egg cartons that people give me…

Turn it every day and they’ll go more quickly.

roughbarked said:

I’m a peaceful person. I love peaceful doves.

sweet :)

For gardeners in semi-arid country. Not easy to germinate seed or grow from cuttings but if you do it is a very worthwhile garden plant. With no water at all in difficult soils and impoverished conditions, it still shines.

roughbarked said:

For gardeners in semi-arid country. Not easy to germinate seed or grow from cuttings but if you do it is a very worthwhile garden plant. With no water at all in difficult soils and impoverished conditions, it still shines.

Is this an Australian native, RoughBarked?

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

For gardeners in semi-arid country. Not easy to germinate seed or grow from cuttings but if you do it is a very worthwhile garden plant. With no water at all in difficult soils and impoverished conditions, it still shines.

Is this an Australian native, RoughBarked?

Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy Bush Local to my patch of bush yes and extremely difficult to propagate let alone establish. Was simply showing that I’ve done all of that.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

roughbarked said:

For gardeners in semi-arid country. Not easy to germinate seed or grow from cuttings but if you do it is a very worthwhile garden plant. With no water at all in difficult soils and impoverished conditions, it still shines.

Is this an Australian native, RoughBarked?

Olearia pimeleoides Showy Daisy Bush Local to my patch of bush yes and extremely difficult to propagate let alone establish. Was simply showing that I’ve done all of that.

Wow, Congratulations!

Brrr, cold nights but offset by a few lovely sunny days. I’ve started seed sorting and have put a few of this and that into the little electric propagator. Celeriac, eggplants mixed, silverbeet, spinach and more.
We’ve been doing lots of ‘trailer’ stuff. Picked up a 6 × 2.4 mt sheet of reo mesh, the man had to cut I into four pieces to fit it on the trailer. And a freebie fridge that is wayyy better and newer than our shed fridge. But we had to get it from an apartment at the eureka towers in the city. What a building! And a huge service elevator nearly big enough to drive into.

Beautiful photo RB. Love that creamy flower.

Congrats to Bluegreen :) Yay. BG can tell you what she won ;)

Happy Potter said:

Congrats to Bluegreen :) Yay. BG can tell you what she won ;)

I won a pack of McArthur Natural Products – the Paw Paw stuff that HP keeps raving about :D

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Congrats to Bluegreen :) Yay. BG can tell you what she won ;)

I won a pack of McArthur Natural Products – the Paw Paw stuff that HP keeps raving about :D

:D The whole pack no less. Raving about.. for a reason. I love it.

Another lady I shared it to also won a pack :) But another acquaintance I shared I was sorry I did. Gawd, got abused for my trouble, called it snake oil. Ha! Closed mind sort. I know it would help her, but nope, closed mind to anything except high cost modern medications.

I felt like saying ‘sorry, will remove the link, enjoy your pain’. But that’d be nasty.

Here is my bit of excitement for the week…

A Timey Wimey Spinney Windy thing (aka a spindle) and Exploding Tardis themed wool roving

First go on the spindle

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Congrats to Bluegreen :) Yay. BG can tell you what she won ;)

I won a pack of McArthur Natural Products – the Paw Paw stuff that HP keeps raving about :D

Ooooh you lucky thing…please let us know how they go…

Happy Potter said:

bluegreen said:

Happy Potter said:

Congrats to Bluegreen :) Yay. BG can tell you what she won ;)

I won a pack of McArthur Natural Products – the Paw Paw stuff that HP keeps raving about :D

:D The whole pack no less. Raving about.. for a reason. I love it.

Another lady I shared it to also won a pack :) But another acquaintance I shared I was sorry I did. Gawd, got abused for my trouble, called it snake oil. Ha! Closed mind sort. I know it would help her, but nope, closed mind to anything except high cost modern medications.

I felt like saying ‘sorry, will remove the link, enjoy your pain’. But that’d be nasty.

Good thing she’s only your acquaintance…

Dinetta said:

Good thing she’s only your acquaintance…

In my experience, friends don’t need all of this.

Pics of the mature oranges that I’d removed that rind eating grub from. The fruit was fine, nothing wrong on the inside, just the ugly scar on the peel.

Skiting…..picked the first half dozen asparagus spears for the season yesterday. Have asparagus, have fresh eggs, have just picked lemons, have local butter. Hollandaise sauce and asparagus with dinner tonight.

:)

buffy said:

Skiting…..picked the first half dozen asparagus spears for the season yesterday. Have asparagus, have fresh eggs, have just picked lemons, have local butter. Hollandaise sauce and asparagus with dinner tonight.

:)

yum :)

buffy said:

Skiting…..picked the first half dozen asparagus spears for the season yesterday. Have asparagus, have fresh eggs, have just picked lemons, have local butter. Hollandaise sauce and asparagus with dinner tonight.

:)

Enjoy!!

And this is my trial tomato this year:

http://www.diggers.com.au/shop/product/S2217/TOMATO%20VIOLET%20JASPER.aspx

I will also be growing Black Krim, Ananas Noir, Tommy Toe, Tigerella, brown berry, Brandy Wine, Rouge de Marmande, Grosse Lisse and Mortgage Lifter. I’m going to be daring and get the seeds in this week. Much earlier than usual for me, but I’ve ordered a small greenhouse thingy and maybe I can get something to eat off the tomatoes earlier than March!

A lady after IronBarkBob’s own heart…

Dinetta said:

A lady after IronBarkBob’s own heart…

I wonder how he is going these days?

Gosh I miss him…still remember the photo he put up “Miss Mod’s Car”…