Booting It Up

Adoring Husband booked the day for work, mowing lawns at all of the maintenance locations in town, so he was gone from 5.30am until about 11am.

BGWLBH and I were out the door at 7.30am to attend the car boot sale in the recreation grounds.

I purchased a timber frame with two metal dog bowls in it - for Harley - and a lead light feather to hang under the Bali hut.

I ran into a few friendly faces, so hugs and happy banter were the key for the morning and I must say it was refreshing. It’s been so long since I was properly out and about in town and it was nice to feel welcome and to know that I’ve been missed.

My faith in the human race has been somewhat restored.

The sales were many and varied at the grounds, from timber work to bejewelled and painted bottles, planter pots, preloved clothing, knitted and crocheted goodies, microbat homes, plants, glassware, fluid art, Christmas cakes, 2nd hand items and remote control cars with terrains.

By 9am it was quite hot out there! So we returned home to make breakfast and then move into the art room.

I’d promised the Tattooed Mermaid that I would design another tattoo for her because she wanted to incorporate frangipanis into the design so I did a couple of rough drafts …

I’m sure a tattooist could create a more refined copy of these. The Mermaid preferred the top one.

Once I’d finished, I could hear my bed calling me. I spent the afternoon dozing, watching YouTube videos, dozing, reading articles, dozing, facebooking and dozing.

At 5pm I hung out my washing and prepared Peking duck, zucchini slice and salad for dinner. My dinner was a toasted ham and coleslaw sandwich.

I’ve been in bed watching “Father of the Bride: Part 2” since 9pm and now it’s almost 11pm!

Nite all.

Rule it Out!

I watched a news story this afternoon stating that more lockdowns can’t be ruled out with this new wave of Covid.

I believe they will be very regretful if they try that BS again.

They are already asking for “amnesty” for all of the bad decisions they made regarding the first wave of Covid AND the vaccine mandates … not a chance in hell. The court cases have already begun and punishments are being meted out. They won’t get out of it that easily.

I was up early-ish to accompany Adoring Husband into town for not so psychotic dog Colli’s grooming appointment.

She was not very accommodating on the trip in, trying to hang herself with the doggy seatbelt, causing AH to stress and the Parkinson’s symptoms to become very pronounced and the car trip was very uncomfortable.

We stopped to purchase some supplies for the maintenance job and Colli became very restless so I put her out of the car onto a bark chip garden where she promptly pooped!

AH dropped her into the groomers and we toddled off to shop for groceries. Nana’s Pantry was our first stop, followed by Stocklands.

I was then dropped off at Pialba to meet up with BGWLBH and AH left to pick up Colli - but she wasn’t ready until almost midday!

That was ridiculous because we’d already clipped her face and all they had to do was her body. We’ve decided to find a new groomer because this is the third time in a row that they’ve taken too long, we’re unable to finish the job AND they charged us extra. 

Her fur wasn’t anywhere near as long as previous visits so there was no need for the extra hour and extra cost.

BGWLBH and I bought lotto tickets, had coffee and stocked up on art and craft supplies before coming home.

I made tuna Pattie’s for BGWLBH’s dinner - still on soft food. I mixed up the sauce AND did AH’s job cooking the chicken bits.

Dessert was a combination of apple slice and stewed rhubarb/apple with meringue. Scrumptious.

I’ve decided to name our new family member Harley and he will be joining us on 21st November.

Best Cousin in the World and Marco Polo will be bringing home grown beef and lamb for a barbecue lunch and we’ll probably have a dip in the pool. I’m looking forward to seeing them - I think it’s been about 2yrs since I’ve seen them! I can’t wait to meet Harley.

😍

BGWLBH and I are off early tomorrow to attend a a big car boot sale at the recreation grounds in town so I’d best get some sleep.

Nite all.

Decision Made

Got a bit arty today - thanks to BGWLBH who texted a request, while I was still in bed, to join her in the art space.

I don’t think I’m quite finished yet, but so far …

I only have three projects on the go at the moment and I’d like to finish all of them before I start the next.

I woke at 2.20am and could not get back to sleep until 5am so I slept until 9.30am. I lay in bed with my eyes closed for 90 minutes and I wasn’t even thinking about anything. I just COULD NOT sleep!

We made a decision today and will have a new member of the family soon.

No name yet. That’s a work in progress.

Tonight I made chicken soup entree, potato and sweet potato mash with spicy maple chilli chicken for main, but BGWLBH could only have the mash because she’s still on a soft food diet, then we had home made apple tart for dessert with stewed apple and rhubarb.

I also made a stewed apple and rhubarb meringue tart which was delicious.

Already it’s 10pm so it’s bed time for me.

Nite all.

Lovely Start

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The weather was beautiful this morning for coffee in the park with the girls and there were six of us enjoying each other’s company.

BGWLBH stayed at home nursing her tender mouth after yesterdays visit to the dentist.

From the park I rode to the supermarket to grab a few items before going home.

At home, I discovered BGWLBH sitting in the art space creating some lovely little pieces of arty, crafty wonderfulness.

I really wanted to do art too but I just couldn’t decide what, so I boiled 8 eggs and used half of them to make curried egg and the other half to do mashed egg with shredded lettuce and diced onion. I put the latter on some toast for myself for lunch.

I sat in the art space with BGWLBH until almost 2pm and we discussed when we will have all the girls over for an art day.

Soon.

Tonight’s dinner was duck with salad for Adoring Husband, and for BGWLBH, lettuce cups with curried egg and pumpkin soup because she’s not allowed to chew hard food for the next week.

I wasn’t hungry.

I’ve been watching the 8th series of  “Portrait Artist of the Year” and feeling inspired to try a portrait. I’m going to watch all of the other series until I feel like I know how to get going.

It’s 10.30pm and I don’t have any social plans or errands to run tomorrow so I can take my time getting out of bed.

Nite all.

Wizard of HB

BGWLBH had dental work done today so she’s not feeling on top of the world.

Adoring Husband and I took not so psychotic dog, Colli, to the vet for a check up. The wound on her belly is almost all gone but she has been licking her feet a lot so Dr Amanda took a swab and discovered that she has fungal/yeast between her toe pads.

Yet another prescription.

Now she has heart medication every night, medication for the insect bite twice a day, cream for her belly and now cream for her feet!

We are hoping that the difficulty that she’s had with walking can be attributed to the fungal infection and NOT to arthritis - otherwise she has to start injections which will more than likely put her on the downhill slide because she’s old and her organs may not cope.

In dog years she’s 119 so she has done very well and we have been very lucky because I thought we would lose her soon after the others. It has been two years since we lost Jack and Ruby. How time flies.

I met up with BGWLBH after her dental appointment but we didn’t get to do much because she wasn’t feeling super energised after 90 minutes in the dentist’s chair and we were home by 12.30pm.

She slept the afternoon away, I watched my quiz shows and just as I was dozing on the couch, Mrs Bucket came knocking on the door.

We chatted for an hour which took it to dinner preparation time.

Snapper and salad for us. Chicken soup for BGWLBH.

It’s now 11pm and it’s another early morning tomorrow having coffee with the art/meditation girls so I need to sleep.

Nite all.

Down Time

Well I was asleep by 7pm last night but woke up for a little while some time around 9pm and fell back to sleep until 11.15pm. I was awake for an hour and slept until 7.30am.

The retreat really wore me out and I spent today with my feet up - well first of all I was roped into making a fruit platter for Adoring Husband and BGWLBH before making my own lunch but eventually I got to be my true lazy self.

I watched the movie ‘Enola Holmes 2” which I quite enjoyed.

After my quiz shows I prepared honey lime chilli chicken, sweet potato chips, butter garlic asparagus and charred zucchini for dinner.

I sat down to watch an episode of “Portrait Artist of the Year” before the new show “My Mum, Your Dad” started.

Tomorrow is going to be big with BGWLBH having an 8am dental appointment and Colli a vet appointment at 9.30am and it will mean an early start so even though it’s just after 8pm right now, I’m feeling tired enough to sleep.

So, nite all.

Touch of Paradise

The Gypsy’s property is a touch of paradise.

It’s lush and green with beautiful trees and wind chimes singing in every key, planter pots full of healthy herbs of every description, crystals and glass beads in the little gardens scattered around the structures.

Little areas sectioned off with seating where you can sit silently taking in the view of the mountains or watching the ducks play in the dam, admire the raised vegetable gardens, close your eyes and feel the wind in your hair and the sunshine on your face.

At one end is the small donga beautifully decorated as a retreat for meditation classes with seating for ten lucky people to share her space. It’s immediately welcoming and calming and where I would spend my time if it was my place.

Two shipping containers set apart but side by side in another location which provide a protected space for their two cars and storage inside.

The beautiful white yurt with bushes of fragrant herbs surrounding it.

Beside that, a little outhouse better known as the ‘twinkletarium’, beautifully painted, spacious and clean.

Next, another donga designed as a kitchen, dining and office space with a sliding glass door as an entrance and a full length porch for protection from the elements. In front of that a double garden swing.

The design is fresh, clean and filled with love.

Then there is the caravan protected by a carefully designed shed and providing an alfresco area surrounded by clear perspex to take advantage of the views.

It is still a work in progress and only The Gypsy’s health has slowed her progress, but everyone who attended today felt uplifted by the location alone. It was magical with little surprises around every corner and I loved the seven hours that I spent there today.

Very healing.

There was crystal bowl meditations, native drumming meditation, Qigong, discussions about the 8 powers of raja yoga meditation, beautiful calming music, so much delicious vegetarian food for lunch with tea, coffee or home made kombucha, Drishti and lots of sharing.

It was a great day - exhausting - but very enjoyable and I look forward to the next one.

Now I need to sleep.

Nite all.