Raffles

I buy raffle tickets on the street all the time, I fact I have a rule that I never pass them by, unless I'm really late or something. Its my little thing to help the community seeing as how I'm way to lazy to get off my A$^*( and actuallyy do something.  As I buy them I always hope that I don't win.  Its a kind of "If I win this I might win the cancer lottery too"  (or whaterver paranoia has taken over my life at that particular time, could be the plane might crash or  there might be a flu epidemic or anything) - I don't really want to be lucky in any of those lotteries

Lost tree fern,Bonfire,pruning Feijoas, New Glasses strawberries and a reunion

1 June  2013

Do you remember this curious photo of a tree fern seemingly in flower from a couple of weeks ago?  We planted it  about 4 years ago and it was just getting to a nice size.   

Weeeellllll.  Ed parked his little Nanna car by the back door. After some time we went outside to find it had rolled back down the drive. Fortunately something had stopped it from actually going down the bank.....  Yes it was the tree fern Completely broken off at the base.

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This is the second time Ed has done this.  The last one was with my Mum's Triumph Toledo fairly soon after we arrived - we were still staying inthe barn. Only that did go much further down the bank and we had to get a tow truck out to haul it back up.

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 3 Jun 2013
Late autumn bonfire in a warm wintery sun.  Kids had disappeared inside but we enjoyed the warmth and got lots of vitamin B.  I tried to persuade the others that we should be having a wine but they resisted as they were driving home. I abstained.

 6 Jun 2013
Ed started pruning the Feijoa tree and I experimented with the panorama setting on my phone camera. Ed decided they needed severe pruning this year as they are getting too bushy and we have hardly had any feijoas for a couple of years.  It is a spectacular prune - well we'll see how they go.  They are pretty tough I think they will survive.

New Glasses

Strawberry plants all planted and doing well

 8 June 2013
Robyn Harris-Isles came up to stay with Sonya for a while so we went round  for a dinner and some preloading and then went off to see Rick Bryant.
It is so good to catch uo with Robyn and always interesting to see that no matter what ravages of time are inflicted on the body, the essence of who we are remains constant.

Left to Right: Ben Howe, Sonya Waters, Ed Geddes, Jean Hedges, Robyn Harris-Isles

Ben, Sonya Ed

Jean, Robys and Dog Jefrey

Jefrey looking cute

Watching photos scroll on the TV.  Memories and modern.

Sick Old Sox and Reps Behaving badly

 Sox feeling very sorry for himself after he had his eye sewn up at the vets again. He often gets ulcers in his eye and they are buggers to heal.  Nothing very serious but he looks so cute snuggled up in front of the fire.

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Reps at Leigh. Another great gig. They were naughty boys after though. Seems Dave and others  were creating chaos in the bunkroom so that other guests refused to pay. Reps had to reimburse the sawmill. Oooops hope they haven't blotted their copybook there

Rats

15th May 2013 Rat plague

We seem to have a plague of rats. Last night The Attic Tribe, who seem to be bait resistant, held a bait banquet above our bed followed by a few rounds of the highland fling. The lowlanders however are not so resistant and have decided the inaccessible gap under the bathroom sink is a good place to die. So its prancing in the attic and ponging on theground floorj

Ed was sitting playing a relaxed sax piece when lola climbed up on the couch and sat by his shoulder. Too cut.

Emma's confirmation. Poor wee thing had been so excited, chosed her clothes and hair but was sick with a cold and ear ache on the day. Life sucks when that happens Em.

28th May 2013 Winter arrives with a bang

Suddenly its freezing and hail is sitting in the paddock instead of melting almost immediately as it usually does

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Waiting for grass seed to grow but I'm thinking it will take a while  in this freezing weather

Hail sitting on the weednet that has just been laid in preparation for new hypericum plants

 18th May 2013 - Autumn visions from our place

Gordon and wendy cut down the macrocarpa around their house. Apparently there was an accident where a tree fell on the workers ute, narrowly missing the house.

View from our driveway

Driveway another 10 metres on, with dogs

Late hibiscus giving colour to the garden

Tree begonia using a ponga to prop it up and looking as though the ponga is in flower

Close up of tree begonia on ponga