Wonder dog was the best Koolie Kelpie cross girl, gone too soon. Iβm Caity. I believe everybody is fighting invisible battles, so we need to be kind. I like cooking, reading, and I have aged parents, one of whom has Alzheimers. My family are in Adelaide, Australia. I live in South East Queensland. Header Picture: βLandscape with Bushfireβ, Various discarded paints on fridge door, Artist: my Dad. Avatar picture: kookaburras on conduit in front on the bush in my yard Be Kind: Life is short. Live it to the fullest. Dogs: Friendly to contained cats, puurrrrr Lives: Jagera, Giabal, and Jarowair Country. Always Was, Always Will Be. Living with Invisible Disabilities: Bipolar, ME/CFS, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Fibromyalgia, Autistic, AuDHD, CPTSD ...
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Last Notes npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Evening, Toots. Coming down to the wire for the Artists Books group Exhibition. Delivery Day is Sunday, Hanging Day is Monday. So the first public gallery views will be Tuesday, even though the official opening isn't until next Saturday. A few last minute things to get done: last lines on my piece that's going in; baking to do; and the set up on Saturday morning. And my rostered exhibition sitting slots. And then: take down day. I am very much looking forward to take down day! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Through the trigeminal neuralgia groups? Maybe? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Wot no icecream?! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ #Adelaide friends, the lovely #florist I used to use on Portrush Rd (near Marden Shops) no longer exists, and I find myself in need of flowers, can I have recommendations, please and thank you? Don't want to use one of those generic roses mobs, bleh. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Similar to Aged Care? (Yes, not your area, but from my very limited consumer involvement, it seems there are similar failings?) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ "Unpredictability volcanic" pretty much describes our relationship. Probably why she gets on better with my SIL, I think. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Evening, Toots. Regular Saturday upsetting my Mother phone call achievement unlocked. Head desk. (Mentioned something related to family history, I think. Who knows. She hung up.) My SIL is going off to visit her family for five weeks starting Tuesday, and Mum has requested extra phone calls with me, because she will miss my SIL, who she usually sees pretty much every day. (Brother and SIL live over Mum and Dad's back fence, gate in between the yards. I live 1879 km away, according to the maps app.) All of you who do care giving and care giving support? I see you. I get the easy end of the stick. I have zero right to whinge. In other news, I washed the vacuum cleaner filters today. Which seems like there should be a metaphor in there somewhere, but I am too tired and sore after vacuuming and having to wash the vacuum cleaner filters to work out. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ristretto PowerPoint. The new conference energy. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oh guess whose left/right dyslexia (is there a name for that?) messed them up at the chemist today, so when I went to lie down for a much needed nap this arvo I suddenly realised I got my flu shot in the wrong arm, so I won't sleep again tonight. (They'd also run out of Covid vax, so I'll have to try again for that.) Very first world problems, though, because yay, fluvax, that didn't cost me a cent. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Interesting, because I love Smitten Kitchen recipes! Haven't been checking her site in a while. Must do that. There are some cooks/chefs I know are reliable (all hail Nagi!) and some whose recipes I read with a raised eyebrow and a "yeah, nah! π" JBN is a "hmmm, occasionally I'll try." Adam Liaw is a "halve the oil for a START, darling, and only try this recipe if I'm feeling wealthy." npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I ended up using a commercial GF mix last time, I think it may even have been white wings GF flour from Coles? It worked! None left in the house at the moment, so will probably just use that again this week. The recipe is the one from ABC website, and I don't buy buttermilk to make it, just use the lactose free milk I have on hand, soured with lemon juice. It doesn't actually need the icing, it's a lovely rich cake as it is. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. Bit of a food gripe for this post. I offered to make a cake for next week's portraits from life session, because it's someone's birthday. So I was asking "does anyone have any food allergies, etc" as you do, right? The birthday person doesn't do coffee. No problems. Other people, no gluten. Ok. I offered my almond, coconut, and lemon cake. One person bailed me up and said "Have you heard of a low FODMAP diet?" I said yes, I followed it myself. "Well if you had, you'd KNOW that almond and coconut are NOT low FODMAP." "Okay, will a gluten free, olive oil chocolate cake work for you? It will work for the rest of the group." They'd stomped off. The thing is, there's not ONE #LowFODMAP diet, it's based on what each individual can tolerate and what you reintroduce when. I'm trying to let this go. I am. I don't want this to be a thing, it's silly! But I also don't want to make cake again for this group. And I like making cakes. Humph. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oh fabulous. Next door's smoke alarm has just started up. BWEEP BWEEP BWEEP! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ The best way to describe them in sort of like Zucchini? Blank canvas. Very subtle flavour. Baked, in the air fryer, (30 minutes at 200, #choko cut into quarters on the longitudinal axis) makes them taste like baked pumpkin, I think. Previous generations boiled them and smothered them in white sauce. I occasionally stem them and just add butter, but the air fryer roast is delicious. Or throwing them into curries or stir fries. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Evening, Toots. Just finished 22 hours of a very fun audiobook read, "This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me" by Ilona Andrews. Book 1 of a trilogy. (About 20 minutes of torture gore I didn't do well with, trigger warning there. But out of 22 hours, I can love with that.) Portal fantasy. Comedy. Romantasy maybe? Not hugely romantasy. A bit romantasy. D&D ish. Anyway, great fun, tempted to listen to it all over again, but I have other books in my Libby queue. Worth the time, looking forward to the next one, will read others by the same author. https://ilona-andrews.com/maggie-the-undying-2/ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I love slowly filling in the gaps and correcting the rumours and misapprehensions. Of course, the information on the registry is only as good as the informants, but it's better than zero. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Hugs. Hope the delivery gets there soon. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ooh! And much excitement for me yesterday when I realised that the supermarket - one of the duopoly - at the little mall where my post box lives, has half of one side of an aisle, quite a lot of real estate in supermarket terms - in fair dinkum Indian foods. (Caity, did you just say "fair dinkum Indian foods"?!) Okay, how about a big range of food from various Indian cuisines, lots of dried beans and lentils, big bags of rice, good snacks, whole and powdered spices I used to have to buy out at the special store (and so I often couldn't get)? And now they're just in the supermarket. I'll be trying a lot more diverse recipes now! @npub1emvβ¦wnhu npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ oh, bikes on trains! Bikes on public transport is a THING! In Canberra, people can just put their bikes on the special racks on the front of the bus - although to me, in the country, around the corner from several places that fit ROO BARS! to big 4WDs that did scramble my brain for a moment! There was nothing like that back when I was still a bike rider. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Morning, Toots! Very tired morning after a big (for us) trip yesterday, with quite terrifying traffic on the way home. Bumper to bumper, all the way out from the very middle of Brisbane, pretty much until ... oh, one of the outer places way past Ipswich? And apparently this was a GOOD day with fewer cars on the road? YIKES! (How do you DO this in cities? Please, I would have loved to do this on Public transport! But with this appointment, I could have been there two hours - or five. No way to plan.) The whole experience not helped with me being four-fifths still blinded by the dilating drops from the eye specialist (even with sunnies, and an overcast day) and of course, my driver not having driven in that sort of traffic regularly. And I get to do it all again in 7 weeks or so, to see (ha!) a different specialist in the same building (Queensland Eye Institute.) Anyway. Today is definitely a rest day for me, no Artists Books group. How are you, what are you up to today? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ "cold showers are so gooood for you" NO. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ π« and drawing and painting sound great. I'm going to be collecting my parcel of books I posted home (after this appointment) and then luxuriating in starting to scribble notes in them. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ π lol, Thinking back to "Dutch caps" ewwww npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I had been using Toot! For Mastodon on my ipad but thatβs not working well anymore ( no longer being updated) so what app are people using to read their Mastodon? I donβt enjoy reading on the main web page so much, although I can. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Rosie has been for her first visit to the vet. She is a happy car traveller - in her harness, strapped into the seatbelt in the back, very calm, a complete contrast to Wonderdog, who used to need special medication an hour before getting in the car, and Mum sitting next to her in the back seat. Vet was happy with her, apart from warning us about a possible issue with her left hip - nothing major, but we're going to keep an eye on her and start her on some joint protection measures now. And Rosie was very happy to sniff all the sniffs in the vet's outdoor exam room (isn't that a good idea, by the way - it's a closed in, grassed area with a door leading to the back treatment area of the clinic) and left peemail for the other doggos. And now for some quality snooze time in Mum's chair, says Rosie. https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/856/808/835/861/301/original/cc6040e9265e5953.jpg npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. Oops, 27 days between posts, did I miss anything? (Arrgh!) Lots happened here. Doing a bit better. Stayed out of hospital. Booked a week holiday in Canberra for start of March, staying with Canberra bestie in Kingston and doing stuff, so might get to meet some of you perhaps? Also: meet the new addition, Rosie. 7 and a half years old, some issues when she's left alone, so needed a home with people around most of the day. Loves slow sniffy walks, can be stubborn. But mostly a very calm girl - except when our cockatiels flap; but even then, she's learning to ignore them (we did have to fence the cockatiels in, though!) Thank you so much to everyone who sent messages and checked in. This has been an especially bad patch, for a lot of people, and I appreciate you all. β€οΈ https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/852/314/330/043/704/original/f9a96300d6ac5d40.jpg npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Evening, Toots. Yes, I did fall off the face of the planet again, sorry about that. Been having a bit of a struggle with an old problem rearing its head again. Not helped by this time of year, always a bit blah-ish, and there have been some added stresses during the year ... so yeah. I'm still alive. Will try to be back soon. Thank you for being worried. Hope you've all been playing nicely with the other children while I've been gone? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I will always love this song. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ envyyyyyyy! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ This is my everyday tea, I go through boxes of the loose leaf version. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ouch π’ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ π npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ bwaaahaaa npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Happy Anniversary! And what a long way to travel together. (And may you still be together to piss on John Howard's grave.) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ouch!!!!! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Nom nom npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ooooh so thatβs the new Powerhouse! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Yikes! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ditto. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ The other benefit of Teachers Health is that kids of teachers are covered too (which is why Iβm covered by them) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ick. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ sounds yum! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ this is awesome sauce! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ yes, i have no idea npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I know of someone who buys very nice silk jarmies and has apparenyly not been censured for her WFH attire, lol! What a brilliant move, I thought! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ hugs, and thanks for the many enjoyable games ππ« npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ππ€© npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ why not both?! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ thanks, will try the Aldi ones next shop. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Dried out, tough, stringy chicken breast is π€’ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ She's looking like she's about to go for your knees, there. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I just remembered I have eggs. Well, *I* don't, long got rid of all that fuss! But there are eggs in the fridge. Scrambled eggs on the one working hotplate it is, then! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ No. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ yep. Much tired. Could be ... damn, I have zero idea right now, but you're an hour ahead, I have time. Wibbly Wobbly Time. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ do they make the tuna bearable? Not fond of it plain, but the dietitian keeps urging me to eat the stuff... npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ eeeep! It looks like it was bad and still headed up coast! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Aaawww, Happy Birthday to him! What a good pressie! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Thank you. Just going to raid the freezer for another ice pack (oooh you should have seen that before I corrected my typos, lol!) Wishing I could live in the freezer. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ eeeeeeeeeee!! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ very. π₯΅π€― npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ (slight swirling back towards us, I am in awe, Nick, in awe ...) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ yeah, ta. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ hugs npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Fair. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ahhh you have my afternoon storm dammit. Missed us, got you. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ugh, ok for top shelves perhaps, below counters become crumb catchers for everything. (My kitchen cabinet has no doors arrrrgh) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ ugh, humidity! That's why I don't live on the coast! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ thank you npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Thanks. Let's hope we get cooling rain, no hail! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. HOT here. I have given up hope for the day and am eating one of my pre-prepped salads I was meant to take this week. 33 in my bedroom, and itβs only 130pm - hate to think what the temperature will reach by this evening (although we have been threatened with storms - do we believe the BOM, or yesterdayβs kookaburras and the little ants?) Still migrainous. (If thatβs not a word, it should be.) Severe heatwave warning in force. My brain is dribbling oit my ear and exploding at the same time. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ oooofffffffff npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Leaf blowers are proof of Satan's existence. Completely diabolical and unnecessary. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ amazing! Such work! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ yay, glad the EMDR works for you! Good luck with the house stuff. I missed my art therapy appointment because of migraine. Oh well, going to try and catch up on sleep....π€ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ oooh, today I think Iβd have a tomato juice, some sort of cereal (muesli?) and then the full brekky, with toast. Since this is a complete fantasy, A nice pot of never ending tea, too, pleas and thank you! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ 38! ICECREAM! And BOOKS! Very wise, very, very wise. I have a migraine so as soon as Iβve inhaled some food (because otherwise.. nothing to throw up, sorry, readers) Iβm back into bed. Enjoy your glorious strike! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Morning, Toots. Migraine. Accompanied by the uphill cowboys with whipper snipper and all their equipment being tested, (leaf blower in completely gravelled yard, ride on mower being driven onto big truck, etc) from 7:07am. I left to go see the vampires. They were still at it when I got back. Also, one of them is driving an unregistered vehicle, and the whole enterprise has no planning permit and shouldnβt be based out of a backyard anywayβ¦ I kinda donβt want to be THAT neighbour - but on the other hand, theyβre being THOSE neighbours. (This is also the one that built the shed that blocked out my entire lounge room window, so Iβm not kindly disposed. Especially when the workforce occasionallyβ¦ well, thereβs no toilets for them?) Our council will probably just say βwhatβs done is doneβ and give them a freaking permit. Iβm so tired. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Morning, Toots! Well, the kookaburras have spoken - there will be more rain. Forget the $6.4 million BOM overhaul, mate, I trust my local kookaburras. And my knees. Probably should go into consulting, I could make ...a bomb out of it?π€π€£ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ well done, you! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ben. Creme de Banane? Banana for scale. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ 29mm, including such a big thunderclap this morning the whole house shook. Housemate has been digging weeds out thos morning, the kind with terrible long taproots,so there's that! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Rain would be nice, but could do without the hail we had last time!! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ you too, Anthony! Huggles! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Omg exciting!! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Evening, Toots. Waiting for a storm that may or may not get here (there's a lump of hill that often splits storms around us - although the current radar tracking has at least some of the nasty stuff still heading into town.) I've been having an unsuccessful day of art experiments. No, wait - a frustrating day, because they've taught me things, but they didn't go where I wanted! So after my friend's gallery opening tomorrow (eeeee nothing to wear...) I will put my grotty, paint covered apron on over my jeans again, and keep trying other things. I pretty much tore the paper up on this one - kept throwing more layers onto a surface not designed to take it at all! The left hand side is almost done, I think. The right hand side still has bare texture medium, muaaa haaa haaaa ... maybe I'll cut them apart before I work on that side. I'll see what I think in the morning. It b always looks different in the morning. https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/592/918/845/689/055/original/1944d80a7f8d970e.jpg npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ OBVIOUSLY. Sheesh. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ never leaving chair. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ oh yum! I must do one - at least - to take to thingsβ¦ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Reminds me of the story of my Dad, building his and Mumβs first house in Griffith, NSW. Went outside to the (very red) mud. Mixed the timber floor stain to match. I think as Mum ended up with 3 of us under 5 in that place she was probably grateful! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Snerk. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Her chair now. HER CHAIR. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Quite the image! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oh dear. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ The (Adelaide chocolate maker) of craft advent calenders? It'd want to have golden threads and silver needles, and mend this old heart heart of mine for that price! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ is it one of those that we still refer to as "Mum's electric chair"?(π€π€£β‘οΈβ‘οΈ) I know it's naughty, but there are times when I do think "ejector seat!" when I see those. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Absolutely yes, print still matters! I'm not a professional editor or writer, but I am someone who prefers to reach for a reliable printed dictionary over increasingly difficult to navigate online sources. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I only get to go once a month at the moment but from next year I'll go to both Thursday mornings, I think. (2 meeting a month, currently. ) See how I go. But my Artists Books group is Officially "Artists Books and Fibre Arts" and that's every Wednesday, so I'm bloody lucky. And we have exhibitions next year, eeeeeeeee! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Seems to me that Adelaide town planners missed a great opportunity by not naming a suburb in the opposite direction to the inevitable Paradise Bus Interchange .... Limbo. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ this is so sweet! PETE! Reminds me of when my brother was very small, and he had a little nylon pillow (originally bought for use in the Kombi) which he took everywhere and refused to have a cover on. Just loved the noise and feel of it! (My brother is 4 years younger.) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Buttahhhhhhhhh!