Wonder dog was the best Koolie Kelpie cross girl. Now there is Rosie the Red Cattle Dog. Iβm Caity. I am a physical and verbal klutz. Autistic, Artistic, Queer. I live in South East Queensland, Australia. I believe in real art, and real writing, by real people. No AI, thanks. Header Picture: βLandscape with Bushfireβ, Various discarded paints on fridge door, by Dad. Avatar picture: Rosie the Red Cattle Dog snoozing on a green background. Be Kind: Life is short. Live it to the fullest. Dogs: Friendly to contained cats Lives: Jagera, Giabal, and Jarowair Country. Always Was, Always Will Be. Living with Invisible Disabilities: Bipolar, ME/CFS, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Fibromyalgia, AuDHD, CPTSD ...
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Last Notes npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ In other news, the new fence one of the next door neighbours has put up remains unfinished, no sign of the duuuuuude showing up to fix the enormous Rosie the Red Cattle Dog sized hole left between the yards. This all happened while I was away. I don't think I'll be rushing to pay any money for my "share" of the fence, do you? Grrrrrrr. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Wow. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ scallops npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oh noes, speedy recovery to Himself! How clever of him to travel with a nurse... npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oooh I have heard this, but despaired of ever having one, so put this out of my mind. I'm going to have to work out how to do it! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Microwave oven carked it on the weekend, so we got a new microwave. But it was smaller than previous one (fiiiiiine) and didn't fit the microwave rice cooker (which I hated anyway) so after my very late mental health appointment today, we went shopping and bought a separate rice cooker. Smarter than I was going to buy, but it seduced me with promised auto settings for brown rice, crispy rice, sushi rice, steam, porridge, as well as white rice. Still not all that expensive, no Powerball win as yet! Looking forward to seeing how I go with that. Also had to buy a new toaster, after an unfortunate accident on the weekend involving lack of bench space, and someone setting the toaster on the stove, then turning on a burner underneath the toaster rather than the burner for the grill, when they wanted grilled cheese on toast. The burnt plastic smell was spectacular. That would be one word for it, anyway. I'll leave you to imagine others. I'm off cheese on toast for a while, oddly enough. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Oooh this is sooooo up my Artists Books jam! If anyone is near Hawthorn Arts Centre, Victoria, hope you can see this! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-13/slow-read-exhibition-hawthorn-arts-centre/106866534 npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Ooofff, that's rough, I'm sorry to hear that. Hope you're on the way to a fix and no pain. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Morning, Toots. Back from the dentist, who was lovely (not my regular dentist, good to know I have a backup at the same clinic.) Turns out - probably not a teeth problem. Probably to do with the #TrigeminalNeuralgia, which is more complex, but means no root canal, so yay! (I was dreading a root canal.) The icy substance test on the normal tooth was interesting π€. ZING! "Is it still cold?" "Soooo cold!" "Hmm, wipe it off with your tongue. Still cold?" "Oh, stillll cold!" "That's really suggesting a nerve issue. Still cold?" "Cold!" "Ok, how soon can you see your neurologist? And stress makes trigeminal neuralgia worse, right?" Sigh. I dunno, that accident - one of those things that's just going to haunt me, yeah?! ππ» npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. It was a cold old morning here, how was it your way? Was there ever a greater lie than "your call is important to us"? (It's okay, I can think of many, but that's today's.) I was been on hold with a Certain Government Department for over an hour because even though I tried to report a change, when I was on hold with them over an hour a fortnight ago, they didn't actually make the change, and so things got stuffed up. No way to do any of this on their website, of course. Nice enough people once I got through, it's just the fuss, grumble grumble. I may be extra grumbly because I have a toothache. Oops. Dentist booked for first thing tomorrow, though, so that's all right. Teeth, eh? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ After a question from a friend on here, I've been thinking: Given unlimited finances, where would you buy a one way ticket to? Why? (Yes, you have to specify return, but this is a realm of pure imagination, work with me here, it's Willy Wonka mode!) I'll start: I think I'd like to go to either a small Greek Island (good food, not many people); or Spain (specifically, Barcelona. Food, Architecture, I've always wanted to go there. And you? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Morning, no, oops, Arvo, Toots! It's a lovely sunny winter's day today, 14.8, (feels like 12.3), and I have managed to get clean sheets on the bed, (with Miss Rosie Dog's help!) and the sheets through the wash and onto the line. Didn't do it yesterday because I was busy, had meetings, and made two batches of chicken and sweet corn soup. (Nagi's recipe, it's a good one.) One meeting was to start the collating process after the Art Society focus group meeting on Saturday. So I have my part of that task to do. Spreadsheets ahoy! I took a batch of soup to my bestie who is having day surgery today, and I'm really glad now I did. She was asked to be at the hospital at 530am, and still hadn't gone in to pre-op at noon! No way she would have felt like cooking anything or managing takeaway tonight. (May not even feel like eating, I guess, but it will be there if she does.) Right, I guess this spreadsheet won't write itself, will it? What are you up to today? How's the weather? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Classics being taught appropriately then. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. Looooooong morning on hold with Centrelink: Navigate phone tree. Refuse to give voice print. Foxtrot music. Mock poppy synth. Guitar hero yacht rock. Choir of doom. Back to Foxtrot. Click, is that a human... Noooo it's a crackly mock Baroque. Back to Foxtrot. Random double use of choir of doom. 95 minutes aaaaand HUMAN! Very helpful, pleasant human. There was no way to do what I needed to do online, we both checked. At least it's done. I missed my Friday morning drawing class for this. Oh well. Had to be done, they could have fined me if I didn't let them know [redacted] within 14 days. What a system. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Potato scallop. Yessssssss! And a pineapple fritter. I am also occasionally partial to a banana fritter. (I eat the fish just so I can have the good bits.) npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Much sad, but yay fish and chips? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Meant to ask, were you successful in finding a recipe you liked for muesli/snack type bars for the hungry hordes? I'm making an old favourite one, originally from the Women's Weekly Biscuits and Slices book, a honey/oat/sultana based thing that I've adapted over the years, so my "throw a handful of this or that in" probably no longer resembles the original recipe - but it does do the "I'm starving, it's aaaaaages until tea!" job nicely. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ So much all at once! Good food though - good nourishing food, ahhhhh. π€ npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Bloody freezing here, too, without the wind chill of riding! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Yep, waxing is kinda soothing, I don't mind doing that. And I like pamphlet stitch! But I'm trying to work out how to do some smaller books with coptic stitch variations, things I haven't tried before, and thread that's too big just isn't going to work. I'm already feeling like I've bitten off way more than I can chew, but what the heck, just paper and thread and time! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ 3 might have to do, if it's all I can get. Thanks for the tip. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Fedi mind, any #Bookbinders in Australia who can help me find waxed 2 ply linen thread from a reliable Australian source? I'm looking to buy a couple of colours, full reels, and so far all I can find are either overseas sellers, people wanting to sell me a metre at a time (no good!) or 4 ply waxed lined thread (too thick for my size books.) I'm down to my last little bit piece ... npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ I'll make sure I take detailed shots on Saturday or during the month! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots! As promised, a few pictures of the installed exhibition. (More to come, including detailed photos, on Saturday at the official opening.) The long plinth now has our collaborative challenge accordion books arranged along the two shelves, and several other groups have been eyeing it off for their exhibitions, too. The baskets have been arranged, and several have already been sold. I'm hoping Sandy, the artist, will run a workshop on baskets for us. Just gorgeous. We had a few visitors through during group time this afternoon, and there have been positive comments already, and sales! Love those red dots going up on the labels! https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/116/645/097/127/900/479/original/91e9b653407f1514.jpg https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/116/645/114/229/674/349/original/240cdf643ef71612.jpg https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/116/645/143/246/834/239/original/72ce80ce52b2d7ca.jpg npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots. Recovery day today. Hanging Day went well at the gallery yesterday. I had to leave before we were completely done, but the hanging committee were super helpful and so experienced, they made our group's job a lot easier. I mostly sat, sorted labels, and rolled small balls of blutack for the back of the labels - being a good little dung beetle, lol! Then matching labels to works was simple and fast. Hopefully I can share some gallery photos tomorrow. Today I'm trying out a new to me roast chook recipe, brain fog hit half way through even with my tried and true method of getting all the ingredients out and ticking them off as I go. Suspect it will still be okay without that small amount of dried herbs, as there were other herbs in butter smooshed under the skin of the chook, but very annoying! Miss Rosie would like you to know that she has been out in the rain. It was wet, so she had to check all her peemail twice. Very tiring. #RosieTheRedCattleDog #DogsOfFedi https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/116/639/545/075/520/090/original/601560d31d898e19.jpg 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 Maybe a dead prawn... Left somewhere? Although I do appreciate a good fish slapping dance reference! π npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Currently being rewritten by CHAT GPT after writing volunteer newsletter email and yeah nah. Either you accept my writing style or nope. (I should point out, it is rather more formal than my writing here. Obviously.) #volunteerfeels npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Yes. But preferably: kimchi! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Through the trigeminal neuralgia groups? Maybe? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Wot no icecream?! npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ As someone with a love/hate relationship with PDF patterns, I can appreciate this. 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 Arvo, Toots. I did get up. I am trying to deal with an email that needs to go out re the Artists Books Exhibition. (Remind me why I'm doing this? Right now I hate the "art" I'm making, nothing is working, and I want to go back to bed.) Must be time for another cuppa, eh?! 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 For me too, frames are nothing - I think my current frames, which I quite like, were under $100. It's needing expensive lenses, quite different between each eye, and with coatings and tints etc that push up the prices. Plus prescription sunnies on top, although after next time, I'll probably just go with the Cancer Council wrap around fit overs for those, if I can. npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Glasses are SO expensive! But what can we do, it's not like we can go without them! 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 OTOH (sorry!) clean floor... That's a bonus. With zero pawprints? npub19rcs2976k2rqpaeds972uak3zpfkcnh2q4wglsakhfg09fjaj5nsfwm3mw Wonderdog π³οΈβπ Arvo, Toots! Just ordered a Family History thing from NSW Births Deaths and Marriages. Guess which website, still, in 2026, cannot accommodate a name with a strange (not that strange) character in it? In other news, very tired today. Two hours of Portraiture Drawing Class, where we drew an initial reference drawing (so we'd be able to see how far we've gone by the end of the course) and did lots of learning to measure accurately, and it was very mentally draining. The teacher was great, encouraging, and very experienced in teaching, so I hope that I'll stop drawing faces that all look like ET. (Unless I want to make them look like ET. That's the crucial difference.) Warm here again today. Where is Autumn? I was promised Autumn! Who's got the Autumn? Can you share, please? 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)