Good Friday.........a good day to start. Recuperation day after a busy week. Didn't have to play tennis at all this week, and since it was a short week - last Monday being Labour Day holiday here - I got a start on the newsletter for our plant group. Hooray, Keryn showed me how to convert a Word document to pdf format, so sending it to the printers, and emailing it will be much more secure. Newsletter has to be finished and ready for printing and posting next week.
Wednesday and Thursday were work days at Mill Park, last night being particularly busy with people stocking up on reading matter before the 4 day break and school holidays.........in fact MP doesn't open again till Wed next week. Wow, I bet that's a busy day.........and guess who's working that day? Met an interesting reader wanting books that a Sufi from the 13th century had written (Saadi).........did find them on Library Link and ordered them on ILL. Would have liked to know what the interest was in them.........but we don't have time to chat unfortunately.
Wish I'd known about how to create a blog before our overseas trip last year...........though with all that happened, not sure I would have had enough time to do it over there. Was flat out with changing air tickets, funeral arrangements etc for Granny, Neil's super/bank loan arrangements etc. Phew, all seems a bit of a nightmare really...........and it's not over yet.
Need to clean this place up again, ready for our bbq with friends Sunday night. Just as well we have these social events occasionally, or this place would never get cleaned.
This lovely cool weather.........never thought I'd look forward to Autumn so much........but the hot dry weather this month has been exhausting. My plants are disappearing fast from my garden now..........perhaps my 'no water' policy is not such a good idea. I used to get out there and give them a drink if there were really hot days in Summer, but decided they had to 'sink or swim' (not a good analogy) this past 12 months. So maybe I will relent and handwater some of them again at times. Hopefully all those little projects I have in mind for the top garden will begin to happen this Autumn too............like mulching and more planting, and maybe even put drippers in...........we are a bit behind the times. Neil did a good job pulling out most of the hedge for me, which was falling over and dying anyway, so that leaves a bit more room for planting too. Actually, I daren't believe the weather forecast for the next week...........it looks like there might be some rain or showers coming.
I can see blogs could be yet another timewaster and a bit self-indulgent..........just as well I'm not into Facebook, Youtube, etc too....though I can see the fun in being able to play Scrabble online.
Back to the Hot Cross Buns, and maybe some gardening before this rain comes on Monday.
Wednesday and Thursday were work days at Mill Park, last night being particularly busy with people stocking up on reading matter before the 4 day break and school holidays.........in fact MP doesn't open again till Wed next week. Wow, I bet that's a busy day.........and guess who's working that day? Met an interesting reader wanting books that a Sufi from the 13th century had written (Saadi).........did find them on Library Link and ordered them on ILL. Would have liked to know what the interest was in them.........but we don't have time to chat unfortunately.
Wish I'd known about how to create a blog before our overseas trip last year...........though with all that happened, not sure I would have had enough time to do it over there. Was flat out with changing air tickets, funeral arrangements etc for Granny, Neil's super/bank loan arrangements etc. Phew, all seems a bit of a nightmare really...........and it's not over yet.
Need to clean this place up again, ready for our bbq with friends Sunday night. Just as well we have these social events occasionally, or this place would never get cleaned.
This lovely cool weather.........never thought I'd look forward to Autumn so much........but the hot dry weather this month has been exhausting. My plants are disappearing fast from my garden now..........perhaps my 'no water' policy is not such a good idea. I used to get out there and give them a drink if there were really hot days in Summer, but decided they had to 'sink or swim' (not a good analogy) this past 12 months. So maybe I will relent and handwater some of them again at times. Hopefully all those little projects I have in mind for the top garden will begin to happen this Autumn too............like mulching and more planting, and maybe even put drippers in...........we are a bit behind the times. Neil did a good job pulling out most of the hedge for me, which was falling over and dying anyway, so that leaves a bit more room for planting too. Actually, I daren't believe the weather forecast for the next week...........it looks like there might be some rain or showers coming.
I can see blogs could be yet another timewaster and a bit self-indulgent..........just as well I'm not into Facebook, Youtube, etc too....though I can see the fun in being able to play Scrabble online.
Back to the Hot Cross Buns, and maybe some gardening before this rain comes on Monday.
