Hi All,
First off I remembered the story from yesterday. I was downstairs in the new pantry area with Morphine standing at the open fridge door. Pointing to the cracked liner I said "Did you do that?" Immediately and looking startled he blurted out "No" I told him he looked very guilty and that it was better to pause and calmly say no. Later in the day we were moving the fridge from the kitchen and underneath were a dozen broken dessicated eggs. I turned to him and said, "Did you do that?" Whereupon he paused and calmly said "No" with a hint of a smile in his voice. After we both laughed I explained that in best Australian workplace practice he should immediately blame someone who was not here i.e. a helper who had left. "Say Nik did this" We were amused! No doubt he will be horrified on the day he leaves and I tell him all the things he will be blamed for!
Back to the more mundane. We were down the creek today clearing more of the overgrowth with the previously mentioned piece of machinery known as the Deutscher, which is an overgrown self propelled rotary lawnmower with a 10hp Honda engine. It just keeps going through the undergrowth and is a very handy drop of gear. Mael used it mainly today while I spent a couple of hours on the brushcutter, which explains why I am crippled with thigh cramps at the moment. The end result looked excellent I shall take some pictures tomorrow.
We had another community tea tonight prepared by Mael and Elodie in their unit. Good food once again and accompanied by wine and a lot of laughs.
We then adjourned to the barn to watch a movie in front of the wood stove. As I type this it is 1207 Susan is asleep and I shall be in bed shortly. A longish day but another good one.
Night Folks
Simon
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