Today's blog starts last night just before bed. Susan had me examine something on her shoulder that I had looked at earlier in the evening. This time it did look like a small tick. I put the Lyclear on to kill it and deal with it in the morning.
In the morning Susan was laying in bed and felt something roll from her nether regions. I retrieved a small bloated nymph stage tick from the bed and disposed of it also removing the something from her shoulder. Hopefully that's the end of it. It is a bit hard to detect them if you can't feel them.
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| Pole 2 |
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| Pole 1, 3.1 meters |
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| Bogging up pole 2 |
Today most of our working hours were spent with Kevin replacing the verandah poles. The cross beam out in the weather was a bit rotten where the upright and bearers intersect so will be patched up as best I can. The local hardware was a bit short on stock but we have some premixed acrylic putty which should do the job. We propped the beams up on a new pole, removed the old one, propped the beam up with the old one and installed the new. It all went pretty smoothly. The poles were the right size although I did have to take 5mm off the bottom of one. I joked to Larry last night that he would come home to the roof on the ground with three pairs of legs sticking out.
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| Distant black snake |
We were sitting in the bedroom this afternoon when Kevin rang from the garden to see if we wanted to see a couple of black snakes. I kept well back but did manage to snap the larger one in the distance.
Susan made pumpkin soup for tea, while Kevin and Corey made affogato with kahlua for dessert. Excellent!
Since we updated our Helpx profile the other day we have had a rush of enquiries which Susan is dealing with at the moment. So many locations so little time !
Night folks
Simon
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