Hi All,
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| Sunset from the top of the driveway |
Well I am well and truly paranoid now after yet another tick
this time on my right shoulder blade, I am doubtful I could have picked it up
in the garden this morning as all I had done up til its arrival was shovel
weeds from the veggie garden into the bin, throw some cut lomandra leaves on to
the garden, paint the pergola, and do a general tidy up. I wasn’t working in an
area that matches the description for tick habitat. To top things off Simon
announced the previous tick was indeed a paralysis tick, but he didn’t want to
worry me, Kevin also relayed a local news story about a huge rise in paralysis
ticks locally. As we are moving just up the road we will be on the alert, it
does seem that after a few bites that some sort of sensitisation occurs as I
felt todays one itch like crazy while insitu, whereas before I did not feel the
itch until after they were removed.
Simon blower vacuumed the fallen leaves and we both pulled
up some ageratum. Daniel was busy clearing up various piles of bamboo ready for a
burn once the fire season ends.
I tried over 4 or so hours to snap a picture of Duggan, what a fruitless exercise. Initially I did not believe Kevin when he announced that Duggan does not like his photo taken. I tried hiding behind plants, people and sundry other objects, setting the camera up and producing it when Duggs was not looking, using the phone camera instead, waiting til he was eating, then sleeping but no real success.
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| Duggan |
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| Ella |
The two dogs are such characters and really quite adorable but do have a few naught traits too. The yard is ringed with a special proximity wire which activates a buzzer gadget on their collars which is supposed to deter them from crossing the line. Ella has worked out that if she runs fast enough she can avoid the buzzer so she not allowed to wander at all.
We popped into town fo a few chores and coffee before some more sumptious pizzas for tea. We have conversations with Daniel about differences in food between here and the USA. Tonight he ate pumpkin as a vegetable for only the second time, pronouncing it quite ok, mmm caramalised pumpkin, baby spinach and ricotta pizza yum. He also tried anchovies for the first time and will try vegemite in the coming days, apparently kangaroo is on the menu tomorrow night, another first, but we will miss it.
I didnt get to make more lomandra place mats, but did a bit of internet research on weaving techniques and have a few ideas for other projects. I was amazed at how much the prototype shrunk overnight, something to consider, with a bit more experimenation required.
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A view up the Bellinger River toward Bellingen, the mauve trees are
Paulowina's |
Cheers
Susan
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