Category: House, Garden and Dogs

Adelaide:

The trip down was again quiet and uneventful. However, there were to accidents on the way down, both in Adelaide  – one out at Bolivar and one further in towards the town. By the looks of things no one seems to have been injured. I managed to get everything I needed to get done. I did have a meeting with the  Moderator and we might be able to  have a good look at the rules and see what we can come up with and if we can find a way out of our dilemma. At the moment it seems unlikely and what is likely is not acceptable. I’ve generally been an advocate of ” it’s easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission” but this could have an impact on other people.

My other reason for going down was to get Apple to have a look at my MacBook. It seems I have been instrumental in the  decline of my MacBook battery. The analysis showed that the battery was still in good condition but only operating at 89% and part of the decline has been me  keeping it attached to the mains all the time. Couple of things I might do, and I will attend to them when I go home.

Herself had a quiet day and I did call her a couple of times to make sure there was nothing she wanted whilst I was down here. It was interesting how well the dogs behaved when the electrical people were here. Chienne did bark a couple of times and I  calmed her down. The Man just carried on doing what he does best – sleeping.   The driveway is, as I said, looking good and well lit, so that’s a major improvement and sometime over the next day or so I’ll look for a good sized tool box for the other  area, once I have got into it and cleaned it out.

John has gone over and put the bins out for  his mum (mom) and  taken Chienne out for a  walk. When I phoned a little while ago I told him just to stay there and he can come out to dinner with us tomorrow night.

Some interesting visitors in town this week – a sort of travelling advisory and information centre for Jewish People. The idea is that the van they are driving (more of a big mobile home really) is travelling around rural Australia to talk to Jewish people – perhaps only one or three – in the small towns of outback and rural Australia and who may feel isolated and unable to fully practice their faith. The  two young men are both from New York and it’s called Chabad of Rural Australia.   Always good to have interesting people in town.

Firstly the news that it was the cyst showing up again,  so that was a great relief and we can star calming down again. I was thinking about going down to Adelaide this week but since it is to be raining down there most of this week I decided against it. Adelaide can be cold, wet and miserable during the winter. Apart from anything else, there is a lot of work to do here and the RFDS are going to be fairly busy this coming weekend. I want to rebuild part of the pergola and before I can do that I have to  put a new roof on. This is going to be lots of fun but the sheets have to go up before I can put the flooring down. The area I am looking at used to house a swimming pool.  I suspect that during the water crisis they, like many other South Australians, had the pool removed.  However, having removed the pool the previous owners did not pack the area correctly but simply filled it with rubble with a covering of earth and  stones. That one area has sunk somewhat – not a great deal, but enough. I  did have a quote to have  decking put in and that was just too waaay out. I mean I knew it would not be a cheap option but his quote was just not acceptable. So it has been unused for  a while now and I want it brought back into use. It has the steel frame for  the sheeting but it was never put up.

I gave up writing what I wanted to say  to post this:  Everyone meet lovely Tiber. He has a bit of a sad story to him. Last Friday Tiber was thrown out of a car at Jubilee Park and the driver just drove off, leaving the dog behind to wander the streets. Unfortunately the dog did not have a registration tag or microchip, so the council have been unable to locate the owner.

This happens almost every day in this place. People tie dogs up to trees in the heat of the day with no water, tied up outside of supermarkets, dumped outside the local vet – generally boxes with puppies. They know there is a security camera there  so they wear a hood. And it’s not just puppies, sometimes it’s kittens that are thrown into boxes and left outside the vet. It’s a serious problem and most of these dogs, kittens and puppies end up in the pound. The lucky ones either get adopted here or in Adelaide – once transport is organised. This was posted on the SA Dog Rescue to highlight the growing problem here and the lack of facilities and people  to deal with it. The  dog, now called, Tiber, has been put up for adoption. Hopefully he will find a home soon.

The dogs have been inside  on their new beds for most of this week. The door remains open with the insect netting in place but they can move out and in as they wish. Last night  we were able to get out and take them for a walk.  My son was here so he took one and I took the other.  Went back to the Gym on Saturday – Monday and I still hurt  :o)

I need some outside electrical work done, so sometime during the course of the day, I will call an electrician and ask for someone to come and give me a quote and an approximate date. It’s not a lot but it means moving power points and me and electricity and really not good friends. Apart from which, it has to be done by a qualified electrician anyway- SA law. But my driveway is always in the dark and it gets difficult to see it at nighttime. This is what the ladies have been telling me and herself is not too impressed either because when she is out, one of the ladies will bring her back home but will not come into the driveway, so herself has to navigate the drive in the dark. Not good.  I want  the area lit, for herself and others.

The Electrician came over this afternoon and I told him what I wanted for both jobs. We’ve made a date two weeks from now and he will come over and get both jobs completed. I’ll be quite happy about that because it will mean that I can finally get rid of that horrible cupboard in the back. I couldn’t do so before because of the electrical points that are in there. Getting finally rid of that terrible cupboard will  be a happy day.

Well the Feds. have stabbed yet another leader in the back. They are really good at that. Socialist leaders don’t really have enemies – just friends that hate them.  But it’s a ” meet the new boss – same as the old boss” situation with a cringe  factor added  ” let’s get cooking with gas”  ‘ fair shake of the sauce bottle, mate”  ‘ we need to chill out here, mate’  are only three of the “matey” sayings he peppers his conversations with.

Well that’s the month over and things can get back to normal until the next time. I don’t know when Herself will be hosting the ladies group again – probably be quite a few months ’til they come back here again.  One of the ladies has asked me to write a speech for her  for a wedding – Mother of the Groom. Unusual, but that’s cool –  I’m on my second draft already  :o)