I have already started packing the things I want to take with me to Adelaide – remembering that I will be away for a week. I had intended to come back on the Thursday afternoon but I have decided to stay on and go visit Alan who has been moved to a facility in Hackham West. Once everything is finished I’ll go over and see him for a while. North Adelaide is at one end of the city and Hackham West is at the extreme end of the other side of the city. It takes nearly two hours to get there so it’s not just a quick jaunt. By distance it’s not great (29 klms) but it is through some to the busiest areas of the city and with all the reconstruction and delays, the South Road is not my favourite place. My hotel account is paid until Thursday but I’ll pay Thursday/Friday and come home sometime on Friday afternoon. So this time they have not changed the dates – I have.
I have been working on my little area at the pergola and there is still a lot to do, but in order to continue, I needs an electrician to move an electrical point. No, it’s not just a question of moving the point from one place to another, there is a lot involved and part of this means shutting of the mains box, cutting cable and installing a new point where I want it and then put the mains back on again. I will attend to that when I get back from Adelaide. It’s not a five minute job. And no ! Me and electricity are not the best of friends.
I have, for the moment, three (3) dogs. The husband of one of our friends is going into hospital and they asked us of we would take their dog for a few days. Naturally I said yes, rather than the Kennels, The oddest thing is that my two, rather than being slightly put out, merely ignore the stranger and I think they pretend he’s not there. The little man is curled up on the chair in my room, Chienna is with herself and I have the third dog under my desk. I think it might be a their version of ” if we pretend he’s not there perhaps he will go away.” Or it could just be that since he has been here before, (Yogi) he’s lost the novelty value he had the first time.
- Handle with care
We found out what the “things ” I have growing out front and they are Aloe descoingsii. So, I dug one of the smaller ones up and replanted it it in a nice pot with potting mixture and fertiliser. We’ll see what happens to it. Still not sure about it and these spikes bother me just a tad, but I will try with it and see how we get on. The good thing is that it it does not survive – there are lots more of them outside. Turns out they are quite an interesting plant – and I just thought they were some kind of noxious weed :o) This, I suppose, gives you some idea of my plant knowledge – not to mention my gardening skills.
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