Just when I thought I was getting my strength back, I had to go and hurt my already bad knee. Now, I have to spend more time visiting doctors and physiotherapists. The best thing that comes out of this silly little accident is the fact that I discover hydrotherapy classes that have just started in a private pool in Cygnet.
Thankfully, I recover pretty quickly, as I usually do. After all, I can't let a little thing like that get in the way of enjoying life.
Not exactly smelling this flower, but discovered its vibrant colour. It is not something I planted, but it is pretty, so it can stay.
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| Periwinkle by the fence |
We are having some wild weather at times, even a full day without electricity. In my case that means nothing works in the house except the gas cook top which I can ignite with the help of a match.
Unfortunately, the weather has turned pretty cold and the central heating is not working as both the ignition as well as the pump run on electricity.
There are always things flowering indoors as well, like my beloved Mona Lavender. I used to call it Jesus plant because in the beginning it seemed to flower around Christmas and again around Easter. But it has been growing so vigorously that regular pruning has become necessary. Now it just flowers all the time.
Somebody gave me a little plant that looks quite different from the Mona Lavender, but here it is suddenly producing little flowers that look quite the same. They must be related.
And at the end of this little adventure we have lunch in town - Nachos, something we can all share.
At Randall's Beach, mother nature is doing a good job cleaning up the mess she left the other day. The seagulls are just sitting there, bobbing along. Perhaps it's too windy for them to make the effort to fly.
and the Daphne under the bedroom window is starting to flower. If the weather was any warmer, I might even be able to smell the heavenly scent.
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| Looking at the moody weather from Sandrock Point |
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| My unstoppable Mona Lavender |
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| Another indoor plant flowering. Perhaps a relative of the Mona Lavender. |
After one particularly bad storm that caused a lot of damage and flooding in and around Hobart, the beach at Randall's Bay is quite littered with seaweeds, kelp, drift wood
even quite a lot of rather large trees and all sorts of other debris like those interesting
empty shells. They are called heart shaped sand urchins and live in many parts of the world. Click on the link to read more about them.
For a few days, the beach is also littered with apples that have been swept away from an orchard in the Huon Valley.
One Monday, we're leaving home in thick fog to go visiting the blind lady in Snug Village. By the time we leave and go down to the Snug river, the fog is just lifting, but still hiding the hills across the bay, making these boats look like ghost vessels.
The fog has completely cleared over the river itself and we can have a very pleasant walk in the sun.
The picture in Kingston is very different. The bush track is so badly flooded, that we have to turn around and give it a miss.
The beach itself is virtually non-existent. Somebody has cut up the trees that had swept in and stacked the logs on top of each other making them look like aliens. Pity about the lovely sunny day and no beach to walk on.
A week later, we can have a walk again. But it is not as it used to be. From the bush track, we have to come down over the dunes to get to what little beach there is. After a few moments of bewilderment, the children get the idea and enjoy themselves trudging through the debris.
And at the end of this little adventure we have lunch in town - Nachos, something we can all share.
At Randall's Beach, mother nature is doing a good job cleaning up the mess she left the other day. The seagulls are just sitting there, bobbing along. Perhaps it's too windy for them to make the effort to fly.
At home, the little garden by the hen house is coming along nicely
and the Daphne under the bedroom window is starting to flower. If the weather was any warmer, I might even be able to smell the heavenly scent.
The lemon tree is just starting to bud up again too, and just the other day, I 'harvested' the last of the two figs! Can't wait for the fig trees to produce more.
June 2018
Besides all of this, I have also been very busy organizing my next big adventure. I have all the tickets and the house sitter arrives in two days from now.
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See you back here in August.
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