Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, folks.
Okay, I'm getting in early, but I keep missing the morning thread due to the time shift. Our evenings are always busy (dinner at mother in law's, we stay there with her until about 10 pm then come home and get ready for bed).
Today has been glorious here. At last, after weeks of rain. More rain is forecast, the sunshine won't last. The warm currents offshore are the reason - La Nina effect causes long wet summers for us with a lot of flooding. Looking at the weather map, you can see swirls of cloud, monsoon troughs, reaching right down to Sydney and further south. Cyclones all around, further south than I've seen them. There was one off Perth last week which thankfully calmed down to just a tropical storm by the time it made landfall. In Perth! A long way south...
But the sky was blue here today, gloriously blue. Warm, sunny. A good day for the monthly village art fair. I only got to one artist's studio, I meant to go back and see more but I had too much to do. I also meant to go to church, but again...
I headed down to mother in law's (via our neighbour's studio) to put her elastic stockings on, then headed towards the church. Dropped in to the market in the village park (between the general store and the beach) and, wonder of wonders, found a Balinese flag that I've been wanting to buy for my mobility scooter. Now I have a lovely curved red flag with a dragon tail flying behind, it's in the stick holder on the back.
Got to church just in time for lunch - a friend is leaving, she's been living at the church for the last few years and has finally bought her own place. So we had a special day for her, it was lovely. The water looked inviting but again, no chance to swim. I hadn't brought my swimsuit.
Scooted home again (new flag flying!) in time to see husband finish his chores for the day. We were both feeling hot and sticky, so I suggested a swim. With all the tourists in town we didn't think we'd get a parking spot, but we managed it. The sea was a little wild, very warm and the beach not too crowded. After my busy day yesterday I am very stiff and sore, so all I could do was stand on the edge. I still got soaked! The waves were churning up the sand and foam so the water around us looked like spilled beer. One wave pass was enough to fill my swimsuit with sand, so when we got home I had to strip off in the yard and come inside via our bathroom (we have en external glass door leading into our bathroom).
It's going to be sunset in another couple of hours, this is the quietest time of the day. Birds have not yet started making a lot of noise outside, although the Rainbow Lorikeets have been demanding food during the day. difficult child 3 feeds them and today they were landing on him to try to get an advantage over their friends. They often come and knock on the glass door and if they see us inside, they really get noisy.
difficult child 3 starts technical college in the morning - 8.30 am start will be a shock for him. But I think he will get moving quickly because he is looking forward to it. Fingers crossed!
Soon I need to go to mother in law's to begin dinner. I think I might make kumara and pumpkin gnocchi tonight. difficult child 3 hates kumara, hates pumpkin, but will happily eat it as gnocchi. It's a lovely orange colour and a lot healthier than potato gnocchi. Served with home-made basil and cashew pesto...
Have a good day, my friends.
Marg
Okay, I'm getting in early, but I keep missing the morning thread due to the time shift. Our evenings are always busy (dinner at mother in law's, we stay there with her until about 10 pm then come home and get ready for bed).
Today has been glorious here. At last, after weeks of rain. More rain is forecast, the sunshine won't last. The warm currents offshore are the reason - La Nina effect causes long wet summers for us with a lot of flooding. Looking at the weather map, you can see swirls of cloud, monsoon troughs, reaching right down to Sydney and further south. Cyclones all around, further south than I've seen them. There was one off Perth last week which thankfully calmed down to just a tropical storm by the time it made landfall. In Perth! A long way south...
But the sky was blue here today, gloriously blue. Warm, sunny. A good day for the monthly village art fair. I only got to one artist's studio, I meant to go back and see more but I had too much to do. I also meant to go to church, but again...
I headed down to mother in law's (via our neighbour's studio) to put her elastic stockings on, then headed towards the church. Dropped in to the market in the village park (between the general store and the beach) and, wonder of wonders, found a Balinese flag that I've been wanting to buy for my mobility scooter. Now I have a lovely curved red flag with a dragon tail flying behind, it's in the stick holder on the back.
Got to church just in time for lunch - a friend is leaving, she's been living at the church for the last few years and has finally bought her own place. So we had a special day for her, it was lovely. The water looked inviting but again, no chance to swim. I hadn't brought my swimsuit.
Scooted home again (new flag flying!) in time to see husband finish his chores for the day. We were both feeling hot and sticky, so I suggested a swim. With all the tourists in town we didn't think we'd get a parking spot, but we managed it. The sea was a little wild, very warm and the beach not too crowded. After my busy day yesterday I am very stiff and sore, so all I could do was stand on the edge. I still got soaked! The waves were churning up the sand and foam so the water around us looked like spilled beer. One wave pass was enough to fill my swimsuit with sand, so when we got home I had to strip off in the yard and come inside via our bathroom (we have en external glass door leading into our bathroom).
It's going to be sunset in another couple of hours, this is the quietest time of the day. Birds have not yet started making a lot of noise outside, although the Rainbow Lorikeets have been demanding food during the day. difficult child 3 feeds them and today they were landing on him to try to get an advantage over their friends. They often come and knock on the glass door and if they see us inside, they really get noisy.
difficult child 3 starts technical college in the morning - 8.30 am start will be a shock for him. But I think he will get moving quickly because he is looking forward to it. Fingers crossed!
Soon I need to go to mother in law's to begin dinner. I think I might make kumara and pumpkin gnocchi tonight. difficult child 3 hates kumara, hates pumpkin, but will happily eat it as gnocchi. It's a lovely orange colour and a lot healthier than potato gnocchi. Served with home-made basil and cashew pesto...
Have a good day, my friends.
Marg
