Marguerite
Active Member
Well, today was SUPPOSED to give me time to get a few important jobs done, over the day. husband left a bit earlier than usual, taking mother in law to the airport for her trip to Perth.
Soon afterwards there was a lot of noise from a very nearby large truck outside - the tree loppers had arrived! We knew our huge gum tree was likely to get lopped because it's gone too close to the overhead power lines, but I'd hoped to get more warning. It is a fodder tree for the koalas at our nearby zoo. The koalas get first crack at it to nibble the leaf tips, then it goes into the possums and parrots who attack the flowers and gumnuts as well as the twigs. After that it gets mulched. But the zoo has to get it within an hour of cutting, it MUST be fresh for the koalas.
I rang the head keeper, he was too busy to come (short-staffed). difficult child 1 came outside and helped sort through the vast amount of cut branches to find 'good leaf'. The drought has meant that the topmost branches are in poor condition, not good for koalas who need young, lush growth. But we found enough from the lower branches, loaded up our van to the ceiling and set off, driving to the zoo with as much as we could carry, branch ends jogging my elbow. Fun, on the freeway.
The keepers and zoo boss were very glad of it, they were surprised at how much we'd managed to bring. difficult child 1 & I were invited in to have a quick look at some new exhibits - I think difficult child 1 misses working there, although I think he's a bit ambivalent about the zoo's plans to develop a large big cat area. "Lions WILL get you, eventually, we were told in the zoo course," he was saying to the boss, who agreed.
difficult child 1 & I had plenty of time for good talk going there and back, talking about his plans, etc.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been home with a bad cold and slept most of the day. difficult child 3 has been talking at me almost non-stop. I managed to get him to do some work with the new electronics kit, so I've got him started.
I'm supposed to be performing tonight, but it is looking like everything has been changed so much on the program that I won't be needed. Of course, nobody has told me - so it COULD mean, I've been totally overlooked, or it could mean business as usual.
Not that I mind, I just want to know so I can get organised.
Have a good Friday, everyone.
Marg
Soon afterwards there was a lot of noise from a very nearby large truck outside - the tree loppers had arrived! We knew our huge gum tree was likely to get lopped because it's gone too close to the overhead power lines, but I'd hoped to get more warning. It is a fodder tree for the koalas at our nearby zoo. The koalas get first crack at it to nibble the leaf tips, then it goes into the possums and parrots who attack the flowers and gumnuts as well as the twigs. After that it gets mulched. But the zoo has to get it within an hour of cutting, it MUST be fresh for the koalas.
I rang the head keeper, he was too busy to come (short-staffed). difficult child 1 came outside and helped sort through the vast amount of cut branches to find 'good leaf'. The drought has meant that the topmost branches are in poor condition, not good for koalas who need young, lush growth. But we found enough from the lower branches, loaded up our van to the ceiling and set off, driving to the zoo with as much as we could carry, branch ends jogging my elbow. Fun, on the freeway.
The keepers and zoo boss were very glad of it, they were surprised at how much we'd managed to bring. difficult child 1 & I were invited in to have a quick look at some new exhibits - I think difficult child 1 misses working there, although I think he's a bit ambivalent about the zoo's plans to develop a large big cat area. "Lions WILL get you, eventually, we were told in the zoo course," he was saying to the boss, who agreed.
difficult child 1 & I had plenty of time for good talk going there and back, talking about his plans, etc.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 has been home with a bad cold and slept most of the day. difficult child 3 has been talking at me almost non-stop. I managed to get him to do some work with the new electronics kit, so I've got him started.
I'm supposed to be performing tonight, but it is looking like everything has been changed so much on the program that I won't be needed. Of course, nobody has told me - so it COULD mean, I've been totally overlooked, or it could mean business as usual.
Not that I mind, I just want to know so I can get organised.
Have a good Friday, everyone.
Marg
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