G'day, people.
Linda, it will be good for you to get back to your piano playing. "Tears in Heaven" is a lovely piece. Do you know the story behind it - why he wrote it? I watched a documentary about him and the story was so touching.
It's been raining quite heavily at times here tonight. Quite bizarre. husband & I did some gardening today at mother in law's, a little at home as well. mother in law is getting very frail, but she also hates having her plants pruned. Unfortunately, it is necessary. She complained that she didn't want to cut the dying flowers form her lavender bush because she loves flowers and wanted to enjoy them for as long as possible; I told her that cutting the flowers would make more flowers and she didn't believe me, so I insisted. Just before Christmas I cut her a lovely bunch of lavender for a vase inside, and today I cut some more flowers from the second flush of flowers she got as a result of cutting before. She should get even more flowers now, plus the bush is safer from falling apart under its own leggy weight.
I planted some tiger lily seeds for her today too. We have one that she had growing where she used to live - she had brought it there in a pot. When husband was born, someone brought her some flowers which included these lovely tiger lilies. All down the stem of the flowers in her vase, were the seeds forming. She planted them, and every year since then she has had a tiger lily in flower for husband's birthday. Quite a few years ago we planted some seeds from her clump of plants, and we've had at least one tiger lily flower in full bloom for husband's birthday.
So now, at her new house down the road, we have taken some tiger lily seeds from our plant, and put them in her front garden. It helped her over the hurt of my insisting on pruning her favourite tree!
The sun is due to come out on Wednesday at this rate. Still overcast, still a bit cool (by summer standards). I've been wearing my old (ventilated) ugg boots and at times even wearing a light sweater. It feels like autumn but it can't be, not yet. However, while we've been having a break from swimming at the beach, it's perhaps been a good thing because of the recent shark attacks. We're probably safe from them in our area because they believe the shark attacks are because fishing has been banned from Sydney Harbour and just outside, and the sharks are now enjoying feasting on the large fish we have accumulated in breeding stock. But our waters near us - we have trawlers going out every day. But it does persuade me that maybe the next time we go to the beach, we might go further inland to the shallower, warmer (and still) waters, far less likely to have sharks. Besides, the water is so clear that we have great visibility.
Maybe by the weekend, we'll be swimming again. However, we'll be at PCs by then, up on the shores of the lake in Newcastle. We're going up to talk wedding stuff. No sharks in Lake Macquarie (at least, I don't think so). OK, she has a swimming pool. Maybe that will do!
Enjoy your Sunday.
Marg
mums.
