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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 84021" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, folks.</p><p></p><p>Linda, the hedge sounds lovely. What sort of hedge? In Wandiligong in Victoria (a southern Aussie state) is a very large hedge maze made of lemon cypress. It smells absolutely wonderful and also gives good screening.</p><p><a href="http://wandimaze.com.au/" target="_blank">http://wandimaze.com.au/</a></p><p>Or maybe that's going a bit too far? It WOULD give you some greenery back in your front yard again, though...</p><p></p><p>GG, I know you've pulled your flowers out, but can't you put bulbs in now for spring? A lot of bulbs NEED to be thoroughly chilled in the ground or they won't flower properly. In most of Australia, we have to put them in the fridge because our winters aren't cold enough.</p><p></p><p>We had a quieter day today, weather-wise. Again a few drops of rain but the path dried quickly - almost as we watched. And when I say a few drops, I mean you could almost count them.</p><p>Today was the big car race at Mt Panorama, Bathurst (west of Sydney). THE race. I've grown up with this car race every year, the TV is totally taken over for the day. I'm not into sports much but this is one car race I'm prepared to watch. The track spends most of the year as a standard suburban road. We've driven on it, just to show the kids. It took us fifteen minutes to drive one circuit of the track, driving as fast as we felt safe. The race car drivers do it in two minutes. The cars - not race cars, they have to be cars which any person could theoretically purchase and drive on the road, although they have been modified for the race with standard safety gear installed, cameras fitted, passenger seats taken out etc. The race started as a way to showcase cars available to the public, so it's always fascinating to watch. We have other car races in Australia and round the world, but this one is our biggie. It's like the Melbourne Cup for cars; the football grand final for race car drivers. And today, having a few roos on the race track made life interesting indeed. All the rain we got in June has greened up the area, which brings in the roos from further west, and they rapidly breed to plague proportions (a cute marsupial trait). </p><p>Today's race was a bit rough on the cars - 30 cars started the race, only 16 finished. A number of them went out in flames which was unusual. And no roos were harmed during the running of this race. Can't say the same for some of the cars...</p><p></p><p>It looks like we might have BF2 home from work tomorrow, he's been unwell all day (not like him). easy child 2/difficult child 2 is off work but she & I need to see the doctor for various reasons - I need my BiPolar (BP) checked, she needs to have a SERIOUS talk about going onto antidepressants. Here's hoping the doctor we want to see has some time free tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 84021, member: 1991"] G'day, folks. Linda, the hedge sounds lovely. What sort of hedge? In Wandiligong in Victoria (a southern Aussie state) is a very large hedge maze made of lemon cypress. It smells absolutely wonderful and also gives good screening. [url="http://wandimaze.com.au/"]http://wandimaze.com.au/[/url] Or maybe that's going a bit too far? It WOULD give you some greenery back in your front yard again, though... GG, I know you've pulled your flowers out, but can't you put bulbs in now for spring? A lot of bulbs NEED to be thoroughly chilled in the ground or they won't flower properly. In most of Australia, we have to put them in the fridge because our winters aren't cold enough. We had a quieter day today, weather-wise. Again a few drops of rain but the path dried quickly - almost as we watched. And when I say a few drops, I mean you could almost count them. Today was the big car race at Mt Panorama, Bathurst (west of Sydney). THE race. I've grown up with this car race every year, the TV is totally taken over for the day. I'm not into sports much but this is one car race I'm prepared to watch. The track spends most of the year as a standard suburban road. We've driven on it, just to show the kids. It took us fifteen minutes to drive one circuit of the track, driving as fast as we felt safe. The race car drivers do it in two minutes. The cars - not race cars, they have to be cars which any person could theoretically purchase and drive on the road, although they have been modified for the race with standard safety gear installed, cameras fitted, passenger seats taken out etc. The race started as a way to showcase cars available to the public, so it's always fascinating to watch. We have other car races in Australia and round the world, but this one is our biggie. It's like the Melbourne Cup for cars; the football grand final for race car drivers. And today, having a few roos on the race track made life interesting indeed. All the rain we got in June has greened up the area, which brings in the roos from further west, and they rapidly breed to plague proportions (a cute marsupial trait). Today's race was a bit rough on the cars - 30 cars started the race, only 16 finished. A number of them went out in flames which was unusual. And no roos were harmed during the running of this race. Can't say the same for some of the cars... It looks like we might have BF2 home from work tomorrow, he's been unwell all day (not like him). easy child 2/difficult child 2 is off work but she & I need to see the doctor for various reasons - I need my BiPolar (BP) checked, she needs to have a SERIOUS talk about going onto antidepressants. Here's hoping the doctor we want to see has some time free tomorrow. Enjoy your Sunday, everyone. Marg [/QUOTE]
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