What a time. There is so much going on that The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm are deepening and darkening. Suffice to say that, being this close to Christmas, we will not be moving house until the New Year. And then some. overwhelm əʊvəˈwɛlm/ verb 1. bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, … Continue reading The Looming Clouds of Overwhelm
6:45 am Early Morning Training One hour and ten minutes of squats - while picking up horse manure and hauling feed bags of the stuff to the ute. Then off-loading at the house garden. It wasn't as much of a marathon effort at last time as I was limited as to how long I could … Continue reading The benefits of stooping low
Just when I thought the garden was smelling good with the abundant blossoms of the Honeysuckle, out comes the Buddleia for the beginning of Summer. Buddleia davidii is to me, the perfume of English summers - along with Petunias and Sweet Peas. I recall seeing on my travels large 'trees' of buddleia in and around … Continue reading Buddleia
With an available morning to tend to the Tillellan garden I drove over to the house and was there by 5am to do some maintenance. The early rise was to beat the heat and the first job was to fix the hose which had a couple of pin hole leaks in it due to the … Continue reading Damage Control
This is the list of birds we have started for the new house Tillellan. Silver Gull Wood Duck New Holland Honeyeater White-browed Scrubwren Splendid Fairy-wren Australian Raven Australian White Ibis Straw-necked Ibis Silvereye Red-eared Firetail Finch Red Wattlebird Laughing Turtledove Willy Wagtail Black Swan (May 2018 - 2 flying overhead to Lake Seppings) Grey Fantail … Continue reading Tillellan Bird List
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