Thursday 8 September 2016

A Slow September

After my last post which mentioned how many events are on in our city in September, I have had a slow start to the month. I have read so many recent blogs where everyone seems to be so productive and, in comparison, I feel positively lazy. Of course you should never compare yourself with others particularly those who are about forty years younger which is something I need to remind myself about at times.  However, the hot weather is just around the corner so I had better get out of my 'flump' and get organised with the spring cleaning and gardening. 





I haven't been completely 'flumpy' though as I took stock of what is flowering in the garden at the moment so that I know where the hundreds of bulbs that have been planted over the years are so that I don't dig them up now that the CEO has given up on the weeding :-(




 The cliveas are looking their spring best and we did buy a yellow one a couple of years ago but it got 'lost' along the way and is in a pot somewhere on the 1/2 acre.



 One of the succulent gardens is a bit overgrown and the freesias are coming up in the middle of them all. I was going to take a lot of succulents to our Simple Living Workshop on Saturday but it has been cancelled so they will have to wait another month.



This is a Euphorbia Milii that I brought back from Mt.Isa.  I presume it would be frost tender so protected it during winter. I was pleased that it would grow here as our temperature is a lot colder than the North West of our state.
 

 Finally we removed the East Indian Lemongrass that had been growing in my herb garden next to the house and it has been replaced with its West Indian cousin and hopefully will be used in meals down the track. As I mentioned in a previous post, the East Indian Lemongrass is used mainly for tea and mulch whereas the West Indian one is used in Thai cooking as well as tea and for mulch. The Rosemary plant had grown over it so it had to be cut back severely to get the Lemongrass out. Lots of cuttings were taken of both plants which will come in handy to swap or give away.
 

 Yesterday I used a new recipe to make some soap which had Brambleberry Oatmeal Stout Fragrance Oil added as an online friend had sent me a bottle of it as she didn't really like the smell. It certainly is a 'different' smell. I ran my recipe through SoapCalc but my friend tells me that the Brambleberry Lye and Fragrance Calculator uses less water for the same recipe. I was wondering why the soap looked like it does in the photo 24 hours after being made. Too much water! I have never had soap that looked like that before. However, I have just mopped up some of the liquid and taken it out of the mould to cut it so I will do a post on the finished product soon so that I remember what I did wrong. Oops!


So I guess in the scheme of things I haven't been too tardy for a senior citizen :-)  I am still missing Sally the Chook but like everything in life we get used to sad events even if they don't seem important to anyone else. On the bright side I can now do the weeding without worrying about putting the fork through her beak when she would move with lightning speed to catch a worm.

Farmer Liz wrote a post today about Native Bee Hotels so that is something else that is going on my 'To Do' List now that I am getting organised. Just check out these Bee Hotels!

Well, I had better go and write out my spring cleaning list before summer arrives. I guess my Northern Hemisphere readers will be preparing for winter and are amazed that our cold weather is over already...all three months of it! 




13 comments:

  1. We still have a huge to do list before the hot weather sets in. The brown snakes are already stirring according to the news and I have a sick feeling now....Sascha was bitten almost fatally last Dec...so the past 3 months has been great not having to worry xx

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    1. Meg, I know how you feel. We live in town and I am wary of where I walk 'down the back' during summer in case there are snakes there. On the news it says they are on the move here too :-(

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  2. Hi Nana Chel you dont sound like you have been "flumpy" (that's a new word I haven't heard before). I'm stuck on the fence, we know we have to move to a bigger place, but until hubbie has a new job all we can do is 'hurry up and wait', so very frustrating and my grey hair is now almost white. I may get it tinted in light blue or mauve, what do you think? Take care, Guida.

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    1. Guida, I heard that having grey hair is the latest fashion and some young girls are dying their hair grey or white. You are now trendy :-) i hooe your hubby gets a new job soon.

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    2. You're right Nanna Chel, grey hair is IN. My hairdresser always tells me girls pay big bucks to get my natural platinum grey.
      Guida, I'm sure you simply gorgeous as you are, dear gal! xxx

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    3. Who would have thought that at 54 I would be trendy?? Thank you Nanna Chel and Jenny, that has made my day. Guida

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  3. I have thought about the trend of grey hair, somehow I suspect it is more popular and fun if you color it grey than if life does it for you!! I still think about it though - perhaps when I no longer work!

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    1. I stopped colouring mine when I retired, Kathy. As I worked with students I didn't want to look too old :-)

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  4. There's always a slump coming out of winter. I felt it too. Putting eggs into an incubator though, tends to speed me up somewhat, after they hatch. ;)

    I can understand why past civilisations (not so much this one) used to have celebrations at the beginning or the end, of a new season. It kind of shakes the cobwebs out. Because nature is a powerful influence, and it effects us without us even realising.

    Your garden looks lovely though. Hasn't all this rain been great for the garden lately? I have green grass in spring! Can you imagine?

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    1. Chris we had about 14mm but it is fine and sunny today. I am just about to head outside to do some weeding.

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  5. Relax woman... you're are allowed to chill in between your mad periods of activity and spring is a lovely time to do it. Stop and smell the roses (or is that Oct).

    That op i told you about is coming up and i'll be off my feet for so long i have a huge list of must do must do must do. Argh.... panic.

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    1. Lynda I was going to email you this week to see if you were back on your feet as I presumed you had had the op months ago hence no blog posts. Oh dear, you had better get organised as it is going to be so tough being out of action.

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  6. when im stuck in bed for momths ill be posting so much youll tell me to stop lol

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