Greetings! I'm here Kate, checking daily to see what everyone is up to.
Also keeping an eye on the Icelandic volcano to see if I will be able to fly in three weeks and three days. Watch this space!
We have been enjoying fabulous Spring weather. giving us the opportunity to cut Cynthia's lawn as well as ours.
I have read the whole Steig Larson triology in the last few weeks. It is lovely to sit in the front garden being warmed by the afternoon sun. What a fabulous series. It is a great shame he is no longer alive to write more.
Stuart, our pub landlord passed away last week. Gail is devastated but getting on with things. She is fortunate to have close relatives who are mucking in to keep the pub open. The funeral is next Monday.
We are doing well in our darts - played seven won four. We were third on the table before the last game (in which we beat the team on top of the table 6-5).
Heading to Builth Wells this weekend for a craft show at the showground. It's called Wonderwool Wales which is a great play on words. Check out the website. We will take the van and stay overnight probably. The weather is supposed to stay fine so should be a good weekend.
Not a great deal happening. Worked three days last week and only one so far this week. it's not so bad to have no work when the weather is good.
May get one more post from me before my departure.
Love to All, Moo xxxxxx
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
greetings from the south coast
Is there anybody out there??
Too busy?
Are sunsets more amazing this time of year?? different/changing light. Amazing clouds. The last two mornings have had the most amazing sunrises. The tide has been low early morning so I make the most of it. Warm enough for just shorts and singlet, and the water has been so calm lately,(unlucky for the surfers) and still very warm. Most mornings now, i am the only one on the beach, it is awesome. Today I shared it with an old fisherman, with a broken front tooth. I hadnt seen him before. Only one bite in an hour, but he wasnt too perturbed.
The lucky mob from canberra are sure to be enjoying brilliant weather at Cunj this week.
Almost finished the third book in the Twilight series Lucy, then I can start on the third book in Steig Larsson's trilogy-The girl who kicked the hornets nest.
Hooray for the long weekend-three days in the garden!! Mr Yates would be proud.
Love Zak
Too busy?
Are sunsets more amazing this time of year?? different/changing light. Amazing clouds. The last two mornings have had the most amazing sunrises. The tide has been low early morning so I make the most of it. Warm enough for just shorts and singlet, and the water has been so calm lately,(unlucky for the surfers) and still very warm. Most mornings now, i am the only one on the beach, it is awesome. Today I shared it with an old fisherman, with a broken front tooth. I hadnt seen him before. Only one bite in an hour, but he wasnt too perturbed.
The lucky mob from canberra are sure to be enjoying brilliant weather at Cunj this week.
Almost finished the third book in the Twilight series Lucy, then I can start on the third book in Steig Larsson's trilogy-The girl who kicked the hornets nest.
Hooray for the long weekend-three days in the garden!! Mr Yates would be proud.
Love Zak
Friday, April 9, 2010
greetings from the south coast
Hi All,
Weather is looking divine for the weekend-water is still about 20degrees!! Hasi has pulled out more of the kitchen, and we finally have a new front door with a beautiful ocean godess handle-Mart and Claire will know the one. I love it when Hasi is on holidays as so many projects get done. And you can get the tradies in as well.
Next week the door I picked up off the cleanup, stripped and lacquered ,goes into the bathroom at long last.
I made a mould for my own handmade tiles for the kitchen last night, will start pumping out some tiles next thursday!!Thats the news. Love to you all, Zak
Weather is looking divine for the weekend-water is still about 20degrees!! Hasi has pulled out more of the kitchen, and we finally have a new front door with a beautiful ocean godess handle-Mart and Claire will know the one. I love it when Hasi is on holidays as so many projects get done. And you can get the tradies in as well.
Next week the door I picked up off the cleanup, stripped and lacquered ,goes into the bathroom at long last.
I made a mould for my own handmade tiles for the kitchen last night, will start pumping out some tiles next thursday!!Thats the news. Love to you all, Zak
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Greetings from Wales
Hi All
Just wanted to say "hi" as it's been a while since I posted. Haven't really got any news to report. We had a bit of snow yesterday - didn't stick, but it was pretty watching it fall.
We have hung two bird boxes in our garden and I am waiting to see if they will have any residents.
Have been getting a bit of work - need to boost the coffers before I run away to Australia for five weeks!
Summer league has started in the darts. I am team captain this season. Currently we are won two lost two.Hopefully we will win more as we go on.
Really can't think of anything to tell you so won't bore you any longer.
Hope everyone is well and happy. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Love Moo xxxxxx
Just wanted to say "hi" as it's been a while since I posted. Haven't really got any news to report. We had a bit of snow yesterday - didn't stick, but it was pretty watching it fall.
We have hung two bird boxes in our garden and I am waiting to see if they will have any residents.
Have been getting a bit of work - need to boost the coffers before I run away to Australia for five weeks!
Summer league has started in the darts. I am team captain this season. Currently we are won two lost two.Hopefully we will win more as we go on.
Really can't think of anything to tell you so won't bore you any longer.
Hope everyone is well and happy. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
Love Moo xxxxxx
Monday, March 22, 2010
greetings from the south coast
Hi all,
Only 7.5 weeks till Moo is here, which means only 8 weeks till our road trip!! Glad to hear Will is on the mend, and I for one will not believe it is Claire's last semester, because I think she has been studying since I met her. The Roper should be great, I'll be hanging on the coast with Mya, Im not sure what Hasi is up to, but he's sure looking forward to the break. And I know I say it all the time, but it really doesnt seem that long since he was last on holidays. I'm sure Jack would agree with me.
Well my neighbour is still alive and his tree is out of the creek. I remained polite and appropriate at all times during my discussion with him, and he had the tree out of the creek within the next half hour!
There's really not much happening in my life, but Im happy and healthy, and saving hard for holidays up northwith Moo and later to Europe. Cardiac boxing tomorrow 6am, theatre tomorrow night and pottery thursday. Im hanging out in Penshurst today, and thinking about a quick cruise down to riverwood op shops.
The weather on the coast has been divine and the water is glorious. The chooks are laying and the cockatoos screeching.
Hope all,s well with everyone, LOve Zak
Only 7.5 weeks till Moo is here, which means only 8 weeks till our road trip!! Glad to hear Will is on the mend, and I for one will not believe it is Claire's last semester, because I think she has been studying since I met her. The Roper should be great, I'll be hanging on the coast with Mya, Im not sure what Hasi is up to, but he's sure looking forward to the break. And I know I say it all the time, but it really doesnt seem that long since he was last on holidays. I'm sure Jack would agree with me.
Well my neighbour is still alive and his tree is out of the creek. I remained polite and appropriate at all times during my discussion with him, and he had the tree out of the creek within the next half hour!
There's really not much happening in my life, but Im happy and healthy, and saving hard for holidays up northwith Moo and later to Europe. Cardiac boxing tomorrow 6am, theatre tomorrow night and pottery thursday. Im hanging out in Penshurst today, and thinking about a quick cruise down to riverwood op shops.
The weather on the coast has been divine and the water is glorious. The chooks are laying and the cockatoos screeching.
Hope all,s well with everyone, LOve Zak
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
No Fish Dreaming
Hi All
Claire and I spent all day Sunday fishing the Adelaide River and didn't even look like catching a fish. Anyway it was a good distraction. We rang Will on Friday night only to find he was in emergency with appendicitis pains. He was in pain and pretty drugged up. Rang him again on Saturday morning (after a not much sleep kind of night) and the drugs seem to be working. He didn't talk for very long as he was getting ready for surgery. Johnny Appleseed went to visit him about 11 but he was on his way to surgery. Anyway it all seems good and spending a day on the water getting sunburnt was a good way not to worry. Rang him on Monday night and he was down the pub getting a feed so I think all is good. A stressful couple of days none the less.
Chappy and I are going to Roper for Easter but it looks like the Alice Spring mob can't make it. Claire will be studying. This is her last semester (till she decides to do a masters or something).
I replaced the wheel bearings on the boat trailer a couple of weekends ago getting ready for Roper with both Chappy and Joe as support crew which is pretty much the once a year service.
Although I seem to be working a 10 hour day every day I'm still happy and enjoying the job. It just means the weekends are pretty full doing the washing and cleaning stuff and trying to enjoy what Darwin has to offer. The good news is Skinny had such a good time last year he looks like comong up again in the middle of the year. I think we will plan a two week assault on the Kakadu billabongs.
Love to you all
Marty and Claire
Claire and I spent all day Sunday fishing the Adelaide River and didn't even look like catching a fish. Anyway it was a good distraction. We rang Will on Friday night only to find he was in emergency with appendicitis pains. He was in pain and pretty drugged up. Rang him again on Saturday morning (after a not much sleep kind of night) and the drugs seem to be working. He didn't talk for very long as he was getting ready for surgery. Johnny Appleseed went to visit him about 11 but he was on his way to surgery. Anyway it all seems good and spending a day on the water getting sunburnt was a good way not to worry. Rang him on Monday night and he was down the pub getting a feed so I think all is good. A stressful couple of days none the less.
Chappy and I are going to Roper for Easter but it looks like the Alice Spring mob can't make it. Claire will be studying. This is her last semester (till she decides to do a masters or something).
I replaced the wheel bearings on the boat trailer a couple of weekends ago getting ready for Roper with both Chappy and Joe as support crew which is pretty much the once a year service.
Although I seem to be working a 10 hour day every day I'm still happy and enjoying the job. It just means the weekends are pretty full doing the washing and cleaning stuff and trying to enjoy what Darwin has to offer. The good news is Skinny had such a good time last year he looks like comong up again in the middle of the year. I think we will plan a two week assault on the Kakadu billabongs.
Love to you all
Marty and Claire
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
greetings from the south coast
Hi all,
Well our weekend at Honeymoon Bay was divine. What a beautiful spot, in the middle of a military zone!! quite bizarre. We found this amazing fishing spot near point perpendicular- agood walk down a track in the coastal scrub, to a steep metal staircase that took us down to a cliff face where a dozen fisherman had camped in swags and were fishing for marlin!! One of the few places in the world where they fish for marlin off the mainland.A more determined bunch of fisherguys I had never seen. Quiet, beerless, it completely blew me away. And yes a marlin have been caught just the day before. This place is a hidden treasure. They bring all their gear down in prams and wheelbarrow and lock them to a tree at the end of the track. I'll take you there Mart if you are ever in the neighbourhood.
I was well rested for my six days of work to follow- the things you do for a few extra bucks for a air ticket.
I have booked flights for myself and Moo to fly to Hervey Bay in May-can't wait for that. now just have to plan the road trip south back home. We both have people and places we want to catch up with on the way south.
My beautiful friend Mya is coming up from Victoria with some of her family at Easter. I'm really looking forward to hanging out with them.
And then there's work, the chooks and the garden. Im pretty pissed off that the neighbout to the south has cut a small tree down, and dumped it in the creek area. Looks like its damaged a few shrubs i have planted on the way down. He's really going to get a piece of my mind next time I see him. He's already been dumping palm fronds on top of a lily pilly Ive planted. I only just finished telling him a week ago that that was our property, and all the bloody work I'd done in the creek. He's really in deep shit. I better stop dwelling on it otherwise Im going to get very angry.
Well now time to do a little travel research.
Hope all's well with everyone
Love Zak
Well our weekend at Honeymoon Bay was divine. What a beautiful spot, in the middle of a military zone!! quite bizarre. We found this amazing fishing spot near point perpendicular- agood walk down a track in the coastal scrub, to a steep metal staircase that took us down to a cliff face where a dozen fisherman had camped in swags and were fishing for marlin!! One of the few places in the world where they fish for marlin off the mainland.A more determined bunch of fisherguys I had never seen. Quiet, beerless, it completely blew me away. And yes a marlin have been caught just the day before. This place is a hidden treasure. They bring all their gear down in prams and wheelbarrow and lock them to a tree at the end of the track. I'll take you there Mart if you are ever in the neighbourhood.
I was well rested for my six days of work to follow- the things you do for a few extra bucks for a air ticket.
I have booked flights for myself and Moo to fly to Hervey Bay in May-can't wait for that. now just have to plan the road trip south back home. We both have people and places we want to catch up with on the way south.
My beautiful friend Mya is coming up from Victoria with some of her family at Easter. I'm really looking forward to hanging out with them.
And then there's work, the chooks and the garden. Im pretty pissed off that the neighbout to the south has cut a small tree down, and dumped it in the creek area. Looks like its damaged a few shrubs i have planted on the way down. He's really going to get a piece of my mind next time I see him. He's already been dumping palm fronds on top of a lily pilly Ive planted. I only just finished telling him a week ago that that was our property, and all the bloody work I'd done in the creek. He's really in deep shit. I better stop dwelling on it otherwise Im going to get very angry.
Well now time to do a little travel research.
Hope all's well with everyone
Love Zak
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