11 posts tagged “house”
Loathe:
- Still 6 more working days (including today) till Christmas. That includes Christmas eve, where we are working a half day. I'm thinking it will either be frantic or quiet.
- Work Christmas party on Thursday night. I'm rather hesitant about it, and what will go on. Plus i'm not that comfortable in my dress. Hopefully I'll have a few champagnes and be ok. I just want to make sure I don't get too drunk, because puking at the chrissy party is not a good look.
- Havn't done our Christmas shopping yet... shit, should really get on top of that one. I guess I'll go to the shops on Saturday, but its going to be crazy. I'm hoping D will do some of it today or tomorrow, but he is being distracted by working on stuff @ home.
- Didn't think it was possible, but I filled up my 80gb iPod. How?
- I just don't even want to look at my bank account. Thats bad, right?
- Something has been eating our seedlings, and I don't think I can blame the chickens for all of it.
Love:
- I got a star of the month award yesterday at work... yay!
- We bought some outdoor tables on the weekend, now we have something to eat off on Christmas Day! Just need to make sure we have enough seats now...
- We also bought D's Chrissy / Birthday present on the weekend.. its an outdoor wood fire oven, that has a smoker at the top as well... We didn't know if we could afford it, however they are going out of stock, and we got the last one in the store... Guess it means a lot of yummy wood fired pizzas for us!
- Almost Christmas holidays, which will be nice.. I think I have a week and a half off.. Go back on Monday 5h.. Plan on not doing very much at all. Maybe do some house stuff and maybe grow some more plants.
- Cheap strawberries at the local supermarket that actually taste good.
We seemed to have moved into noisy miner territory. And since its spring, baby miners can be heard squarking. No problem, I enjoy the native wildlife, and if a squarking baby bird is the worst noise in the neighbourhood, then i'm more than happy.
The other morning i witnessed noisy miners circling and making lots of noises around a kookaburra. now, i thought this was pretty mean. The kookaburra almost barked back in response, which i thought was an interesting tactic, and something i'd never really heard before.
I don't think i'd ever really seen them before. They have quite a distinct call, which I recognise, but I was amazed at how large they are. They are known as brood parasites, meaning they will lay their eggs in another birds nest, leaving the unsuspecting mother to feed the chick. This also usually means the other chicks do not survive, as the cuckoo chick is the largest and receives all the food. The channel billed cuckoo is migratory, and they fly to New Guinea and Indonesia each winter.
Obviously, with a nest close by, the noisy miners were protecting their chicks from these large predators, by mobbing the birds until they went away. Amazingly it worked, which is why i'd definately believe we are in noisy miner territory here.
Obviously, with a nest close by, the noisy miners were protecting their chicks from these large predators, by mobbing the birds until they went away. Amazingly it worked, which is why i'd definately believe we are in noisy miner territory here.
in the new house cos it takes 10-15 working days to connect our new ADSL2 (can't wait!!!) . A couple of people around here have unprotected wireless internet, but it seems to be quite unreliable.. i've been taking lots of photos an i'll try to upload them soon, but i'll have to see how the signal is going...
My balcony garden is about to come to an end, as we are going to move in two weeks and they will get planted into the ground (yay).
So far I have to say I havn't really received much produce from it. Lettuce and nasturtium leaves have been handy, but we really havn't gotten that much from them. The baby beets have just popped up and we will have to eat some soon. The broad beans have gotten chocolate spot and have been taken over by the ants. Aphids have popped up on the Romanesco and the Beets. Not that I'm discouraged. I just havn't been able to grow any protective plants - ones that attract beneficial bugs like lacewings and ladybeetles. Now I have tansy and Queen Annes lace seeds, so hopefully they will help in my fight against bugs...
