CAL UPDATE

CAL'S just had a visit to his grandparents house

MUNGO

IT WAS AN EARLY START - up at 6 to meet graham from harry nanya tours down the street at 7.45.  there were only six of us on the bus and graham talked non stop  all day, so we just sat  back and took in stacks of information about aboriginal cultural history, land rights, mungo man and mungo lady, the ancient tales of lake mungo and the animals that used to roam here - there's no end of stories attached to this amazing place

graham clarke runs harry nanya tours - they travel out to mungo daily

The wonderful old
100 year old shearing
shed - all made of
natural tree trunks
and branches, beautiful
timber and the 
smooth finish of
lanolin,  filled with
swallows, gorgeous

at the end of the day all a girl needs is a bag of frozen peas on her foot :0)

EASY SATURDAY

THANK GOD  sunny is here, she's been terrific, cooking, cleaning, all things i need to do. i've been able to keep my foot up and it's not feeling too bad today at all.   hopefully the xray will show no fracture but i won't get my hopes up yet.
we had a long lunch at trentham estate today, it was quite cold and they had these great wraps for us, we were able to sit outside on a pretty chilly day.


While we were there Jayden the builder was here installing the cavity sliding door, i reckon he'll be finished in one more visit.

NO BLOGGING NO PHOTOS

I HAVEN'T BEEN using the camera the last few days because i stepped back off the stairs and twisted my ankle quite badly. spent the first day on the couch icing and compressing, resting and elevating. yesterday i picked up sunny at the airport for a four day stay - driving's fine.  before that i got into the doc for an xray and it's possibly a fracture in my foot. i can't do anything and after hobbling around town to rent crutches and make these visits the crutches are really hurting my shoulder, i think i've given myself quite a good
shake-up.   lesson to be learned, don't put your ikea flatpack together at the top of the stairs :0(

can't even make a cuppa and take it anywhere, thank goodness for sunny.  it's hard to be on crutches and carry anything,  and i'm not sure if i'll make it to japan in november.  

looks like cal has inherited the bug

IRISES

IT'S LOVELY to see the various irises coming out one after another - all transplanted from up along the front fenceline to the house where i can water them and enjoy them.

cs

WORKING WORKING

A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY, warm and comfortable, perfect for working at the desk and looking out the window - birds everywhere.  i've worked out the last two spreads of the book.   steele and son didn't arrive to do the door, i think it's probably still en route from the deep south.


this morning's walk -

at the end of the island walk

the sacred kingfisher has returned to my place

I was surprised when the kingfisher arrived the first october i was here, they're only little, about as big as a blackbird.  and within a couple of hours i was wishing he'd disappear, they 'chi chi chi chi chi chi'  non stop ALL day.  he'll be here till about feb i think

SPRING IN THE GARDEN

SOME LOVELY THINGS coming out at the moment

SPECIAL VISITOR

this handsome fellow

 came to rest on the fallen trees at the bottom of the riverbank today - a swamp harrier i think.  they don't usually sit still long enough to get a decent photo.  they look wonderful in flight

MORE SWANS

ANOTHER DAY  of printing, two big prints of swans, full sheets - i'm happy with them.

this little plate was etched using a 9V battery and distilled salty water, friend diane craig, a silversmith,  called by and showed me how to do it.   

A DAY IN THE STUDIO

AN EARLY DAY - i thought it was going to be really hot so i got up at 7 and printed till 11. got an edition of 16 done!   

this is one of the little
buggars who's been
pooing all over the
studio.   no more, i'm
keeping them out!
sorry guys, you'll
have to build a nest
somewhere else

the sky over the studio yesterday - only a few drops of rain though

and steele scadding (my lawnmower man) arrived with his son to install my sliding door - surprising early but they were defeated by the size of the cavity, no doors available so they've had to order one and go home for the day.  but i'm happy, at least it's getting done and my new airbnb room will be able to get up and running in a week or two

LAST NIGHT was artback barrista luke's Great Shave event,  i was official photographer and it was a very funny night, much laughing :0)

 

luke's mum copped it!

he's incorrigible