Stephen CollinsMowing and trimming: done.
As ever, the back yard is 3 hours; 2 of trimming because of the steepness and trimming near the fence, and an hour on the push mower in the middle.
Achilles tendons: on fire. Ibuprofen and paracetamol for morning tea.
Fuck me, it’s raining *again*. Back half of 2025, we had almost no rain, and since just after Christmas, it’s barely stopped. Today is *supposed* to be 26°C and sunny and we’ve got light fog with steady light rain. Tanks are full. Useless leaky dam is about 1/2 full. Everything is utterly verdant and because it’s staying warm, growing rapidly. I’m going to need goats the keep the grass under control.
3 echidnas seen today. Surely that’s a good omen of some kind?
thefathippyA 30cm skink just now.
Cropped from a larger max resolution image, so you can zoom in for lots of detail—not too far, it's only a resaved phone pic!
I get lots of skinks, typically only ~10-15cm long—as you can see, they get bigger. We also get blue & pink tongues, which are longer & much wider skinks.
Last night's unexpected visitor. Our cat was not impressed!
Had to catch it gently in a tea towel and release it outside.
Yesterday counted 5 years since moving to the bush. I miss a very few things about my past career and living in a mid-sized city, but not much. I'm healthier, happier, calmer, and richer in experience. I traded a lucrative career for a sustainable life. No regrets.
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