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It's been A Day, with two seizures for Jarrah, but still there are some Good Things:
+ had a good chat with one of my band mates about making friends and neurodiversity and how it gets better as you get older and give fewer fucks
+ tea, obvs, especially the herbal nighttime tea I'm having right now
+ sent a picture of Bramble to an old friend (we met on livejournal!) and it's been a while since we talked but I've been thinking of her lately and it was so great to catch up
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #ThingsILove #friends #tea #cats #music
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It's been A Day, with two seizures for Jarrah, but still there are some Good Things:
+ had a good chat with one of my band mates about making friends and neurodiversity and how it gets better as you get older and give fewer fucks
+ tea, obvs, especially the herbal nighttime tea I'm having right now
+ sent a picture of Bramble to an old friend (we met on livejournal!) and it's been a while since we talked but I've been thinking of her lately and it was so great to catch up
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #ThingsILove #friends #tea #cats #music
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It's been A Day, with two seizures for Jarrah, but still there are some Good Things:
+ had a good chat with one of my band mates about making friends and neurodiversity and how it gets better as you get older and give fewer fucks
+ tea, obvs, especially the herbal nighttime tea I'm having right now
+ sent a picture of Bramble to an old friend (we met on livejournal!) and it's been a while since we talked but I've been thinking of her lately and it was so great to catch up
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #ThingsILove #friends #tea #cats #music
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It's been A Day, with two seizures for Jarrah, but still there are some Good Things:
+ had a good chat with one of my band mates about making friends and neurodiversity and how it gets better as you get older and give fewer fucks
+ tea, obvs, especially the herbal nighttime tea I'm having right now
+ sent a picture of Bramble to an old friend (we met on livejournal!) and it's been a while since we talked but I've been thinking of her lately and it was so great to catch up
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #ThingsILove #friends #tea #cats #music
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It's been A Day, with two seizures for Jarrah, but still there are some Good Things:
+ had a good chat with one of my band mates about making friends and neurodiversity and how it gets better as you get older and give fewer fucks
+ tea, obvs, especially the herbal nighttime tea I'm having right now
+ sent a picture of Bramble to an old friend (we met on livejournal!) and it's been a while since we talked but I've been thinking of her lately and it was so great to catch up
#ThreeGoodThings #3GoodThings #ThingsILove #friends #tea #cats #music
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Cool crow* thing that happened the other day, and which I just remembered:
So the backstory is that sometimes the crows (ravens) like to nick off with our chooks' eggs, and honestly I'm OK with it because I love how cheeky and clever they are, and they don't take many eggs. The other thing you should know is that our chooks are free-range-ish in a fenced off section of the garden, which (for now) is secure around the edge but open to the sky.
It's a few weeks until the chooks will start laying but the crows live around our area and I often will say hello to them when we're out walking.
And then the other day, we were walking up the street towards our house and I saw a bird gliding high up above and I thought it was a pelican, but then I saw the silhouette of the head and realised it was a hawk! And then! a crow/raven appears from the right, and not only starts harassing the hawk, but also caw-caw-caaawing to its family members, and they are on the job straight away, and within seconds, the hawk has left the vicinity of our chooks and the crows see it off -- we could almost hear them saying, 'And stay out!'
I'm thinking that the crows were protecting our chooks -- not because they care about the chooks themselves, so much as they care about the eggs the chooks will start laying soon!
Crows. So great :)
*apparently the ones around here are ravens, but they seem to not care that I call them crows
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Cool crow* thing that happened the other day, and which I just remembered:
So the backstory is that sometimes the crows (ravens) like to nick off with our chooks' eggs, and honestly I'm OK with it because I love how cheeky and clever they are, and they don't take many eggs. The other thing you should know is that our chooks are free-range-ish in a fenced off section of the garden, which (for now) is secure around the edge but open to the sky.
It's a few weeks until the chooks will start laying but the crows live around our area and I often will say hello to them when we're out walking.
And then the other day, we were walking up the street towards our house and I saw a bird gliding high up above and I thought it was a pelican, but then I saw the silhouette of the head and realised it was a hawk! And then! a crow/raven appears from the right, and not only starts harassing the hawk, but also caw-caw-caaawing to its family members, and they are on the job straight away, and within seconds, the hawk has left the vicinity of our chooks and the crows see it off -- we could almost hear them saying, 'And stay out!'
I'm thinking that the crows were protecting our chooks -- not because they care about the chooks themselves, so much as they care about the eggs the chooks will start laying soon!
Crows. So great :)
*apparently the ones around here are ravens, but they seem to not care that I call them crows
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Cool crow* thing that happened the other day, and which I just remembered:
So the backstory is that sometimes the crows (ravens) like to nick off with our chooks' eggs, and honestly I'm OK with it because I love how cheeky and clever they are, and they don't take many eggs. The other thing you should know is that our chooks are free-range-ish in a fenced off section of the garden, which (for now) is secure around the edge but open to the sky.
It's a few weeks until the chooks will start laying but the crows live around our area and I often will say hello to them when we're out walking.
And then the other day, we were walking up the street towards our house and I saw a bird gliding high up above and I thought it was a pelican, but then I saw the silhouette of the head and realised it was a hawk! And then! a crow/raven appears from the right, and not only starts harassing the hawk, but also caw-caw-caaawing to its family members, and they are on the job straight away, and within seconds, the hawk has left the vicinity of our chooks and the crows see it off -- we could almost hear them saying, 'And stay out!'
I'm thinking that the crows were protecting our chooks -- not because they care about the chooks themselves, so much as they care about the eggs the chooks will start laying soon!
Crows. So great :)
*apparently the ones around here are ravens, but they seem to not care that I call them crows
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Cool crow* thing that happened the other day, and which I just remembered:
So the backstory is that sometimes the crows (ravens) like to nick off with our chooks' eggs, and honestly I'm OK with it because I love how cheeky and clever they are, and they don't take many eggs. The other thing you should know is that our chooks are free-range-ish in a fenced off section of the garden, which (for now) is secure around the edge but open to the sky.
It's a few weeks until the chooks will start laying but the crows live around our area and I often will say hello to them when we're out walking.
And then the other day, we were walking up the street towards our house and I saw a bird gliding high up above and I thought it was a pelican, but then I saw the silhouette of the head and realised it was a hawk! And then! a crow/raven appears from the right, and not only starts harassing the hawk, but also caw-caw-caaawing to its family members, and they are on the job straight away, and within seconds, the hawk has left the vicinity of our chooks and the crows see it off -- we could almost hear them saying, 'And stay out!'
I'm thinking that the crows were protecting our chooks -- not because they care about the chooks themselves, so much as they care about the eggs the chooks will start laying soon!
Crows. So great :)
*apparently the ones around here are ravens, but they seem to not care that I call them crows
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Cool crow* thing that happened the other day, and which I just remembered:
So the backstory is that sometimes the crows (ravens) like to nick off with our chooks' eggs, and honestly I'm OK with it because I love how cheeky and clever they are, and they don't take many eggs. The other thing you should know is that our chooks are free-range-ish in a fenced off section of the garden, which (for now) is secure around the edge but open to the sky.
It's a few weeks until the chooks will start laying but the crows live around our area and I often will say hello to them when we're out walking.
And then the other day, we were walking up the street towards our house and I saw a bird gliding high up above and I thought it was a pelican, but then I saw the silhouette of the head and realised it was a hawk! And then! a crow/raven appears from the right, and not only starts harassing the hawk, but also caw-caw-caaawing to its family members, and they are on the job straight away, and within seconds, the hawk has left the vicinity of our chooks and the crows see it off -- we could almost hear them saying, 'And stay out!'
I'm thinking that the crows were protecting our chooks -- not because they care about the chooks themselves, so much as they care about the eggs the chooks will start laying soon!
Crows. So great :)
*apparently the ones around here are ravens, but they seem to not care that I call them crows
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Would you like to see the very shiny and beautiful flugelhorn that I now get to play? (If you don't want to, that's OK too, no pressure, just blink now)
I can borrow it on a long term loan and if I want to buy it, we can 'work something out', said the guy who bought it (meaning that I could pay him off over time, not anything sinister!!). I got to play it during this week's rehearsal and it was such a joy!
It's so gorgeous. The valves are really high quality. The sound is next level. So mellow! I had never heard of a flugelhorn or even heard one being played but omg I'm a convert
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Would you like to see the very shiny and beautiful flugelhorn that I now get to play? (If you don't want to, that's OK too, no pressure, just blink now)
I can borrow it on a long term loan and if I want to buy it, we can 'work something out', said the guy who bought it (meaning that I could pay him off over time, not anything sinister!!). I got to play it during this week's rehearsal and it was such a joy!
It's so gorgeous. The valves are really high quality. The sound is next level. So mellow! I had never heard of a flugelhorn or even heard one being played but omg I'm a convert
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Would you like to see the very shiny and beautiful flugelhorn that I now get to play? (If you don't want to, that's OK too, no pressure, just blink now)
I can borrow it on a long term loan and if I want to buy it, we can 'work something out', said the guy who bought it (meaning that I could pay him off over time, not anything sinister!!). I got to play it during this week's rehearsal and it was such a joy!
It's so gorgeous. The valves are really high quality. The sound is next level. So mellow! I had never heard of a flugelhorn or even heard one being played but omg I'm a convert
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Would you like to see the very shiny and beautiful flugelhorn that I now get to play? (If you don't want to, that's OK too, no pressure, just blink now)
I can borrow it on a long term loan and if I want to buy it, we can 'work something out', said the guy who bought it (meaning that I could pay him off over time, not anything sinister!!). I got to play it during this week's rehearsal and it was such a joy!
It's so gorgeous. The valves are really high quality. The sound is next level. So mellow! I had never heard of a flugelhorn or even heard one being played but omg I'm a convert
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Would you like to see the very shiny and beautiful flugelhorn that I now get to play? (If you don't want to, that's OK too, no pressure, just blink now)
I can borrow it on a long term loan and if I want to buy it, we can 'work something out', said the guy who bought it (meaning that I could pay him off over time, not anything sinister!!). I got to play it during this week's rehearsal and it was such a joy!
It's so gorgeous. The valves are really high quality. The sound is next level. So mellow! I had never heard of a flugelhorn or even heard one being played but omg I'm a convert
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First band performance today, and despite not having played two of the pieces before (the rest of the band had played them before; I had not), it went really well. There were definitely times when the others carried me but I held my own at times... for four rehearsals, I feel like it was a solid achievement. It did wipe me out for the rest of the afternoon though. All the stimulation and adrenaline, it's quite a lot for a body to manage.
I didn't get much time to practise this week but I'm hoping next week will be better. At the very least I'll have time tomorrow and Monday. Something else to look forward to: one of the guys is bringing me a cornet to try out next rehearsal. Exciting!
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First band performance today, and despite not having played two of the pieces before (the rest of the band had played them before; I had not), it went really well. There were definitely times when the others carried me but I held my own at times... for four rehearsals, I feel like it was a solid achievement. It did wipe me out for the rest of the afternoon though. All the stimulation and adrenaline, it's quite a lot for a body to manage.
I didn't get much time to practise this week but I'm hoping next week will be better. At the very least I'll have time tomorrow and Monday. Something else to look forward to: one of the guys is bringing me a cornet to try out next rehearsal. Exciting!
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First band performance today, and despite not having played two of the pieces before (the rest of the band had played them before; I had not), it went really well. There were definitely times when the others carried me but I held my own at times... for four rehearsals, I feel like it was a solid achievement. It did wipe me out for the rest of the afternoon though. All the stimulation and adrenaline, it's quite a lot for a body to manage.
I didn't get much time to practise this week but I'm hoping next week will be better. At the very least I'll have time tomorrow and Monday. Something else to look forward to: one of the guys is bringing me a cornet to try out next rehearsal. Exciting!
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First band performance today, and despite not having played two of the pieces before (the rest of the band had played them before; I had not), it went really well. There were definitely times when the others carried me but I held my own at times... for four rehearsals, I feel like it was a solid achievement. It did wipe me out for the rest of the afternoon though. All the stimulation and adrenaline, it's quite a lot for a body to manage.
I didn't get much time to practise this week but I'm hoping next week will be better. At the very least I'll have time tomorrow and Monday. Something else to look forward to: one of the guys is bringing me a cornet to try out next rehearsal. Exciting!
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First band performance today, and despite not having played two of the pieces before (the rest of the band had played them before; I had not), it went really well. There were definitely times when the others carried me but I held my own at times... for four rehearsals, I feel like it was a solid achievement. It did wipe me out for the rest of the afternoon though. All the stimulation and adrenaline, it's quite a lot for a body to manage.
I didn't get much time to practise this week but I'm hoping next week will be better. At the very least I'll have time tomorrow and Monday. Something else to look forward to: one of the guys is bringing me a cornet to try out next rehearsal. Exciting!
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Was feeling naff and annoyed. Practised trumpet for half an hour. Feeling so much better now 🥰🎺
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Was feeling naff and annoyed. Practised trumpet for half an hour. Feeling so much better now 🥰🎺
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Was feeling naff and annoyed. Practised trumpet for half an hour. Feeling so much better now 🥰🎺
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Was feeling naff and annoyed. Practised trumpet for half an hour. Feeling so much better now 🥰🎺
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Was feeling naff and annoyed. Practised trumpet for half an hour. Feeling so much better now 🥰🎺
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How cool is this?! I had to swing by Woolies after dropping Dad home tonight and they had restocked their saucepans (the ones they're giving away with Rewards points).
I don't tend to shop at Woolies much so I only had 50-odd points, but I also really needed a new frying pan since our old one started leaking some months ago. I'd thrown that one away but kept the lid.
Anyway. This Woolies had some of the biggest stainless steel frying pans in stock and so I thought, well, I'll have to pay $35 and use 35 points, but that's cheaper than the $100 for a similar frying pan in the homeware shop. The only downside is that this one doesn't come with a lid, oh well.
I get home, wash it up to use it for tea (tacos) and then, out of curiosity, get the lid from the old pan out of the cupboard and try it for size. IT FITS. It fits so well!
So how awesome: I got a decent stainless steel pan for relatively little money and the old lid fits. I'm irrationally happy about this whole thing 😊
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How cool is this?! I had to swing by Woolies after dropping Dad home tonight and they had restocked their saucepans (the ones they're giving away with Rewards points).
I don't tend to shop at Woolies much so I only had 50-odd points, but I also really needed a new frying pan since our old one started leaking some months ago. I'd thrown that one away but kept the lid.
Anyway. This Woolies had some of the biggest stainless steel frying pans in stock and so I thought, well, I'll have to pay $35 and use 35 points, but that's cheaper than the $100 for a similar frying pan in the homeware shop. The only downside is that this one doesn't come with a lid, oh well.
I get home, wash it up to use it for tea (tacos) and then, out of curiosity, get the lid from the old pan out of the cupboard and try it for size. IT FITS. It fits so well!
So how awesome: I got a decent stainless steel pan for relatively little money and the old lid fits. I'm irrationally happy about this whole thing 😊
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How cool is this?! I had to swing by Woolies after dropping Dad home tonight and they had restocked their saucepans (the ones they're giving away with Rewards points).
I don't tend to shop at Woolies much so I only had 50-odd points, but I also really needed a new frying pan since our old one started leaking some months ago. I'd thrown that one away but kept the lid.
Anyway. This Woolies had some of the biggest stainless steel frying pans in stock and so I thought, well, I'll have to pay $35 and use 35 points, but that's cheaper than the $100 for a similar frying pan in the homeware shop. The only downside is that this one doesn't come with a lid, oh well.
I get home, wash it up to use it for tea (tacos) and then, out of curiosity, get the lid from the old pan out of the cupboard and try it for size. IT FITS. It fits so well!
So how awesome: I got a decent stainless steel pan for relatively little money and the old lid fits. I'm irrationally happy about this whole thing 😊
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How cool is this?! I had to swing by Woolies after dropping Dad home tonight and they had restocked their saucepans (the ones they're giving away with Rewards points).
I don't tend to shop at Woolies much so I only had 50-odd points, but I also really needed a new frying pan since our old one started leaking some months ago. I'd thrown that one away but kept the lid.
Anyway. This Woolies had some of the biggest stainless steel frying pans in stock and so I thought, well, I'll have to pay $35 and use 35 points, but that's cheaper than the $100 for a similar frying pan in the homeware shop. The only downside is that this one doesn't come with a lid, oh well.
I get home, wash it up to use it for tea (tacos) and then, out of curiosity, get the lid from the old pan out of the cupboard and try it for size. IT FITS. It fits so well!
So how awesome: I got a decent stainless steel pan for relatively little money and the old lid fits. I'm irrationally happy about this whole thing 😊
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How cool is this?! I had to swing by Woolies after dropping Dad home tonight and they had restocked their saucepans (the ones they're giving away with Rewards points).
I don't tend to shop at Woolies much so I only had 50-odd points, but I also really needed a new frying pan since our old one started leaking some months ago. I'd thrown that one away but kept the lid.
Anyway. This Woolies had some of the biggest stainless steel frying pans in stock and so I thought, well, I'll have to pay $35 and use 35 points, but that's cheaper than the $100 for a similar frying pan in the homeware shop. The only downside is that this one doesn't come with a lid, oh well.
I get home, wash it up to use it for tea (tacos) and then, out of curiosity, get the lid from the old pan out of the cupboard and try it for size. IT FITS. It fits so well!
So how awesome: I got a decent stainless steel pan for relatively little money and the old lid fits. I'm irrationally happy about this whole thing 😊
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What a full weekend. Thank goodness for work tomorrow, in some respects – it was a really great couple of days but I badly need some recharge quiet time!
Yesterday was the Green Fair on the Square and I picked up my free plants, huzzah! Bumped into a friend, which was lovely. I also rode a bike to make a smoothie for Kid3 and then Dad and I went to a talk by a local elder about resilience and sustainability from an Indigenous perspective. That was super interesting and fascinating and I would have loved to stay and chat with her for hours.
The rest of the day was errands and busyness. Today was a bit the same but with extra gardening (which was, of course, great). I planted the free plants and also the poor kangaroo paws that I believe have been waiting in their pots since last year 😬 Had to get quite aggressive with the trowel to break up some of the roots... hopefully they cope in the ground OK.
#gardening #MothersDay #KillYourLawn #DieLawnDie #plants #community #ThingsILove
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What a full weekend. Thank goodness for work tomorrow, in some respects – it was a really great couple of days but I badly need some recharge quiet time!
Yesterday was the Green Fair on the Square and I picked up my free plants, huzzah! Bumped into a friend, which was lovely. I also rode a bike to make a smoothie for Kid3 and then Dad and I went to a talk by a local elder about resilience and sustainability from an Indigenous perspective. That was super interesting and fascinating and I would have loved to stay and chat with her for hours.
The rest of the day was errands and busyness. Today was a bit the same but with extra gardening (which was, of course, great). I planted the free plants and also the poor kangaroo paws that I believe have been waiting in their pots since last year 😬 Had to get quite aggressive with the trowel to break up some of the roots... hopefully they cope in the ground OK.
#gardening #MothersDay #KillYourLawn #DieLawnDie #plants #community #ThingsILove
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What a full weekend. Thank goodness for work tomorrow, in some respects – it was a really great couple of days but I badly need some recharge quiet time!
Yesterday was the Green Fair on the Square and I picked up my free plants, huzzah! Bumped into a friend, which was lovely. I also rode a bike to make a smoothie for Kid3 and then Dad and I went to a talk by a local elder about resilience and sustainability from an Indigenous perspective. That was super interesting and fascinating and I would have loved to stay and chat with her for hours.
The rest of the day was errands and busyness. Today was a bit the same but with extra gardening (which was, of course, great). I planted the free plants and also the poor kangaroo paws that I believe have been waiting in their pots since last year 😬 Had to get quite aggressive with the trowel to break up some of the roots... hopefully they cope in the ground OK.
#gardening #MothersDay #KillYourLawn #DieLawnDie #plants #community #ThingsILove
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What a full weekend. Thank goodness for work tomorrow, in some respects – it was a really great couple of days but I badly need some recharge quiet time!
Yesterday was the Green Fair on the Square and I picked up my free plants, huzzah! Bumped into a friend, which was lovely. I also rode a bike to make a smoothie for Kid3 and then Dad and I went to a talk by a local elder about resilience and sustainability from an Indigenous perspective. That was super interesting and fascinating and I would have loved to stay and chat with her for hours.
The rest of the day was errands and busyness. Today was a bit the same but with extra gardening (which was, of course, great). I planted the free plants and also the poor kangaroo paws that I believe have been waiting in their pots since last year 😬 Had to get quite aggressive with the trowel to break up some of the roots... hopefully they cope in the ground OK.
#gardening #MothersDay #KillYourLawn #DieLawnDie #plants #community #ThingsILove
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What a full weekend. Thank goodness for work tomorrow, in some respects – it was a really great couple of days but I badly need some recharge quiet time!
Yesterday was the Green Fair on the Square and I picked up my free plants, huzzah! Bumped into a friend, which was lovely. I also rode a bike to make a smoothie for Kid3 and then Dad and I went to a talk by a local elder about resilience and sustainability from an Indigenous perspective. That was super interesting and fascinating and I would have loved to stay and chat with her for hours.
The rest of the day was errands and busyness. Today was a bit the same but with extra gardening (which was, of course, great). I planted the free plants and also the poor kangaroo paws that I believe have been waiting in their pots since last year 😬 Had to get quite aggressive with the trowel to break up some of the roots... hopefully they cope in the ground OK.
#gardening #MothersDay #KillYourLawn #DieLawnDie #plants #community #ThingsILove
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#ThreeGoodThings on a Sunday evening:
+ spent an hour in the garden and as I was filling a planter box with soil, a mole cricket fell out of the potting mix bag. We've been hearing them at night recently (even though they're probably due for hibernation soon, I reckon). I scooped it out of the planter box and put it down carefully and it started burrowing straight away. So exciting to see it :)
+ visited the community garden yesterday despite the rain. I took lemons, lilly pillies and rosemary to swap, and brought home tomatoes, garlic, basil and rhubarb
+ there was a tiny fire in the kitchen earlier... this is a Good Thing because I happened to walk in as it was starting and said, 'Ooh, that's interesting' and then set about putting it out. tl;dr the sausages spat some fat into the gas griller, the fat caught fire and then dripped down into the fat tray where it continued to burn. Bit stinky, glad I walked in when I did. I was thinking of grabbing the fire blanket but as it turned out, a saucepan lid did the trick (so I can save the fire blanket for another, bigger fire!)
#ThingsILove #3GoodThings #today #CommunityGarden #gardening #fire
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#ThreeGoodThings on a Sunday evening:
+ spent an hour in the garden and as I was filling a planter box with soil, a mole cricket fell out of the potting mix bag. We've been hearing them at night recently (even though they're probably due for hibernation soon, I reckon). I scooped it out of the planter box and put it down carefully and it started burrowing straight away. So exciting to see it :)
+ visited the community garden yesterday despite the rain. I took lemons, lilly pillies and rosemary to swap, and brought home tomatoes, garlic, basil and rhubarb
+ there was a tiny fire in the kitchen earlier... this is a Good Thing because I happened to walk in as it was starting and said, 'Ooh, that's interesting' and then set about putting it out. tl;dr the sausages spat some fat into the gas griller, the fat caught fire and then dripped down into the fat tray where it continued to burn. Bit stinky, glad I walked in when I did. I was thinking of grabbing the fire blanket but as it turned out, a saucepan lid did the trick (so I can save the fire blanket for another, bigger fire!)
#ThingsILove #3GoodThings #today #CommunityGarden #gardening #fire
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#ThreeGoodThings on a Sunday evening:
+ spent an hour in the garden and as I was filling a planter box with soil, a mole cricket fell out of the potting mix bag. We've been hearing them at night recently (even though they're probably due for hibernation soon, I reckon). I scooped it out of the planter box and put it down carefully and it started burrowing straight away. So exciting to see it :)
+ visited the community garden yesterday despite the rain. I took lemons, lilly pillies and rosemary to swap, and brought home tomatoes, garlic, basil and rhubarb
+ there was a tiny fire in the kitchen earlier... this is a Good Thing because I happened to walk in as it was starting and said, 'Ooh, that's interesting' and then set about putting it out. tl;dr the sausages spat some fat into the gas griller, the fat caught fire and then dripped down into the fat tray where it continued to burn. Bit stinky, glad I walked in when I did. I was thinking of grabbing the fire blanket but as it turned out, a saucepan lid did the trick (so I can save the fire blanket for another, bigger fire!)
#ThingsILove #3GoodThings #today #CommunityGarden #gardening #fire
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#ThreeGoodThings on a Sunday evening:
+ spent an hour in the garden and as I was filling a planter box with soil, a mole cricket fell out of the potting mix bag. We've been hearing them at night recently (even though they're probably due for hibernation soon, I reckon). I scooped it out of the planter box and put it down carefully and it started burrowing straight away. So exciting to see it :)
+ visited the community garden yesterday despite the rain. I took lemons, lilly pillies and rosemary to swap, and brought home tomatoes, garlic, basil and rhubarb
+ there was a tiny fire in the kitchen earlier... this is a Good Thing because I happened to walk in as it was starting and said, 'Ooh, that's interesting' and then set about putting it out. tl;dr the sausages spat some fat into the gas griller, the fat caught fire and then dripped down into the fat tray where it continued to burn. Bit stinky, glad I walked in when I did. I was thinking of grabbing the fire blanket but as it turned out, a saucepan lid did the trick (so I can save the fire blanket for another, bigger fire!)
#ThingsILove #3GoodThings #today #CommunityGarden #gardening #fire
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#ThreeGoodThings on a Sunday evening:
+ spent an hour in the garden and as I was filling a planter box with soil, a mole cricket fell out of the potting mix bag. We've been hearing them at night recently (even though they're probably due for hibernation soon, I reckon). I scooped it out of the planter box and put it down carefully and it started burrowing straight away. So exciting to see it :)
+ visited the community garden yesterday despite the rain. I took lemons, lilly pillies and rosemary to swap, and brought home tomatoes, garlic, basil and rhubarb
+ there was a tiny fire in the kitchen earlier... this is a Good Thing because I happened to walk in as it was starting and said, 'Ooh, that's interesting' and then set about putting it out. tl;dr the sausages spat some fat into the gas griller, the fat caught fire and then dripped down into the fat tray where it continued to burn. Bit stinky, glad I walked in when I did. I was thinking of grabbing the fire blanket but as it turned out, a saucepan lid did the trick (so I can save the fire blanket for another, bigger fire!)
#ThingsILove #3GoodThings #today #CommunityGarden #gardening #fire
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A Sense of Doubt blog post-4091 - Letter to Dad-33 - Taking a Photo of My Birthday 1971 and PISTONS WON!! https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-4091-letter.html #LettertoDad #Seventies #DetroitPistons #PlayoffWin #ThingsILove
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A Sense of Doubt blog post-4091 - Letter to Dad-33 - Taking a Photo of My Birthday 1971 and PISTONS WON!! https://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-sense-of-doubt-blog-post-4091-letter.html #LettertoDad #Seventies #DetroitPistons #PlayoffWin #ThingsILove
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My teacher got me two new trumpet books this week! I can work through them at my leisure but we chose a few to get me started. He also told me that he's taught me all he can on an individual basis and now I need to join the band. That's a bit scary and new and exciting...? But he said he's told them all about me and they keep asking when I'm coming 🥰
Due to family stuff I won't be able to go next week but we've agreed that he'll bring the band music next time we meet and then we can go over it together. Progress!
Also, something I've noticed recently is how much music runs through my head now. I'm often thinking about motifs and melodies, either ones that I've played or ones I'd like to play. It's a cool development
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My teacher got me two new trumpet books this week! I can work through them at my leisure but we chose a few to get me started. He also told me that he's taught me all he can on an individual basis and now I need to join the band. That's a bit scary and new and exciting...? But he said he's told them all about me and they keep asking when I'm coming 🥰
Due to family stuff I won't be able to go next week but we've agreed that he'll bring the band music next time we meet and then we can go over it together. Progress!
Also, something I've noticed recently is how much music runs through my head now. I'm often thinking about motifs and melodies, either ones that I've played or ones I'd like to play. It's a cool development
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My teacher got me two new trumpet books this week! I can work through them at my leisure but we chose a few to get me started. He also told me that he's taught me all he can on an individual basis and now I need to join the band. That's a bit scary and new and exciting...? But he said he's told them all about me and they keep asking when I'm coming 🥰
Due to family stuff I won't be able to go next week but we've agreed that he'll bring the band music next time we meet and then we can go over it together. Progress!
Also, something I've noticed recently is how much music runs through my head now. I'm often thinking about motifs and melodies, either ones that I've played or ones I'd like to play. It's a cool development
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My teacher got me two new trumpet books this week! I can work through them at my leisure but we chose a few to get me started. He also told me that he's taught me all he can on an individual basis and now I need to join the band. That's a bit scary and new and exciting...? But he said he's told them all about me and they keep asking when I'm coming 🥰
Due to family stuff I won't be able to go next week but we've agreed that he'll bring the band music next time we meet and then we can go over it together. Progress!
Also, something I've noticed recently is how much music runs through my head now. I'm often thinking about motifs and melodies, either ones that I've played or ones I'd like to play. It's a cool development
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My teacher got me two new trumpet books this week! I can work through them at my leisure but we chose a few to get me started. He also told me that he's taught me all he can on an individual basis and now I need to join the band. That's a bit scary and new and exciting...? But he said he's told them all about me and they keep asking when I'm coming 🥰
Due to family stuff I won't be able to go next week but we've agreed that he'll bring the band music next time we meet and then we can go over it together. Progress!
Also, something I've noticed recently is how much music runs through my head now. I'm often thinking about motifs and melodies, either ones that I've played or ones I'd like to play. It's a cool development
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It's coming up to three months of learning trumpet (about two months of lessons). The book my teacher gave me six weeks ago is supposed to last a full school year and we're nearly finished it – this sounds more impressive than it is because the book is for beginner musicians, not just beginner trumpet players. So there's lots of 'this is a minim/crotchet/rest/key signature' which I don't need to learn.
Biggest challenge continues to be lip strength. But also I find it hard to be thinking of everything at once when I'm playing something new. There's finger positions, intonation, pressure, pitch, so I find myself gripping the trumpet harder than I should, and getting a sore hand afterwards!
I spoke about that with my teacher and he reassured me that there's so much to think of, no wonder I sometimes find it hard. It will be fine with time. He is a good and patient teacher and we're doing more and more duets – this, I love, because you have to keep up and keep playing, no matter the mistakes!
I can play almost 30 minutes at a stretch now, which is making practice sessions more enjoyable. So the short version of this post should read: Trumpet. Still loving it. Music is so fun. The end (or actually still very much the beginning).
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It's coming up to three months of learning trumpet (about two months of lessons). The book my teacher gave me six weeks ago is supposed to last a full school year and we're nearly finished it – this sounds more impressive than it is because the book is for beginner musicians, not just beginner trumpet players. So there's lots of 'this is a minim/crotchet/rest/key signature' which I don't need to learn.
Biggest challenge continues to be lip strength. But also I find it hard to be thinking of everything at once when I'm playing something new. There's finger positions, intonation, pressure, pitch, so I find myself gripping the trumpet harder than I should, and getting a sore hand afterwards!
I spoke about that with my teacher and he reassured me that there's so much to think of, no wonder I sometimes find it hard. It will be fine with time. He is a good and patient teacher and we're doing more and more duets – this, I love, because you have to keep up and keep playing, no matter the mistakes!
I can play almost 30 minutes at a stretch now, which is making practice sessions more enjoyable. So the short version of this post should read: Trumpet. Still loving it. Music is so fun. The end (or actually still very much the beginning).
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It's coming up to three months of learning trumpet (about two months of lessons). The book my teacher gave me six weeks ago is supposed to last a full school year and we're nearly finished it – this sounds more impressive than it is because the book is for beginner musicians, not just beginner trumpet players. So there's lots of 'this is a minim/crotchet/rest/key signature' which I don't need to learn.
Biggest challenge continues to be lip strength. But also I find it hard to be thinking of everything at once when I'm playing something new. There's finger positions, intonation, pressure, pitch, so I find myself gripping the trumpet harder than I should, and getting a sore hand afterwards!
I spoke about that with my teacher and he reassured me that there's so much to think of, no wonder I sometimes find it hard. It will be fine with time. He is a good and patient teacher and we're doing more and more duets – this, I love, because you have to keep up and keep playing, no matter the mistakes!
I can play almost 30 minutes at a stretch now, which is making practice sessions more enjoyable. So the short version of this post should read: Trumpet. Still loving it. Music is so fun. The end (or actually still very much the beginning).
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It's coming up to three months of learning trumpet (about two months of lessons). The book my teacher gave me six weeks ago is supposed to last a full school year and we're nearly finished it – this sounds more impressive than it is because the book is for beginner musicians, not just beginner trumpet players. So there's lots of 'this is a minim/crotchet/rest/key signature' which I don't need to learn.
Biggest challenge continues to be lip strength. But also I find it hard to be thinking of everything at once when I'm playing something new. There's finger positions, intonation, pressure, pitch, so I find myself gripping the trumpet harder than I should, and getting a sore hand afterwards!
I spoke about that with my teacher and he reassured me that there's so much to think of, no wonder I sometimes find it hard. It will be fine with time. He is a good and patient teacher and we're doing more and more duets – this, I love, because you have to keep up and keep playing, no matter the mistakes!
I can play almost 30 minutes at a stretch now, which is making practice sessions more enjoyable. So the short version of this post should read: Trumpet. Still loving it. Music is so fun. The end (or actually still very much the beginning).
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It's coming up to three months of learning trumpet (about two months of lessons). The book my teacher gave me six weeks ago is supposed to last a full school year and we're nearly finished it – this sounds more impressive than it is because the book is for beginner musicians, not just beginner trumpet players. So there's lots of 'this is a minim/crotchet/rest/key signature' which I don't need to learn.
Biggest challenge continues to be lip strength. But also I find it hard to be thinking of everything at once when I'm playing something new. There's finger positions, intonation, pressure, pitch, so I find myself gripping the trumpet harder than I should, and getting a sore hand afterwards!
I spoke about that with my teacher and he reassured me that there's so much to think of, no wonder I sometimes find it hard. It will be fine with time. He is a good and patient teacher and we're doing more and more duets – this, I love, because you have to keep up and keep playing, no matter the mistakes!
I can play almost 30 minutes at a stretch now, which is making practice sessions more enjoyable. So the short version of this post should read: Trumpet. Still loving it. Music is so fun. The end (or actually still very much the beginning).
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Trumpet update: I've now had three lessons, and yesterday my teacher also gave me the book he used to use for beginners, and it's super. I can play whole notes from the A below middle-C and up to the C above middle-C.
Yesterday I learnt B-flat.
Teacher: So now you know your first flat!
Me: Yes! And it's B-flat, which is my favourite flat.
Teacher: ...is it?
It then occurred to me that not everyone has favourite flats? Surely that's not the case!
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Trumpet update: I've now had three lessons, and yesterday my teacher also gave me the book he used to use for beginners, and it's super. I can play whole notes from the A below middle-C and up to the C above middle-C.
Yesterday I learnt B-flat.
Teacher: So now you know your first flat!
Me: Yes! And it's B-flat, which is my favourite flat.
Teacher: ...is it?
It then occurred to me that not everyone has favourite flats? Surely that's not the case!
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Trumpet update: I've now had three lessons, and yesterday my teacher also gave me the book he used to use for beginners, and it's super. I can play whole notes from the A below middle-C and up to the C above middle-C.
Yesterday I learnt B-flat.
Teacher: So now you know your first flat!
Me: Yes! And it's B-flat, which is my favourite flat.
Teacher: ...is it?
It then occurred to me that not everyone has favourite flats? Surely that's not the case!
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Trumpet update: I've now had three lessons, and yesterday my teacher also gave me the book he used to use for beginners, and it's super. I can play whole notes from the A below middle-C and up to the C above middle-C.
Yesterday I learnt B-flat.
Teacher: So now you know your first flat!
Me: Yes! And it's B-flat, which is my favourite flat.
Teacher: ...is it?
It then occurred to me that not everyone has favourite flats? Surely that's not the case!
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Trumpet update: I've now had three lessons, and yesterday my teacher also gave me the book he used to use for beginners, and it's super. I can play whole notes from the A below middle-C and up to the C above middle-C.
Yesterday I learnt B-flat.
Teacher: So now you know your first flat!
Me: Yes! And it's B-flat, which is my favourite flat.
Teacher: ...is it?
It then occurred to me that not everyone has favourite flats? Surely that's not the case!
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Some gardening joy:
... the apples (that I don't really like) are ripening beautifully. I'm waiting a few more days to pick that one closest to the camera but the rest of them I'll leave for the birds
... yesterday evening and this morning I spent a couple of hours pulling up the grass and the dying nasturtiums. I've done about two thirds of it – it's not easy work, as the ground is quite dry (you might be able to see that in the second shot) but once it's done, I'll mulch the area and dump a heap of calls lilies along the side next to the fence. Yes, they're basically a weed but they're a much more manageable weed than the kikuyu, which I am removing with extreme prejudice wherever it may be
... while pulling up the undergrowth, I unearthed not only a legless lizard (I was expecting to see at least one, so it was with delight that I watched it wriggle away, rather than the momentary panic I've had before when I've mistaken them for snakes) but also the raspberry canes I planted a few years ago! They're a bit worse for wear due to being smothered somewhat by the nasturtiums and its evil kikuyu friend, as well as suffering from the glyphosate my neighbours use (sob) but they are still alive! I received three raspberry plants for Christmas from Dad/Kid2/Kid2's boyfriend and so I'll dig up these canes and plant all the canes together (in another part of the garden to reduce the impact of the Roundup)
... while I was out there, it rained gently for a few minutes, which was so welcome, and I also snacked on a few strawberries from the garden. This is the life, truly
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Some gardening joy:
... the apples (that I don't really like) are ripening beautifully. I'm waiting a few more days to pick that one closest to the camera but the rest of them I'll leave for the birds
... yesterday evening and this morning I spent a couple of hours pulling up the grass and the dying nasturtiums. I've done about two thirds of it – it's not easy work, as the ground is quite dry (you might be able to see that in the second shot) but once it's done, I'll mulch the area and dump a heap of calls lilies along the side next to the fence. Yes, they're basically a weed but they're a much more manageable weed than the kikuyu, which I am removing with extreme prejudice wherever it may be
... while pulling up the undergrowth, I unearthed not only a legless lizard (I was expecting to see at least one, so it was with delight that I watched it wriggle away, rather than the momentary panic I've had before when I've mistaken them for snakes) but also the raspberry canes I planted a few years ago! They're a bit worse for wear due to being smothered somewhat by the nasturtiums and its evil kikuyu friend, as well as suffering from the glyphosate my neighbours use (sob) but they are still alive! I received three raspberry plants for Christmas from Dad/Kid2/Kid2's boyfriend and so I'll dig up these canes and plant all the canes together (in another part of the garden to reduce the impact of the Roundup)
... while I was out there, it rained gently for a few minutes, which was so welcome, and I also snacked on a few strawberries from the garden. This is the life, truly
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Some gardening joy:
... the apples (that I don't really like) are ripening beautifully. I'm waiting a few more days to pick that one closest to the camera but the rest of them I'll leave for the birds
... yesterday evening and this morning I spent a couple of hours pulling up the grass and the dying nasturtiums. I've done about two thirds of it – it's not easy work, as the ground is quite dry (you might be able to see that in the second shot) but once it's done, I'll mulch the area and dump a heap of calls lilies along the side next to the fence. Yes, they're basically a weed but they're a much more manageable weed than the kikuyu, which I am removing with extreme prejudice wherever it may be
... while pulling up the undergrowth, I unearthed not only a legless lizard (I was expecting to see at least one, so it was with delight that I watched it wriggle away, rather than the momentary panic I've had before when I've mistaken them for snakes) but also the raspberry canes I planted a few years ago! They're a bit worse for wear due to being smothered somewhat by the nasturtiums and its evil kikuyu friend, as well as suffering from the glyphosate my neighbours use (sob) but they are still alive! I received three raspberry plants for Christmas from Dad/Kid2/Kid2's boyfriend and so I'll dig up these canes and plant all the canes together (in another part of the garden to reduce the impact of the Roundup)
... while I was out there, it rained gently for a few minutes, which was so welcome, and I also snacked on a few strawberries from the garden. This is the life, truly