Jill and Gerard's Seachange

Update on the swans!!

Well the weather has been unreal here in Paynesville, lovely sunny days, looks like summer is really around the corner. I was just so hot today and felt like I wanted to be in an air conditioned room. Yep I do not like being hot!!!

My morning walks are just the best thing. I even dragged Gerard out for a couple of evening walks! Milly our little dog came with me this morning so I could not go to my usual spot to sit and watch the "littleuns" today.

Yesterday I sat and watched them for some time and was so annoyed with myself as I did not take the camera with me and they came so much closer than the day before!!!! There were a lot of wrens flitting around and a male wren bright blue came so close to me!

This morning the "men" were doing their sort of "ritual" thing, I suppose it is territorial. It looks so funny cause the two pairs keep their distance usually and I gather the mum is the smaller of the pair, anyway the two men suddenly leave the girls with the babies and meet face to face leaving equal distance from their ladies then they paddle along side by side in a line as if there is a centre line they must not cross.. They were going up and down for some time, when they get up the line so far they then start to turn around and seem to look each other in the eye and then go back to the other end and once again as they turn around they are so close to each other.. Suddenly one of the females started bellowing out loud as if something was wrong and her man suddenly took off in flight to her side. So the other one also paddled back to his lady. I did not stay long as I had Milly in my arms and I did not want to disturb the birds. We walked on further to the hill and the other pair of swans with their bigger children were in their usual spot in the canal. Could see them much better this time and they really do look like the ugly ducklings. I came home in a hot sweat as it was so warm this morning. Not sure what the temperature got to but it was expected to get to about 23degrees. Just heard it was 24 today. Tomorrow 23.

Took Mum to Bairnsdale today for a "field" test for her eyes at 10.30am, she has to go back in November to see the eye specialist with the results then! We then went for a coffee at the RSL and made a ahem!! "donation" at the pokies and then off to do the shopping. Mum has decided to do her food shopping once a fortnight cause she thinks that it will be easier for me!!, little does she realise that the shopping bags are heavier and puts a bigger strain on my back!!! Anyway It was supposed to be not an "all day" expedition today cause I needed to get back to complete a card order!!! Not so - mum was in a funny mood and was in her own little world and wanted to look at almost every item on the supermarket shelves. Boy it was a patience testing time for me. I did not get home til after 5pm.... I usually don't mind spending the day with her but today I needed to get home. Anyway a delicious chocolate icecream helped calm me down after I took her home. It does get difficult at times as mum is getting more forgetful as each day goes on. She is a worry at times. O.k. she is doing so well for 85, but it is hard to be patient and calm all the time, yes I know I will probably end up like this also, but boy is it hard.

Had a message on the phone when I got home this arvo it was from Morgan the kitchen man!!!!!! Hey get this, he rings and leaves a message on the phone at 1.40pm and wants to lob up tomorrow morning to finish installing the last part of the kitchen cupboards and hotplates. Nevermind the fact that I have to get in touch with the electrician again! and he was supposed to give me enough notice to organise it all!! I thought "buggar it", nup tomorrow is not suitable and told him so, seeing it has been well over 3 months now since David the builder pulled out the whole kitchen and we had ordered the kitchen a couple of months before that!!!! what is a couple of more days without the hotplates anyway!!!!??????? So looks like next Wednesday I will actually have a complete kitchen!!!!! I suppose I cannot complain seeing that it was my idea to have the old oven and hotplates taken away in December last year. Only problem now is that I have to "re-learn" how to cook!!!! as this is all electric here and I had gas cooking all of my cooking life, and the other problem is that all of my saucepans, oven trays etc are in storage in a box somewhere in Gerard's nieces garage in Eumemering!!! The last 50 odd boxes were not itemised and I am not ready to bring all that stuff here yet. Still got lots of boxes here already to unpack.

posted by Jill @ 6:50 pm