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[Katherine]

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Aw

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

You all lied to me. What did I say/do to make you want me out of the UK?

Australia is a hot, warm, dry arid country.

And the chooks are not happy at all...

The original 2 were found on the veranda (under it was a waterway again)....

The new 3 ventured out sometime later just before dusk when it finally stopped (briefly) raining.

Back to and now.... I could have saved all the trouble of getting here with a bad back on an airplane and had this weather in the UK....

Off to chop wood, light a fire and sort the new chooks out. They are older than my original 2 and taking over, but I need to make some changes to the roosting perch situation to restore calm before blood is shed literally! Mind you with all the leaks in the roof of the chook house, I may just not actually notice the blood...

 

[fossyant]

What have you done to the weather in Australia ?

Still awake and on settee. Been in an all day meeting and despite getting up my back isn't good. Hit the morphine as I'm out of codeine.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Fine looking chickens there, @SatNavSaysStraightOn .

 

[slowmotion]

I'm going fishing.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

What have you done to the weather in Australia ?

Still awake and on settee. Been in an all day meeting and despite getting up my back isn't good. Hit the morphine as I'm out of codeine.

no idea but the cyclone (officially one) has been declared a once in a 50 year event!

I quit with the codeine. It doesn't touch my pain sadly. Currently on 10mg slow release morphine during the day and 30mg at night. Still only get 2-3 hours at a time before I have to get up and move at night - walk around a freezing cold house and then come back to bed for another hour or so. 5am this morning had me in agony with my right leg in a really bad spasm again (sciatic nerve issues due to trying to lie on my side because my back was hurting from lying on my back!) that forced me out of bed and now at a loss. really tired as well because on AB's for an infection - which reminds me I need to ring the dr's.

At least today I have a satellite connection, VOIP phone, mobile phone, internet access, mobile hotspot if needed, and text messages... oh and the TV which I also lost yesterday. In fact all I had yesterday was electricity, water and the fire! and the fire was only because I kept it lit all day - too much water pouring down the chimney because aussies don't know how to build functioning fireplaces and chimneys, only ornamental ones (and that is from our builder (ex-pat) and the chimney guy who was very condescending about the chimney)... very high winds and rain today, not to mention freezing cold (not helped by the house being on stilts and the cold and wind being able to go under it as well as over it and basically the wood you see for the floor is the wood you see under the house as well!

Right I was going to try to get to the car port, but it is throwing it down again, so time to make evening meal instead and see if it stops raining long enough to get to the car port without the need for full waterproofs which I really object to when living in a house!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Fine looking chickens there, @SatNavSaysStraightOn .

thank you. Just waiting for them to settle in. Of the original 2, only the white one (Plymouth rock) is still laying. The black one is an Araucana crossed with an Australorp, she has stopped laying at the moment, unsettled by the changes. The 3 new ones, 2 Rhode Island Red and an Australorp have yet to lay, and are also unsettled by the changes. I don't think they are used to being quite so free-ranged as our 2 original ones are. Plus the pecking order has changed... my original top hen is only 18 months old (the black one) and is somewhere between the 2 Rhode Island reds in the pecking order (so number 3) and is finding it rather harder than she is used to...Hopefully in a few days and once I have made a couple of changes to the roosting perches things will settle down a touch. Fingers Crossed.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

humph again...

With the exception of the red gum eucalyptus I could have this view in the UK and actually be warmer!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I've been awake since two, its now half three, and have finally got fed up with looking at the ceiling and listening to my Good Lady sleep and come downstairs for a brew. My man flu is improving but I'm rougher than an old pair of boots.

 

[MontyVeda]

can't sleep.

 

[MontyVeda]

humph again...

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With the exception of the red gum eucalyptus I could have this view in the UK and actually be warmer!

it's a good pic though.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

can't sleep.

I cant either

 

[MontyVeda]

I cant either

aye i noticed.

 

[Hill Wimp]

I've been awake since two, its now half three, and have finally got fed up with looking at the ceiling and listening to my Good Lady sleep and come downstairs for a brew. My man flu is improving but I'm rougher than an old pair of boots.

GWS.

Hope you feel better soon Dave.