Things improve

 

 

I am thrilled.  The TV unit I ordered arrived in just a few days and is better than I expected!  It is an exact match for our coffee table and fits into the space nicely.   Even better when I removed the pile of cablers under the old plank system the cable end of the wire that connected the tv to the HD box broke.  The box was very wonky and caused the Tv to keep cutting out or getting lines across the screen.  Our neighbour came in with a new cable and took the box home to examine but much to my surprise the tv works much better without it!  Wd were thinking we would have to buy a new tv, but the urgency is off now.  Edd and I do watch TV in the evening because we are too tired to do much else and the charity shops where I buy books are still closed.

 

On the Corvid 19 front things are going well.  Cases over the last week dropped dramatically and one day was even 0.  Some restrictions came off last weekend but none that helped us.  We are now allowed to travel 25 km from home or work but that still means we can not see most of our grandchildren.  Still, the lock down seems to have worked well and curbed the upward trend, so we are very grateful our PM followed scientific advice.

 

The new shed is complete, and we have started to move all the stuff out of the big shed. The shelving system we were given after the fires is perfect for storing things, so we are gradually dismantling it and moving it over.  Everything is filthy.  Dust and dirt make this an unpleasant job.  My motivation to keep working on this is to get the upper space in the shed as a new clean area.  Edd wants the lower level as a garage space where he can work on vehicles so we both have different things to spur us on.

 

I also went over to help Bo work on her house and get it ready for real estate viewing.  She and her family have found a bigger house in Yarra Glen that they would like to buy so Bo’s house maintenance efforts became urgent.  She has done so much work on her place but with 7 or so people living there it is hard to keep on top of things.  Bo has also been working from home and the kids have been doing home schooling but at least the latter has ended and her two youngest are back in normal education.

 

Food is flowing here.  We have good crops of snow peas and broad beans and some old seed I sowed has produced a lush crop of mizuna to add to our salads.  I am fighting slugs to try and preserve the pumpkin and zucchini seedlings, but my cucumber seedlings died. The first of the Portuguese millipedes are arriving too, which is an ominous sign.