22.7. 2021
3.17pm and the light is fading as the clouds obscure the sun. Luckily, even though we have icy winds, it has staid dry all day and Stevo, Josh and Edd have been able to continue the work on the car port roof that they started yesterday. The beams are up and finally we can see how it fits into the landscape. Building it into the hill has been a difficult and expensive task but I can see that aesthetically it hits all the marks.
We are now in our fifth lockdown and it is hard to keep feeling positive. I go through the motions. Today I planted out cauliflower seedlings, washed clothes, milked the goats and cooked a hearty soup for the men’s lunch. The house is warm too. It was still at 22 C when we woke up and was still warm in the late afternoon when I lit a fire. Mostly, I admit, to try and make the place look more cheerful as the light faded.
We have been fighting this virus for over a year now and I am grieving for the lifestyle we have lost. Usually when the work with the animals is at its lowest in the mid-winter, we have a holiday and head north to warmer areas. Border closures between the states have made this impossible for the second year running. There have been gaps when we could have left but there was always the threat that we could be caught interstate and unable to return so it did not feel worth the risk.
I phoned a friend yesterday and then realised that I had nothing to say! Nothing cheerful, anyway. Yesterday there was the funeral for Edd’s brother- in law in the UK and I have a goat that got injured possibly chased by a neighbour’s dogs.
It is freezing cold outside now and apparently even Queensland has really cold weather. The news is all about covid and lockdowns across most of the states so weather news was welcome in that it was about a different topic. Seems like the rest of the world also has floods, fires and the virus so not much joy from looking further afield. I have to keep telling myself that things will improve. The wattle trees and native wisteria are in flower. Daffodils and the camelia are also in bloom and the first of the cauliflowers is nearly ready to eat. Things will get better.
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