!5.1.2024
This year has not had a good start. I tripped in the house and smashed my teeth and face. Trying to restore as much as possible has involved numerous doctor and dentist visits and it is not over yet! Also, our wonderful Sev has full time work at least for half a year so we have lost our farm worker. Josh has just tested clear of covid which has laid him low but luckily Bo has been able to support us through this period.
Basically, it is a year that none of us expected. We were told it would by dryness and fires to contest with but instead it has been storms and floods. The grass is still green and growing and so far, it has been too wet to get our hay cut. The fruit and vegetables are loving it. We have trees covered in fruit and massive growth in the gardens every day. This has added to the above problems because we are still cutting grass every week instead of leaving everything to stray dead and dry as usual.
The rain flooded and closed the roads out of Yarra Glen and even swept over the bridge on our road. It has been worse in QLD and NSW. There is absolute devastation in some areas with lives and houses lost. Everyone is talking about climate change now but there is still little being actually done.
There have been several power cuts but with our new system and batteries we have not been affected which does make life easier. It is hot and humid and Bo’s family are enjoying their pool. Edd has done a brilliant job dismantling our above ground pool. It was badly damaged in the 2009 fires so every part was melted together making the task hard. I miss having somewhere to swim and I just don’t fancy the mud and fish in the big dam.
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