Trip to the tip

 4.10.2024

 

Time is passing fast and now everything has started to grow. There are thistles of all types and descriptions springing up everywhere. Worse news is that the grass is also growing like mad and the ride on mower broke down yesterday. Why does this always happen just at the wrong time? 

 

Today we took the waste building materials down to the tip. Edd discovered that if he takes stuff in a trailer.  They weigh it and it works out much cheaper than just putting it in the ute tray, for which there is a fixed price.  Our local tip always seems well organised. Metal, rubble and plant material are collected separately so they can be recycled. Timber bits are chipped for mulch and there is even a store that sells old baths, fridges Bric-a-brac and furniture. I brought two books for a dollar each whilst Edd unloaded.

I remember when we first lived here there was no rubbish collection so you had to drive everything to a land fill area in Healesville. Th tip had resident Ibis that are known locally as rubbish birds or bin chickens.  They always looked dirty and a bit disreputable. I have not seen Ibis at the present tip.

 

We are horrified over the news where the war seems to be gathering momentum in the middle east.  Russia and Ukraine are still battling over land but all our news talks about is the American election. It is not something we can do anything about. We are also waiting for the worst strain of bird flu to arrive. Thousands of chickens have been destroyed already but that was a mild strain.  I would hate to lose our egg supply but I am more worried about the goats and sheep who could become sick. Goats are family.!

 

Silkie, Bo’s daughter has her deb ball tonight. This has involved weeks of preparation and no doubt heaps of expense.  None of my kids were at all interested in deb balls so we missed out on all this. I am not sorry.