• Covid restrictions relax.

    26 октября 2020 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C

    Awoke to the sounds of a noisy friar bird talking to its reflection in the window. There are so very many birds around at the moment - helped along by the good season no doubt.
    Today it was announced that many of the covid restrictions in Victoria, and particularly in Melbourne, were at last to be relaxed. We can host Melbourne visitors from 8 November!
    This blog is our 'second wave holiday'. It looks as though Victoria's second wave, officially at least, is over.
    So, what of this blog???...

    Yesterday at lunch, Janette invited Andi and Jan to come today so Jan could visit the falls. Jan has great knowledge of native plants and loved seeing all the wildflowers. Jan and Andi grew up in Clayton and we worked out they had a sister in Janette’s year at school. Their grey matters got a great work out recalling neighbours and school friends.
    I stayed home and prepped for this afternoon. Janette's sister, Bev, needs an orange tree removing. To this end, I fuelled and sharpened the pole saw and a chainsaw.
    We went to Benalla in the afternoon to do a few chores, including the tree at Bev’s and trying to get some wheel nuts for the Triton, then home to feed the calves.
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