Not much to see yet, folks.......

........just some dirt, and some stones which used to be the edge of the garden against the fence.

 More dirt, hard-packed where pavers (now edging the new path) used to be.  You can see the feral geraniums in the corner bed.

  The new path will be curved, and won't be grassed.

The back yard in its entirety - as you can see, it's not very big.

But on the other side of the fence is a hill with trees, and kangaroos, and kookaburras and parrots and other birds.....so who needs a big yard?  The path will be gravel and the curved sections will enclose garden beds with native plants.  Some plants already in the garden will stay and there will be some lovely new ones.  The posts (one in this pic, the other in front of the small green shed in the first pic) are supports for the wash line; like many Aussies I don't own - have never owned - a drier.  Sunshine and wind for drying washing are free.

This week a ukulele group had its first meeting at the local music school, and great fun it was too.  There were 12 or 14 of us who turned up, but I am wondering how many will stick with it.  The folks who didn't have their own instrument (although the school owns some which can be borrowed), have never played an instrument before, and can't read music, seemed to find it a bit hard.  We'll see how many make the trek up that steep staircase again on Tuesday night.

On our last visit to Canada I managed to fall and break my arm which duly healed, and is pretty much right now.  But that fall also damaged my left shoulder, and scans and tests a few months later showed a torn tendon....no wonder it was hurting......so it was treated with physiotherapy and a cortisone injection, and was fine until recently.  However for several weeks now the shoulder has been painful so my doctor suggested an ultrasound, which shows that the tear has deepened.  No wonder it's hurting again.....so back to physiotherapy this week......words were said about an operation to fix the tear, but that's a last resort as far as I am concerned.  The doctor and I decided to treat it with PT and exercise, have another ultrasound in a year, and if the tear is worse then I will have the operation - the idea of Going Under The Knife fills me with dread, as does a hospital stay; it's the loss of dignity, privacy and personal space that is hard to cope with.

In 43 days we will start our holiday.

Quilting of the challenge quilt is proceeding slowly.  Very slowly........it has to be well and truly finished before we go away.......perhaps if I sat at the sewing machine rather than the computer, that might be a good start.......

"Etiquette of card playing.

Never urge any one who seems to be unwilling to play a game of cards.  They may have conscientious scruples in the matter, which must be respected.

If you have no scruples of conscience, it is not courteous to refuse, when a game cannot be made up without you."

Supposing one just does not know the card game being played, scruples or not?

Enjoy your days!