Remember Me….Haha. Hi everyone and welcome new posters. Have been lurking but not posted for a few months. As usual life is super busy.

Have one week to complete my next unit of study then I only have one more unit to go so should achieve my Diploma by end of Feb – taken 2 1/2 years and I’m sooooo over it. It’s not that its difficult just a severe lack of interest on my part at the moment as I will be made redundant in April unfortunately. The department is re-locating my position to Adelaide, part of their bigger plan to close the regional offices and have everyone located in state offices only. I’ve been given the option to move but city life is not for this country girl. Plus financially it would ruin us to move. So between now and then it’s a ‘strategic game’ of waiting for them to offer me a voluntary redundancy package after 14 years of service. I’m in the union so have good advice to follow to ensure I get all my entitlements. Although it’s a shock I’m determined to turn this into an opportunity to re-evaluate and change to a more rewarding career. More on this later.

MissD and I just spent a week in Melbourne for a mum and daughter week away. I took her to see her favourite boy band who were touring from America. Even though we averaged 20,000 to 30,000 steps each day I put on 4kg in 8 days….ouch !! My ultra low carb, keto, OMAD WOL definately went out the window. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner and carbs with just about every meal. Thankfully I’ve lost 2.4kg in the 4 days days since we’ve been back and feel so much better being back in my normal eating routine again.

I must dash for now. Chat soon. Hope everyone is travelling well x

Ok working now. Life still busy. I’m on my second to last unit of study then I finish my Diploma. Should be done by end Feb. I’m totally over it after 2 1/2 years and have a severe lack of interest but can’t give up now. Bad news is my department is re locating my position to Adelaide so in April I will be unemployed. I do have the option to go to Adelaide but city life is not for this country girl plus it would ruin us financially to move. So it’s a waiting game now as they will go through the various processes and then have to offer me a voluntary redundancy package. I’ve been there for nearly 15 years plus still have most of my LSL so at least I won’t walk away with nothing. I’m going to use this as an opportunity to explore options to change career and do something I love but more on that later.

MissD and I have just returned from a week in Melbourne. I took her to see her fav boy band in concert who were touring from America so we made a mum and daughter week of it. Even though we did 25,000 to 30,000 steps each day I still put on 4kg over 8 days. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner and every meal contained heaps of carbs. In the 4 days we’ve been back I’ve dropped 2.4kg since returning to my 4 hour eating window each day and extremely low carb intake.

Still lots more to tell but I must dash now. Hope everyone is travelling well x

GDSA, good to hear from you. I’m sorry to hear that your job will end in a few months time, but I do hope it leads to greener (and more rewarding) pastures for you.

Cinque, glad to hear you were home for your home help and didn’t send everyone into a panic. Hope you are having some gentle days to recover from your extreme fatigue.

I got a rude shock at the hospital yesterday. To work out the dose of medication I need for the infusion they have to weigh me. It was more than I expected – by several kilos. Of course that sent me into a self pitying binge eat last night, which did my weight no favours. I am back on the 800cal days today and am seriously considering sticking to that every day until christmas, with perhaps a day off if there’s a special occasion. If I do this I will need to moderate my carb intake as I find daily 800cals too difficult otherwise. I’ve thought about it overnight and it still feels like the right move.

Good morning everyone

Cali, the exam and blood tests on Wednesday were part of the usual cycle for my current medication. The CT scan was on my lower back and the results of that will determine whether I’m a suitable candidate for cortisone injections into the facet joints in the lower spine. As my lower back problems have been ongoing for about a year I would be glad to know there’s something that can be done. I see my GP next week and he’ll let me know the outcome.
The only thing I couldn’t figure out on Amazon.au is whether things would be posted from Australia or o/s. I was expecting to receive everything this month but after I’d placed the order one item gave me a January delivery date which was several weeks later than the estimated date quoted on Amazon. They are promoting Amazon Prime heavily, but I would need to be buying a lot more things than I usually do to justify it – although I think it gives me cheaper ebooks too and I do buy those regularly.

I’m heading back to the city this morning. I have a dental appointment.

Yesterday’s 800cal day went to plan thankfully.

Have a nice day.

Good morning,
It is a lovely morning here, but thinking of the fire effected places.

It is fast day for me and HOORAY I went down to Friends of the Earth yesterday and have enough beautiful genmai miso to last me for months. I have wood fungus and shiitake soaking with kombu knots so I can make a lovely dashi in a few hours. The thought of it will help me get through the hungry hours.

It was lovely to have home help, and I don’t think I could ever forget it again!

LJoyce, the hospital scales were a shock to me too. I wonder if they put them a kilo or so higher to give everyone a shock (and comfort to underweight people)? Or maybe our shoes weigh 2 kilos 😉
Although I do know my little round tummy needs to go, so likely they were right after all.

Congratulations on a proper 800 day Thursday. I hope 800 and dentist went well yesterday, and that today is a nice, in your own zone, day for you too.

Cali, you are right about veggies providing bulk. I am feeling well enough to manage shopping better (touch wood and whistle) so I will do a big veggie shop tomorrow (since my garden does not measure up to LJoyces). My garden will contribute to my miso soup though, I have discovered the deliciousness of pumpkin seedlings, which I have coming up everywhere through my garden. I have nipped them off and have them ready to add to my soup.

Miso the cat is going very well. I was amazed at how easy it was to give her the antibiotic tablets…. but then she got her mojo back and the last couple of days were a big struggle. Finished now. She has her silky coat back too.

I recognise I am in the worst CFS relapse I’ve had since I last moved house, but it is certainly easier to recover without having just moved house with an 11 year old. No idea whether it will be weeks or months, but I am doing all the good things.

Cali, I hope you got the leak fixed nicely, and the bathroom stuff is all going well.
Haha forgetting your own birthday! I hope you had a lovely celebration the day after!

Neil, good to hear someone nicely up to date, on the radio, supporting your life choices. (I do aim TRE but do a shadow of it so far, except on fast days.)
Good to hear everything is rolling into place re home and holiday.

Anzac, you must be too busy having a wonderful time to catch up. but sending good wishes in case you are managing to read.

Quacka, how are you going I hope it is a lovely weekend. And for you too Klondi, Betsy, Intesha, Gday and all.

Hello, I wanted to share a snack option for those of you who love salted nuts and chips but are trying to avoid them. These are also a viable option for those trying to control their carbohydrate intake.
I’ve known about these for ages but haven’t been able to find them before:
https://imgur.com/LSero7i

The nutritional profile per 100g:
1402 kj (334 calories)
4.7g fat
45.5g protein
14.4g effective carbohydrate (including 3.3g sugar)
28.9g fibre
296mg sodium

I measured out 20g, which doesn’t sound like much but they are very light so it was enough. I was also very happy with the high fibre count. Even on an 800cal day I can have a 20g serve of these as a snack (67 calories).
I think the fact that the fat and salt content are much less than chips, means it’s easier to eat a controlled portion size rather than the whole bag. Although they don’t contain sesame, it is what the flavour reminds me of.

There is a store at my local shopping centre now that sells Japanese snacks and that’s where I came across these.
Just a word of caution for anyone monitoring carbs – they had pasted an Australia nutrition panel over the original that was in the U.S. format and the Australian one was incorrect. The panel stated total carbs whereas the Australian standard requires effective carbs (total carbs minus fibre).

Morning all, well my boys faced the worst crisis of their short lives….an evening and morning without internet. The bad weather that has closed off roads through the South Island also knocked out the internet for large areas including ours. It was tough but they managed to survive from 8pm Saturday to 11am Sunday, I don’t know how they managed it.

Gday, the garden sounds good, veg from your own garden can’t be beaten, we’ve currently got broccoli, silverbeet and spinach coming our ears so I’m coming up with ideas to use it. I made a spinach, and feta cornbread for dinner last night, which turned out ok.

Cinque, great that Miso is on the mend.

LJ, well done on the big walk, did you walk somewhere nice?

I’m going to need my fast day today. We had our first BBQ of the year and I had too much bread and potato chips, I enjoyed eating it on Saturday night but I was paying for it on Sunday morning.

Hello,
A hot day here today, but only one, so I won’t complain (and not as hot as SA has had).

LJoyce, I hope you had a great walk in the airconditioning yesterday. How did the veggie griddle go? And don’t those edamame look munchy. A labelling disgrace though! Can you report it to someone?

I had a good fast day on Saturday, and woke up on Sunday feeling I could have another one, but I had put a bit of bread dough aside to bake for breakfast and couldn’t resist it, and then the day descended into a garbage guts day. Luckily I only had good food in the house, but I made the worst of it. So I am happily having another fast day today, with you Quacka and Neil! And see if I can listen to myself a bit better tomorrow morning.

Gday, your garden sounds amazing, and the paving too, once it stops being exhausting. You won’t know yourselves once the renos are all done and you can live the good life.

Neil, haha, I went spare when I was without the internet for a couple of days too. Much sympathy to the boys. And you.
I’m enjoying my fast day today for a similar reason to yours. Hooray for fast days.

Quacka, so glad you managed to fit a post it. Best wishes for a (comparatively) easy day today.

Thanks for your kind thoughts LJoyce. I am just going to ignore Christmas apart from my grandchildren. So much easier than when my daughter was little and expecting Christmas to be the best day of the year, and it was up to me to try and provide it.

Best wishes to everyone

I just spent a couple of hours doing some much needed weeding, fertilising and mulching the veggie patch. The neighbour’s dog was very interested in what was happening. https://imgur.com/k0vvGEY If the gap under that fence was any bigger I think I would have had a helper.

Neil, much sympathy and horror at what New Zealand, and all the families and friends of people who were on the island, are going through at the moment. And so much admiration of those first responders.

It is a quiet morning here, a lovely relief after a hot windy day yesterday, but thinking of NSW bracing for another scary day.

It is morning after fast day for me and I am nicely tuned into myself and am going to choose a veggie filled menu today! I haven’t managed to do that veggie shop yet, but today had better be the day. I have some delicious recipes worked out in advance (lentil soup, mixed veg curry, bharta baingan, tom kha gai and salads)

LJoyce, how nasty of that lung infection. I do hope you can kick it for good this time. If good wishes coming from afar have any effect, you’ll have it beaten fast.
The griddle will be excellent! I have one half the size and I can only make enough for one meal, or maybe one side dish, on it (but I do love it).
You said it so well, how a well intentioned day can go downhill. But I am confident this one won’t! 🙂
Lovely pic of your gardening admirer!

Sending good wishes to everyone, way too busy with the lead up to Christmas but still doing your best to 5:2 through and keep happy and healthy. All power to you.

https://imgur.com/a/vvPYlmm

Here’s a pic of my char grilled veggies 🙂

Good morning

My condolences and thoughts are also with those killed, injured and missing in the NZ volcano eruption.

Quacka & Cinque
Quacka, those veg look amazing. I’ve never done onions or cauliflower on the grill, I must try that.
I’ve also have a grill that’s half the size for years and found it frustrating that I had to do so many batches to get all the veg done. I really like having lots of leftovers because they are nice in salads or sandwiches. I also find the leftover zucchini and eggplant can be used to make moussaka.

Neil, are you going to be in Fiji over Christmas, or will you be back by then? I bet the boys are looking forward to it. Is your son’s plaster cast off – he won’t be happy about not getting it wet.
I haven’t heard about the different eating windows for gender. Some sources suggest different patterns but the benefit they are promoting isn’t necessarily just good health, some are focused on body building.
I haven’t read the Jason Fung book you mentioned but there is a lot of discussion about it on this forum. This site doesn’t have a search function but you can use google to do that. Copy and paste the following into the google search function (you need the whole thing from the beginning of the quotation marks):
“the obesity code” site:https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums

I have an appointment with the GP this afternoon to get my CT scan results. I’m hoping he has some treatment suggestions for my back.

Hello to everyone else who’s reading.

My sympathies to everyone involved in the White Island volcano disaster. It must have been so horrifying for anyone who was there or had family or friends there.

Neil, glad to hear your boy’s survived their internet being down. Sometimes it’s good for us all to have a short break from it I think.

We’re still in the middle of our bathroom reno. But they’re finally finished carrying chunks of tile and drywall out, and carrying new stuff in to install. There’s still a lot of dust but I think I’ve gotten most of it vacuumed up. They started the floor tile today and the shower floor which is flattened pebbles. It looks good so far. The roof leak was repaired last week but not too much rain to test it out yet. They did seem to do a good job.

LJ, we usually have 3 Christmas trees but we only are putting up 2 this year because of all the construction. I have the lights but few ornaments on the big one and the smaller table tree in the livingroom still has nothing on it. We’ll hopefully finish them before Christmas! I hope that lung infection goes away soon, LJ. Are you getting smoke from any of the fires? We see pictures on the news of all the smoke around Sydney. It looks awful. I know you’re far from there but hope there aren’t any near you.

LJ, your griddle is a nice size for the veggies. Quacka, your roasted vegetables look beautiful, like something out of a cooking magazine. All veggies taste so much better from a grill. It really brings out the flavor.

Gday, it sounds like you’re right in the middle of reno too. You’ve really done a lot with your house over the past year+. At least you should be able to see the end results of all that work soon. You’re really getting some hot weather there! I was in Phoenix, AZ once for several days for work when they had temperatures like that. Even at night it didn’t cool down that much so the air conditioner was always on. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a tube of lipstick completely melt! It was in my suitcase in the car.

Anzac, hope you’re having a perfectly lovely time and are finally able to relax. You certainly deserve it. Take lots of pictures!
Cinque,

Cali, the first half of your post was still listed under “recent posts”
That is a lot of christmas trees, but you do have a large house over 2 floors so I guess there’s room. I don’t think my living space would cope with even one normal sized christmas tree.
I’m a very long way from Sydney, but I expect Intesha is impacted by the smoke, and Anzac would be too if she wasn’t in Europe. I think Lyndsay said the were having smoke issues from the Queensland fires too.

I went to the GP today and got the results of my CT scan. The news isn’t great. While there is some inflammation it isn’t the main problem. There is degenerative wear and tear on the spine where 2 vertebrae are damaged and it’s squashing one of the disks. There is also a narrowed space for the spinal cord. The pain I’m feeling is being referred from that area. There is no treatment they can offer, just the need to remain moderately active and manage my weight. The only medical treatment is pain relief. As I don’t want to use any analgesics stronger than those I have access to now I will just continue to manage things as I have been, with occasional use of analgesics and anti-inflammatories. I tend to use them occasionally as a circuit breaker when the pain gets excessive, rather than as an every day treatment.
It’s means that all those allergy tests with steroids were not useful for this problem, although there are likely to be future joint problems where I’ll be glad I did it. The situation means I have to keep my focus on doing 7000-11000 steps per day which is my sweet spot for pain management and get my weight back down in the low 70s and keep it there.

On a positive note I christened my new stainless steel wok tonight with a veggie & egg stirfry. It was so much easier than using my usual large frying pan. Good investment.

Hello my dear friends and greetings from Morrocco! Time and internet sparse but we are having the most awesome time.

I think of you all a lot and wish I could read your posts to see what you are all up to and make sure you are all ok

It’s my birthday today and I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to spend it in such an amazing place

Take care

Test post. Anyone else having issues with posts not posting?

Is this forum on Yahoo?.. got an email from yahoo saying their changing their group postings could be cause of problems if so

Happy birthday Anzac

Sometimes fusing doesn’t work neil didnt for me lol so be caretul LJ not taking any extras in painkillers is hard, but its doable narcotics is not the way to go cause nothing after them, your between a rock and a hard place LJ but your not alone… doing this type of lifestyle shows you have the willpower to get there LJ its not easy, and you will have real bad days but think your still mobile thats awesome

Just a quick post from me as I have to get my uncle to his first radiotherapy appointment today.

Anzac, happy birthday. Enjoy Morocco.

Neil, Happy travels, enjoy Fiji.

Hope everyone else is traveling well. Will talk more later.

Happy Birthday, Anzac! https://img.teleflora.com/images/o_0/l_flowers:TBC05-1B,pg_6/w_368,h_460,cs_no_cmyk,c_pad/f_jpg,q_auto:eco,e_sharpen:200/flowers/TBC05-1B/Teleflora'sPartyStarterBouquetDX So glad to hear you’re having a wonderful time in Morocco. This will surely be a birthday to remember.

LJ, I’m sorry to hear that the scan didn’t show results that could be corrected at this point with solutions other than pain killers. But they do have their place if used judiciously. Getting back to your preferred weight might make a difference too. I know that even a few kgs can make a difference in knee and lower back pain for me. Whatever we don’t have to carry around is a help. Your walking is probably very good too, and it sounds like you’re doing a lot of that. You have such beautiful areas that are within walking distance of where you live, that we saw in the pictures you posted.
My house is just two floors with a lot of steps in-between. The tradesmen are definitely getting a good workout having to go up and down them so many times each day, carrying tiles. It’s getting to the point now where there is more tile down than torn up and I’m happy with the way it looks. It’s always hard to know when you select tile or other materials how they will actually look in your home.

Neil, congrats on yet another new record! That’s only about 2kg from your final goal, right? And so nice to get there right before your trip.

Cinque, you’re right about the internet helping people to not feel isolated during times of illness. It’s also so valuable for researching info on medical conditions. It’s easy to find in depth info on a lot of conditions and procedures. Sometimes I wonder how we got along without it.

Intesha, I hope you are managing to avoid some of the smoke. It looks so dense in some areas on the news. I know when we’ve had fires even 100 km away it can affect our breathing for weeks if the wind is blowing smoke this way. It’s hard to escape it.

Crazy, good to hear from you. Hope things are going well with your fasting.

Gday, I occasionally have trouble with my posts not showing up right away, but they eventually appear. I do see a couple posts from you on this page.

Hope everyone is going well and having good weather. It feels like winter here! Lots of warm layers required.

Morning all, we had to suffer through our last primary school Christmas concert last night. I’m not going to be missing those next year 😉

I picked up all the tickets and travel documents for our trip yesterday, it’s getting real now, 4 more days and we’ll be in Fiji.

I also booked my wife and I in for a movie (Knives Out) and a dinner on Saturday because it’s our 17th wedding anniversary. We were engaged for 2 years before we were married and dating for 2 years before we got engaged, so we have now been together longer than we have not been together(We started dating when we were 20 and have been together now for 21 years)

Have a great day everyone and a nice easy fast day to you Intesha (I’m joining you on my regular Thursday FD)

Good morning,

LJoyce, I went to write a note on your lovely contribution to the SH Recipe thread https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/southern-hemispherites-fd-recipes/page/2/#post-301609 in fact I wrote it and then remembered it isn’t a thread for commenting, so I will comment here. I love that recipe! When I saw it I thought hag on, I got that recipe from Elizabeth David, but clicked and found Delia did too. I make it every summer with yellow and red bullhorn peppers, so mine look quite different to yours, but are just as yummy, I promise 🙂 I also don’t use anchovies, but they are still so tasty.

I find what you say about your tiny TDEE if you lose more weight so interesting. It would be interesting to try and see what happens. I mean surely the gap between your real hunger and your longing for extra would stay the same, no matter what weight you were at?

I’m going to think on it during the day. Because I avoid the measurement of me and my food so much I can’t really think how it relates to me, but I am going to try.

Gday, hooray my magic worked 😉 Cali, snuggle up. Thin, you left a whole state behind suffering heat and fires. I am glad you are missing it. Klondi, missing you here, but I imagine family needs are even greater at this time of year.
Intesha, congratulations on all those beautiful biscuits done, and sympathy re the smoke and fire fallout and the extreme water restrictions. I do hope you can keep the veggies alive. Enjoy pilates.

Neil haha, primary school concerts. Big congratulations for your long happy marriage and the years before it. A precious relationship. These are for you and Mrs Neil for Saturday http://wishesbest.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/article-9.jpg

My accountability: a generous 7 serves of veggies yesterday, plus a serve of legumes. Delicious too. I made the veg curry, the eggplant bharta and lentil soup, so I am very pleased with myself. Hoping I can make tom kai gha today. We’ll see.

Best wishes everyone

Good afternoon.

I’m baking mini pavlovas at the moment. My great-nephew turns 8 tomorrow so I will take these and his present (clothing and lego) to babysitting tonight. He’s having a minecraft themed pool party on Saturday but I wanted him to have something special for his actual birthday and he adores pavlova, especially if I fill them with passionfruit cream and top them with strawberries and raspberries.

Cinque, thanks for your comments. I have the Delia Smith recipe book that has that particular recipe but I first came across it in one of her tv series. I think the reason I like it so much, apart from the lovely flavours, is that it’s so quick to put together and doesn’t require grains. Virtually every other stuffed capsicum recipe requires cooked grain and softened onions etc – so lots of prep. This one is so much simpler and I really like the idea of stuffing vegetables with more vegetables. The ones I made this week were from a cheap 1kg bag of red capsicum that were funny shapes. It meant I couldn’t easily create 2 halves to stuff so I just removed the wonkiest side and kept 3/4 of the capsicum for stuffing – the lids that I removed went into a stir fry or onto the griddle. I am rather partial to putting either haloumi or paneer into them as it means I can have them as my main meal without worrying about an absence of protein and without having to cook anything else.

Lindsay, I hope that tree is well secured or it’s going to topple over onto one of the helpful decorators. I’m sure it will be lots of fun though. Is there likely to be a drama over who gets to put the angel/star on top?
My neighbour tells a story of how her daughter always called the angel “Hark” when she was little – as in “Hark the herald angel”.
That street art on the concrete walls is lovely. I think we need a lot more of it – I find public walls with art rarely get any graffiti and it makes it much more pleasant to walk in public spaces.
Thanks for the advice on my back. I’d never heard of a myotherapist before and it might be useful as the only significant improvement I feel is after a physio treatment. I also use a hot wheat bag – I do this first thing too as I’m stiffest and in the most pain then.

Hi everyone,

Lindsay, thankyou, I am recovering much more quickly than I ever have before (experience with what works and few responsibilities, hooray!) although I have a way to go yet.

Haha the Christmas decorating, hope you were videoing! Getting that angel to the top of the tree IS a pwoblem.

So glad you have found a lovely and safe place for Rosy to run. What gorgeous murals.

I have a myotherapy tale. When I was a student I hurt my foot (broke it but the doctor thought it was just a sprain) and was on crutches. When I tried to walk again I couldn’t and a friend took me in to see a myotherapist that was in Bendigo for one night giving a lecture. I went in on crutches and came out walking freely. It felt like a miracle. (Apparently tendons had got crossed and he pushed them back apart.) I’ll never forget it.

LJoyce, happy birthday to your nephew, and to my son-in-law whose birthday is also today. 🙂 Happy birthday to Mr Lindsay tomorrow!

I agree with you about stuffed capsicum, so delicious, but usually a lot of work. I do have another recipe I find easy (it is carb filled), with polenta, spring onions and corn kernels in, and topped with cheese and black olives then baked. Ooh they are yum, I must make them again. And it does make the carb component extra veggie-ish 🙂

Enjoy your holding patterns, everyone who is accepting that they won’t manage normal eating over the next few weeks. It will be back to normal once January hits and if it is like most years we will be flooded by new people with new year resolutions.

I had my 7 serves of veggies easily yesterday, and today is will be similar. No cooking, everything is ready 🙂 And I am planning on having a fast day tomorrow.

Cheers all

Hello friends, the aggressive spam filter got me but then I had the brilliant idea to try OH’s phone and it worked!

We are in beautiful Chefchaouen in the far north of Morocco and it is simply amazing. It is called the blue city as most of the buildings are painted blue.

It is our last night here and we are off to London tomorrow. We are off to London tomorrow after a long drive back to Marrakech. Gosh we have loved this awesome country.

5:2 will be my friend when we get home as we are eating too much and despite doing a lot of walking I can already feel heavier

Hope everyone is ok. I hope to catch up soon

Hello everyone, Sunday morning rushing past.

Anzac, lovely to see your post and to know you are having a hoot of a time. Keep rocking it!

The aggressive spam filter got me on my ipad but I filled the form and got a lovely message back from JJ, and it is all fixed mow.

LJoyce, just great the ‘800 a day’ is working so fast, it does give impetus to continuing (apart from the occasional chocolate chip feast). All power to you.

I am in a funny space, I have to really concentrate on tuning into my needs and energy levels to deal with my chronic illness at the moment, and it is leaching over into my eating and messing up 5:2. But it is fine because I am doing a good job of eating well, easily having my 7 serves of veg a day, and not overeating (touch wood and whistle) which is, ofcourse, helping my recovery too.

I must be the only person in Australia completely untouched by Christmas busyness and stress, able to be a quiet little hermit just being, not doing. (Which does drive me up the wall at times, I am a doer by nature).

I need to wait until I feel ready for my next fast day, like in that old Arlo Guthrie song, I need to wait until it comes around on the guitar. But won’t I enjoy it then!

Thinking of Neil in Fiji, and Lindsay talking to the bees, and Klondi having a run, and Intesha doing pilates, and Quacka looking at waves on the beach, and Gday paving, Thin finally falling into the river, Betsy transcribing, Penguin and Crazy painting, Cali vacuuming up more renovator’s dust, and let me know what else is going on. I’m off to look at my solitary zucchini flower, a girl, so I hope a laden bee finds it. Cheers all.