One of the guinea pigs died. We found her lying stiff at the bottom of the cage one morning. I'm not sure what killed her but we have had some very cold nights lately.. We gave her a proper burial attended by all of the chaos family, but not the remaining 2 guinea pigs who really where only interested in eating, as usual.
This is her grave transforming the garden into a Pet Cemetery. We said some words of thanks for being such a lovely guinea pig, buried her (wrapped in some nice cloth) & then planted some chrysanthemum seeds on her grave - appropriate in a los dias de los muertos sort of way.
Planted some seeds in containers from the recycling bin - English spinach, sunflowers & zucchini. Yes, those are toilet paper rolls. Gross, I know - but they don't have any actual poo on them, I was able to plant 2 seeds in each tube, & when they sprout I can plant the whole tube in the garden. If we get sick I promise to tell you!
Our local farmers market, easily one of the highlights of my weekend. It is just great to be able to buy local fresh fruit & vegetables, local honey, handmade soap, get a psychic reading (no I haven't - $25 for 15 mins? C'mon!) buy some plants/dog jackets/jewellery/clothing/something yummy to eat, etc, etc, etc. It is so handy to home, & best of all it is right next to Morton Bay!
What a great location for a Farmers market!
I didn't need to buy any eggplant or silverbeet, because my garden has still been productive during the colder months. Not very, but enough to supplement our table, which is kinda nice.
Nothing like this, though. About $35 worth, including a free pineapple!!
For freeeeeeeeeeeeee!! (name that movie)
The 'Maca' on the honey denotes that it was harvested from bees that had been collecting nectar in a macadamia plantation. Sometimes I get blue box honey, sometimes mangrove honey, or even Patterson's curse, which was super sweet.
You can tell summer is on the way when the jasmine start to flower.
I've planted 3 different types of jasmine around the bedroom windows because the scent of night flowering jasmine is very conducive to vivid dreams. Truly! Try it..
These guys can't wait for summer, they are crazy about it! Swimming, boating, fishing.
Some of us are just crazy...
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