IT'S NOT JUST COVID

There is something odd going on with the weather.  We had a cloudy but lovely autumn day here today - no wind so we managed to get several jobs done in the garden.  I planted some pansies and did some pruning and Doug cleaned the gutter on his workshop and pruned the peach tree back from the workshop.  It is weird but it definitely looks as though it has new buds forming and it is autumn here.  Last night I received an email from my stepdaughter in New South Wales and she said she thought she was going mad as she was sure she could hear baby birds. Well, she was not going mad as she has now located the nest with young birds in it.  Baby birds are supposed to arrive in spring not autumn.  She also mentioned that a lot of the trees on their property are not behaving as normal for this time of year.

We have also put ten caterpillars into the cage today.  At this time of year the number should be decreasing not increasing.  The outside activity was because from tomorrow we are forecast to get rain showers for the next five days.  Whether we will actually get it is another question but we still need it to help fill the dams.

I mentioned recently that I had started target shooting with an air rifle.  Because it was too heavy for me to reload and because I am quite a good shot Doug decided to buy me a Ruger that was supposed to be lighter and easier to break.  Unfortunately, it needed a scope to be able to sight it in and I did not particularly want to use a scope.  Anyway, Doug took it back and ordered another air rifle that he was told would be better for me - he came home with two different ones but neither was any good so, this morning, I suggested that perhaps we should swap them back for the Ruger and I will use a scope so he put a scope on one of his rifles for me to try.  I don't know whether Doug was pleased or not as I fired three shots and we could only see one hole.  Yes, I had put three shots into the same hole.

Anyway, tomorrow we go back and get the Ruger with a scope.  Doug has always enjoyed target shooting so the least I can do is join him. 

Apart from all this I have also made a large pot of pea, lentil and vegetable soup so it should keep us going for a few days and on this morning's walk we saw two native pigeons slightly closer to home than the one we saw yesterday.  Yea.....