As we round the corner and drive into our long driveway, we see a scarecrow carefully placed on a chair in the hen enclosure with a couple of hens perched on its head! They have yet to lay eggs but are young at only 3 months old.
Grevillea shrubs in yellows, oranges, pinks and reds continue to bloom and give us privacy while attracting many lorikeets. The camellia shrubs grow too slowly for my preference and I fertilise with a seaweed mix hoping that it will make a difference.
Loriwet mix is poured into the bird feeder. At other times we replace it with wild bird seed. The messy lorikeets cheekily throw the bird seed everywhere and I soon find our grass has a mix of interesting weeds.
We try sunflower seeds as I don't mind the resultant sunflowers sprouting! The rosellas, lorikeets and king parrots are soon dwarfed by screeching cockatoos as the food is quickly wiped out.
At times I am working furiously with online bookings and queries and while we are quiet, we order a Western Cedar sign to put near the letterbox. It will arrive in a week and hopefully we will get it up soon.
At the local restaurant, I drop off more of our pamphlets and eat a hearty 'big breakfast.' All this rural air makes us hungry and we find ourselves returning to have a delicious home made pepper steak pie early in the afternoon on our way back to Brisbane.
There is much to do as we bring back more laundry. Eucalyptus oil is added to the final wash while the sheets and towels are carefully folded. I am soon hitting the shops for replacement items. A new iron, mop and brooms needed.
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