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28th-November-2009 07:15 pm - [contact details]
misc - bright idea
I don't know if I'll be doing Christmas cards this year. I've seen a few posts around my friend list from people looking for addresses to send cards, but I haven't felt much like making people send stuff to me this year - living half a planet away makes me feel a twinge of guilt when I get a card from anyone on LiveJournal.

That, and I'm feeling a bit socially awkward right now.

But! Unrelated to Christmas, I recently bought myself an address book, and I need a few addresses to put into it. I'd be embarrassed if someone stole my handbag and thumbed through it to see that I have no friends. So, if anyone does want a Christmas card, or doesn't mind sharing an address on the off-chance I one day send you something from my crafts mania, leave a (screened) comment!

Okay, I do have a cute selection of cards (cleaning house today, I've all but excavated Atlantis), and I'll try to send them out to anyone who wants one. <3

ETA: Don't assume I have your address already, btw. My house has been through enough renovations this year that I can't find anything anymore (nevermind the city of Atlantis I found under my sofa just now).
27th-November-2009 01:04 pm - [scout]
me - photographer
I'm not especially 'proud' of any of these, but since I'm emptying the phone I may as well upload and share.












More, as usual )


There's more over at Flickr, but.. I wouldn't rush to see.
27th-November-2009 12:08 pm - [homefront] another pic dump
misc - rough day
I took these pictures the same day as the last pictures, but I didn't around to uploading them - and I haven't had time to do anything in the yard since.

I've bought the weed matting, and it'll go down when I have time to do.. well anything other than homework (which I should be doing now but really, really need a break). Dad brought home some fence extensions, which you can see leaning against the fence in there somewhere. I love that they attach to the top of the fence and raise it by about a foot - and I'm going to see if I can get more for other parts of my fence (most especially the parts where those damned children are always leaning over to call my dogs or climb the tree - I'll actually get to hack a bough off that tree and keep those brats on THEIR FUCKING SIDE OF THE FENCE! okay, closing parentheses now).

One essay was submitted an hour or so ago, but I have another due Monday (it being Friday afternoon here now). I don't think I'll be enjoying my weekend at all.

I hope all you people who do that Thanksgiving thing are enjoying yourselves.

Oh, yeah.. the pictures: under the cut )
21st-November-2009 11:04 am - so far this morning..
misc - rough day
Most of the crap has been moved out of the corner, and all the plastic I've dug out is now ready to carry it off to the tip sometime today - hopefully.

Truly enthralling stuff, I know.

I can't do anything now until I get rid of what's there, and I kinda need a spade.

Feeling crazy tired today - no idea why. Motivation is running on the fumes of yesterday's work effort.

pictures of.. dirt )

I'd love to get the weed matting down today, but we'll see how that goes without a midday nap.

Would someone mind doing my homework for me? Cheers.

I need a 'dead tired' userpic. And a 'yard work' userpic. And a cup of coffee.
20th-November-2009 06:39 pm - did I mention?
me - wink
I built and established two veggie beds this year. Still in progress, but the seedlings have been planted. Mulch will be added shortly - I hope.













Er.. Sorry for the pic spam today. >_>
20th-November-2009 05:48 pm - photo dump
me - photographer
I went on a quick picture-taking excursion a few days ago, but didn't get around to transferring/uploading anything until now.

There's more over in my Flickr photo stream - as usual.

I really should get a pro Flickr account; I've been using Flickr a whole lot more than I expected.
















lots more )
20th-November-2009 05:20 pm - [homefront] busy Bear is busy
misc - independence
Lots of more important, and urgent, things to be done, but what am I doing? Some yard renovations. My fingers ache; they're scratched, bruised, and swollen from work harder than they're accustomed. I'm starting to develop a tan, which is strange enough that I startle whenever I glimpse myself in the mirror. There doesn't seem to be a lot of point in exercising in the morning because there's some hard yakka happening in my front yard.

It began with pulling a few weeds, then some unwelcome clumps of grass. A large-ish corner between my house and the fence dividing my property from the neighbours had grown wild for years - weeds, grass, and blackberries above my knees - and I've fancied that area could be put to much better use for... about as long. I'm not sure what prompted me to make a project out of it right now, though it may have something to do with the end of the study period and having a butt tonne of assignments due that I just don't want to do - who knows? >_>

I am enjoying it, though. It would be nice if I could achieve something like this for myself - maybe there is hope that I'll make something of my house that turns it into a home afterall.

there's no photographic genius under here - due warning, I took some slimey bug pictures too )

I'm not sure what the old owners of the house were thinking when they put plastic down underneath the dirt/bark, but it's proving to be such a pain in the arse to get up and out of there. It did nothing at all to stop the weeds growing, or the grass growing, or anything else they probably hoped it would keep out of that corner.

I'll be (hopefully) levelling the ground again - they'd dug out a hole and put a fake well in it (omg I hate such twee shit) - then laying down real weed matting before putting another layer of bark on the top. My father made a picnic-style table years and years ago, and they never use it any more, so I'll be adopting that as soon as it gets a little repair work done. Add a stepping stone or two, and I'll be sitting out there with my chilled wine doing my homework in a week or two. It's right outside my office window, so I should have perfect connectivity with my router. \o/

Next - or in addition to this - project, I'll be establishing some lattice and fostering a creeping plant of some kind - jasmine probably - to provide a blind for some privacy. The fence will get some extensions to stop the neighbours peeking at me, and maybe I'll bring some potted plants into the area for aesthetics.

Hopefully the whole thing will be done for $100 or less. (Please God, make it less.)

So what have you been up to? :D
16th-November-2009 06:05 pm - Time for a drink..
me - photographer
I had the sort of day that's better talked about in a private entry. I'm now safe in my bath robe and slippers, drinking wine and watching The Princess Bride. I'll probably play a game in a while and completely immerse myself in mindless.. mindlessness.

I'm exhausted. It only takes a few hours out of the house and I am so wiped I want to go to bed. Definitely looking forward to fixing my brain.

I do feel better now than I did earlier, though. I took the time to take a few photographs on my way home (after a serendipitous stop at the bottle shop), and managed to shirk the worst of the anxiety in-transit. Photography is wonderful for removing focus from anxiety triggers to framing subjects. A few pictures later, I felt much better.

Not drunk enough to write much of an entry.. I'll write more later - or not.

Have some pictures in the meantime.




rather a lot more )


More in my photostream.
10th-November-2009 03:31 pm - slow day
me - feeling pretty
Listening to the Crossroads album.. and feeling it.

All I need is a hammock and a harmonica.

I pulled some weeds, watered some plants, crocheted some Giftmas items.

I have homework waiting, but it can wait some more.

I may write shortly, but I think I'll make some dinner, pour some wine, and do a little house work in the meantime.

Slow days are good for the soul.


Slow days often start like this:


Also, I am becoming an [info]lj_photophile addict.
9th-November-2009 03:39 pm - Summer is here with a vengeance.
me - photographer
I'm battling heat migraines earlier this year than ever, I think. I feel I may vomit if it gets even half a degree hotter.

I had no idea just how hot it would be when I walked up the hill into town, across town, then back to the market before coming home - in all about an hour of walking in 35C.

I don't function well above 20C, so 35 is Hell.

Today was my 'mental health check'. I cried. That's all I want to say about it for now.

But on the way I took a couple of pictures of pretty little clover blossoms - or whatever they are.







Going to die of omgHeat now. BBL

Oh, also.. I took someone some salad for lunch. He loved it. >_>
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