The window panes are like horizontal louvers, when open, which they are most of the time, the dust settles on them. It's quite an easy job cleaning them, as they sit about ten feet in under the veranda no rain or sunshine ever reaches them. Advantage is no smears! What a blessing.
However the patio doors are marked by the cat, children and adults alike who leave finger marks and fur! A little more elbow grease is needed to clean them off. Again no smears! I'm loving this job but need to sit at regular intervals to drink plenty of water.
However, the highlight of the day was a trip out to Humpty Doo again. Bamboo plants needed to give some screening to the garden. It seems to me that Humpty Doo is the Northern Territory's answer for most things rural. A bit like Lye in the Black Country.
This is what being a Bamboo enthusiast does! Brian did know his bamboos though. There are over 1,000 species. Who'd have thought it?
Apparently the one in the picture is not at it's best, looked pretty good to me!
This looks a bit tatty though, but come to look again in three months time it'll be spectacular
A nursery area. Give them another four to six weeks and they'll be ready to plant out
This plant fanned out all the way up the stem. Brian was giving Tim the low down on how to propagate bamboo at every turn! Needless to say it mostly went over his head.
This to my mind is the most beautiful, bushing out right up the stem giving much cover.
Brian was trying to grow this one as a hedge to give shape to the nursery patch, however, as soon as he makes a little headway customers come along and as he needs to sell to make a living his plan keeps failing
Austin rode his bike furiously through the bamboo and other plants. He listened to conversations and made observation to be talked about later.
Dale left Tim and me to have lunch at a nice little cafe in Coolalinga
Woolworths supermarket was in the same shopping centre, Dale had left instruction.
What a sensible sized jacket potato and chilli. Beetroot is served with most salads.
That pleases me.
Tim's toasted BLT was a good size for a growing lad!!
Tim managed it well
'Daddy, can I go up - slide down please?'
was todays priceless snippit from Austin
More window cleaning tomorrow, this is quite a big house
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