Night Shift

Hi @Former-Member

Queensland xx

Good Morning - well - it's more like lunchtime

@Former-Member @Shaz51 @Former-Member and everyone

It's overcast here - beautiful morning - the sun is rising earlier now - it's noticable - and setting later -

We had clear skies the night before last - I went outside after sunset to check on the planets - it's a good time for it - I could see all five of the visible planets and I standing gawking at the sky overhead when an old man I don't know - (the population changes a lot in units etc) asked me if I was okay

Ah yes - I told him what I could see overhead - Mars Saturn and Antares in a triangle and Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in the west - setting - I rejoice - Planet Watching as been a pass-time of mine for about 20 years - and I love clear nights

But I don't know if the old guy knew what I was talking about - I told him the full moon would be rising any minute - oh dear - more new people here have caught me sky-watching with my mouth open - again.

I have been lucky this year - enough clear evenings to know what I am looking for -

So - is it going to rain - I will have to have a look at the weather - I dry my washing inside during the winter - on airers - and they do dry - but having them around the lounge is not fun -

Enough - enough - if at all possible enjoy the day my friends - and follow what interests you regardless of being caught in the act of gaping at the heavens

Decadian

HI @Former-Member

It is amazing - and beautiful too - the planet are clearly visible earlier than the stars - and it seems magical - and I love sharing it with other people and will wait for ages for an event when planets are close together and pray for clear nights

Housework - ah - in the pre-historical and inter-glacial times women wanted a clear floor and made herself a broom and started sweeping the clutter from around the fire so she could cook without falling over the dead carcas of a deer her mate had brought and dumped on the floor in front of her

And we have been stuck with it since - some men care and like the place tidy - but fewer actually do something about it

But washing is different - evening living alone there is washing - I like clean clothes - and I think it's wonderful that I have someone coming in to help with the housework - I am not picky - just pleased that this is done for me

At least I have a washing machine - for years I did not - washing my clothes by hand was not kind to my hands - arthritis -

So we all have a task today I guess - I habe to make a pot of soup - just to use up what vegies I had left from last week -

Decadian

Hi @Decadian, @Former-Member

Oh I put the washing machine to work everyday xx

chicken soup , pumpkin soup , stews, yum

@Former-Member and @Shaz51

I wash about every second day now - but in the past - for a family of four - it was a couple of loads most days - and my neighbour asked me it I had to do my washing so early in the morning

Strange question - oh - well - our house needing reblocking so the washing machine rattling away shaking the house at around 6.30am must have annoyed other people - but I to leave home at 7.30am and I had my second job in the evenings so I am still wondering when else I could have done that

But my old washing machine gave up the ghost at about the same time as my mother - and probate was taking its time and so my dd had to lend me money for my new washer and whaddayaknow - probate went through the next week

Soup - what soup am I making? - okay - I learned this from Dad's mother and my aunt still does this - it's called Kitchen Sink Soup because everything goes into it but the kitchen sink - today I have some mince meat in little balls to cook with barley and onion - then I know I have pumpkin, parsnips and cabbage left over from last week - and maybe some carrots - and this can last for a few days without freezing it

I will get there eventually - once I start it's easy

Okay - last night I cut up a chicken wing for the cat - the vet said she had to eat raw chicken bones - and the best I can get her to eat is the small bone in the wing - and as a treat for a cat with FLUTD - and a strict diet to prevent crystals from forming in her bladder - she has whatever meat I can get off the wing - which is very little - and she has to eat the bone first - for her teeth -

She's learning - you can train a cat to do exactly what it feels like - and why I thought this is soon I am going to start banging awat on the vegetable board - not the blue board for chicken but the green board for vegetables - and the cat will give me a hard time - but the chicken wing has gone

Enough about my cat - I am rambling on and on here

Decadian