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Exo's Exposé

Exo's Exposé

Looking for somewhere to hide in the Forum, no offense to anyone, I'm just kinda used to my own space - it feels safer to me. I often feel like I'm 'butting in' on other threads, I want to say something but it isn't 'in-line' with the current flow of conversation.

It rained here yesterday, dogs & cats weren't falling from the sky, but the grounds wet, there's puddles in my driveway & it's soooooooo sooooooo much cooler 😄 Guru Google even promises more!! After this weird wet stuff stopped dropping from above, I took the dogs for their walk, I do this almost every afternoon, but after a storm with close lightning strikes, my main purpose is to check the fence is still upright everywhere. I'm happy to announce it was all in tip-top shape 🙂 I noticed new puddle spots all the way around, I was sad that some trees had to be pushed over for the fence line, but the dip of their absence looks quite beautiful with a drop of moisture shimmering within. When I had completed the usual circuit I by-passed returning into the house-yard & wandered through to the dam. I think I may have been a little rain-drunk, I was hoping to see water in it, there wasn't any. I even went & stood in the very center of it's base, I think I was expecting to sink in mud - I didn't; but the cracks are gone . . . & they were huge. So if the Guru comes through with it's promise, there may yet be a puddle for my Staffy to play in 😉

I've decided to leave my camping trip to the beach for another week, rain wouldn't stop me - it rarely rains 24 hrs a day, but storms have - they often have devastingly strong winds that can break off & pick up reasonably heavy objects, that become dangerous ammunition. I've been emailing with the owners of this place, I'll still be in the off-peak season if I leave it another week - though I worry being so close to the Easter holiday, there's a more likely chance of more people. I keep telling myself I've just got to 'get over' that, that that would be all part of the experience - but I know I'm lying to myself. I picked this spot mainly because of the dog-friendly off-lead beach, but also because on the satelite view of Google maps I could see that there's no towns around it. It's one of the most isolated camping parks I've seen {that's within 5 hours of home, well - maybe just a little more}. It also admits it has old amenities, I saw negitive feedback about the place for those reasons - I think if you want to go to a resort . . . that's where you go - not to a place that describes itself as a rustic, old fashioned bush camping park 😉

Missing you Mazy Loads of love & support @Mazarita

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Thank you @Exoplanet

Your words filled me with warmth and opened up the floodgate of tears...happening so often of late as I am opening up slowly...ever so carefully...feeling so very vulnerable within my therapy...ultimately healing slowly but surely within my self discovery...

So thank you again @Exoplanet for the lovely vibes you create within written language via technology to my realm within these forums....

Hello @eth

Sounds as though your world is busy now also...

Hoping that you also feel a sense of achievement within your life circumstances....

hearts for you both

💜💚💛

along with some animal love

🐾💕

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A magical wish for Mazy ❤️

Thinking of you Mazy @Mazarita

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My Morning Tea view 🙂

My home grown Mushrooms 🙂

Gidday all 🙂

Just felt like sharing a couple of homely delights 🙂

The top pic is what I looked at while I sat back in my camp recliner in a sheltered spot in the back yard this morning with a cup of tea 🙂

The bottom pic is what I ate for dinner the other night - well 6 of them lightly fried with some garlic butter & served with bubble & squeak on the sides 🙂

I wonder whether it would be sad or proof of true sentience if people did accept the enevitable extinction of our species as readily as they do the end of each individual being? Would it free us of the worry about the end of the World with a sense of following the natural path of evolution?

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Beautiful blue sky and delicious looking mushrooms @Exoplanet

That's a good question about sentience!

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It seems like I've missed a day? I sort of remember yesterday so maybe I missed the day before? I checked the phone & the computer & today is Wednesday . . . I was expecting it to be Tuesday?!? I finished mowing the lawn yesterday, that felt good, it should stay done for a while - though the little cool spot that was happening here didn't last long . . . not that it's hot, so I'm happy 😉 It's not going under 10 at night, I don't even have to worry about hot water bottles, never loan the fire. I feel a bit odd, not bad, not good, not flat . . . just a bit odd.

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I finally burnt all the boxes & papers yesterday 🙂 so my kitchen's a bit clearer 😉 I got my new Bissell floor sweeper, which means the floors are looking ok - the cheapie one I've put in the bedroom so I tend to give the floors a roll over when I make the bed. I've sorted out how I'm going to put the tarps up over the little gazebo & the back of the ute; & even had a dozen drops of rain {which is why I took the opportunity to burn stuff} & the ground stayed dry 😄 Time to pack it all up, go through & re-check, re-pack the camping cases 😉 All I need to do now is decide where I want to go!?!

Love to all that need or want it

Mazy @Mazarita , @eth , @Bunniekins , @Zoe7 , @Sophia1 , @Teej , @outlander

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Love back atcha @Exoplanet . I love sharing the feeling of anticipation and wanderlust that you have so much of. Happy planning!

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love your pics @Exoplanet what a pretty view you have

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@Exoplanet Hi Exoplanet cannot wait to hear where you decide to do your next adventure. Please keep us posted it is very exciting :Dxx

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For the first time, in I think it could be years, I went out yesterday afternoon & started weeding a garden I have . . . well, it's not a garden anymore - it's a giant weed pit, a rainforest of tall grasses 🙂 I don't know if I'll get anymore done, I don't know where the umph to do it came from, I not complaining. I think because I've finally packed the gazebo away & feel happy with what I've decided to do with it - I wanted to play another game 😉 Mowing's done & it's going to stay that way for a while, the house is tidy enough & I have enough wood to keep us warm for a bit {if it ever decides to get cool enough to burn it!}. I think the temperature has been pretty perfect for a bit now 🙂 Though it's been very cloudy which means swapping solar systems over on a regular basis, lucky I built the second one hey 😉 I'm forming a definite plan on where I want to go for the next camp trip - it's a pretty big plan for me, 3 different destinations, a full week in total; considering 3 nights is the longest I've managed so far. But I want to go further down the country, my last trip to the beach was a little too far for me to travel in one go - I need to make a stop-over. If I make a stop-over on the way there, I've realized I'll have to make a stop-over on the way back - I don't want to unpack everything just to pack it back up the very next day, so I've decided I'll stay 2 nights at the stop-overs {I've picked 2 different spots to stop}, so there's 4 days right there . . . record broken just getting there & back! I want to stay 3 nights at the spot I've chosen, which is a couple/few hours further down than the beach I went to last . . . 1 full week - that'd be a goal achieved 😄

Love to all that need or want it

Mazy @Mazarita @eth @outlander @Bunniekins @Sophia1 @Zoe7 @Teej

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