LOOK AT THAT!

 I know it's not UTTERLY AMAZING... but still.

We have our first little cucumber growing...

ABOVE:  I can't get over how quickly that grew.  Now I have to hope the birds don't get to it before we can eat it.

ABOVE:  We don't have any tomatoes yet, but some of our lettuces are almost ready for eating.  Bring on the salad days.

ABOVE:  Our little plum tree has a few fruit, so neat!

ABOVE:  We bought this Peach/Apricot hybrid tree not quite a year ago.  Sadly, it is heavily diseased with leaf curl.  I  have written to the nursery we bought it from asking for a replacement, as it was obviously diseased well before we bought it.

I await their reply.

Today I'm not sure if I will go for a walk or not.  I'm bloody tired.

Might wait and see how I feel a bit later in the morning.

For now, I'm going to stay in bed till I actually feel like getting up.

9.26 am. I'm off in an adventure. 

ABOVE: Off to The Base in a bus! I'm  old, so get to travel for free!

ABOVE: There it is.  The first ever Orbiter bus I travelled on.

The first bus driver saw my Gold Card and said "Hop on".  No charge.  

Nice man.

ABOVE: The Bus/Train terminal at The Base.  It took 15 minutes to get there from where I got on the bus.  Not a bad time at all.  It can take that long in the car some days.

ABOVE:  You see heaps more on a bus!  I really enjoyed my little outing.

Well.  There was one minor glitch.

When I boarded the second bus to come back home, the driver said "NO.  You can't use your Gold Card to travel on the bus.  You have to get a BEE CARD".

I was like, "I did not know that.  The bus driver earlier this morning did not tell me that.  Today is the first time I've caught the bus. So can't I travel home on this bus now?"

He said "That's right you can't, you have to go into the CBD, to the Bus Centre and get a Bee Card."

I said to him "So do I have to now walk into town to get that Bee Card?  I don't think I can do that. It's too far and too hot for me."

(Bearing in mind it is about 8 kms to town.)

He realised the pickle I was in, and finally let me on the bus... but reminded me to go and get a bloody Bee Card.

I thought he was a horrid man.  Yes, he finally let me on the bus, but he wasn't nice about it at all.

While at the Base, I bought a couple more summer T-Shirts and a cotton t-shirt type nightie.  I think I'm set for summer now.

Scrolling through Instagram just now, and I come across an advert for incontinence underwear.  The 'model' is an overweight, very old lady.  In her underwear.  Sitting in an incredibly unflattering position.  And I'm sorry, but my mouth got carried away with me and I said out loud "What the HELL were you thinking?"  Like why do we need to see that?  Who thought that would be a great way to advertise underwear?

I'm all for inclusivity across the board, but come on! That was just not nice.  That poor woman probably has no idea just how awful that photo is.

And well... I'm clearly not feeling nice today.

Moving on... I'm cold.  I'm gunna curl up with a blankie and watch a freakin' movie.

My neighbour is out.

Her little dog is in it's crate.

Barking.

Barking.

Barking.

It's not that loud from where I'm sitting.

BUT.  I.  WANT.  TO.  KILL.  IT.

Seriously, today is not my day.

I just went out the back door.  And noticed that their exterior door is open.  That means she IS HOME.  And has her dog in the crate.  As she's DEAF, she can't hear him barking.  Just everyone else in the immediate vicinity can.

He will have food and water in his crate, of that I'm sure.

He just doesn't want to be in the crate.

ABOVE:  A very short snippet of what I have to listen to, sometimes for HOURS on end.  At least every other day.

VICKIE:  The noise from a barking dog, or anything really, has to be over a certain decibel before you can complain.  He isn't LOUD enough to be deemed a nuisance.  

And I also don't want to cause disharmony between us and our neighbours.

But I can bitch about it right?  It helps to let it out and vent.

Yaaa.   It's now quiet in the 'hood.

Time to take a Panadol for the never ending headache, and relax till it settles.

ABOVE: Quite a few cars use our street to get to their homes.

We have a small group, probably 3-4 who think it's FUN to do burnouts ... starting right outside our home.

Just now... they did it again.

HUGE amount of noise, smoke and marks on the road.

IF ONLY one was out there at the time to take a damn photo of their number plate.

It's  turning into a right bitch fest of a day.

Right.  Lots to think about in relation to my neighbours dog.  He's not in the crate every day.  Just some days, and not always all day.  I am going to give it some more time, as he is still just a puppy, and he may outgrow needing to be put in the crate when she's not home?  Or just stop barking so much?

I do not want to make a formal complaint and upset them if possible.  

Thanks for all the suggestions.

Time to wind down for the day.  Still got an annoying headache.  Just too much on the brain I suppose.