Here R is taking my wool packs full of weeds away to be put as mulch under the avocado trees. I toiled for 4 hours both afternoons and got a lot done. I have never seen such vigorous Winter weeds ( from all that rain ). Shivery grass was the worst - it's roots had formed a white layer across the surface of the soil so it had to in some cases be removed in a layer. I can see where I have been but there is always more to do around here. We also sprayed out the shell paths and edges and over the banks both mornings. We just couldn't waste 2 full fine days. Today is dull and rain is expected but as yet it remains fine.
My favourite photo from the weekend is the lichen on the viburnum tree outside our bedroom window. The branches on the northern side ( shadiest ) have the most.
This same tree is getting it's new leaves and flower buds. I love how they unwrap!
Things I have been thinking about.
*Along with Chooky blue and some others I have to say how I hate wasting time trying to get the word verification correct on the comments section of some of the blogs I like to read. If I try twice and it's not correct I dump my comment and leave. Some are just so hard to decipher.
* I read with some dismay in the NZ Listener ( page 45 ) that many hand cleaners, soaps toothpastes have a chemical in them called triclosan. A study has found it interferes with muscle activity by inhibiting the flow of calcium ions. I went and looked and sure enough we have some liquid soap with it listed as an ingredient. Worse still our 2 toothpastes don't list the ingredients!
Anyone else know anything about this?
* Finally I have a quilting question.
* I read with some dismay in the NZ Listener ( page 45 ) that many hand cleaners, soaps toothpastes have a chemical in them called triclosan. A study has found it interferes with muscle activity by inhibiting the flow of calcium ions. I went and looked and sure enough we have some liquid soap with it listed as an ingredient. Worse still our 2 toothpastes don't list the ingredients!
Anyone else know anything about this?
* Finally I have a quilting question.
I have been stitching in the ditch on the horizontal and vertical lines of my quilt. I have pressed the rows in opposite directions so they sit snuggly into each other. When I am going along the ditch ( on the downhill side - less layers ) am I supposed to jump the ditch at each intersection to stay on the downside or just continue on the same side of the ditch? What do you do please?
if the intersection isn't 100% perfect the problem is tricky.
