It will be great to have it up as we then can store the ride on mower, the chipper, the wheelbarrow, the hand lawn mower, the garden tools etc etc. This will mean we don't have to keep moving cars etc to get this or that out. The decision was made to put it at the bottom of the garden. What a good idea !!!. Well yes, but first we have to move tons of compost which was in the way. The compost that we started 5 years ago is fantastic with amazing plant matter that has rotted down so and which is so good for all the plants. After we moved the compost then we had to start to lay a base for the shed to stand on, this took forever and stone is so heavy to move. Anyway over the past few days we have achieved all of this and now we have to get up enough energy to actually put up the shed. We need to go and buy a few corners and bolts etc but it is not everyday that you are given a shed this big, I would say probably about $2000.00 so not to be sneezed at.
During the moving of all the compost we had the usual visitors to the compost heap as we were all working and turning over all the mulch. The butcher bird was continually in our way as every spade we dug up he decided that there was a meal for him.
Then along came our resident Eastern Water Dragon. (Brian's best friend). Brian usually talks to him and says "Hello Mate" and the stupid thing turns his head. He is not scared of us at all. Between Ivan and Brian they were finding all these huge juicy Witchett Grubs, and were throwing it to him. I hope you enjoy the attached photo of one in his mouth. They do not have teeth and have to open there mouth very wide and swallow it whole. The inside of his mouth is a bright orange.
The Aboriginal people have found the Witchett Grubs to be a delicacy for them and very high in protein, and is a stable meal for a lot of Aboriginal's in the outback. Needless to say after 5 or 6 of these grubs he scrambled away, totally full !!.
Yesterday as I was getting dressed I noticed through the windows a lot of amazing spider webs that had attached themselves to both the water tank and the trees. I have enclosed a photo of these as well. The whole web seemed to be host to at least 6 or 8 Orb spiders and in one case they have made little pouches for all the new babies to hatch in.
We are truly blessed with wild life in this garden in Karalee, and none of us take them for granted. We nurture them, feed them with natual products and as a result we are awarded with a splended aray of insects, birds etc. At last the day has ended but a big thank you to everyone who worked so hard, there were lots of laughter especially when Brian was trying to show Matthew how to tip the stone from the barrow correctly. He lifted the barrow up and said "now Matthew this is how it is done" The next thing there were skrieks of laughter from everyone as the barrow went one way and fortunatley Brian managed to stop himself flying over the top of the barrow. What a laugh, of course the camera was not present at that precise moment. A very tiring but rewarding weekend and am sure there will lots of moans and groans as everyone tries to get up in the morning. Am sure the general thought will be "Thank goodness I have work today (Ivan), Thank goodness there is school today (Matthew and Sarah). Thank goodness there is Uni today (Beverly and Elizabeth) Thank goodness I can get on with the woodwork (Brian) and me well back to the usual grind of cleaning, mopping the very very dirty floors, ironing and washing and cooking for us all tomorrow night.
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