Busy busy busy

Posted on Fri 24 August 2007 at 12:35

So today I went to the Gym in the morning, did a good 90 minutes workout and then went shopping.  Then some housework and lunch on the deck as it was the most beautiful day – factor 30 suncream on as it was hot enough to burn.  The front garden needed a real overhaul, so I spent quite some time out there tidying up.  It looks so much better now. 

Out the back, there is a wee gravelled area under the garden steps – it is about 10ft long by 3ft wide and a complete waste of space.  Well, today I uprooted a 4ft length of railway sleeper from the front garden and dug it into the ‘stair space’.  I had a big black dragon ornament that I plonked on the top of the sleeper, potted up some long grasses and put them in there too, added a couple of bits of silver birch log that we had cut down in the gully and it looks like someone had planned it, not just made it up as they went along.  I had to keep going for another viewing as it looks so much better – like an extra little garden.  The only thing wrong is the gas water heater is in the wall there and it isn’t particularly attractive.  I want a bit of bamboo fencing to hang in front of it and it will be perfect!

The main borders need an overhaul too and that may well get done tomorrow, as long as it doesn’t rain again. They need all the bark chippings moved, new weed matting laying and the chips put back.  So with that in mind, we set off to buy a wheelbarrow.  On offer they were, at Bunnings.  Bugger, Bunnings shut at 6pm, so we kept going up to the new Mitre 10 at the other end of the city.  It cost a whole 50 cents more but at least it was open.  It was quite funny watching Steve assemble it as he watched his favourite programme – American Chopper.  There they were at Orange County Choppers, assembling state of the art motorbikes.  And there’s Steve at Orange Gully Barrows assembling a cheap end of the range wheelbarrow.  In his heart and imagination, he was there, working with the boys on the shop floor, dissing Paul senior and shooting the breeze with Mikey.  In reality, the only similarity between his assembly and theirs is handlebar grips and a wheel.  Lookin'  good though Steve – well done!

Apropos of bugger all, some of the bigger BP petrol stations have a ‘Wild Bean’ café in them.  They do pies and savouries, coffee and pastries to take out.  I am working my way through their pie repertoire, Melissa likes the chicken wings and Steve likes the pastries, so we’re all set.   I said something about ‘Wild Bean’ as we drove past en route to wheelbarrow wonderland earlier and it came out sounding like something that Duran Duran sang many years ago – Wild Boys.  Well, nothing else would do but I had to make up some new lyrics – Steve ignored me as usual!

 The wild beans are calling in
On their way back for a feed
In august moon's surrender to
A dust cloud on the pies
Wild boys fallen far from breakfast
Reckless and so hungered
On the raisin muffin edge you trail
Because there's coffee by the roadside
In a sore afraid new zealand

They tried to break us,
Looks like they'll try again

Wild beans never lose it
Wild beans never chew this way
Wild beans never leave your pies
Wild beans always shine

Wonder woman...

Posted by Littletoe on Fri 24 August 2007 at 11:19 - Link

Reading about how you're doing all this work around the house I started to worry that your drug overdose may have taken effect! Reading your poem about Wild Beans - confirmed it for me!!

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Posted by kev&sarah on Fri 24 August 2007 at 06:15 - Link

Karen, now I've stopped laughing at your version of Wild Boys, can I have some of what you're on please; I've got a list as long as your arm and could do with some 'help'!!! ;-)