Hi Every one,
I know this has been a really long time, But I think I have some excuses!
Apart from skipping a few months since I posted the last blog, which I faintly think I didn't advise you all of? The family has had some troubles with our Mum. She turned 99 in late August, unfortunately she was in hospital, and on the day itself, she actually looked about as bad as you could get. happily she has now recovered , mostly, and is back in her nursing home.
So after I got back from my little jaunt up to the north west, including a visit to Onslow, where my husband Doug, passed away. That was a difficult visit, but having faced it once I can say I will probably feel able to return at a later date. Then I went back to Geraldton to mind Megs' dogs while she and her husband both went away for a week. Then back down south and over to Banksia Springs up at Dwellingup for a patchwork retreat with the Pinjarra girls. and finally heading out to this place, (a farm at Yarloop), where I am farm sitting for a few weeks now and then again for a couple of months in October to December.
I have 8 chooks to feed and collect eggs and a boisterous, very spoiled blue heeler, to feed. Luckily there is a handyman to look to the cattle!! I am putting my "pink" welly boots, bought in Qld last year, to good use. We have had over 3 inchesv of rain in the last 2 weeks and I am slopping through mud and cow poo to get to the chickens. The road into the farm has been under water and basically it has been pretty wet, but I am loving it!
So all this time Mum was hospitalised initially from infected shingles resulting in septicaemia, dehydration , low grade pneumonia and fluid on the lungs.My sisters and I took it in turn to be at the hospital daily, no mean feat as we all live away from Busselton, I took the motorhome down to a caravan park close to the hsopital for the worst few days and was able to walk to and fro. She was pretty sick for a while, and lost the plot for quite a few days. but she always knew us, so that was not as bad as it could have been. Anyway now she has been discharged back to her nursing home and she seems to be getting her mojo back. So maybe 100 is still a possibility! I hope you can forgive me for my tardiness with the blog, I should be back on track now! still working on the photos, I need a class to go to to work it out.
So until next time. Good health to you all Love Vicki
