When I was in Adelaide last time, I purchased this very large and cumbersome paperback of Jane Austen's Complete Novels (for $35 which I thought was very reasonable) - Sense & Sensibility, Pride & Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion and Lady Susan. Phew! That should keep me going for quite a while. I never knew that JA died when she was just 42 years old (b.16/12/1775 ~ d. 18/07/1817). I have always thought of her as a crusty old dame. Only 4 novels were published in her lifetime (the first four listed from 1811 - 1815), the others posthumously later in 1817. The reading is hard going as it is written in the style of English language in the 18th and 19th Centuries. I find I have to re-read to catch on. Maybe that is just me... :/~
I spent a very non-newsworthy weekend just being at home. I did tackle a few chores but nothing that warranted pictures taken. The rivetting photo above is of my Saturday scrambled eggs and wholemeal toast....~
I made a batch of Weekender biscuits - the recipe is here...~
Bri went to an 18th Birthday bash which was 'Burlesque' themed. I know a father who did not want to let his 17 year old daughter out in a black corsette, leather mini skirt, fishnet stockings held up with suspenders, stilletto heels and a black feather boa! She looked pretty cool! This is a modest picture!~
Porridge with bananas and honey for breakfast, same as last Monday. I find if I have this too often I get sick of it so it's an occasional brekky...~
Now, a while back we had some wild weather and this is what happened to a shrub that was growing out the front of our house. It's mate withstood the wind but this one got bowled over.~
Last week, we had another big blow and the other one met the same fate - Yay!
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... so Gus bought two new Silver Birch trees and popped them in the space. I am so glad the other shrubs got blown over, they were horrible!~
These are two older birches that must be coming up for 2 years old. Spring is nearly sprung - can you see the green tinge on the tree on the right? And how green are our lawns? We had a huge amount of rain last night - torrential!~
Out the back, things are starting to sprout out, the cat mint has started to grow back after I burned it back and the carpet roses are springing to life again.~
Turning to the right from the last picture - this area still needs weeding and thinning back and the roses still need pruning too. My back has been sore of late so I just haven't attempted it yet.~
Weeds will grown anywhere, won't they? This thistle thought it would pop up to keep this pot company. There are lots of these little jobs to attend to around the house. I noticed a geranium in a pot has been eaten by snails so some snail bait needs to be sprinkled around too. I feel like doing these jobs on weekdays but I work then I don't feel like doing them on weekends....~
What jobs did you accomplish this weekend?
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Cheers - Joolz
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