The Best Laid Plans…

I totally had planned to swan about inside today, watch movies in front of a cosy fire, pretend my muscles ached a lot more than they actually did due to the wood stacking, listen to the pouring rain that was forecast.

Sigh.

No rain. Woke to blue sunny skies and felt too guilty about my swanning plan.

Why not do some laundry?

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See? Warm day, blue skies, puffy clouds.

 

Sensibly the towels went in first.

Then I got cocky and put on another load. I really should know better by now. Four years in Tasmania has taught me nothing!!

I did some ‘down the street’ tasks like buying a creepy doll from the op-shop (thrift shop) and some sugar cubes. (Explanations later)

Got home and put out the second load of clothes and went and grabbed my pruning shears to tackle the salvia

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Time for its yearly haircut

I almost got the first cut in and the heavens opened and the rain came down!!!

I said a lot of creative swear words as I threw down the snippy things and ran for the laundry!!! Those towels were nearly dry!!!

Was totally out of the swanning mood, so I did mundane tasks – like kitchen cleaning, clothes folding, chook feeding etc.

The rain of course cleared up and I decided to tromp down into the neighbours paddock to get some photos for my photo challenge that has just started.

Today’s subject was “Orange”

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It almost glows!

I am so pleased there are a few of the readers here participating in the challenge – either watching or actually posting images which is lovely!

Tomorrow is ‘Homescape’ My made up word to describe the landscape around your home.

I braved crawling (literally) under electric fences to get where I wanted to go – its really nerve wracking – since the last time I went near one of those I got severely zapped on the backside which was both painful and undignified! AND left a bruise in an unmentionable place! LOL

Anyway – this is what I came up with:

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Using my fisheye lens for fun
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Gorgeous gum trees
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I love broken down sheds!

None of the above I actually used!!

In the end I settled on one of the foggy morning shots I took a week or so back

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Amazing how much the weather can change a landscape!

The creepy doll I am hoping to get a photo for ‘Fear’ and maybe the sugar cubes for ‘square/s’

Its a work in progress!

Hope your day was splendid, wherever you are!

Cheers

PS just a couple more shed images from today

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Author: Lisa

A happy traveller through life! Right now living in NW Tasmania with a gorgeous Nurse-Husband, a fool of a Siamese Cat and several chickens. We love our fairly simple lifestyle of growing a lot of what we eat and enjoying the stunning surrounds of our little patch.

4 thoughts on “The Best Laid Plans…”

  1. I love your photos Lisa! I spend three months each year in Victoria and you are keeping me from being “homesick”. Keep up the good work.

    1. You are most welcome!! I feel the same way about Japan – I lap up the photos my Japanese friends post on facebook!!
      Next time you are in Vic, if you get a chance to come across the water – you’d be most welcome to drop in!!

  2. Those fisheye shed images are fab! Had me giggling about your salvia getting a haircut (that’s what we call it when we do the herbs too) and then of course the rain. I hadn’t read this when I wrote to you earlier this morning, so I actually laughed out loud about the perils of doing a second load of laundry. You really SHOULD know better. ;D

    1. lol – forever optimistic I reckon!!
      A fisheye lens can be so much fun to muck about with. Not always practical, but sometimes its good to indulge in pure fun!

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