Feeling rather melancholy this Sunday, chopping limes for more like pickle. It's cold out there and windy. I've been feeling unwell so didn't achieve half of what I wanted to, and listening to an old album I started thinking about the past a little. Life was feeling a little humdrum and I'm a bit fed up. I guess its more not getting to the bottom of illness than anything - it's frustrating and depressing, and easier for my thoughts to long for happier times.
Jamie was in the shed building the Landrover and I was thinking about our anniversary in a weeks time - eighteen years together. Not bad innings, as they say. Then I started thinking about what else we would be doing in the middle of August. Cue Google photos - date tagged, I could see what I was doing around the same date going back to 2016. I'd love to go back further - can you imagine!
2021
This time last year I was planting seeds. Same same - I planted some yesterday. We'd also built a couple of new garden beds, which are now full of garlic. It was raining then too. That's Winter in Australia for you - preparing for the spring.
2020
In 2020, fresh out of hotel quarantine, we were building a greenhouse or polytunnel - the same polytunnel I just planted tomatoes in. We were full of nervous energy and needed to be outside from being locked up. Looking at the garden bed below, I'm realising how everything needs a weed and a mow. The big grasses have been removed now due to the rabbits. WE don't want to give those little fuckers a place to hide.
2019
Looks like we were just as busy in 2019. We were building wicking beds, which have since been moved to outside the polytunnel as rats were hiding underneath them. We also have since moved the grey shed and everything is much neater and more streamlined. Better feng shui. Of course we got rid of the mini greenhouse because we would build a polytunnel! And goodness, I'm realising that in this photo you can see the old A Frame chook shed when we have built something easier, cleaner, and nicer to look at. Wow. There's so much in this photo that blows my mind - how much has changed! You can also see the cute gate we made that year out of found wood.
And of course, baked beans and cheese on toast for lunch - a good one when you've been working hard in the garden.
2018
In 2018 there were no photos saved for this weekend at all - but given the last few years, what is the bet we were gardening, and stopped to have a fire and a few beers? Hell, I can't even drink at the moment. Hoping in summer I can enjoy a cheeky Wild Yak or two.
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2017
In 2017 I was doing my yoga teaching course - 200 Hours. Early morning Saturday we had to go in for the lecture and practice. I remember the beautiful sunrise from the studio windows. That studio isn't there anymore, and I havent gone in to practice in a studio in a long time. Covid screwed things up. Then I would have been home for lunch and more practice. Clearly I'd also made a sort of dal for lunch.
Then - ah! Something different! WE went up to Daylesford to stay the night with friends and see a band - Peep Templ. The guy in the photo below, we don't see anymore - he was a boyfriend of a mate of mine, which I also haven't seen in a few years. They broke up. Long story. But the more things change, hey?
2016
Ah. This weekend I clearly made both sourdough and marmalade. I haven't made either in ages. I don't even eat bread much anymore - unless I make marmalade. I don't even eat sugar, unless - it's marmalade, of course.
So turns out this weekend in August is never really that exciting - it's usually a domestic, garden weekend, punctuated by an occasional night out.
But I think I'm going to see if we can do something a little more interesting for our anniversary next weekend, don't you think? Might raise the spirits a little, anyway.
What did you get up to this weekend?
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I also have been sad and out of sorts in the last week. I also have 2 anniversaries coming up, the first week of Sept would have been our 48th anniversary and we would have celebrated the following weekend with our annual trip to the fair.
This week in August I would have been frantically harvesting stuff because the rest of the month would be taken up with getting ready for our annual Poultry Processing day on Labor Day weekend.
Oh gosh @goldenoakfarm , I am not looking forward to that time of my life when I lose my man (although I think i'll go first, espec how i'm feeling at the moment) and Mum was in tears just at the thought of it the other day, so my heart reaches out to you - big love, dear friend. I hope you have lots of people around you as a little buffer, but i know that doesn't help when the sadness hits in the quiet moments. xxx
Yes, I've been thinking about who to ask to keep me company on those days. I'm hoping my youngest brother will take me to the fair. Tom and family may help out on Labor Day weekend.
I hope you have support and care on these tricky days xxx
Bummer to hear that you've been sick and struggling to come out of it fully 😓🤗 Sending !LUV
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I had to search around the date as the same date doesn't always fall on a weekend! It would have been more fun if I choose the June holidays - we always had an Asian holiday then... or somewhere! I'd love to do that too, just might. Thanks love. REally struggling at mo.
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I always get these prompts from Fakebook and August is always about holidays as we used to go away every year with my brother's family. Goon look through mine again to see if there's anything interesting.
Hope you're feeling better. Must be the winter blues
That'd be a fun travel post! Yeah for sure, winter blues plus a few other things I'm trying to fix. But it's fun looking back through photos!
The photo of the bread reminds me of my time in Gewrmany and the difference between how the two countries approach baking. As long as I live I will never forget the first time we sat down to eat there and picked up the rock-hard bread that my sandwich was made of! lol We Yanks were actually banging it on the sides of the table in shock since we're so used to the buttery-soft loaves we have here.
The other thing was seeing actual healthy fruit in the vending machines instead of the junk food that tends to take up residence here. :)
Hhahaha a good German rye bread is amazing! I was brought up on good food so what you Yanks eat freaks me out a bit!
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STOPI hope you feel a lot better now and be very well as you approach your anniversary. 18 years, wow. Congratulations!
What a beautiful and brilliant way to look back at your previous anniversary years with these photos :)
And I'm salivating looking at the marmalade :)