Early night, power outage did not wake me, so I got up fairly early. I'm hoping to get into my game before the power goes out ... in about half an hour. I'm not holding my breath, though - internet is usually extremely slow when I first turn on the PC. Almost as if it needs time to warm up ...
Okay ... weird. It's half past seven and our power is still on. I double-checked the schedule to see whether I maybe got our Group wrong - but no! I definitely know we were off from 23:00 - 01:30 on the 14th, and that's Groups 11 & 15. Both of which should be off today from 07:00 - 09:30. I checked Eskom's site: yes, they ARE load shedding. Stage 2. So ... I really don't know ... I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth, eh?
Well, I can't mow anyway, as the grass is too wet. Morning dew. We also had 1 1/2 mm rain yesterday - it did drizzle, when I first wanted to start gardening, but soon stopped.
I'm doing my indoor chores today, as we are scheduled for 2 sets of load shedding tomorrow - wouldn't want to get caught! I've washed the dishes, two loads of laundry ... as I was hanging up the first load, I noticed that one of my avocado trees doesn't seem to be doing too well. Nothing I can do, but plant it outside and hope.
I hadn't decided where to plant them, yet ... I took a walk around and eventually chose a spot near the trees along the east wall. That way, it's not completely in the sun, and watering it won't be too much of a mission, as it's halfway between the rain gauge and one of the outside taps. It's not exactly IN the lawn - I picked a spot where it's mostly weeds. Most likely, due to the shade from the trees - grass doesn't like shade. I dug a hole, pulled out all the weeds ... well, thorns. Then, as I went to get the tree, Ziva used the hole! Ha Ha! So I had to re-dig it before I could place the tree.
Okay, muffins are baked, second load of laundry hanging, back lawn is mowed (that literally takes no more than 15 minutes!), I mowed, what I could, under and around the Jacaranda tree, then tried outside my bedroom - but that is just dried stems. I'll have to work that by hand, and then I can mow it. I mowed what I could in the partition, where the compost heap is, then did some three rows of the main lawn. It's noon, the worst possible time to be outside!
I looked a bit closer at the grapevine, though, and saw that a lot of grapes are already ripe - just deep, deep under cover! Some have even turned to raisins, already! I'd better give that some attention today or tomorrow!
The pavement in the front partition is somewhat in the shade, so I decided to re-clean that! Just in time, too! Weeds were growing tall between the pavement again! I also need to sweep again. Partly the leaves from the tree - but really, the entire pavement is covered in grass cuttings! That's not good, because it provides a lovely place for weeds to grow! Sigh ...
I was somewhat tired, so I locked up and decided to take a nap. Didn't last long. Lady Jane got entangled in my PC wires! Oh, no harm done, I caught her in time - being mommy to four lively cats ...
Now I'm cooking a pasta dinner again. I've added the potatoes from the garden, and some brown rice. Don't ask me where all this energy is coming from, I have no clue! I guess it's the knowledge that I probably won't have the opportunity tomorrow ... load shedding ... twice.
In another insane fit of energy, I started mowing the lawn. Around three. Just a walk in the park, so it didn't take long. At first it was really hot, but then clouds moved in, and there was a nice breeze ... When I was done, I started tackling the still tall part. Yes, the cut it down quite a bit, but now it's not only tall, but lots of dead stalks in between. I suppose you could call that a walk in the park ... Jurassic Park!
I made a lot of progress, though! I'd say about half of all that's left! All in all, I mowed for about three hours!
I gave up eventually, I was just too exhausted! But shining with pride at my achievement! I had my victory smoke out front on the veranda - surrounded by my mippies! Then we went inside, I treated them and ran myself a bath! Lovely! I feel much, much better now!
Smeagol still hangs around a lot. Meowing whenever I come past ... retreating, if I come too close. He chased Lady Jane up the Jacaranda tree this morning - so I had to chase him away!
I just checked the Eskom site again: No load shedding in progress! THAT is why my power stayed on! I have already boiled the kettle, though. No harm done - the water stays really hot in my new thermos! I won't need to re-boil it tomorrow morning!
Well, tomorrow I'll have to bake a loaf of bread - I've decided on a simple white bread, baked in the machine. Then wash the dishes and pack away my laundry. That's all! And now I'm going to sit back, eat some lovely cold paste, rice & tuna salad and watch an episode of Columbo!
Oh, I also changed the bed sheets today. Mippies were all playing outside, so I got it done really quickly! Mewthos is already snoozing on it, though!
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