I slept well and woke up early. Power didn't go off at five - I thought it might stay on. The guys who have to drive up and down to turn power off and on, on top of repairing breakdowns caused by this constant on and off switching ... well, when it's just one hour, why risk a breakdown?
Messages coming through about spike chains laid across roads, tires and wood being offloaded in some areas ... burning tires on main roads, most incidents happened late last night. This morning, so far, all clear.
Just read one report saying how the EFF dragged a tree across a road, to block the road - minutes later a taxi with EFF supporters ran into the tree! You can't make this up ...
Right! Not yet nine and the grapevine is cut down for the winter!
I spent the last hour looking through news - seems mostly quiet. Over 24 000 tires have been confiscated ... less than 100 people arrested, but that's about all.
Aaand load shedding suspended from 11:00 today until 16:00 tomorrow evening, when Stage 2 will be implemented. So, no load shedding during the night, and I can keep the PC on overnight! Nice! Buuut ... it means Wednesday we're off from six to eight in the evening. Shite! Worst timing for me!
Right! I've cleared the bed around the grapevine - thoroughly! Then added fertilizer, watered, placed cardboard everywhere, watered again ... that's one bed ready for winter.
It's so hot today, after doing that one bed, I have no energy left for anything! None! I've napped for about two hours, then just lay on the bed another hour ... I don't even feel up to cooking! I'll leave it for tomorrow morning ... when I also have to bake.
Well, my tenant has been busy, though. He's cleaned the center bed, the melon bed, the tomato bed and the back of the marigold bed! Sounds like he's worked hard - when you consider cleaning just the grapevine bed took me three hours, doesn't it? Well, he has and he hasn't. He's pulled off weeds more than pulled them out. The deep roots are left behind, and the bed will be overgrown in a relatively short time. No matter, it buys me time.
The ferals have been scarce. When I took out their evening dinner, I found both bowls untouched! Smeagol showed up. His tuxedo baby showed up - then sat calling forlornly for her family! I spotted her sister just outside my garden. A while later, their mommy came strolling through the gate ... I hope the other mommy comes soon, and brings my babies, too!
I'm already inside, though. Showered. Without any dinner ... sigh ...
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