In which my head keeps trying to explode

Aaaaaaaargh. No weekend posts this time, because I spent most of the weekend fighting off nasty headaches. Not sure why - too much sunshine perhaps.

But it may have been worth it - the path is finished! Here is Tess modelling the new section for you. I can't believe the plumbago in the background is actually trying to look pretty. DIE DIE DIE! I hate the plumbago. Actually getting close to going and knocking on the neighbours' door to ask if they would mind if I killed it. Godawful bloody thing.

Plant plumbago in the middle of your garden if you want to - I mean, it obviously grows like nuts and doesn't need feeding and watering. Just whatever you do, don't plant it right next to your fence!

The path was finished in the midday sun on Saturday, which is probably why the headache got so bad, if not the actual cause. But there you go, Woeful Wednesday is a success! It's going to be hard to work out what to post this Wednesday - still a lot of woes to choose from.

I'm not sure the path is actually worth this many photos, but meh. I'll just have to try to blather on enough to fill in the gaps :D

My headache unfortunately came back again on Sunday, with a vengeance. Possibly another case of too much sunshine/not enough water while we we're out and about in the morning - more on that when I get to the photo.

The headache is also still lingering today :( I'm also experiencing some interesting new symptoms from my IBS, so all in all I haven't been feeling great lately. I've now regressed to a kind of pain I haven't experienced since I was a teenager - at the time I actually assumed everybody got the same pain, and it was just the polite thing not to mention it. Heh. anyway, it went away at some point then, so I suppose maybe it will go away by itself this time...

The vegie patch is still a bit out of control - I'm not sure if there's anything useful we can do about the tomatoes at this stage?! They're enormous, and they're well and truly crowding out the other plants. Can I massively prune them back? It's a bit late to start doing the proper laterals-based pruning, but just shrinking them down a bit would help the other plants. Mr Bon harvested lettuce, basil, and celery leaves for our dinner the other night, and thought

it was worth a photo - at least the whole vegie bed isn't a disaster :D

I had a rare rush of productivity this evening - maybe it was a bit of a high at only having a tiny headache, rather than a massive one, or perhaps I'm starting to feel the effects of not having enough gentle exercise, and my body actually wants to get off the couch. Anyway, the worms are fed, the washing's done, the vegies have been fed & watered, the bird baths topped up, the recycling taken out, the rubbish bin on the verge, and Mr Bon collected the fallen lemons. Oh, and the kitchen's nice and clean:)

I also spent a little bit of time clearing out the disaster zone which is the laundry. Aside from the fact that the laundry naturally reverts to a state of chaos and mess, our flimsy little tool storage rack in the corner (like this: http://www.homeinnovationideas.com/garage/organize-your-tools-with-rubbermaid-30-tool-corner-tool-rack.html) finally managed to pull away from the wall - we'd only been able to screw it in in one place, so it was a bit inevitable I suppose. Luckily the washing machine still opens, but only just. Anyway, I think I've had a much better idea. If we could rig up a couple of U-shaped structures from the ceiling beams, we could store all the long-handled tools up and out of the way. Might have a squiz at the Howard's Storage World website and see if we can buy something designed for that purpose - I don't fancy our chances of rigging something up from Bunnings products.

And finally... a picture from our adventures on Sunday morning. We went on a morning tour in a horse-drawn carriage - a wedding present from my colleagues :) Luckily the weather was awesome, so it was a lovely way to spend a morning.