HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a joyful, healthy week.
I decided to walk to my small town yesterday to get some food at the general store. I heard a noise and looked back to see my neighbors' chickens lined up single-file walking behind me. She lets them run loose in the afternoon, and they had decided to follow me! I had to walk them back to their coup. The big red hen pecked at my shoe and looked at me like, "Come on, woman, let's go!" I guess they thought it was an adventure and I'm the new hen leader. LOL
Take care, all.
HEATHER – I do wonder how our Aussie vegan, etc people expect to eat when so much of Aussieland cannot grow crops – too dry and only suitable for cattle. Would they expect those farmers to walk off the land? As for the rudeness of the fish comment in someone else’s home. . . words fail me. I have at times teased eldest G-Dau that carrots scream when pulled from the ground. <grin>
In our state we have been encouraged to recycle. Single-use plastics are gradually being banned, thus no more plastic drinking straws, cutlery; next will be single-use bowls & plates. Fruit & veggie bags are being replaced by corn starch bags (compostable yes but difficult to open). Etc, etc. I have been carefully saving all soft plastics to deliver to special bins at supermarkets for recycling. So it was not good news to learn recently that the only soft-plastic recycling plant in Aussieland had so many 1000s (!!!) of tonnes stored in warehouses that they were not collecting any more. There is too much and it is too costly to recycle! Meanwhile so much is in soft plastic packaging – sultanas, bread, veggies, meat, frozen food, fresh food. It was very sad this morning to see my collection go in the general rubbish for landfill.
Some people do talk to their veggies!
But do veggies answer? Yes, my tomatoes have listened to me and produced 3 almost ripe fruit. I picked them to ripen indoors, not trusting possums, blackbirds or other thieves. Today reached 38 C.
Heather: Oh Lord. I can sympathize with your OH re rude comments by guests about his catch.
AQ: I took a massive bag full of soft plastic to the special disposal place last week. Haven't heard of any massive storage backup - yet. I was watching a news segment the other day about the problem of cardboard food containers that are allegedly compostable but are lined with something nasty that negates up upside. The guy was saying they're now experimenting with plant-based lining that would make it safe to compost. Every time I hear about the plastic menace I remember the movie "The Graduate" where his girlfriend's businessman father takes Dustin Hoffman aside and tells him the future of the world is "Plastic!" So badly true.
Lindybird: How frustrating about that post!
dibnlib: Good to see you. I hope that trial goes ahead in June - that's not the same as a hearing, right? Lawyers seem able to string things out indefinitely.
Doing laundry today, but otherwise quiet. I keep thinking it's Saturday.
Take care all.
ANNETTE – My mother always declared that plastics were the problem with our health, etc. She died 30 years ago – she knew before the scientists?
It was a hot sleepless night. Muggy day ahead.
Victoria is catching up with other states DownUnder. Now it is edible coffee cups.