Too much free time

When I was a busy mother of three with a job and a house and garden to look after I never thought the time would come when I would have too much free time on my hands. But it has. I try to keep busy with different activities but still there is a lot of time left over, especially since house cleaning and ironing are not your favorite occupations.

So what do I do, well, I surf the web,  I Fbook,  and play games and read and paint.  While checking something on YouTube I came across a short film about my hometown Gothenburg. It was amazing to see how it has changed, especially to see how the harbour was so busy in those days.

That got me on to another  little film by the same man which showed the ship Kungsholm. That is the ship I sailed on when I went to the US for the first time at the age of 15 (well I turned 16  a few months after the trip). I was going to stay with my Dad and his wife in New York for a year. He had wanted me to arrive in New York  the same way  the immigrants did in the old days, and see the harbour and the Statue of Liberty. The lady I shared a cabin with woke me up and we stood at the railing in the very early morning and saw every thing just like my countrymen must have done so many years ago. I think the trip took seven or eight days and not seven weeks as it did for people in the past. I remember it as it was yesterday, the noise and the smells and the crowds, it was magic. I had never even seen a person with a different skin color before.

Oh, yes, I promised to let you know how I was getting on with being a farm hand. Well, so far so good. It turns out that the dog is the least of my problems, he is just so happy to see his feeder and for the company, plus he is really very small, so no real threat. The ducks got out of their little enclosed area one day and I couldn't get them back in but the next day I lured them in with food and it worked.

I have often wondered why eggs here in Australia are mainly brown and in Sweden they are always white. Here is a little explanation. I said that I often wondered but that is not entirely true. It is only since I became more involved in taking care of chooks. Yes, that what Australians call hens.

It has finally stopped raining so I'll be off  to run some errands.

See ya!

Petting zoo

I am just back from J, my next door neighbour. She is going away next week and needed to give me instructions for taking care of her mini zoo, so I can feed the animals when she is away. Unfortunately hubby is away at exactly the same time, he would have been so much better at it, than me.  I am not a natural choice for this job. For those who know me, you are well aware of my fear of dogs (and to some extent cats), but the neighbour's dog is not very big so I feel I will be able to cope.

Now as it happens her cat passed away at Easter so now I only have to feed one dog, and maybe take her for walks. Also feed some birds in a cage, and two ducks and two hens (and collect eggs). It will be an interesting experience. I'll let you know how I go.

Easter was quite cold and grey here in Sydney, so we stayed home and caught up on stuff around the house. Oh, I forgot we had one very nice restaurant visit as a farewell dinner for friends leaving to go to Sweden.

Having a drink at Circular Quay the first day of my nephew's visit together with E our niece from Melbourne.

My nephew from Sweden has been visiting for three weeks and since our son is still between jobs the two of them did a lot of sight seeing together, involving camping. They went to Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, but didn't see any dingos or feral camels or snakes but a few kangaroos, mainly road kill. They missed the camel race that was going to be on the week after they left, ashame!

 

My nephew left yesterday after three action packed weeks and I guess he should be home soon.

This is going to be the shortest ever blog, I simply have to get back to watching "Welcome to Sweden" it's a serie on Youtube that a friend was watching because she is moving to Sweden with her husband. She thought it would help her to prepare for life over there. Hubby says it is right on the nose but I feel that it is a tad exaggerated. Well, up to you to decide if you watch it.

Until next time with a bit more content, cheerio!