Setup a wireless colour camera in the run to monitor the little girls with the receiver connected to the Soniq 32" TV in the kitchen/meals area. As posted earlier I'll get the Cocoon Outdoor HD Wireless IP Camera from ALDI next Wednesday.
First night at Meadowbrook Mansion for the little Pekin bantams.
Off this morning to Abundant Layers in Emerald to get three Pekins, 2 x buff and 1 x white. Spent the last couple of days building a box for them for the integration period and fencing off one end of the run. Samsung Galaxy is on charge so had to use the little Kodak M753 for the first shots.
We need to provide accommodation for the new girls (looks like three) during the integration period. Previously I used a timber dog kennel rescued from hard rubbish but that was years ago and it's been lying around unused, so I put it back out (where it come from) for the last collection - not knowing it would be needed again.
No need for anything fancy as it will only be used for about a month, I'm using plywood panels that I saved from a dismantled vintage 60's wardrobe.
Woolworths - Hub It Accessory USB 2.0 Tower Fan - $5.00.
Bought one to try and surprised how well it works so went back and got some more of them to hand out to family and friends.
Keen to try out the new toy this morning so setup to clean the driveway. Happy with the results and can report job completed in about 1/3 the time it took with the smaller GMC 1400W.
This mornings effort was to setup for re-potting the Ficus fig plants. For each one used a paver for the pot base. The pots themselves are quite heavy - empty - so set them in place first then filled the bottom with pebbles for drainage. Mixed up 50/50 of garden soil and potting mix and filled to the right height, transfer plant and top up over the root ball - done.
Brandon Park still had a stacked pallet from Week 37 so decided to finally get one to replace the ageing GMC. No mark down displayed but came up for $89 at the checkout – happy with that.
Maximum pressure: 18.0Mpa (180 Bar / 2610 PSI)
Working pressure: 12.0Mpa (120 Bar / 1740 PSI)
5m high pressure hose
Flow rate: 5.5L/min
Auto start/stop function
With integrated detergent tank and easy to manoeuvre wheels
Telescopic Aluminium Handle
Includes 5m high pressure hose
Heading down Ferntree Gully towards Eastlink overpass with Chesterfield Farm on the left, looked like Indian or Paki driving late model vehicles - WTF.
Collected her from the bird vet, she is buried next to Lily (white Pekin).
Holly recovering after her vet visit LOL. This time of year her favorite spot is at the bottom of the stairs where it's always cooler.
Holly to Boronia Vet for her quarterly check-up. It's over 12 months since her radical cruciate ligament surgery and as usual Tony got me to walk her up and down the long back corridor to check her rear end gait and once again the same summary, if you didn't know she had the op you wouldn't be able to pick the leg. She also gets her usual arthritis jab and this time we got a couple of her lumps re-checked again which returned fatty - all good.
Plants and pots for the front of the carport piers. Two 'standard' Ficus and two large and heavy pots @ $20 bucks each – good buy.
Cooler day to carry on with digging and raking pebbles - must keep going. Got held up with a bit of drain repair but now moving forward again.
Just got back from some more shopping, mostly garden stuff from the Market and Bunnings but also dropped into Rivers at Knox.
Above: ET spotted the two big pots at the market for $20 each, great buy and exactly what I wanted for the front of the carport piers. Lots of plants and garden edging with pins for the bottom of the porch rockery to trap the soil from above.
Above: Got the first roll of edging pegged down and raked the CLEAN pebbles back in to make room for the next dig out. I can now also get rid of the clean soil in that strip behind the edging and the bottom of the rocks - a garden bed.
Weather wise a better day today so back outside to continue digging out and cleaning pebbles, this time along the front porch - a long run.
Time to replace ET's 'custom designed’ clothes line, this time around did a much neater job.
Making progress pressure cleaned the larger rocks and arranged them back under the waterfall. Cleaned the main pump sponge filter as well as the fountain pump - add water.
The weather is right for the annual pond cleaning event, where's that kneeling pad.
Believe it or not I still have some GMC tools !!!
A GMC 24V hammer drill with 2 x NiCad batteries-that still take a charge! :
https://alanm52.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/gmc-24v-2-speed-cordless-hammer-139/
A GMC pressure washer that's still going strong:
https://alanm52.wordpress.com/2005/07/14/gmc-1400w-pressure-cleaner/
and a big and heavy GMC blower vac - that died on me today.
Above: I suspect the short power cable is intermittent where the lead enters the handle.
Crazy wind this morning with palm fronds crashing down, one of them took out the left driveway/carport light.
Above: The palm frond impact left the light hanging by one bent screw.
Stay tuned... over the next few days I will be catch-up posting the Wi-Fi chicken Doors. Oh... and my Wi-Fi Bird Feeder. I'll be back...
