Speckles at the front door

Speckles waiting for me to come out and play.

Opening Christmas presents - part 3

Three greys unpacking their presents.

Opening Christmas presents - part 2

Three greys unpacking their presents.

Opening Christmas presents - part 1

Three greys unpacking their presents.

Christmas day - Speckles relaxing

Merry Christmas Holly

We missed you at the Christmas Eve dinner table – beautiful girl.

Gas wall furnace noisy fan.

Gas wall furnace blower fan air control unit - noisy fan.

This belongs to family friends.

They have two of these gas wall heaters so we swapped this noisy unit for the fan unit in the other one that isn’t used – kids have left home.

Rose black spot problem

Yates ROSE GUN not working on black spot effected rose.

Looking quite sad

Tomatoes doing well.

Tomatoes are springing up nicely.

Al's Kitchen - rice cooker

Finally gave in and bought a rice cooker.



What triggered the purchase was that my older daughter could not get one at her local Kmart so I did the walking and managed to do a click & collect at out local Brandon Park Kmart – so I bought two of them.

Pixie has a new toy

Back home from shopping and Pixie has a new toy from a Two Dollar shop.

Buddha water feature not happy - part 2

Cleaning and testing the pump in the backyard Gazebo area at the wash basin.

Buddha water feature not happy - part 1

The solar pump water outlet flow is like a cyclic spitting?

Had to go up a stepladder which is at the end of a long pole (catch the sun) to remove the solar panel. At the workbench pulled the pump apart and nothing obvious jamming the motor - scratch head.

What are we doing today?

Speckles waiting for me as I go out the front door after a morning coffee.

Auto fill/recycle bird bath - part 4

V380 camera capture plus video clip.

Auto fill/recycle bird bath - part 3

Setup the bird bath in the front yard along with a V380 wi-fi camera to monitor activity and keep a eye on the water level in the bucket. XXX

Moved from the back gazebo area to the front yard.

Auto fill/recycle bird bath - part 2

After several hours of plodding between gazebo area, workshop and garden shed I have a working prototype to demo.

Working prototype – yay

Auto fill/recycle bird bath - part 1

This is the current build with another post to follow with pump details.



Bunnings plastic bird bath for $19

Bird bath auto fill & recycle prototype

 This is for friends who have a regular size concrete bird bath that is currently in high demand and has to be filled daily.

Prototype mockup to auto fill and recycle the water.