Still here!

So...we are still here!We have been suffering with a terrible cold which I got first and then kindly passed it on to Will. Who knew that one person could produce so much mucus and phlegm!It was the kind of cold that tricks you into thinking you are getting better and then it comes back and lays you low again. I think I am over the worst of it now though Will is still partaking of drugs.We have made little progress on Blue Moon House though we removed all the windows sanded them down and re-puttied them. The silky oak wood they are made from will look lovely oiled on the inside of the house but we are painting the wood with white gloss on the outside. Will has done the three upstairs windows and they are ready to be put back in.We have had a heatwave for the past week or so...it seems longer...and everything is withering and dry. We have not had it as bad as some who have suffered temperatures in the 40's but the low 30's is still hot to me. Thankfully it does cool down quite a bit at night and eventually I can sleep.We need some rain and missed out today as a thunderous storm passed just to the north of us.We had a trip to Will's brother Danny's new house last Saturday and were going to stay the night in Sky Blue but Will started feeling unwell again and so we came back in the afternoon. It was nice to briefly catch up with Danny, Xiaoling, Wendy and Geoff though.Yesterday we spent  some time in the dam de-weeding it and will has used the weed that we removed to mulch part of the garden.Amé has settled well into her festive box, though the first time she came out she rushed back to the other chooks at the other pen and showed little inclination to go back. We have had to set up a self contained run for her to keep her near her nest. She comes out briefly each day for a dust bath, a drink and a peck about.We finally got rid of Beige Beauty, Will's old car, that has sat down by the 'Frogknot' gate for the last year. A guy came on Monday and took her away. Amazingly even though it has sat there in all weathers for a year, it started second time and he drove it onto the trailer! We had a failed attempt to get 'Trogdor the Burninator' down the hill and she now sits in an even more prominent position in the garden!The rats seem to have abandoned the ceiling with all the heat and we haven't caught one for ages. The lights in the garden are still working and have gone unchewed (Am I tempting fate?). We saw a little ring-tailed possum in a tree by the shed the other night rather than the usual brush tailed possums like Galore. We haven't seen one for ages.