A blah work day for Karen

We got a very very late start to this work day. Despite me being the really "blah" family member, I somehow insisted that we get out and get some work done on the land (what was I thinking???).

The major good thing was the state of the soon-to-be water tank

We had Kairos along with us, and thought we'd finish laying out the geotextile (erosion control blankets). We figured it would take us about 2 hours to lay them- and unfortunately we almost always underestimate how long it'll take to do these things.

Our plan was really to take the kids down to the river to do some prawn catching.....

We drove into town to get supplies- the blankets and some more nets for the prawns. GB was too cool, talking on the phone while we shopped.

We made it to the land probably around 1pm- pretty late. GB set right to work on raking and getting the ground ready. I was shovelling and complaining like it was the hardest work ever. It was a really complainy day for me. I know I was driving GB crazy.
The kids busied themselves by throwing rocks and trying to hit a hollow piece of bamboo at the bottom of the hill that made a huge noise when his (which we discovered when Luka of all people hit it).

We discovered that the bamboo we had used as stakes a few weeks previous, had sprouted.

Luka started falling apart- ready for a nap.... and then we realized that we didn't get the pins that tack down the blankets. So I took him for a drive and to pick them up and GB put the boys to work.

Eventually kvetching me returned from town with a napped child and we completed the job. Phew. Now we're just waiting on a bunch of plants to stick in the blankets. Then this project will be complete!

Though it was already getting late, we did go down to the river. GB, Noam, and Kairos went out hunting for prawns. The water was cold, but they managed to catch about 11 of them- enough to have Kairos' family over for dinner and cards, and for everyone to have at least one.



On the way back to the car, Luka "helped" GB carry the bucket full of crustaceans by holding the rope ; )