Disco Knitter

Is abortion legal in Australia?

Yes – unless you try to DIY without a doctor .

Yes – unless you try to DIY without a doctor.

Feminist Heroes? Unfortunately, No.

Unapologetically Female has an interesting insight into Heroes .

Unapologetically Female has an interesting insight into Heroes.

Spotlight Finds

Although my knitting has slowed to about a row every week, I still have the compulsion to check out what’s new… And today, I was rewarded with the worst crime against yarn I’ve ever seen. A conglomeration of abominations. But to balance that, I found this – For $5 a meter! I’m going to make a new baby carrier, the colours are perfect.

Although my knitting has slowed to about a row every week, I still have the compulsion to check out what’s new…

And today, I was rewarded with the worst crime against yarn I’ve ever seen.

Tracey

A conglomeration of abominations.

But to balance that, I found this –

For $5 a meter!

I’m going to make a new baby carrier, the colours are perfect.

Reading with Grandpa Ted

Two new words this morning!

Vent – which sounds a lot like “fan” to the uninitiated, and Hair, which sounds like “Yay!”. But I can tell the difference 🙂

The Mighty Duck River Bush Regeneration Team

Through a friend at playgroup, we found out about the local bush regen project. Mark went along last month with Inigo, this month he talked me into dropping in at the half way mark. I’m really glad I went. I popped Inigo into the new carrier, and he slept for a while, and I wandered around plucking weeds and photographing stuff… Tea break Peter demonstrates the “Peter Tool”, a mattock for enclosed spaces Weeds must die! The gall! Cicada shell Wish the focus was better on this shot! Small weed, HUGE root system. Kill with extreme prejudice Inigo had a close encounter with another cicada shell, I unearthed about half a dozen in a patch of weeds Not sure what this weed is called, but as well as a tuberous root system, it has these little bulbs which fall off if the plant is handled too roughly. Each one can make a new plant if they break off. Not only was the killing of weeds extremely satisfying, it was lovely to spend some time in the great outdoors, fabulous to meet some caring volunteers, and all so close to home!

Through a friend at playgroup, we found out about the local bush regen project. Mark went along last month with Inigo, this month he talked me into dropping in at the half way mark.

I’m really glad I went. I popped Inigo into the new carrier, and he slept for a while, and I wandered around plucking weeds and photographing stuff…

Tea break

Peter demonstrates the “Peter Tool”, a mattock for enclosed spaces

Weeds must die!

The gall!

Cicada shell

Wish the focus was better on this shot!

Small weed, HUGE root system. Kill with extreme prejudice

Inigo had a close encounter with another cicada shell, I unearthed about half a dozen in a patch of weeds

Not sure what this weed is called, but as well as a tuberous root system, it has these little bulbs which fall off if the plant is handled too roughly. Each one can make a new plant if they break off.

Not only was the killing of weeds extremely satisfying, it was lovely to spend some time in the great outdoors, fabulous to meet some caring volunteers, and all so close to home!

Random allergies

We saw the paed today.

Inigo is growing, hitting and exceeding developmental milestones (who knew that pulling socks off was a milestone?), has perfect blood pressure, excellent hip joints, good weight (even despite the last week of food refusal), and an excellent vocabulary.

And he’s also allergic to Rockmelon (cantaloupe). Which I find very odd, but there you have it.

Inigo after eating Rockmelon in early March. He had it before this with no reaction. I tried again in April, and the reaction was much worse. Yes Donna, that is a squeezy polar bear bath toy…

Tomorrow I have to book him in for a nasty test at the end of June, and then we will know if the reflux has resolved itself and he can stop taking his daily cocktail of anti-biotics. Until then, carry on as usual…

And no, I still haven’t given him any chicken, fish, or lamb. As far as I know, they are still animal corpses!