Things to think about that crossed my path recently
The Good:-
After a trial run here in Victoria last year one of our ‘large’ discount pharmacies (CW) in conjunction with another are now running a national collection service……collecting blister packs.
Unlike the little tubs/pots with those totally unopenable/unscrewable evil oh how I hate them ‘childproof’ lids some medications/pills come in which are recyclable the sheets of whatever (foil/plastic) left over after popping your pills out can’t be put in kerbside recycling bins so this scheme will keep them out of landfill.
Hopefully when I deliver this little (multi family) lot, the branch I use has moved its collection box closer to the entrance…..last time I dropped some off it was way up the back of the store, totally obscured by a pile of deliveries. I needed a staff member to point it out to me
A couple of cooler days last week meant instead of hiding away indoors from the heat al fresco lunches on the deck were back.
Raid the fridge, toss a few things together – there’s some carbs, protein, fruit and veg to keep me going. A crunchy favourite is Laughing Cow wedges spread on corn thins sprinkled with garlic salt. Out of apples so had cucumber to go with the mature cheese and Cheds…..and as it’s stone fruit season dessert was nectarines and plums. …..yes we’re all different with different likes and dislikes
The Goodish/Badish
After weeks of dry heatwave days and nights this is what it looked like when we arrived in the city yesterday- rain rain and more rain
It was bucketing it down as we sheltered in a small Lonsdale Street cafe – yes, theatre time again! An unusually empty stage greeted us as we settled down waiting for the rest of the audience to arrive before enjoying our Chrissy present to each other – one of the last performances in the Melbourne run of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None
So it was good to be out and about even though a bit weary from lack of sleep…..fabulous show by the way – and no I’m not going to tell you ‘who dun it’😊…….weary after a scorching Saturday day then a warm Saturday night trying to sleep with helicopter water bombers flying around and about nearby as well as the strong smell of smoke because some little tow rags set fire to bush land 2km down the road from us! Thank goodness for emergency workers – (CFA – SES) – most of whom are volunteers and thank you Mother Nature for sending the rain.
The Bad :-
Something that makes you realise time has passed by is when the renewal notice for your driver license is delivered.
‘Gosh that 10 years went by quickly – here’s to another one’.
Trouble is it comes as a bit of a shock when there’s a little enclosure in the envelope telling you that once you reach a certain age here in Victoria you are only allowed to renew your license for 3 years not 10 as is the norm. Unlike some of the other states, no medical or on the road test is needed, just an honour system of reporting any issues you may have
I wonder how quickly the next 3 years will pass by – and whether I’ll still be driving at the end of it?
The downright Ugly:-
A picture tells a thousand words!
Oh yuk……how could they 😦
Has anything interesting crossed your path recently ?
Still Waters 
Thats a great idea for blister packs. I never know what to do with them.
I’ve had to renew my drivers licence every 3 years once I turned 65. It’s a damn nuisance. 3 years passes in a flash
KitKat hotcross buns. Yum!!!! Not that I’d buy or eat them myself. Far too much starch and sugar.
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Those hot cross buns! How could they!
A good idea for the blister packs…..and join you in loathing of those ‘childproof’ pots. I would end up taking a screwdriver to them.
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I believe ABC’s Craig Reucassel campaigned for recycling of blister packs, and it is a great thing. My chemist has the box where prescriptions are lodged, but one in the city has the box at the bottom of the escalator where you enter. I dislike blister packs and I would prefer them in plastic bottles, which are also recyclable.
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I guess we have to take the bad with the good. I sincerely hope all the recycled items we sort and deliver to a center truly get delivered. I think Australia is doing a better job than the US.
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so glad you weren’t impacted by the fires. Our friends were told at midnight to evacuate their home. The fires got to the top of their street but stopped just short of that house’s back fence.
yes toe rags is the word for them. I can think of others by I’ll get banned off the net if I use them
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I likewise hope that your recycling there is making an impact… I fear in the US it is not the case.
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Good morning, Cathy. I had to renew my license before my birthday last November. I am of the age I have to have the eye test every year now. Fortunately, all was well, and even more to my surprise and pleasure, my license was extended for five years.
And, at my age now that is a bonus!! 🙂
We have experienced horrendous weather hereabouts with the uninvited, unwelcome visit of Cyclone Alfred. Trees were uprooted. Debris flew about everywhere. I lost power for a week….some lost it even longer than that. Losing power meant I lost all my contents in my fridge and freezer. Everything had to be tossed into the rubbish bin. And as we’re solely dependent on septic here, not sewerage, and there is no town water..we are dependent also on rainwater tanks….so we had no water to flush our toilets. Once again, no electricity, no water, and no flushing toilets. I had every conceivable container, and a few buckets filled with water…something I’d organised in the lead-up in case the worst happened…and it did. Fortunately, my humble little abode physically withstood the anger of Cyclone Alfred. Many others didn’t…and I feel for those folk.
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