Things have been busy and I have missed a few days. I finally got my British passport back from the Home Office today. It has been 13 weeks, unbelievable!
My wife and children are still to get theirs back and they have been told to call in 4 weeks for an update, this place is crazy. Even in a communist state, how can processing a residency application take so long?
My theory is that the average applicant will give up in disgust and go home.
The house and garden renovation continues unabated, the gardens are all being weeded today and we installed a new side gate that attaches to our 2 larger gates for vehicular access. We are quite proud of our gate invention, originally we intended to extend or replace the 2 swinging gates to accommodate the larger opening but instead, we hinged the 2 large gates together and supported them with a gate wheel on one end. They now fold over each other and open and close effortlessly. We then added a pedestrian gate to close off the opening. All in all a good result.
I think I mentioned that we sell eggs on the side of the road. In another commonplace British occurrence, the Royal Mail has gone on strike so the egg cartons we ordered 2 weeks ago for next day delivery have yet to arrive. We are now completely out of cartons so egg sales will now have to pause until the unions wake up to themselves or the Government gives in.
On the up side, the weather is awesome, every day this week has been bright blue skys and early 20's temperatures, some of the best weather all year. In a few weeks, the first breaths of winter will be upon us and by December/January snow I expect.
The weather funnily enough is another thing I like about England, we actually have seasons, not just wet and dry. Autumn in this part of the world is spectacular. Having said that, in the dead of winter when it is cold and dark by 4pm, some Queensland sunshine is definitely coveted.
Tomorrow is Friday which means my youngest daughter spends the day with us as she only attends Nursery 4 days. She will be excited as I collected her repaired bike tire today and no doubt she will spend much of tomorrow riding around the garden, she loves it.
Enough for today
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