UKATANI

 We are glad that our neighborhood Peafowl are not as big as Emus and their 'chooks' are only bantams An Aussie bloke that I follow on UTube, he lives pretty remote on the beach, in the donga on West Australia coast, has a lot of toys, spearfishes, boats, hunts, chases good looking shielas parties and hunts. Copped a lot of sponsors, selling merchandise and living off  UTUBE.  Here is video link......https://youtu.be/aG7_PxD8iaU   Another Ozzie bloke wrote a song..... 'May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down' Here's the video link Here's a bit of the lingo Chooks = chickens, dunny = backyard outhouse,  shiela = female, donga = bush BlueIng = fighting

 At our new favorite supermarket. One of our Dutch supermarkets goes above and beyond. Apart from food and product samples and demonstrations they let you try different brands of toilet paper (in the toilet) The Dutch are very practical. (We have retrofitted spa/bidet/toilet seats on our toilets ) They have cheeses, wurst, breads, product samples, etc, to sample.  Hot bakery on the premises, serve hot coffee and cookies and a newspaper to read while yer missus shops. It's an adventure. Titbits :-  Dutch public toilets are so cramped they force men to straddle the bowl  and pee standing up with the door open, otherwise you have to turn around and sit down to close the door.

The Peafowl are doing their own recycling Spring Autumn

 We are very 're' Projects and Planning Department thought that the living room was looking a bit 'bare' and needed some 're', an upgrade An old wooden ladder was appropriated and pressed into service  Ladder was hung from ceiling beams, now for some electrical  modifications A few plants hanging, now to train some living foliage on the ladder. Maybe hang a few empty Chianti bottles and it would look like an expresso coffee shop in Sydney in the '60's  ? Looks warm and cosy with the sub floor hydronic heating and the wood burning pellet heating stove in the corner. The floor tiles are recycled painted clay tiles, we believe, from an old dairy milking parlor The oak timber frame, the old oak beams, the bricks for the walls, the arched iron frame barn windows, the floor tiles, all recycled.  The furniture repurposed, redecorated, refinished thrift shop purchases. Seaglass and seashells on coffee table are from The Bahamas and many other worldwide locations