Day 145 - Fence dispute

Those who know me in person or on Facebook - please do not read on. You have had a gutful of my fence woes. Spare yourself the repetition. Our neighbours have written a letter demanding that we replace the fence and pay for the whole thing because our 'inappropriate vegetation' has ruined the fence. Yes, we did have a passionfruit growing here, but after we took it off, the fence collapsed in most parts. It was actually holding it up. I estimate the fence to be over 30 years old. I'm not looking forward to court, but if that's what it takes, I hope that will settle the dispute and allow us to pay our half.

Day 136 - Market flowers

As usual, Saturday morning is Victoria Market shopping day. I felt like buying flowers, and these proteas were unusual, in that they are usually pink. I cut back some very long stemmed pussy willow as an accompaniment. The day has been chilly with sun periodically surprising us in between gloomy clouds. We're waiting for the fence man to give us a quote on fixing the fence which is currently an issue of disagreement with our neighbours. I hope this gets solved without too much drama. Bad enough the neighbours on our other side dont' talk to us anymore since their giant gum fell into our yard, damaging our fence and trees, and we dared to ask them to pay half the cost of repair. Sigh, Maybe I wasn't meant to live amongst people.