those poor horses and other warm blooded mammals

something bit me recently on the sole of my foot.  i woke up with a very sore foot and there is a hard and extremely painful lump beneath the ball of my foot about the size of a small marble.  the next night i was getting into bed when i noticed a march/horse fly on my bedside lamp.  i didn't know that they bite but it is the most plausible reason.  i sprayed the house liberally and went outside but haven't noticed the corpse anywhere so i hope it's dead.  my dil told me she is allergic to them.  i showed my foot to the doctor the other day when i went in for something else but she showed little interest in it so i rang the podiatrist.  he's going to look at it tomorrow for me.  maybe lance it if necessary.  apparently they have serrated jaws and can tear flesh.  it's not red or itchy which baffles me.  maybe it's something else entirely.  let's hope Paul can help. 

it's an alpaca

i thought it was a lama.  i don't know the difference so had to google.  this one was walking along the street with mum and dad.  mum had a black dog on a lead.  i had to go back and check it out as did most of the neighbours.  when asked why he had an alpaca on a lead he shrugged his shoulders and said 'why not?'  fair enough i suppose.  such a little cutie she was.  beautiful eyes.  we were chuffed.  there is an alpaca in a very nice garden centre on semaphore road called audrey.  she goes home to the adelaide hills each night.  she was on telly recently.  she's also gorgeous.  so there you are, the saying 'you never know what you'll see' is true.  lol.  

suspicious

i am getting a 'this site is suspicious' warning when i open my blog.  anyone else? 

the shed roof still leaks

and i am not happy

locks, doctors and rats

I went up to bed last night and left the front doors open and unlocked.  Thank goodness the gate is locked.  I’ve done it before but thankfully not often.  I just came back from the doctor where i waited for an hour.  I’ve waited longer.  I was about to be called in when i found the appointment card in my bag.  Oh dear.  The appointment was for Wednesday but i’d put it in my phone for today.  Same time, different day.  Why the receptionist said nothing is beyond me.  I’ve done that before too and the receptionist has pointed out my error.  Ok, i’ll come back.  No big deal.  Doctor must have felt sorry for me and seen me anyway.  Good news is that my cholesterol is down to five something without medication.  Yay.  Everything else was good.  Pneumonia gone.  Only had a slow resting heart rate which she wants to investigate.  I said wait a couple of months.  Ok.  Done.  On another note the rats are back.  Handy man laid pavers (very, very badly) in the shed.  He’s just finished putting on a new roof and i’m waiting for it to rain to see if it still leaks.  Let’s hope not.  Anyhow, the other day i went in there to get the lawn mower out and when i moved it a gecko ran across the floor.  Scared me a lot but it was only a cute little gecko.  Then i saw a pile of gravel.  Rats.  I threw some baits behind the shed last night but they’re still there.  Surely the little geckos wouldn’t burrow and cause such a pile of gravel etc.  It’s the rats.  I hate rats and mice. 

happy new year