I miss Him

[Ocean's Edge]

didn't sleep much last night ... every time I'd start to drift off a dog would move or pad about or bark to be let out ... finally actually slept about 7am.... and up at 11:30 ...

He did leave me a message - he left me the missing extension cord - I just didn't look in the right place ... ::

didn't do too badly getting a handle on mowing with the tractor.... well until it ran out of gas... looking at the manual now to figure out while can of fuel it needs

then it's up the hillside to find a spot for the grapes. and another go at trying to fork out those hidden dafs - the wild roses are making a mess of me, and that mud ain't as easy to dig as one might think - there's a LOT of roots in dem der meadows

Get something done every day while I'm busy mooning about - about the best I can hope for

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It was a lovely wedding ... it was really too bad the guest list sucked so bad

[limey]

Lovely photos of a lovely day! Good luck with the chores!

[Ocean's Edge]

thanks limey, I got the grape arbours in, then got the garden tractor stuck - got the neighbour to pull me out ...he's a good sort.





Now to get the grapes planted, and a quick run into town for more tractor fuel

it was a lovely day - and fortunately my family was only 'merely annoying', as opposed to 'made the day a complete misery' - which was a win (and completely ignorable by being wrapped up in our own cocoon of happiness)

Missed chatting with him this morning, - got to the computer late (well past his bedtime) because I had to get the spag sauce started in the crock pot... but his FB tells me he got the car back to his parents' house and now it's clean it up and sell it time

[Ocean's Edge]

Well the car is in rougher shape after 5 yrs in storage than he'd hoped - we still have no idea how much he'll be offered for 'The Phantom Car' - still hoping for not less than $10K.. otherwise we're gonna lose money on this trip rather than make any...

[DanaC]

Lovely wedding pics!

[Ocean's Edge]

thanks - we didn't have many decent photos from the wedding, the photographer we hired ripped us off for $900 and never sent the pictures... so all we had were the ones his sister took and a few other friends, fortunately his sister took quite a lot (to take home to his mother)... but it was still kind of a bummer

[Aliantha]

Is that an old torana?

[ZenGum]

WSS ^


LOL.

[Ocean's Edge]

that is not only an old Torana *grins* it's the rarest Torana ever made - so even within sectors of the Torana collector market, it's a bit of a ghost - everyone has heard about them, no one has ever seen one.

Best guess is there were only 40-50 made.

The problem is that it's so odd, the model line was essentially factory installed after market parts - so it could have been done to any of the models - AND Holden cancelled the model upgrade / new line in favour of the Commodore only about 6 months in to it.

Thus for any of the 1979 Torana UC SL/T these just isn't a lot of providence. However, he has as much providence as anyone who ever had one did - and for the last 15-20 yrs if you google Torana UC SL/T - it's his web pages, and his photos you'll find. Even on other people's pages.

The mystic just adds to it's otherwise immeasurable charms - it was a great car when he ordered it in 1978, it's a great car now (if a little dusty and road worn).... and it decidedly stings to have to sell her, but after 5 yrs in Canada he knows now he's never going to move back to Australia, bringing it here just isn't worth it and he'd never subject it to the road salt of winter over here. So it's either continue to let it rot in a barn or sell it to someone who truly loves and respects what it is.

[Aliantha]

We call them sheds over here. lol

Not being a torana fan myself, i dont see the big deal, but i sure hope someone does.

[Ocean's Edge]

thanks - he's got one guy seriously on the hook for it, met him and his wife at a Torana club meet today. Guy and his wife are serious collectors / restorers and he's dead keen and the offer isn't a bad one.

Couple other folks interested in looking at it - so we have a worst case scenario we're not unhappy with .. it can only get sweeter from there.
(*fingers*crossed*)

[Ocean's Edge]

I'm about ready to cry - the black flies are horrendous, I'm only getting 20mins worth of work done at a time before I can't stand it anymore, they're driving me mad, the whole planting business including building the raised bed boxes is going way too painfully slowly, .... I need help and the miserable rotten g*dd*mn sumb*tch is 10,000 miles away.

F**K

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'm a weather geek, and Ocean's Edge...

You might like Forecast

[Ocean's Edge]

thanks, that is kinda cool

[xoxoxoBruce]

Yeah, put in your location, and you can look at the next few days, one at a time. If it's supposed to rain on Thursday, it will show you when the rain will start and stop, or how heavy it will be at different times of the day. It's nice to know if it's a passing shower, or you should pack up and move inside.