Shortest Day swimmers

There were three cars together containing five swimmers. I was expecting them to have pointy hats and runes painted all over but they just went in for a swim for 10 mins and then headed off again. It was the calmest of days and very clear water. One of them said the water temperature wasn't too bad. I have been accused of that exact same phrase outside of Winter.  I also had the rubbish bag and there was plenty of the trashy stuff. By far the most numerous items this time were rope pieces. This seems to be a theme lately and some of them were heavy duty knotted coils but also short and cutoff. The usual plastic bags and small plastics were there as well. The bag was full and heavier so I left the remainder.

Knot rope

Rope II

Phillip Parker King

 There was one stamp that had been waiting to find me for years. I had a charity box that I bought which could be a hit or miss.  I opened one of the albums and there it was on the first page, a complete set of navigators.  Many times I would find this set and always the last one was missing. These were the predecimal variety and there it was, a £2 King, worth around $90 at the moment. There are about 180 different designs in the 415 Australian predecimal stamps ever released and now I have at least one of every design. It was the last predecimal stamp that I could realistically expect to find just floating around.  The other 20 or so variations I do not have are worth $1,000s for each one.  As for King, he was an explorer, one of Australia's first beach combers. He sailed all around Australia, hugging the coast on four different explorations.

Cylindrical Garden

 There has been a metal circle in the garage for some months just waiting for the right moment to be installed. The dirt facing edge had already been primed so it was time to move it out. It seems a bit prominent to me right at the front and will catch the weather but looks like it has always been there. Elsewhere the orchids are spraying and I now count thirteen spikes out the back and just two in the centre courtyard.  May need to pay more attention to those ones with a bit more feeding. Finally the apricot tree has had a prune as well now. This should have been done after fruiting.  The lemon tree needs some attention but we are running out of green bin space for now.

Reminders

 I keep getting these annoying reminders, messages, notifications or requests. How did your visit to the British Museum go?  I didn't go alright. We decided to do some gardening instead. This is a pressing concern for us way more important than the Elgin Marbles. Besides I have been to the Parthenon and I saw one half of those decorations but not the other half becuase you guys took them. Maybe it is a good thing that they are inside and out of the weather but I am sure the locals could have organised that although they were short of a dollar last time I was there. So in the end the Greeks lost their marbles and you gained some, so don't ask me again. 

Return to the Conservatory

 I am getting tired of this recurring theme of where we were supposed to be now compared to where we actually are.   The reality is that we still have to go and celebrate a birthday and the Conservatory struck a chord a few weeks back so we went back for another luncheon.  I switched to the lamb shoulder very tasty with a mint sauce. Debbie tried the duck and was quacking about it.  We shared one desert with a single candle.  Just to change it up we dropped into the bar for a while. There was a fire, the world cup and a spiral staircase, everything you could want. I descended to the games room which I guess used to be a cellar for beer barrels.  

Bookkeepers CRM

 Some of us might be covered in stitches, or recovering from cancer, it may even be your birthday and were supposed to be sitting on Brighton beach right now but nothing stops.  The world of Pure Bookkeeping marches on and today became pivotal with the launch of the PB CRM (Customer Relationship Manager). Now this has been years in the making. How to best serve our bookkeeper customers? Build them a digital platform to better manage their own customers.  This CRM can be used to manage, track and store their customer interactions and keep it all in the PB Cloud.

Yes keepers united all in one place. Keepers United sounds like a world cup team.

1000 Perfins

 The rain has come but I might get in a short walk, as it seems to be easing. My neighbour Di, the physical trainer, was running passed in more rain after a quick swim so she was already wet.  She says not to let the appendix thingy stop my ideas of trying a shot put competition one day. Keep up the light regime for now, the way I am doing it, she says.  PT people are always good for a gee up.  My activities are limited to inside so far today, so it is a good stamp day.  I uncovered my 1,000th stamp with perforated initials.  This one is from the USA in a strip of three with very clean punch holes for visibility.  These stamps were used by the Realty Development Company based in Philadelphia in 1938. The company has gone now.