• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    18·
    10 days ago

    Flower patch update:

    Kinda worked out better than I thought it would. Pretty much hands off, only taken out 1 weed… did it all by itself.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      6·
      10 days ago

      Oh man, such garden jealousy/fomo right now. I really wish I could afford a garden atm! My aunties garden in WA has been commandeered by my manchild uncle so even if I go there for a few months there’s not much I can do. Absolutely love those poppies. So striking!

      You would know that famous little nature strip at the corner of Walpole and Malmsbury - owner replants seasonal flowers without fail - it reminds me a bit of that.

      • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
        6·
        10 days ago

        Ooh I do know that one!

        I tried asking the council if I could plant shit on mine but they said no :( Something about visibility and lead (Pb) which I thought was silly.

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
          5·
          10 days ago

          Ask for forgiveness instead of permission? 🤔 I see people quietly adding plants around street trees all the time.

          With the visibility thing, I think if you stick to stuff under 0.5m you’ll be good. There are some councils that allow nature strip gardening and specify the heights. Maybe Port Phillip?

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 days ago

    Turns out someone else likes dim sims.

    She’s so sneaky and brazen but never pushes the limit.

    She ignored the wine thankfully that is off limits.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    12·
    10 days ago

    Can feel the first hint of properly cold air in my oven of an apartment. Summer is over for real!

    Last day of daylight savings, too… and I’m relieved because the dark mornings are hard.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    10 days ago

    So I woke up at like 1pm. One beer and two glasses of prosecco last night and I was out like a light.

    I feel good though today, not depressed or anything. I could still sleep, but I’m having a coffee and cuddle with Mickey :) all is well.

    On another note, I am so proud of my partner: his first week at his new job went really well! And he discovered that the building his new work is in, his OLD workplace has moved to as well! So he has reconnected with a couple of people from the call centre he used to manage! They’re stoked that they can hang out with my partner during lunch! I’m stoned for him and them!

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    11·
    10 days ago

    After yesterday’s really lovely day I feel energized today (rare for a sat am, usually I sleep in and feel groggy and need the day off to recover from the week). Already got on top of a few long delayed chores including washing some woollen things sitting around for months. I have nowhere to dry clothes outdoors and no direct light indoors, hopefully they’ll dry well enough…

    Gonna try doing my last big cook up for a while - making dal makhani for the first time later today (with butter but no cream - cashew cream instead), use up those Jerusalem artichokes, and do a nice green side dish, maybe stir fried greens. Hmm maybe the Viet groceries on Vic st have something interesting. Craving amaranth…

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        10 days ago

        Will let you know how it goes. Dal makhani is a bit different to most dals I’ve made as it’s entirely whole pulses not split. Everything’s still got a couple more hours to soak.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    111·
    11 days ago

    It’s nice to be able to stay up past 10pm and wake up later than 7am lol

    Edit: the junkies are having a small gathering. The tenant is yelling at someone to fuck off and leave.

    5 months 3 weeks to go.

    Goodnight all :)

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 days ago

    Inspired by the aldi camping sale this weekend I was looking up gear because I want to get a basic camping setup (ex had all the gear when we got together and I left it all with him). Aldi was a good start but then I made the mistake of looking on Facebook marketplace and now my internet experience is just tents all the way down…

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    FUCK IT FEELS GOOD TO PLAY GUITAR!!!

    It’s been a week. Any question I had about needing music making in my life is answered.

    Wooooooooooo!

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    9·
    10 days ago

    Crossing the road at Bourke Street Mall:

    • A man in an Australian flag shirt holding an Israeli flag shouts at the crowd waiting for the tram
    • Magician busker asks people to stop to watch him perform so he can go home and sleep
    • Homeless man shouts UGLY BITCH at no one in particular
    • Violinist busker plays Ludovico Einaudi. He is the only one getting any attention.

    And that’s on top of all the usual leaflets people

    It never gets boring.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
      8·
      10 days ago

      My favorite there was a good few years back - skinny longhaired teenager playing New York State of Mind on transparent vinyl bagpipes. And he did a stompin good job of it too.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    91·
    10 days ago

    I’m going on an adventure to Footscray. Haven’t been for years. I hope I don’t get killed. 💀

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 days ago

      It’s changed a lot, the signs of gentrification all over but the old Footscray is still very much there. It’s a unique place.

        • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
          4·
          10 days ago

          Used to go there a bit when I was a teen (over 30 years ago). It was very Asian and cool back then, not a worrying place to be. Some of those shops were grouse, not at all like the plastic-filled $2 shops of now, with exotic and niche goods. It was the only place you could get certain things in the west at the time. The only time I went there recently with the kids we were on the tram that goes through there and a messed up guy (drugs) got on and asked every person on the tram for money while intermittently ranting. Other people got on and off the tram who were of a similar disposition. Kids were not impressed. He then got off the tram at an intersection and I had to distract the kids from looking out the window because he weaved over to a light pole, pulled out his Richard in broad daylight and started peeing on it.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
      81·
      10 days ago

      Daylight? Shouldn’t be a problem.

      Though now that Olympic doughnuts has closed, why would you want to go there?