Some beautiful shots as always. I like the "sock glove" on your little one. Is that you with the snake chaps?** Can I start by asking what exactly is that in those jars to the left? Remains of the guy who broke the concrete slab? A piece of dinosaur?
Usually a catch up day, Saturday.
Had the roof plumber around to look at some of my own repairs, picked up some cash, cut some firewood for home & sale, mowed the lawns, tried not to get cranky at the kids, passive aggressived my neighbours for getting someone else to cut some of my trees that overhung their fence, they did a terrible jobs & likely charged more, still have to go & clean up the poor pruning cuts & blend it in so doesn't look like a bad haircut.
Tried all day to get down for a surf, have a new wetsuit still to get in water with, short daylight hours now, snuck home at 1600 to grab my board, kids caught me, had to take the whole family to the beach & by that time had missed the daylight....
So all in all, the usual unproductive productive Saturday.
My right hand man has picked up a government conservation job a few hours away, much to my dismay. Will be a pay drop for him & likely a slower pace, but in a region he would like to potentially buy land. He's at an age (late 20's) where restlessness is normal & his friends are always chopping & changing jobs, so not unexpected despite us being a mean team. So certainly will be a business adjustment in the short - medium term, but am hoping we'll work together in the future.
Conversely has thrown forward some long terms plans for myself & family. Hoping to move the business, or at least most of the equipment 5000kms across the country & over ocean to set up in Tasmania. Have a good friend over there whom has a tree business running part time in conjunction with his full time job. Aiming to combine forces & achieve some good things. He's done pretty well setting us a business while only hitting it part time, my arrival & equipment has the potential to supercharge things a bit, hopefully.
Can be a xenophobic island population down there, so am hoping can get my foot in the door teaming up with a 'local' & really run with it.
So with all that preamble, going to be a very busy & likely stressful 12 month period coming up.
But if can pull it off, will be well worthwhile to take the family home to this....
(couple of photos from our trip over there this summer)
You're willing to leave your lucrative business on the mainland to try something new? Good luck!!
The jar is full of old banana peels! My wife's idea for watering some of her plants.
