Friday - Home and away

M was a little in the wars this morning - she managed to injure herself on her bedside table ... and it hurt. Luckily S is excellent in these situations ... calm, soothing, and knowledgeable - especially since this one involved a knock to the head in the eye region ... and it is an injury S herself has sustained. Frozen things ... she said ... and after administering TLC and a good dose of kindness, she raided the freezer and made M put the pack of frozen peas on the affected area. There was some blood, which turned out to be from a small cut on M's eyelid which was not deep enough to require butterfly strips or stitches. S and I were worried about the possibility of concussion (perhaps not straight away) and M must have been concerned about possible damage because she took herself off to the doctor to have it checked out. Yes, that's right, she took herself off to the doctor, refusing our offer of a lift ... and, as she reminded me, while she appreciated the offer, it was well within her rights to refuse. (What was that yesterday about Pisces and refusals of offers of help ... although I think I used the word "stubborn" in reference to me.) Anyway, she rang S after she'd visited the doctor to say she'd be okay but I think the doctor had suggested she rest - and she was on her way home to do just that (after one stop along the way).

She wasn't home by the time we left though - so we didn't get a chance to see if her furniture encounter had resulted in a "shiner" but we suspect it would.

S and I were off to Kyogle - the start of her trip "south". She'll take the train to Gosford and her mother, and then on to Sydney ... and I return "north" to Latimers - and hopefully be back in time to do the coffee run (in Fl's absence) at the Markets on Sunday.

Lo doing the Double Windsor

It was good to see the Kyogles again - they are all in fine form. The only thing missing from there is pets - understandable since they do run the Motel there and as they provide meals for guests, pets are not allowed in the kitchen - so they don't have them. That's a great shame too because we would gladly have taken a cat off their hands to share the bed with us ... we are already missing Tinka ... and think she would absolutely love the electric blanket!

One Double Windsor

The challenge of the evening was tying a Double Windsor knot for P's Cadet tie. It is truly amazing what the internet has to offer on tie tieing ... and how diverse the presentation styles are. The first clip we watched was over 8 minutes long (for a process that in the end takes less than 20 seconds ... maybe a little longer if you want to have the thicker part of the tie sit exactly above, but not touching, the belt) and while we at first scoffed at it, when we saw the next one - just under 2 minutes long but as boring as ... we were grateful for that internet variety - and took ourselves back to the first clip - which was very instructional and gave an incredibly good result! Well done Lo who did the doings!