My body is in overall pretty ordinary shape at the moment but I'm particularly enjoying swollen feet and legs that are so swollen and hurting that I'm ever so tempted to take a razor to them to ease the pressure.
Of course I won't because although I'm an idiot I'm not so silly to think that this will result in anything other than another trip to hospital and risk of another recovery complication.
So there I was, shuffling along with The Game Changer, my new mobility walker that is tall enough for me to walk with as straight spine. I was following a horse track towards the front paddocks of our place when I came across what I saw as complete disrespect for myself, my partner and the environment.
We lost literally everything including vehicles when 3 metres of water went through our place in the 2011 floods. It completely devastated the environment and literally all biodiversity for 7 years. Since then we have worked hard to provide green corridors of native grasses and weeds while maintaining important fire breaks. We prefer to work WITH nature than against it.
Long winded bollocks later myself and The Game Changer made it to the front paddock where I was faced with what I perceived as utter carnage.
I was exhausted so sat for around 15 minutes on The Game Changer both crying and raging at the same time. I genuinely exhausted so could do nothing but call my partner by phone and alternate between tears and rage.
Our neighbour had taken liberties while I've been out of action for 2 months and had completely cleared almost exactly half of our front paddock. A paddock that homed a family of Wallabies, a shedload of bird species, native bees, butterflies, native hares, introduced rabbits and more than I'll ever know amount of skinks and other reptiles as well as frogs of many different species.
My rage-o-meter was particularly active as I have lost count of how many times in how many ways I had explained to this bloke that he was NEVER to slash our paddocks and if we did actually need help I would do a thorough walk around with him guiding him as to where and what was to be left untouched. I stressed in no uncertain terms the reasons as to why we do what we do in OUR paddocks.
Anyway rant over. Rage-o-Meter 1 Zen Buddhism 0 and this is the thing that hurts me the most.
Gassho
Onka
ST
Of course I won't because although I'm an idiot I'm not so silly to think that this will result in anything other than another trip to hospital and risk of another recovery complication.
So there I was, shuffling along with The Game Changer, my new mobility walker that is tall enough for me to walk with as straight spine. I was following a horse track towards the front paddocks of our place when I came across what I saw as complete disrespect for myself, my partner and the environment.
We lost literally everything including vehicles when 3 metres of water went through our place in the 2011 floods. It completely devastated the environment and literally all biodiversity for 7 years. Since then we have worked hard to provide green corridors of native grasses and weeds while maintaining important fire breaks. We prefer to work WITH nature than against it.
Long winded bollocks later myself and The Game Changer made it to the front paddock where I was faced with what I perceived as utter carnage.
I was exhausted so sat for around 15 minutes on The Game Changer both crying and raging at the same time. I genuinely exhausted so could do nothing but call my partner by phone and alternate between tears and rage.
Our neighbour had taken liberties while I've been out of action for 2 months and had completely cleared almost exactly half of our front paddock. A paddock that homed a family of Wallabies, a shedload of bird species, native bees, butterflies, native hares, introduced rabbits and more than I'll ever know amount of skinks and other reptiles as well as frogs of many different species.
My rage-o-meter was particularly active as I have lost count of how many times in how many ways I had explained to this bloke that he was NEVER to slash our paddocks and if we did actually need help I would do a thorough walk around with him guiding him as to where and what was to be left untouched. I stressed in no uncertain terms the reasons as to why we do what we do in OUR paddocks.
Anyway rant over. Rage-o-Meter 1 Zen Buddhism 0 and this is the thing that hurts me the most.
Gassho
Onka
ST
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