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On Thursday nights here in Edgewater Cove, the local community comes out at 7pm - each adult with a glass or a beer in their hand and most with a dog on a lead - onto the corner where the school bus stops, and has a social get together. The kids come too and for about 90 mins there is social interaction and chit chat across all generations - on the road There are the grannies, like me, the middle aged parents and their teenagers, the almost middle aged parents with their younger families. The little kids run mad with the dogs and balls and other toys, while some of the teenagers tend to the little kids and the others stick with the adults. It's a very pleasant thing to do and a great way for Nikki and the family to k
meet some of the neighbours.
Of course, among the kids there is often some teasing that results in tears and tales told. Nik and Sam are out at a cocktail party tonight, so I'm the babysitter and offered an looked forward to taking the kids to the 'block drinks night' on the road. Needless to say the new kids on the block, Zeke and Willow, are the main target for teasing by the long termers. They're not used to it yet, but they
will eventually find their feet and be a match for the others. So tonight I had a little girl in tears and her big brother confused as to how he could help.
What was so lovely to see tonight was a 12 year old girl, seeing Willow upset, and without being solicited, inviting Willow to join her group - which was much quieter. Once the sobs had subsided, she agreed to join and was happy for the rest of the time.
Some of the local neighborhood ambience!
The Mail System
Of course each house has a letterbox. Here in the US, each letter box has a small metal flag of a different colour to the box. If you wish the mail man to collect your outgoing mail, you put a stamp on it, place it in the mail box and raise the flag! Once he delivers your incoming mail and takes your outgoing mail, he lowers the flag.
It's Willow's great delight to check the mail box each afternoon when she gets off the bus. There are tears, or sometimes much worse - a tantrum, if the mail has already been collected.
Health
Oh dear! This constipation thing is ever-present. These pain killing drugs are killing my bowel system! Off to see a GP to see what I can do to relieve the ever-present anxiety of the next vomiting onslaught.
OK. So he gave me scripts for what I needed and advised me to continue giving myself an enema every day as well as taking a sugar mixture daily to make things easier.
I'm very diligent when given instructions - enough said! No more vomiting attacks. Very good. However my abdomen grumbles loudly all day and I feel more bloated as the day goes on. Feeling good some days and not-so-good others.




Sitting on the top step, consulting YouTube








Out on an excursion to the local Mill, bush tracks and waterfall.




Some of my fond memories of my stay in Vancouver. Leigh and Bob with their son, Josh. Riding in Stanley Park, characters made of ceramic tiles, shards and mirrors on display at the Museum of Anthropology.




On our excursion to the Mill it was exciting to see the local wildlife in action - garter snake having frog leg for its meal.
Terrie - for now