So my mom wasn't well enough to go home today.
But I did call her on WhatsApp and had a chat. She says she is feeling a bit better, but then she had a coughing fit that really didn't sound good at all. Hopefully she gets well enough to go home again soon.
Today I decided to take a "light duty" day. My body just can't take the continuous strain of physical labour without a break.
So Mrs Zog and I took a drive out to the beach in Melbourne. We parked the car and went for a bit of a stroll along the waters' edge. It's amazing how salt water can reset your brain. The walk was short, only about a half-hour, but that was all we needed. Then back in the car and up route 192 to a shop called Tractor Supply Company.
https://www.tractorsupply.com What an awesome shop! They sell everything from live day-old chicks to kayaks to tools, hardware, animal feed, clothing, auto spares, you name it! I wanted to check the price of the wild bird seed there, it is about half the price of Home Depot! So when my current supply runs out I will get my next batch at TSC!

Finally we stopped off at a little mom-and-pop diner for breakfast. Simple, cheap, but tasty food. Bacon, eggs, fried potatoes, etc... LEKKER!
Back home I put a coat of paint on the wood frame of the new awning.
Then I called my son. The bad news is that he won't be coming to visit me this December. He will be spending this Christmas with his mother in SA. But the good news is that he will come over for the July holidays next year, which means he will be here for his 13th birthday

and it gives me an extra 6 months to come up with the money for his air ticket. So I am very sad that I won't be seeing him this year, but at least he will be here in just over a year.
After that chat I hauled out the vacuum cleaner and attacked the carpets and the floor in the house and the garage. Cleaning can be quite therapeutic too...
I started watering the garden, but then the pump stopped working

So I hauled out my toolkit and took a look. The pressure switch had burned one of it's contacts, so I replaced it. Luckily I had a good used one that I had salvaged some time ago, so the repair was free.
Finally I fired up the braai and cooked two pork chops for dinner. I just felt like a nice piece of meat.. Mrs Zog put some sweet potato fries in the oven for veg.
Maggie has been scooting on her bum the last few days, so after dinner I took a look. She has infected anal glands, I squeezed out quite a bit of pus. Hopefully that was all it needed to clear out, and she will be better soon. I'll have another look tomorrow evening, if it's not much better then Mrs Zog will take her to the vet on Tuesday.
Below are the pics of the completed awning over the side door of my workshop, and a pic of the sprinkler working again against a backdrop of the sunset over Florida...
