Home and Garden Storage

You haven’t heard from me as often recently because I’ve been at a loss for words. It could be because it is the festive season and there is the stress of preparing for this celebration and going to other people’s parties as well. Nevertheless, as I was waiting to pick up my grandson the other day there were cockatoos everywhere – perhaps 50 or 60 of them flying around and screeching loudly. There are people I know who have backyard aviaries with cockatoos and I must say the birds are more peaceful and willing to relate with their owners. Whereas the cockatoos around the schoolyard sound absolutely crazy as they chase each other from tree to tree.

Candy, photo by Steve Nichols, West Boxford, Mass, United States, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/865510

My friend Suzie is addicted to going to Bunnings and garden nurseries just as others are compelled to buy clothes. When we are considering what to do, her eyes light up as she suggests “popping into one or more of those shopping venues”. Fortunately she has a garage and a garden shed to cope with her addiction because she has accumulated many ‘useful’ items which take up room but which she considers vital to the upkeep of a home. Mind you she has a home in the city and one in the country as a holiday home.