Another good night’s sleep (Fafa complained that I started all my recent entries with the status of my sleep ━ it’s a diary, Fa, That’s how I write my diary) and stayed in bed for some time while Fafa cooked us Farmer’s breakfast. I so can get adjusted to this morning routine!
After breakfast and doing my daily tarot card draw (Four of Wands), we went out to feed Korona and Kovid ━ the chickens, and I continued walking around the compound for some morning bird-watching session. It’s one of the self-care activities that nourish the old soul in me.
After an hour in the blazing sun and failing to see any bird nearby, I gave up. More than this, Amma would complain about me being tanner than usual.
Since it’s our anniversary (we met in a bar in Singapore 11 years ago), we thought we would do something different instead of lazing around the farmhouse. We ended up driving to Bendigo town and roamed around the unexpectedly pleasant art gallery there.
My favourite pieces include the dot paintings, the 1800s European paintings with strong oriental influence and a wood-block painting of the Asakusa temple. There were also beautiful indigenous pattern silk scarves and moon-inspired jewellery made by local indigenous artists. Ultimately, I got the paper towel for our home and a zipper case for Jik, both in the same aboriginal print.
Art-upped, we walked around the town centre for some late lunch, forgetting that we were in a small town in Australia and nothing opened past 3 PM except for some chain restaurants.
Grill’d like a famous burger chain in Australia that claims that they make healthy burgers. Since I’m not fond of burgers, I have never tried them until today. It was okay, but not something I would go for again if there were any other choices.
Despite the lunch blunder, I like Bendigo, dare I say, more than Echuca. On the drive back home, I told Fafa I could retire there. He pretended not to hear me.
One hour later, we were back on the Echuca farm. Just in time for me to shower, write the anniversary card I got for Fafa and watch an hour of Come Dine With Me together. After this, I will do the Cold full-moon in Cancer (The Chariot) tarot spread, call my parents and read. Then, later tonight, if the wind storm is not so bad, Fafa and I will do some star-gazing.
Not a wrong way to celebrate the anniversary, eh?
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You sure had a good time off! Beautiful captures and fun posts Kov 🙂