RE: TEAM AUSTRALIA: Introduction Post.
Pool shed - stomp around outside, rattle the walls with a stick? The snake likely to be more feared of you than you of it? I used to have snakes in the woodshed in Norseman and would cry out, 'Snakey, snakey, wide awakey," as I made as much noise as possible to allow it to either scoot or hide itself more securely.
Hobbies? She says (in old grumpy voice) at my age, my dear I have tried most BUT have you given rug-making a go? There are two separate methods - one is using a hook and cut lengths of wool. The other is a poking needle arrangement and a continuous length of wool.
Intro
Isabel (a version of Elizabeth - eldest two daughters named/lumbered with for centuries. Met hosts of folk after two third cousins - different branches - did all the donkey work. Some of it a nixed blessing.)
78 and heading off to 81 when I will be too old to be allowed to continue being a blood donor. As I would no longer need to fill in the forms before each donation, I will feel free to answer yes to some of the questions about drugs, tattoos and sex which, right now, get an honest tick in the No box.
Am as recent to steemit as yourself and trust we will both negotiate our way through this system. Cheers
well now you learn a thing every day, i didn't know you were not allowed to donate blood after a certain.... ahem.... age.... i'm a nurse too... but my patients normally are the recipients. Working in the "meaty" end of the hospital system, no pun there, our patients go through a little bit of this. We thank you for your donations. It has been a few years since i have, (owing to babies and pregnancy and the usual suspects).
Actually... rug making i HAVE done... but not the methods you suggest. I made my daughter some blanket rugs for the play room floor. So they were fabric rather than yarn based rugs. I get in trouble for knitting based hobbies. My husband looks at me in horror like i am turning into his great grandmother before his eyes. Its funny, i'm allowed to sew, embroider even... but not... oh the horror of it... knit!!! never....Funny creatures they are.
I also tinker with writing, i see from your web page that you also find solace in words. I would love to write more, but i find my attention span and "sticking things out to the end" power is just not good enough. I have hundreds of started books. where i get a great idea write a few chapters and they are good. Actually they are good. but i just don't have the inclination to finish.
Yes i know i normally stomp... it doesn't help that the snake is renting the same space as a wasps nest. One or the other might be manageable but together... intolerable. Though i will say i am more frightened by the wasps who are more likely to bite than the snake.
thanks for stopping by @isabeldorastorey i hope you enjoy your steemit journey as much as i. You have yourself a great day.
Sarah
I find my motivation to finish writing a lengthy thing vanishes when (a) I know how it is going to end and (b) when I have told someone else the story. Mentioned this to another writer who pointed out that, as a storyteller the story is told in the telling. Do you find common threads within the stories you have started but not carried forward? Wasps are creatures I would not be inclined to allow to build anywhere near me! I have a vague memory of removing one - must have worked out as I would have remembered having to worry about living with them. I have some unfinished knitting on the go - blanket for a cot in South African orphanage supported by the staff at the Backpackers Lodge where I stayed when researching for my novel. I have got the feeling you and I could rattle on for ages! LOL