Helicopters and Disappointment
We went early to the Ferry Road Market for meat and fruit and vegetables. There is less space around the produce than in Coles or Woolies to avoid being close to other people, but the quality of the produce is better. One woman seemed oblivious to the efforts of others to avoid being in her space. As we want to support another great coffee shop we headed to Tedder Avenue for coffees and Anita's breakfast. We picked up the papers from the small supermarket where Anita also found some Gumption cleaning product she has been looking for. On the way home we refuelled the Jeep and bought our milk from Coles Express. Later I suggested to Anita we should only be going out to one shop no more than once per week, instead of four different venues in one day. She had read the 2 page spread in the paper by Coles suggesting only one person do the shopping. From now on that will be me!
I was back to window cleaning when there was a constant loud noise. Eventually we spotted what looked like a military helicopter, then a second one. I wandered down to the river to see what was going on. There had been no sirens so it didn't appear to be a police activity, but the choppers were clearly hovering over the river, then following main roads and returning. I tested my phone's camera capacity again but it was hard to focus while the helicopter was directly overhead.
There was only one woman with her children playing in the river and the sand. The playground facilities have been locked up to discourage kids from using them. The helicopters continued returning to our area for an hour or so but there was no mention of their activity on the local news.
I had been expecting an invoice to at least pay a deposit for the Cavoodle pup, but when I rang the breeder in NSW she told me she has been unable to obtain any form of pet transport due to the border closures. I think she had been reluctant to tell me that effectively I wasn't going to get one of her pups. Just after that bad news Barbara the Burmese cat breeder rang me and it seems another woman had first option on the last female kitten. I had spoken to Barbara a few times over the past couple of days and each time she was driving and the reception was poor and she dropped in and out. I have never met her but gather she is an older woman struggling to manage her cattery alone. I think she became confused about which woman she spoke to first about the kitten. She was waiting for this other queue jumper to let her know whether she was going to have the last kitten.
Eventually Barbara texted me to say we could have the kitten if we wanted her. I immediately texted back that we did and sent her my email address as requested but received no email from her. Later there was another text explaining she is really tired and suffering from osteoarthritis so will send me an email in the morning telling me how to pay the deposit for the kitten. So we lost the pup we thought we were going to get, then nearly lost the kitten as well, all in the space of a couple of hours.
I searched the internet for Queensland based Cavoodle pups but cats, dogs, kittens and pups are in shorter supply than toilet paper! It seems everyone wants to either have an excuse to go for a walk with a dog, or have feline company while in lockdown. When families eventually go back to work and to school, the poor cats and dogs are likely to feel very lonely. Every Cavoodle has been sold except those asking $6,000 - double the going rate! Finally I found a woman in Brisbane who has a litter of 2 day old red Cavoodles, including 3 females. I am now on her watch list.
I was back to window cleaning when there was a constant loud noise. Eventually we spotted what looked like a military helicopter, then a second one. I wandered down to the river to see what was going on. There had been no sirens so it didn't appear to be a police activity, but the choppers were clearly hovering over the river, then following main roads and returning. I tested my phone's camera capacity again but it was hard to focus while the helicopter was directly overhead.
There was only one woman with her children playing in the river and the sand. The playground facilities have been locked up to discourage kids from using them. The helicopters continued returning to our area for an hour or so but there was no mention of their activity on the local news.
I had been expecting an invoice to at least pay a deposit for the Cavoodle pup, but when I rang the breeder in NSW she told me she has been unable to obtain any form of pet transport due to the border closures. I think she had been reluctant to tell me that effectively I wasn't going to get one of her pups. Just after that bad news Barbara the Burmese cat breeder rang me and it seems another woman had first option on the last female kitten. I had spoken to Barbara a few times over the past couple of days and each time she was driving and the reception was poor and she dropped in and out. I have never met her but gather she is an older woman struggling to manage her cattery alone. I think she became confused about which woman she spoke to first about the kitten. She was waiting for this other queue jumper to let her know whether she was going to have the last kitten.
Eventually Barbara texted me to say we could have the kitten if we wanted her. I immediately texted back that we did and sent her my email address as requested but received no email from her. Later there was another text explaining she is really tired and suffering from osteoarthritis so will send me an email in the morning telling me how to pay the deposit for the kitten. So we lost the pup we thought we were going to get, then nearly lost the kitten as well, all in the space of a couple of hours.
I searched the internet for Queensland based Cavoodle pups but cats, dogs, kittens and pups are in shorter supply than toilet paper! It seems everyone wants to either have an excuse to go for a walk with a dog, or have feline company while in lockdown. When families eventually go back to work and to school, the poor cats and dogs are likely to feel very lonely. Every Cavoodle has been sold except those asking $6,000 - double the going rate! Finally I found a woman in Brisbane who has a litter of 2 day old red Cavoodles, including 3 females. I am now on her watch list.
