Community Garden Opening and a Sick Einstein

Well another week of heavy smoke, while our local area burns away. I am sure everyone has seen on the news how bad things are getting. Really bad winds again and sudden heat in the high 30's has not been good for the garden. My lovely lush potatoes have suddenly died and I have no idea why, so will be picking tiny potatoes to clear the area and pots. Minor problems compared to those in need, my heart goes out to them.

This was Oct.10th

Today's View

During all this disaster we officially opened  the Community Gardens, with a small ceremony. Part of the reason being acknowledging the Council and Federal Government grants and the Mayor came to represent everyone. The TV and local paper were also supposed to come but we feel they were out attending the fire reports.

Our patron Pat Roser OAM and Denise Knight our Mayor.

The garden was looking particularly nice although dry, and a small group were taken around for a show and tell by John.

All this was preceded by poor Einstein's troubles. If you remember last week we dealt with a paralysis tick, we bought him home last Wednesday week, not very happy, he was one sad dog. Slowly he picked up but then last Thursday, this week, he was in a lot of pain and wouldn't walk, eat and kept yelping. That same morning I was also in a lot of pain with RA so thought it was a recurring arthritic problem for him, because of the weather. In again to the vet, who decided to xray his back leg area as it could have been a small bone splinter and also to take out some more badly infected teeth.
 

Einstein feeling better today.

 Organised this for the next day so he was quiet all day but come Friday was his old self and cranky because we didn't feed him breakfast in readiness for the xrays and op. Well if we thought he was sad last time, this time very, very miserable. Two teeth removed and lots of aching due to the xrays of moving his legs around in all sorts of angles. The diagnosis being his spine has fused out of alignment from an old injury and equivalent to bad sciatica in humans. He is 13yrs old in June and although we could pay $20,000 in an operation up at the Gold Coast, I think we shall keep this problem at bay with pain relief and gentle exercise. He is a pretty tough dog though.

Nana Glen

My daughter in law sent me a photo of her sister's house at Nana Glen, half an hour away, taken Friday. When we picked up Einstien from the vet, Coffs Harbour also looked like this. Should  Bongil Bongil National Park take on fire we could be in a spot of trouble. It wraps around the valley we look at.

Our View of the Train Line looking towards Dorrigo. and part of Bongil Bongil National Park.

Lets hope the  Rural Fire Department can get this all under control. A lot of native animals are also being wiped out. If you see any donations wanted for these fires please consider helping.

Till Next Time stay safe everyone.