daydreaming

 

idling through the Saturday papers [just a few days late]

with my coffee this morning

i stumbled upon something that looks remarkably like

a daydream i've been having for some years now

a place with a lake of its own

90 acres to plant and grow a collection of the best eucalypts [in terms of dyeing]

with an average rainfall of 1030 mm - that's 40.55 in inches

to sustain them...that's twice what we get at Mount Pleasant

it has a big old stone woolshed

just perfect for workshops [and dancing]

along with a separate storage building

that would make a rather nice gallery

 

the house has three bedrooms

and another room that could also become one

together with three bathrooms

so up to six people could live in for small classes 

work at their own pace

perhaps even take a longer residency

be nourished in body by food grown on the property

served in the lovely dining room

and in spirit by wandering the wonderful landscape in which the house sits

[really nice people would be allowed to help weed the garden

which is very good for the soul]

it's well away from other dwellings

[so i imagine that star-gazing would be fabulous]

but within 10 minutes of a freeway link to Adelaide

meaning far less frustration-by-caravan/horsefloat/grapetruck

there's space to create a walled vegetable garden

where chickens could have a fox-proof palace

and indigo could be grown 

safe from the hot north winds

and there would be plenty of room for a helpful border collie

as well as a flock of pet sheep for her to manage

if you look at the picture carefully

you'll see there is even a resident rainbow

the only catch is that there's a price tag of $2million

i can't even imagine that in marbles

let alone find it in dollars.

...er, i don't suppose there are a thousand brides out there wanting to commission wedding dresses, perchance?

i look forward to hearing from them. SOON.

meanwhile

i'll be here playing with those amulets...

and nursing Kowhai the piglet