The Dash

 

 

                                                                                       Edition 389 Monday 24/07/17

 

 

Hi,things are heating up on the ‘save the tree’ front with our surveyor confirming our beloved landmark is indeed on our neighbours property! Thanks to our so called ‘Super City Council’ this therefore gives them the right to chop it down at will.No matter what their reasons they have the power regardless under the new unitary plan?Brainless policy from a City Hall full of ‘hot desking’ clock watching nine to fivers busy justifying their positions??!!

So fighting fire with fire we have mobilised the local environmental action group who have started a petition of locals that is building a fierce momentum as I write.The Johnny come lately neighbours may have the power but us locals have the numbers…watch this space!

Fletcher reckons having two girlfriends on the go at once is no big deal although admits his skills will be tested when both rock up to his birthday party in two weeks!!Hmmmm!

Something funny happens when you are preoccupied,you may catch yourself washing your hands before you visit the toilet like me last week!! J ( a new trend perhaps?).

Crikey what a wild week of weather!,our free firewood and pinecone stocks took a hammering as we hunkered down whilst being also hammered by the elements!

We will be back at the local transfer station and in the forest this week stocking up on both!

Take care, stay dry and warm and continue to make the most of every minute of every day!

Cheers Jonesey.

 

Kate Henderson reckons forest pine cone hunting is a younger girls lark ZZzzzzzz

 

 

 

 

I heard this again the other day and thought you might like it too……

 

“The Dash

-I read of a man who stood to speak at a funeral of a friend.He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning to the end.

-He noted that first came the date of her birth,and spoke the following date with tears.But he said what mattered most was the dash between those years.

-For the dash represents all the time she spent alive on earth and now only those who loved her know what that little line is worth.

-For it matters not how much we own,the cars,the house,the cash.What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.

-So think about this long and hard,are there things you would like to change?,for you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged.

-If we could just slow down enough to consider whats true and real and always try to understand the way other people feel.

-And be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we have never loved before.

-If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile remembering this special dash may only last a while.

-So when your eulogy’s being read with your lifes actions to rehash.Would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent your dash?”.

Linda Ellis

 

Have a great week making the most of every minute of every day……Cheers Jonesey!!!