The collected works of ScottyB

The work on the other room continued today. Those of you making regular visits to my blog will remember Phase 1, which was - simply - the installation of a lounge.

Yesterday I got off my butt and purchased a new corner desk, a TV stand and a pair of ottomans to go with the lounge. All from Fantastic Furniture. And all for a steal - at $228 for the lot. The new room was off to a good (and very reasonably priced) start!

In the evening I assembled the desk and TV stand (the latter with a bit of Katie’s help) and got the ottomans into position.

Don’t take too much notice of the pillows, I’ll be sourcing some coloured ones to suit the ottomans.

This morning I disassembled the old shelving unit and the uprights holding the top shelves up so I could fit the 2200 wide TV stand into the floor of the old wardrobe.

Realising that the upright had more holes in it than swiss cheese - and generally just looked pretty shabby, I went off to source some better timber.

Sitting down at lunchtime, I got the desk into position and set it up with some models and dioramas from my room. Already its starting to look less cluttered in there!

Eventually, the 17″ Benq LCD monitor and the server will sit at that desk so I can put another gaming/cruncher rig in the bedroom. That way the server can run 24/7 in there without disturbing me in the bedroom. Gotta run some network cable through the wall next weekend so it can all be hooked up.

I was lucky to find some spare (and virtually brand new) timber laying around at one of my parents’ friends place, so I snapped up whatever I could use and brought it home.

Deciding it was going to be aesthetically better to drop the depth of the upright back to compliment the DVD shelving, I resigned myself to the underhouse with the powertools to strip/cut, saw and plane the new jigsaw puzzle that would eventually be the shelving unit. Thanks to my Dad for lending a hand at the tricky stuff!

About half-three and a trip to Mac’s hardware for some shelving tacks and the first DVD shelves were set.

Because I have a ridiculously large DVD collection, those shelves aren’t going to be enough, so the main shelf above is being divided into two length ways and the right-hand side will act as a second set of shelves. That’s a pretty bad description, hope it makes sense - but it will become a reality when I have time next weekend.

Looking good…

Links: The Other Room - Phase 1

Kate and I made the trip out to Glenrock Lagoon in the afternoon.

It is a massive journey, across mountains, over rivers wide, through great plains and past vast plateaus. We would see sunrises and sunsets, the World changing before us. And it would move along without us too. Times would change while we made the massive pilgrimage to the green land. Okay, so this is a slight exaggeration. We arrived in twenty-odd minutes.

Just how I remember it basically. It has been a while since I’ve taken a trip out there for a walk - and last time getting lost - but I was glad to see that the forest remained largely unchanged and untouched. We didn’t have much time before the Sun went down to explore, so I took us along the Flaggy Creek walk and out past the falls.

The journey begins at the carpark and the huge suspended walkway that takes you curling into the thick forest…

Big red gums and luscious greens lining the pathways.

The Sun making an appearance through the trees. Already it was starting to get cold. We couldn’t spend too much time walking towards the beach as once that Sun disappears behind the hills, there’s very little light to see you back to the carpark. The forest is incredibly dark by about 5pm now and I definitely didn’t want to leave it that late to make a move.

We reached Flaggy Creek in good time. There was a lot of rain on Friday, so luckily we got to see a good flow through the falls. The first stop at the little catchment saw plenty of water running quickly down the rock steps. Loads of bright green moss on the rocks too.

The falls, a decent amount of water running through them, were our next stop. I’ve seen them running heavier than they were on Saturday, but after much more rain. We only had a days rain to fuel the falls this time around.

The pre-falls too, before you reach the main falls were running strong.

And I convinced Kate to confront her fear of heights and sit on the edge for our next photos. After much screaming and plenty of disagreement, she finally took up a spot on the edge while I walked as far as I could to the cliff and snapped some more shots with the falls in the foreground.

After that, we made a quick walk back to the car and took a drive into town to see the sun set at Nobby’s Lighthouse.

All in all, a fantastic day.

Saturday, before Glenrock Lagoon, I managed to get some photos of the elusive - and usually camera unfriendly - Simba.

Simba the Abyssinian is much more at home prowling around the garden and I think these photos are a much better compliment to his personality.

I was early to Kate’s place and while I waited, I was surprised by Simba who jumped out of the bushes, who did a good job of almost making me soil my pants. After being informed that Kate was a good while away, I put the camera sitting in the car to some use and got the little tiger-cat to pose for a few.

Followed him around the yard - and surprisingly, he was quite clingy! Every time I squat down to get some close-ups or different angles, he ran over and started rubbing up against me or expecting fussings! I also learned that unlike dogs, you can’t ask a cat to ‘Sit!’. Well at least not this cat

… *Wink* …

Waiting for everyone to come home too…

And the last couple from the driveway!

Kate arrived home and it was off to Glenrock Lagoon…