BlogHide Resteemscarrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 31 2021Last day of a challenging year. Just got to do what I have been doing the last 6 months. Ride the bike and look for orchids The national park is busy. I have found it safest to go down from our…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 30 2021Sun came out at last. The struggle to get moving does not go away. This is going to take a big effort - next week. My wife went off to help her father out with some some stuff. I jumped in the car…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 29 2021It is an El Nino summer - another day of rain and rain and rain. I used dry spells to rake the back lawn. All the rain says the lawn needs mowing - got to rake leaves and branches ahead of…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoRainy Day Walk for Four Orchids : My Actifit Report Card: December 28 2021Rained all day without let up. I am so over it. Used the time to write up investing post from last week and to review some crypto stuff and update last two weeks affiliate marketing stats Did…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoOne Orchid for a Rainy Day : My Actifit Report Card: December 27 2021Another grey rainy day. I wanted to go riding but could not get inspired. Best thing to do on days like this is to get writing or investing stuff done. I spent a big whack of the day catching up…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoFirst Turtle Orchid of the Season : My Actifit Report Card: December 26 2021Boxing Day breaks to a cooler and cloudy day. Plan today is to have lunch with my wife's brother. Her father and brother will be there. Was a nice visit bouncing in and out of the shadows. Food was…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoA Quiet and Sad Christmas : My Actifit Report Card: December 25 2021Christmas breaks to a partly cloudy day with a forecast to cook up a bit. No chance to spend the day with my children all to do with the pandemic. We went with a friend to her family event. The…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoA New Orchid Find - Leafless Tongue Orchid : My Actifit Report Card: December 24 2021Wake to a grey morning which built up into thunderstorm type weather. Peak out the window and see the stanhopea orchid has flowered. This was a gift a few years back from an orchid friend - it…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoPromise of a Midge Orchid : My Actifit Report Card: December 23 2021Rained overnight and looks to be a stormy day. Spent a big slice of the day doing accounting stuff from last week. Weather rumbled around. Did some garden tidy up from the weekend storm. Went out…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoHyacinth Orchid in Seven Mile Beach NP : My Actifit Report Card: December 22 2021A different day today. We went down to the South Coast to help a friend who is moving into a new house. My wife did the driving and a lot of unpacking. I went for a walk in Seven Mile Beach NP…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoTwo Hyacinth Orchid Finds : My Actifit Report Card: December 21 2021Wake to a blue sky day. Going to cook up a bit. My wife had errands to do. I spent some time raking the storm damage. Debris went over the fence where the trees live. Walked the local track and…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 20 2021Two better sleeps in a row. Wow. Going to be another hot day. It is so disappointing that we have not been able to visit in the cool months. Saved on firewood is the only plus. Tried to find a…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoHunter Valley Garden Flowers + Storm : My Actifit Report Card: December 19 2021First night of freedom offered up better sleep - an hour or more of mowing in 35C heat and a good dinner with a modest amount of wine might have helped. The ladies went shopping. I tried the…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agolockdown Freedom : My Actifit Report Card: December 18 2021This was the day to celebrate. We could go together to visit my home outside Greater Sydney together. It has been 6 months of crazy lockdown of waiting so the government could get vax rates over 95…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoRare Orchid Day : My Actifit Report Card: December 17 2021Early start to do some trade stuff -report later. Drifted the morning away. Did get out on the bike to check if a specific orchid is keen to open Large tongue orchid Spider action…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 16 2021Early start to tackle some trade exposures in US markets. Been a while since I was up early for markets - not since the clocks changed. Time to bank some profits. Planned a shopping trip to…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoFirst Day After Lockdown - Might as well do Orchid of the Day again : My Actifit Report Card: December 15 2021First day out of lockdown should be a celebration. With 6 months of this, it is hard to break out of the patterns. I had it in my head to go for a long ride. That did not happen. Went for a shorter…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoLast Day Locked Down and a 3 Orchid Day : My Actifit Report Card: December 14 2021These lockdown days are a blur especially after late nights. We did get a blue sky day. Spent some of the morning catching up with IM stuff. Did get out on the bike to go make the last lockdown walk…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoMy Actifit Report Card: December 13 2021Day started grey but soon burned away to forecast blue. I was able to get out on the bike to see if I could find horned orchids on a road I saw them a few years back. Cycled down to the bottom of…carrinm (70)in hive-193552 • 3 years agoBonnet Orchids in a new spot : My Actifit Report Card: December 12 2021First day for over two weeks with no rain but the sky did start grey. Late nights make me start grey too. Did get moving eventually. Drove my wife to a big once a year charity book fair. As I am…