Fri 2025-01-03

Bulleen Arts & Garden nursery 

(Day 20) Hops plant. Felt an intense burst of motivation. I'd looked into it plenty - including talking to a grower. Chinook is the exact type that I've been watching him grow this season.

Hops needs a lot of water over the hot, drying Australian summer. I'm looking into irrigation.

In my way home, I climbed a steep track that I had never felt confident to tackle. I was feeling so energised & excited because I'd received confirmation of a date i thought wouldn't go ahead (as she's heading overseas).

Additionally, heisted tiny fish from a local dam (on public property). Six approx. They are all named Pixel. In a fish tank on my back porch.

Best guess is male mosquitofish. They are the size of a fingernail clipping. The dam had 1,000s of them and females too, which are substantially bigger - with a black beauty spot. 

This heist was planned out meticulously. I did a couple of dry-runs. Ran to plan ~15 min. Bright, sunshine-y day & midweek when walkers unlikely. (I also sussed out my mates about the ethics of such a caper beforehand.)

My goldfish in my backyard pond gave me so much joy last year (they just had their 1st birthday: Bronzy, Olive, and Mr Brown) which is why i had thought to set up a fish tank too.

A big day.