Thanks for visiting this morning, @Sophia1. Take it easy. As far as I can see there really is no problem here. But I understand the desire for retreat sometimes anyway. Hope today brings some peaceful and warm moments your way. 
Hello Mazy 
Yep, bit of frost in the early hours of the morning. It's funny, most of the year I battle extreme heat, I joke in my head . . . here comes my whole week of winter It really only happens in the middle of the night & early morning, once the sun comes up it's a beautiful day
I've got the young lad coming to walk what I'd like to be the back boundry of the fence, I might have to change my ideas a little as it's pretty uneven ground in a couple of spots - most of my land is as flat as a board, but just where I'd like to put a fence there's been a dam dug, a dam that's been dry for years but it's made a bump on the surface 
Soooooooo good to talk to you 
But I'm going to hop offline now, hope the creative juices are flowing through your latest project {I'm sure they are!}
Love you Maz
Sounds like Murphy's Law in operation with where you want to put your fence, @Exoplanet. Hope there's a good alternative. A walk with the young fella sounds like just the ticket. I've got to get myself back out on the beach as soon as I can, after getting into bad lazy habits while I haven't been allowed to over the past couple of months (physio orders). Now I haven't got the motivation, lol. But it will happen pretty soon I think (how's that for procrastination, lol). Hope your day goes smooth and sweet. Love you too!
She sounds like an amazing person, @eth. So glad you have such a good friend, even if at a bit of a distance. Good that it will be less of a distance before long. Similar with my friend down south that I always visit out in the country when I'm there. She was a park ranger some years ago and was centrally involved in fighting the huge fires down there at that time. She's also into lots of alternative approaches to living. These days she makes beautiful hand-dyed fabrics, using all eco materials and printing from leaves and other plant materials. We've known each other since I was 13, but not always in a lot of contact over the years. The friendship has really blossomed again in the past decade or so.
Thank you so much, @eth. I feel the same.
I hear you on the expense of these trips. I am rather relieved that mum is coming up here this time and I won't spend as much money hopefully (though I do like to shout her for as much as possible while she's here, since it's expensive for her too). My savings have dropped by 3000 in the past year to eighteen months. That leaves about double that as my life savings. Not very well set up for older years, will have to cross that bridge when I get to it really.