Phoebe lays turf

Phoebe bought some turf and laid it.  She also bought rocks and things that she put round the fire. 

Erg#10

Today started at 6 with 5k erg #10 coming in with a time of 20:38.

 9 sec better than last Sundays but 12seconds off my pb from 17 may.

Then a lovely couple of hours coaching rowing.  

What a stunning morning. Big blue skies, a slight chill in the air and lovely and warm in the sun.

No Mags as she is recovering from her recent hospitalisation and figured keep her quiet and away from river water. 

Rowing

Today I rowed in the #1 crew. 4 seat.  It was blowing a gale. We had an outgoing tide and wind in the opposite direction. This whipped up some decent waves. It was heavy going. We turned just before the aerial. 

In the way back we took on some water and stopped a few times. 

On land, the wind chill kicked in. The hot shower was great but fingers were still somewhat numb.

$10 000 dog

Sunday evening Mags was out for a walk with FM and suddenly vomited and poo'd.  Then passed out on the footpath. 

FM called and I grabbed my car and drove to the location and picked her up.  I had to carry her to the car.

Picked up Phoebe who lay in the back with Mags. As we drove to the vet, Phoebe spoke to them and examined and reported on the condition of her gums and lips. 

We went to the 24hr vet at Stones corner.   They rushed her out the back. While we waited I contacted my crew and cancelled Monday rowing.  About half an hour later we were ushered to the back area and Mags was lying on a table.  Upon hearing my voice,  She looked up and wagged her tail. She was weak and her heart beat was over 200bpm.

We left her and went home. 

Next day (Monday 1 June) they called early and provided a status update. 

TUESDAY 2 JUN

Went in after gym in the morning,  came back middle of the day and they got me to take her for a walk. 

It was lovely to see her able to move but she was not eating and lacking stamina. 

 Came back in the late afternoon. Megan came in too.

Heart rate down a bit.  They were pumping Lignocane into her to try and stablise her. 

WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE 7:30am

After rowing.  Dropped in. 

Took her for a walk. 

Wednesday 3 June 1:30pm

She didn't want me to leave. 

Wednesday 5pm

She had faded. No energy. 

it was decided to keep her overnight.  Observation. 

THURSDAY 4 JUNE

No rowing and Ben not available for coffee.  Got up at 4:30. Showered and dressed and drove in. I advised she was right to take home.  Great news. 

FRIDAY 5 JUNE

First full day at home. Phoebe feed her multiple small meals of chicken. 

Happy Birthday to Dan

Dan advised he'd like a Chocolate Mud Cake.  We decided to have a cake off.  I bought Chocolate mud cakes from Coles, Aldi and woolies.  In Woolies I saw another cake that said "Happy Birthday " so I bought that as well. 

We samples all cakes.  There were small differences in taste and consistency.   No distinct winner. It did seem that the $30 special cake was similar to the $7 cakes. 

5k Erg#9

Things seem to have plateaued at just under 21 minutes. 

#9 20:47. 31-Mat-2026 @centenary 6am 27spm 100kg

Today was kind of in the swing. Not a disaster and not memorable.  Kind of on par with yesterday park run being slightly slower than my PB but still in the ball park. 

I didn't try anything special.  Just hooked into it. I think it's more a mental thing at the moment. 

#9 20:47. 31-Mat-2026 @centenary 6am 27spm 100kg

#8 20:50 27-May-2026 @home 4:30pm 26spm variable

#7 20:38 24-May-2026 @cent 101kg DF115. 27spm

#6 20:26. 17-May-2026 @Centenary. 102kg DF116 28spm

#5 21:26. 10-May-2026 @centenary 102kg

#4. 20.57 6-May-2026 101.6kg

#3 21:17 26-APR-2026 @Centenary 101kg

#2 21:26. 22-Apr-2026 @home

#1 21:45 15-Apr-2026 @home

100.3

GOMA

We are at GOMA

On the black wall is a family tree style drawing which I take to represent black people. On the table are corner's reports and government reports. In white which is to me symbolic of the white reports into the deaths of black people. 

Phoebe took these.  She's so good at composition. 

I took this. 

This was totally weird. I'm not sure what it was trying to actually say but the message to me is its symbolic of public service waste.

To remember the 6m jews killed in WW2 by the NAZIs.  How about the 100000 Lebanese killed by Israel in 2025, 26.  I also ponder why theres such support, in Australia, for Israel to commit what I view as genocidal murder

Loved the new artwork.  I love art that you can touch.  This is fun.