Friday, October 14, 2022

#2132 Friday 14th October

Kaylia has just arrived home from her day at Workpower....... I guess her behavior is part teenage and part autism ..... she walked in without any acknowledgement or greeting. It gets very tiresome  to have to teach even the most basic of social skills.

I'm gradually setting Bob up for the desert trip I plan to do in the future.  Two tools arrived today....
A bead breaker
....this is to help remove the tyre from the wheel rim.
And a snatch block....
This is used on the winch cable to double the pulling force of the winch.
Both these items are things I would have bought 30 years ago when I had other land rovers...... at the time I would have considered the current price to be very good value. So in today's values they're very cheap..... and the quality is very good.

Thursday, October 13, 2022

#2131 Thursday 13th October

We've been home for a week now. Our little holiday in Albany was very good.  It was good to see the Forests again.  (So many good memories of times past in Manjimup and Northcliffe)
The drive home from Albany was pleasant...... I'm always struck by the way that Kaylia is such a good traveller. She is always quietly attentive to the passing scenery..... she's never bored or demanding.  I'd be very happy to take her on a really long trip.

Today I've been pondering the relationship between memory and imagination.  I'm very sure that Kaylia lacks any ability to visualize in her mind..... yet she quite clearly can remember past events and places. She frequently wants to cycle through the photos of past trips and places.... I think this is her tool to use instead of visualizing her memories.  I sometimes prompt her to verbalize her memories.... so far it hasn't worked. She much rather have me tell her the story.   .... and every night we go through the story of the next trip in store for her.

The saga of the Range rover continues..... still no certificate from the engineer.... so no registration yet. Today I've been constructing another built-in storage. 
This one is accessed from the outside and it houses the air compressor and tyre tools.
i saw this picture.... and was impressed. It shows a V8 engine with just the moving parts!
.....and I couldn't leave this next one out!