Was it Kamahl who asked?

Why are people so unkind? I sit here and ask myself that same question tonight. Tonight my five year old daughter is somewhat traumatised and my seven year old son is asking why there are people out there who are so mean and I have no answer for him.

As much as I have issues with my ex-husband, their father I still believe that he deserves kindness and respect. A few months ago, two days after he moved into a house in a not so savoury, housing commission suburb here in Launceston . Someone took it upon themselves to knife all the tyres on his car and break the side mirrors. That was a pretty horrible thing to do and we were all shocked.

Last week he finally got his car back on the road, new tyres, mirrors and rego (with help from his mum) and last night someone (or group) firebombed it. No apparent reason, other than it seems to be a popular past time in this suburb lately.
This is a suburb that is reknown for it's "dodgyness" yet has no full time police presence, very rare patrolling of police and from what I can gather a general sense of "can't be fucked " by the police. These same police who attended last night and said there was no real chance of finding who was doing this, didn't question any neighbours as to whether they have seen anything one and couldn't be bothered looking for fingers prints because "we probably won't find any". Not good enough I say!

Now don't get me wrong. I am not doing a turn about on my thougths regarding my ex, however I don't believe ANYONE deserves this. He will not advocate for himself as he is incapable of it due to anxiety/depression but I sure as hell am not going to leave it at this.

I mean what happens next, they have no car to destroy so they throw a petrol bomb into the house where my kids could be? My kids didn't wake to the fire truck/police and exploding tyres but were upset enough to ask me to go pick them up first thing this morning (when normally they want to stay longer!). I am really torn about leaving them there again as I worry for their safety and just how much trauma they can take.
What is with this fucked up society we live in? What prompts a person/people to think hey, there is a car in excellent nick, lets completely fuck it up!

I doubt it was a personal attack at A (who really knows) but more of a random act of senseless violence.

One that upset a little boy who's birthday present soccer ball is now a melted mound of goop.

One that causes a little girl to sob anxiously that she can't get the picture of the burnt car out of her head and she doesn't want to keep seeing it, will they come back mummy?

Today we...........

Went to Corralynn. Not sure what direction out of Launceston it is (maybe North East) but about 15 minutes from our place and lovely. It seems people forget about it or choose not to frequent because it is never busy there. It is kind of like a crossroads of the river. the kids loved it!

when we got home we decided to plant the summer veg and tidy up the veg patch. We planted corn, tomatoes, lettuce, beetroot (redbeet), carrots and strawberries.

Cheekiness and cheerfulness

We stopped at a park in Cressy for lunch on Saturday. When I downloaded these photos I discovered just how cheeky my girl is......... See the face pulling in the first two pics LOL

Mum and I went to Tassie Art and Craft fair on Sunday and whilst walking from one venue to another I happened to look up and couldn't resist a picture as the tree looked so beautiful with the sunlight peaking through.

Nienna's Birthday Book for Nanna

Nienna wrote a book for Nanna. I did the writing for her but she came up with story etc

When the butterfly dad came to the family tree he said " What are you doing here? You're meant to be at the family house!"

Butterfly star loves her mum

When Star Butterfly and her mum found a lost baby butterfly they took him home. He got so sick and lonely on his own they had to bring him home and keep him.

Star butterfly is a mysterious girl and she likes having a baby

Long Weekend

i have had a flat out weekend and am knackered. On Sat we drove down and collected mum from CampbellTown then continued to Ross and wandered around the antique/craft stores and museums. Then went inland and drove for a bit and grabbed some lunch and picnicked in a park. On Sunday mum and I ditched kids (send to A's) and went to the Tassie Art and Craft Fair, it is amazing. Set in the town of Deloraine, several hundred stalls spread over 8 venues with buses to take you from venue to venue. We spent 4hrs there and had a great day, nice to just be me and mum for a change. Didn't spend much as it was all quite expensive. I bought a cheese showbag LOL and a couple of xmas decos for kids (I buy them a new one every year). Today Dad came up and collected mum, they stayed for lunch then took off. I took the kids down to this small reserve about 15 min from here called Corralynn and they had a swim and played. We didnt' stay long because I forgot to pack sunscreen and it is hot here atm. Came home and planted out the summer garden. Have corn, tomatoes, strawbs, beetroot, carrots, lettuce and I threw some old spuds in at the end too. Am having 5 min sit down before we start bath and usual school night ritual. Oh, we had a long weekend here for recreation, gotta love Tassie for it's monthly long weekends LOL

Will post some photos soon too