Big Thirsty Aussies

Well, another uneventful week has passed. Tory still not on "L's", most likely next weekend although she doesn't seem to be putting the pressure on. Had a couple of good beach walks through the week, just can't get the dolphins to hold still long enough for a good shot.     Spent the weekend in the garden mostly, chiles and tomatoes. I made a herb tree from an old book display from the library. Gave it  a coat of green to make it a bit "less" visible then  planted it up. Will be interesting to see how it works out. Each shelf-level spins around the pole so I can alter what is getting the sun when. Got the Tomatillo corner happening as well Yay!   Old book display   A coat of green A bit oc coconut fibre, soil and some herbs    Herb Tree   Our first rose ready to open "Tortuga"    I leave you with a photo of the back of my eyeballs... cool huh?

A mellow week full of more rain and day to day stuff.  Nice walk on the beach this morning at the "Silver Hour" (that time of morning when the sun is at just the right spot that the bay is a big silver pool). Doesn't really show in these pics but glaringly beautiful.   Point Perpendicular Jervis Bay    Point Perpendicular from Collingwood Beach @ Illfracombe St   Caught sight of a different type of bird down the back, a White Necked Heron. Rumour has it there are some black swans that have been hanging around will keep an eye out.     White Necked Heron     We now have an ittle bittle bunnykins living under the house. It must be an escaped pet as it is not the usual dull grey of the wild feral beasts. A bit worried it was akin to the Monty Python rabbit and was about to rip out our jugulars but this turned out not to be the case. So we dubbed it Alejandro(pronounced al a kkhhhaaan dro).   Alejandro!    We were also paid a...

SPRING! Well, our school break draws to a close today. We didn't really do much other than relax. We had one of the highest tides we have seen here. Went to Aunty Jo's for the long weekend to watch all the different footy finals. Go Manly! Pete and Boris donned Wallabies Jerseys for the World Cup game (not a final).                                                      Criquette did not really want to be a Wig                                                     ...

This Noisy Minah is vigorously attacking last years nest ( that had blown out of tree where it was last year) in search of prime building materials ( including fishing line) with which she is constructing this years hatchery. Thank christ it's in the house next door this time as they don't come by the name "Noisy Minah" lightly.  Our old friend "Butch" a Crimson Rosella is still with us even he is looking a bit ragged around the edges. Wesley, a fine example of a  male King Parrot has finally lowered himself to taking food from our hands.   Timmy.... Timmy, Timmy, Timmy, what to say about Timmy. 2 years ago a little baby Tim had an injured foot and could not keep up with its family. As it was the Christmas season and it  was crippled the name Tim seemed appropriate. We set up a safe place  with water and food both on and under our veranda. Suffice to say she has thrived and flys and now comes with a boyfriend Tammy. He is thus named...

 Spring is in the air..... Ok so there is still a week yet to go , however this was our last weekend of winter and what a great one it has been (minus the flu and feeling like crap). I will take the glass being half... nay... three quarters of the way full as even though I was feeling physically sub par, the mental weekend has been brilliant. Friday Tory turned sweet sixteen: We had our last fire of the "legal" burning off period. A Sunday  on the creek in the afternnon sun is always a good thing. The low tide revealed a new crop of oysters - Karl you have to come help me eat these no one here will- just a good day on the creek: and as if that wasn't enough, the Sea Eagles, the Wallabys and the Seahorses all won their games go teams... lets hope the Dragons can round off the weekend with a victory as well (although I do not hold my breath). Merle:

.......we went with good old fashioned car trouble. This past weekend saw us at Kylie and Pete's home for the celebration of his  Semicentennial or  Quinquagenary as it is more commonly known. it was a great time and pictures follow: Friday dinner at the Workers followed by an enjoyable evening (most of which I can clearly recollect). Saturday mid-morning saw us heading out for a pub/club crawl. Those more adventerous souls chose to cross on the derelict bridge whose history (some thing about playing chicken with a train, blow-up dolls...) will not appear on these pages. Then we headed up the track to our first destination.... The RMYC: followed up by the Toronto Pub: Then onto the Toronto Workers Club: A sign of age perhaps when a pub crawl consists of 3 places wherein we had 1 beer each. Also put a real quick 10 through the pokies.... real quick. This a  big Jockey Jersey from an old Melbourne Cup. This horse (Kapstaad Way) was ...