Along the water

The autumn weather has been lovely. Rori finally spotted what I've been waiting to see.....kangaroos.

We went on a walk along a neighboring lake. There is a nice trail that leads from our lake to this one.

They are humoring me, but really they want me to get out of the way so they can watch the roos. 

A Walk To Town

It takes between 15-20 minutes to walk into town from our house. I do it frequently, as the lake is in town, and I love to look at the water. This morning I had a mission, I had to take this:

Here:

And mail them to Jess in quarantine down in Melbourne. We collect Jess in early May, and I wanted her to have something nice to get her through her not-very-fun-time.  If you are thinking I am crazy for sending my dog a care package, I think you are crazy for thinking that.

As I walked toward and through town I thought about how pretty a place it is. How the small, quirky things make me like it here even more.  Here is a bit of what I saw along the way.

These are Galahs, and my favorite bird thus far. Hence the most pictures of them.

Now from real birds to fake ones...........

There are several of these mosaics in the walkway along the water front. This one is my favorite:

And that is just a tiny glimpse into the area in which we now live. Bright, happy, a wee bit of kilter.

and then they were 7

At the end of March we celebrated the girls birthday. We had a really lovely birthday party, but because I am uncomfortable putting other people's children on the internet, and I don't have the time/energy to blur their faces, there aren't any pictures of the party except two.  The first is of the cake, which a friend of mine made.  Yes, she is very talented.

And the second is of the pin the beak on the pelican that Dave made. He too, is very talented. He also created a life size snakes (chutes for the Americans) and ladders game.

Thanks to everyone that send presents. Or money for presents. They loved their gifts.

Aunt Sally sends the best clothes!!

The Long Weekend

With four (yes four!!) days off work we headed up to Sydney. It was a great time, and we just missed the rain!

We stopped here for lunch, it was lovely

See, we DO get fall colors here.

We didn't see any platypus, but we had our own.

The biggest ship I've ever seen.....

Look what was hiding behind the ship!!

So we took a walk over to the Opera House, and took a few more pictures.

A visit to the Observatory (fun for the family, no line)

Followed up by me dragging everyone to through the markets. We didn't have enough time, so another visit is in order!