I believe I may have previously lamented at how I am not doing enough photography and I have tried to set myself a challenge of going out and taking some landscape photos every week. So watch this space. Hopefully I will persist. I have managed two weekend in a row now so that's a start.
With that in mind however, I did go and take some of the harrisia cactus while they were in flower and yes, I know they are noxious weeds, still very pretty though.
Look at this fat thing!!! It's a wonder it can fly with all the pollen on its legs.
I am finding it challenging to get nice landscapes here. I'm not sure why. Sounds a bit depressing doesn't it, I'm sure someone else would be able to find the right angles but I feel uninspired, so I end up taking photos of the trees.... which I love.
Can you imagine the conversation between these two emus.
"Shit it's hot Fred!!!"
"Hot Sally!!! It's like a dunny in the desert!"
"Hotter than a roo on a rotisserie"
"Fry an egg on the road, hot"
"Yeh, nah, yeh"
"Yeh bit warm that's for sure"
I know, another tree!! So pretty though.
Harder than you think to get the moon to do what you want.
I like the one I think.
Might have to come down one night and see if I can get a swan in the moonlight close up.
From my Phone
In reverse order... just for something different
Visits to see good friends.
Kids had their first day in the classroom. We didn't finish till 5:30... hopefully this isn't a sign of things to come. I'm not sure if "Zookeeper" was just the first thing that came to their heads, but apparently they don't want to be owners, just keepers.
Hasn't even started his Japanese lessons yet.
Miss thinks the bird bath is for her own personal use.
G man finally got a hair cut!
We started our coffee early this term. We came to town for our traditional Australia Day together with mum and managed to get a day of shopping in before kids had their couple of days at school in town.
Love the bike, and the buggy.
Had a tree over the fence. Was a bit of sweat coming out of us as I got a bit hot here. Nice to see some green grass around though! We got another 46mm two nights ago and that was just perfect to top everything up.
Our little sidekick
New Years Resolution platters look a bit more like this.
A bit of flood fencing and some respite from the heat while the water is running.
Love this rock shelf, even when it's dry.
Been following this page on facebook and they have some real gold.
Another tree....
Swamp is full again!!! YAY
I need to do an ID check on this, not sure what it is.
This is the biwash from the swamp. It's doing such a great job of slowing the water and spreading it out without gouging out the countryside.
With the 300+ mm we had I didn't even complain about the flood fencing or having to put them up twice after we got a quick storm.
I think he was upset that we locked him out.
Our crossing into Green Valley
Nothing like chilling out and dreading while the rain is falling. I'm reading "The Australian Wars" at the moment, it's not a page turner, but it is an interesting read.
More sourdough discard biscuits.
While the boys were at Alpha cricket day, I had all the kids... so hotdogs was on the cards.
Shaylee even came over for a visit too.
Kaka, Hayley, Brookie, Shaylee, Thomas, Gman and Myles.
Girls had fun in the pool.
Justin and the kids rescued this sugar-glider from a trough. Bit cute! He scrambled up a tree.
After and Before.
Gotta love a good tidy up. Was a good job to get done this holidays.
Tilly had her baby finally. She was very protective and didn't bring him out to see us for over a week. I think she was scared we would take him off her. We milked her out a bit being scared that she would get milk tetany. My new milking machine that I was excited to try, wouldn't even fit on her she was so engorged.
Betty got to Gman's shorts.
Scared shit outta me!!!
She's so damn cute with this unicorn!
G man made his xmas present, which I thought was a bit cool and we managed to get it done even with a few missing pieces.
A friend shared this on facebook and I thought it was so cool. Was an awesome representation of all the rivers in Australia.
And that's a wrap. I'm reading "All the Beautiful Things" with the kids as G man is part of a book reading group for school this term. It's very good actually set in Germany around the time of World War II with a young girl who had a disability.
And we just finished reading "The Wizard of EarthSea" which was alright. It was a nice story and very whimsical, but probably not such a page turner, however it did get us to Rocky and back.
We are full swing into school now and the kids seem to be settling into their routines alright. I am busily trying to get read for G man's 10th birthday party which is this weekend and is stressing my husband out because we haven't got much of a plan for who is coming or what everyone is eating or where they are sleeping, but I'm kinda just making it up as I got along. So it will be fun.... I hope.
Anyhow signing off now.
With Love
