Rain and other events

The wind was so crazy yesterday when the storm came that when I ran outside to rescue my laundry on the clothesline, I had to put my foot in the laundry basket to prevent it from blowing away :) I love storms though. Apparently a number of shops locally were flooded out and some had roofs collapse as well. Excitement.

The rain unfortunately washed away most traces of the childish behaviour from the other night of neighbour Theo and I, when we went and wrote in the gravel of the car park next door. Giant initials and love hearts and things. That was after we went and lay on the soccer oval and watched cloud pictures in the sky.

This carpark is the same one that had me hiding from people going past my kitchen window in tractors and had me appearing in the local paper with another neighbour to apparently vent my frustration at the lack of community consultation. Oh, hey, I'll let you see the article:

I seem to be a public figure lately (not really). I also won some money through a local shopping centre competition the other week and was notified by a telephone call broadcast on local radio. I could barely understand some of my hysterical ramblings when I listened to it later :).

Last night I babysat for my little bro and sis, which in a roundabout way involved a La Porchetta birthday dinner and Theo was roped in to watch a Star Wars video (that was obviously serious boy business).

I'm off to do some cooking now, will report back later with my achievements.

More holiday fun for all

Some random holiday shots:

We pruned: this lemon tree is now but a shadow of its former self…. But there’s another great big lemon tree to compensate, and this one’s now all beautiful Meyer lemon (was a graft and the normal lemon was hogging all the nutrients).

When I was a kid, I remember peeling the sap from trees & holding it up to the light & looking through the amber colour & wondering where they got real amber from, and just enjoying the golden sappiness. We probably didn't help the poor tree which must have been afflicted by something in the first place to make it leak sap all over the place. Still, there's some pleasant childhood memory feelings associated with this sappy tree here. (Note: I did not touch the sap on this here tree).

Path that begins some long adventurous journey....


My favourite window seat, yet again. Perfect for crocheting, reading or just resting, especially with a cup of tea :)

From the outside, too!

Girl and Dog

I would have gone op-shopping, but the car battery was flat (I assume that was the problem) when I went to leave, and that was the last day. Next time!

On the way home:

Flowers I bought for myself at Southern Cross station - Jonquils and (stock?).

Mmmm lamingtons Dad made himself from work to eat on way home

Very threatening looking rain cloud we are approaching, but I’m nice & snug in the train….

My seating arrangements, all my crocheting & other paraphernalia surrounding me!

Note the mostly-invisible magazines on the right, against the seat- they are a gorgeous Country Style and a puzzle one that I only bought because I didn’t have enough for the eftpos, otherwise :{

Enjoying rain

I was bypassing the supermarket on my way home the other day and it had just started raining. The sun still shone, and someone pointed out a double rainbow to me.

That was worthy of a photo in itself, but the street and the town looked so nice, the late-afternoon sun shining through the rain, everything all clean and shiny, people running from verandah to verandah (me being one of them, while trying to take photos at the same time, without drawing too much attention to myself!). It was very nice and sweet and peaceful in a busy-rain-avoiding way.

You can't really tell in the photo that it is actually still raining. I think it was actually even getting quite heavy by the last photo! :)