First a picture taken on my phone in my local park where I walk Louis each morning and afternoon. This was taken at 6.45am on 29 June 2014 just after sunrise.
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| The sun is just filtering through the tree canopy on the right. |
Back in April this year I posted a picture of the San Juan deciduous magnolia in flower in my front garden. I thought at the time that it was unusual for it to flower in our autumn and it has just flowered again in spring!
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| It is in full bloom for about four days |
Another springtime activity is getting Louis clipped. A couple of weeks ago I realized that it was becoming difficult to make out which end of Louis was whitch.
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| Louis asleep in my new chair in my little family room. Note that my computer table is empty as I can never sit in this chair. |
Last week I got the mobile dog grooming service to bath and clip him. This what emerged.
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| He is now on my recliner chair in the lounge and I am allowed to sit next to him. |
I have had a busy winter at Meals on Wheels as there has been a shortage of volunteers due to illness. Most of the volunteers, like me, are well into their seventies and have problems in our winters. Actually it has not been a bad winter but the flu has affected a lot of people this year.
I have also been riding with my club on Saturday mornings with the SOFs and also using my other bike for shopping once or twice a week.
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| The SOFs at a lookout taken in May. Note the awful weather:) |
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| Our view north. |
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| This is the foremast from HMAS Brisbane. The rest of it is a couple of kilometres out at sea as a dive wreck. |
I have also been giving monthly talks at my computer club so I have been quite busy.
On a more personal note, since Margaret died I have not been out to lunch in Noosa. We would go out most weeks and I suppose visiting those restaurants on my own felt odd. Well last week I decided to face up to the fact that life moves on and went out to the local RSL for lunch and had a superb meal of Beer Battered Barramundi, salad and chips. I enjoyed the meal and will try and make a weekly part of my life.
Finally I have decided that as I enjoyed my train journey on The Spirit of the Outback to go on another. This time I am going on the big one, The Indian Pacific. On Saturday week (13 Oct) I will take the early morning flight from Brisbane to Sydney and catch the Indian Pacific at Sydney Central Station. I will spend three days and nights on the train and there are planned excursions in Broken Hill, Adelaide, The Nullabor and Kalgoorlie before arriving in Perth. Here I will go on a few trips around the city and send a couple of days down the Margaret River visiting wineries and looking at the spring flowers. I fly back home on the 29th.
I will take my android tablet with me and, subject to 3G connection, will provide and account of the trip on this blog.
SOFs = Silly Old \Farts
SOFs = Silly Old \Farts
