Spiders and Topp Twins

Another pic from Tregear Reserve. The flower this spider is sitting on is maybe 2cm across. It's more luck than good management that I got this pic. I did know the spider was there but it ran under the flower when I took the first pic. Amazingly, for such a small critter, it ran back up on top of the flower just as I was ready to take the next one. I haven't looked it up yet to find out what it is, when I do I'll post it's name.


Has anyone local seen the huge glaring yellow light that's been put up, presumably to highlight the sculpture at the entrance to Ropes Crossing on Forrester Road, but instead it's angled into the eyes of drivers coming up Forrester? Pretty bad. I think the RTA might be the best people to report that to?

We went to see the Topp Twins at St Marys Leagues club last night. They getting better as they get older. The whole room was cracking up most of the evening, and you could tell the ones who'd never seen them before, they laughed the hardest. My cheeks ended up sore from laughing so much. And on top of that they are excellent musicians and amazing yodelers. Wonderful night.

Kangaroos

I walked in the Reserve on the weekend, took a few photos. I'll put a few up here.


They look so free, as if they fit, even with the bike frame in the tree, as if they belong, as if it's their space - but of course they aren't protected either. There's no fence since they left the ADI site. And there's dogs roaming.

Day off

So, after the lovely cool break in the weather last time I wrote it got insanely hot again, and now we're having another cool break! Happy Australia or Survival Day, whichever way you go, I hope you're all having a lovely day. Public Holiday for me, I'm not at work, makes me happy!

It's been so hot and dry I've been watering parts of my garden with grey water. Bath and washing machine water pumped out of the washing machine using a long hose. You have to be careful with that though, you'd have to be very sure of the pump on your machine. My daughter blames pumping grey water for her washing machine breaking down. Mine is pretty strong I think and it only pumps water down hill. My plants are very happy for it.

Lovely weather

See what going back to work does to me?? It's been so long since I posted!

Tregear has been very quiet at my end, the only thing I noticed was a boy on a dirt bike being seen by ambulance people in the reserve across the road a couple of weeks ago. I didn't see what happened, but he didn't have a helmet on of course. Of course it's soooooo much safer riding a motorbike in the reserve than on the road that, of course, no one needs helmets over there.

I'm loving this cool change. It was actually a touch chilly in the back yard this morning.