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.

Rainbows and thunder

(this was suppose to be on the 13th April - I lost the post)

There was a huge full arc rainbow this afternoon! One end of it was doubled. Makes up for the huge storm and thunder that shook the roof of the house and made me turn everything off for the duration.

The problem with this time of year is that the grass never dries. It's just not hot enough. It is a very green world right now.

Don't you love this area? We cleaned out a kitchen cupboard and found redbacks in a box at the back. Watch out for those dark corners. The good news is that after years of thinking redbacks kill people I found out a while back that it's highly unlikely that would happen. The main problem with the bloody things is the extreme pain and how it doesn't go away. It's debilitating and persistent and it's hard to function which is why they have an anti-venom. Good basic info here: http://www.australianprescriber.com/magazine/29/6/156/8/