We are all winners and lots of rain.

A busy week this week so far, after a weekend of massive rainfall we had all May's rainfall and some of Junes in one weekend, lots and lots of leaves and a few broken branches and masses of wet firewood everywhere.  Lots of damage to the coasts from king tides, some of the very expensive houses lost their back yards and foundations, one even lost a swimming pool into the ocean why you would have a swimming pool when you you live on the beach is beyond me.

We didn't go to Bingo on Monday as no one was 100% and lots to do at home so we went Tuesday and we were all winners Barbara and I both won at bingo and her mum won on the poker machines now that never happens, well not much.  

The club was full of dancers, local schools often have shows there but this was more like a final competition as all different groups were there, loved the pirates, so much noise and excitement.

We went for a walk around Bankstown after Bingo, I've never seen this statue before so we stopped to read all about why it was there.
I was after bamboo wool, very hard to get this year for the coming grandchildren it's lovely to knit and lovely to wear, good if you have skin problems it was in all the shops a few years ago no luck so far this year.

On the way home we called into a friends place .
I couldn't resist taking photos he has lot's of things of interest in his back yard, it's the middle of winter so the plants are not at their best, but this little lady cheers the place up a lot.

The wombat is in no danger the croc is a bit small.

You never know when you will want one.

Or a beer with a croc, he will want you for after beer snack.

I do love this table maybe not used so much in the winter good for barbques.

all his water bowls are full of fresh rainwater too.

Great little bridge so the ducks don't get their feet wet.

And a kangaroo hiding

The pond was very empty after all the rain, it has a leak.

Blue skies and sunshine on the way home

but didn't last long the sun was sinking very fast

That's all for today, talk to you soon.

A slow week and a house auction.

Quiet week last week one and a half days I was very ill, throwing up on Wednesday night and Thursday not to good at all, have no idea why.
One of those 24 hour things but mine went a bit longer, ok now but still off my food, well that won't hurt too much I have reservers.
Kicked Leeroy out of the bedroom so she moved into the guest room between the warm quilts just check out the look I'm getting, will leave her in peace.

Made a blanket for my grandchildren.
Took a picture of this wonderful tree on the way home from Bingo on Monday.

On Saturday the house on the corner was Auctioned so of course we went to have a look.

 Everything is brand new not as flashy as I thought but this is the most buttons I have ever seen on a shower, 3 bathrooms all with these controls.

 I have never seen so many perfumes on a dressing table before not sure why they left the deodorant and vaseline in view

 The light in the stairs was truly different as were all the curtains.

 Only one wardrobe storage would be a problem, the beer fairy was surprised they had fitted 5 bedrooms, it was 2 story but the block is very small .

 But these washbasins were very different, two of the bathrooms had these.

 This was the top of the shower.

The other gold bowl.
The Auction didn't go well they wanted to start at $950,000 but only got one offer at $850,000 so it was passed in, will let you know how much when I hear through the grapevine.
Lots of rain here at the moment but the rain held off for the auction so they were lucky there.

Last week was a bit busy.

This guy has moved into my wood pile but didn't last long my cats killed him and left him in the lounge room the other night but at least he was dead not like the mouse.

The other day I went shopping in Parramatta, lots of changes happening there.
This is the 90 story building that is go up, there has been talk about it for a few years now but it's started now.

Other buildings all over the place cranes everywhere.

The old church is still there and the park around it.

and all the trees

but Parramatta has changed a lot in my life time.
When we were kids my sister and I would sometime go shopping with mum and the highest building was 3 stories high it was the only big department store there and it had a cafe, to eat out in those days was a treat now their are lots of places it's hard to make up your mind what to have.

We all got together my son and daughter in law were visiting from QLD so my daughter and her fellow came over for dinner, just some silly snaps of everyone but me.

Sleepy times the chicken was very nice .

I had a mark on my coffee table from a hot thing  this will disappear in a few weeks you put lots of polish on it cover it and it returns to its normal colour or that's what has happened in the past.

I moved Pidges water bowl, well how dare I he was not happy but decided in the end moved water was better than no water

The children leaving in there bright orange car, do you know how rare orange cars are.
We counted yellow cars for a week once there was under the hundred and there was six people doing it in different areas, there are more yellow ones than orange.

My furry man is visiting.

Last week was not too good .

A troublesome wisdom tooth a upset tummy and a bout of hayfever made things a bit crabby so I've not been on the blog much.

This weekend Angus is staying, it's been a while so I've missed my furry man, his owners are going up the Hunter to a wedding so today we just hung out in the garden a wonderful warm and sunny day, winter is just around the corner but you would never know. 

The cats are all asleep inside but Angus likes the garden and has his pig to play with.

Drummy is around somewhere. 

 Oh there she is, these two get on ok but respect their own space

 I just followed him around and took photos as you can see her was usually heading off somewhere.

 Drummy took to hiding so she could dig up worms and snails in peace, her comb is now a lovely red colour so in much better health and putting on weight so I'm pleased.

 My new tree is doing ok.

 I'm still following him but not much happening.

 So just random photos now.

The sun is gone and it's getting chilly time to go inside.