A couple of days of winter sunshine.

I found the beer fairy checking out the base of this tree, it was killed when they were building the house next door and hit a tap root, we will have to remove this one too as the base is being eating by bugs or it's just rotting away.
Its been holding the bogie up and is a mass of flowers in the spring and summer, pity but they will have to go, well the dead tree will but the bogie will recover.

Pidge was sitting up here looking around, he looked very regal but the moment I picked up the camera he took off, he's a bit camera shy.

My seat is taken, guess who and sound asleep.

New clock for outside.

The pole outside was taken down, they replaced it months ago but just left it there, of course I missed it, it took about 10 mts to take down but they must have talked about it for over a year.

My Bird of Paradise, lovely thing.

The herb garden is not looking too good at the moment but it is winter and some one furry likes the spot for snoozing, will have to move out for spring.

Head down tail up can't stop I'm looking for worms.

My barbque and clothes line area need a lot of work this spring,

There is lots of sun up the back now since we took out the other tree,  it will be hot in summer.

 It's feeding time and we want it now,     please.
Ok you can bugger off now we are eating.

 This afternoon I fiddled with my pond, over the last couple of weeks I have dug out a hole or two put in formwork and a few bricks and a sand base now all I have to figure out is how the pump and filter all work but not in a hurry water is very cold to play with at the moment.

Finely got a picture of Pidge sitting on the drinking bowl but not as regal as the other day.

 And here is the clock all set up and working.
Had to ask for help the drill was smoking and not doing very much it turns out it was running backwards, the bit broke but we found another small one and that did the job.
The clock has two sides so you can see the time from the end of the garden.

Here is the base of that tree, not to stable, there is a pole holding it up at the moment.

Time for a coffee I think.

Last week's events.

Last monday went to the club as usual, but the week before we had missed out and they had changed our bingo area, they are doing changes in our usual area so we in the new upstairs area where they have the live shows, the seats are very small and we never get there early enough to get a table and we are not winning much so the area is missing luck for us but it's not for long so we will hang in there.
This picture is showing you the roof it must give good sound but it looks like cardboard boxes to me.

Kidney just does know if she wants to go inside or out, we just had a mini heat wave for winter the other day we were the same temp as London and they are in high summer,  I am wondering if our summer this year is going to be a very hot one, I hope not.

Our sunny morning tea area.

Afternoons are spent burning off the tree we cut down and bits of wood that has lead paint on it we don't think it's safe in a enclosed areas so we don't burn it in the inside fireplace.

These were once compost bins but they fell apart so I'm cleaning out the area.

Drummy laying a egg, they are few and always in different spots at the moment but as we don't know how old she is maybe she is slowing down.

my elephant needs a clean

On Friday last week I went to visit my friend at Ashfield, this was a old peoples home years ago but now they are building units around the old building as it's protected and there is a fair bit of land, so the old building is staying, I wonder what they will turn it into, not sure if it will all work together.

We had lunch and home made biscuits, very nice too.

Her mum was a bit cold, me too, this was before our warm days.

we both took pictures of the biscuits, they were very good.

She gave me some plants for my daughters place out the front, her house is very close to the city and the front yard is tiny with very little sun  so the Broms and lilies do well here but flowers don't do so well.

I spent Friday night at her place and she planted out everything on the Saturday morning.

Then we went to a nearby cafe for breakfast, for me that's unusual as there are no cafe's near my place but where she lives there are many and close by too so we walked.

So I took photos on the walk home.

A day in Sydney, at the Art Gallery and other places.

Today my mate Barb and I went into the city for the day, to check out the painting in the Archibald portrait painting.
Firstly this is the local cafe next to the supermarket under new management and now selling camel burgers not sure if I will give them a try.

We were not going anywhere near the shops or the city centre but heading to the gardens and the Domaine for the day also a quick tour around Hyde Park and The Art Gallery. When we arrived in the city the first thing we saw was this fellow not sure if he was a fellow or maybe a lady, all wrapped up in a blanket and sound asleep, it's been a while since I seen a homeless person asleep on a park bench.

The two seats were vacant, we could use them on the way back but we forgot our blankets, so I guess no naps.

The war memorial

and the pool of reflection

Centrepoint tower

This was a flag about the Sydney to surf but the wind dropped as I was taking the picture.

The trees lining the path down to the fountain.

St Marys

There is always a bride having her photo taken.

Great fountain lots of water going everywhere.

Centerpoint tower is maybe Westfields tower now but no one told me.

Morton bay figs they are pretty big trees.

Now when you come across a bunch of people and very large plastic balls in a field you wonder what happens next,

Well they pop them over their heads and guess what.

They play football, sort of, well no injuries but if you fell over would you  roll off the field, it looked like fun.

The last time we went to the Art Gallery, there was a sign up to say cameras were not to be used but today lots of people were taking pictures with their phones so I had to ask and was told they are now allowed but  no flashes so I took a few in the general part some turned out some didn't.  

I like the clouds in this one

Cool river scene

Sweet little fellow dozing in the alley

This one is not a happy chappy

This is a crazy tree

and ones with big roots

The afternoon is clouding over time to head home.

My friend in the gardens

A rainbow to welcome me home.

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