Bits and Bobs

Its getting close to the silly season of Christmas so here is a bit of silly.

Every tradie that's a real tradie has to have a dog on the back of the ute to guard the tools.  This all I could afford.

 

Its been a bit warm as you can see, reaching a maximum of 37C today.  Looks like we are in for a very hot and dry Christmas, will have to take on a lot of fluids!!!.

We've had some new visitors arrive in the garden this week. These are Blue- faced Honeyeaters and we haven't seen them before. They are lovely and quite big, about 32cms and really enjoy the water bowl, mainly for bathing in.

The mature birds have this bright blue flash on the side of the head..........

........where as the juveniles have this yellow flash.

The Greenman has finally found a home ........

........and appears to be settling in well.  He will feel more at home as the plants grow.

After Halloween night Alex and Ben gave us some seeds from their pumpkin to see if we could grow them pumpkins for next year.  They are growing OK and seem to be taking over the rose bed.

These are about the size of a soccer ball.

They are doing really well considering that we don't water them, but they just get the run off from the roses.

Just finished icing the cake this morning.  I'm quite happy with it but Becky thinks hers is the best.  Mine is done freehand whereas she used a brush. Its the taste that counts!!!!

Summer.

Summer certainly came in with a bang this year.  Storms and high temperatures have been the norm for the first few days of the month. I think I would still prefer this to Elin and Jim's snow and minus14C

This is a page from the Sydney Morning Herald for the1st December. As you can see the forecast temperature was 41C and it did reach that but I forgot to take a photo of the temperature gauge.

 

Even the cat was feeling the heat.

Our new look for summer.  Lighter and brighter furniture covers.

These are some of the cars from the car club that turn up for our monthly tyre kicking and bragging session at Rouse Hill.

As I obviously had my camera with me I walked down the road and took photos that I had been meaning to do for a long time.

These are Bottle Trees (Brachychiton rupestris) but I think their shape gives the game away.

They are originally from Queensland but occasionally turn up here in New South Wales.

For some time we have been looking for a "green man" and now that we have found one the arguments, discussions will start on where to hang him.  Watch this space.