More work

Last night Hugh added side steps and it now has dark tint on the windows..

Hughs bedroom companion

Hugh found a new guest in his bedroom, who we have called "Charlie"

Pleasant Sunday evening

Hugh worked a shift at the Saville where I picked him up and then we went to Mindil, where Hughie became part of the buskers act, steadying his ladder whilst he juggled flaming sticks.

Around the house...

Market sunset

Hugh and I popped into the Mindil Market for Sunday tea.

The beach was busy with tourists snapping the sunset.

Macro view of bougainvillea

My efforts of super macro ended up being rather abstract. These two are of bougainvillea in the back garden


"The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colors associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow: from Wikipedia

Lunch at Corroboree Park

We had lunch at the Corroboree Park Tavern and checked out the locals again:
Brutus the saltwater crocodile was out sunning himself on his lawn by his private pool.

August trip to Fogg Dam

Hugh and I took the 4WD out to Fogg Dam for a photography trip:




Being towards the end of the dry, there is not a lot of water,
nor are there huge flocks of birds although still plentiful.
We saw Egrets, Magpie Geese, a couple of Jacanas,some Glossy Ibis (click here for more information) etc
The flowers are still pretty though.

Adelaide Skyline

Karen at Elder Park, she dropped me off in the city.

I spent the day in the city waiting for our flight home

The cats

There are three cats running the house at Redwood Park, Petal a tiny Siamese:


and dear Molly, part Oriental who survives despite a chronic lung condition:


and there is Bee who rules the garden.

Catching up with friends

Had a dinner with Barbara and her children and sister Jo and Wayne her husband and also with long time associate, Philip Keane.





Max enjoyed himself



On the Sunday we drove to Birdwood for a junior football carnival for young Max and Karen drove up to catch up with Barbara and convey me back to Adelaide.