pretty skies

jose took the incredible top photo of a derby storm. miss those skies! i get to see him soon - can't wait! also took a sunset photo here outside the house and later saw a really cool sun shining through the new glass by the door.

blue tongue, moon and chair

a little baby blue tongue lizard was unfortunate enough to find himself in our back yard with miski. she didn't hurt him thank goodness but i don't think he'll be coming back. too bad because they are very cute. had a nice crescent moon rise the other night outside our house.  and my lovely neighbor made me a cushion cover for my newly painted cherry red chair!  yay!

Our first fig!

How cute is our little first fig?! Love it!

Pretty skies, lazy weekend and tiny lemons

This week was pretty nuts and on the crappier side of weeks if I'm honest. Anyway going out on Friday to those shows with friends did me good but I have managed to do nothing productive really this weekend. Sigh. Though I probably need the rest considering how busy I've been and that we go to Sydney for the us visa interview next week. Yikes! Long travel for one day. So gearing up for that and it's always hard to have that many days off work especially right now with the pending move to the new hospital and all. Anyway did manage to take moo for a romp and saw amazing clouds and then we napped. Did a bit of house puttering and cleaning and gardening. My veggies are growing quite well. Yay! Though Miski keeps eating the tips off my lemongrass. Sneaky. Doing battle with snails and slugs and caterpillars. They used to be my friends but now that it's my garden I'm not so keen. Still think they are cute tho. And found two teeny lemons on our tree that had been choked by other bushes before we moved in! How cute! Many more have started to bud and I'm sure they'll be bigger now that the tree actually can breathe and get some sun and water. It rained today for the first time in ages. So kind of nice but also means I can't do more planting or painting. Forces me to rest which is a good thing. and i'm babbling!

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Free comedy shows!

Albany has some pretty great events. The newish entertainment centre right in town on the waters edge hosted three free events this weekend. Awesome! First up was the exchange, 5 guys from the US who met on one of those talent shows in the states and sing crazy good acapella. They were so talented and it was so fun to hear some american accents and humour again ;) Then an Aussie singer/comedian taking about the women's weekly cake book that all Aussie kids pick their bday cakes from apparently. I remember a few that margot did for stason way back when. I got about 90% of the jokes which I was pretty proud of-I'm well and truly integrated here. Then divalicious, an operatic/comedic duo. They had the most incredible voices and sang lots of songs I knew and were quite funny. And it was all free! Can't get over it. So much fun!

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Fun with ponds

Took little Miski to the park with a pond today. It was pretty hot so all she wanted to do was loll in the pond. First time I've ever seen her pass up playing with the soccer ball. Also today Jose's drivers license came! So exciting! I'm so proud of him :)

Bathroom done and more veggies

Had a slow start to today but eventually got going and finished up the second toilet room. Yay! Just need a new doorknob and it's all done! Also planted a bunch of herbs and veggies out back and am hoping I can develop a green thumb. Got some lettuce, dill, more mint, lemongrass, kale, climbing spinach and a passion fruit vine. Yum.