Life is Busy

For some reason or other, the pace has picked up lately.  Apart from the work I do at home, I gave my daughter a hand in their business the other day, I've been helping Jane out with her work, then mum was worried that she hadn't heard from her brother who lives on the other side of the country (it was cheaper for me to ring him than for her to ring), so that was a long chat...but it was lovely to speak with him; then my youngest daughter rang and asked me to go shopping...had to do that, just to keep an eye on her!  So what with one thing and another my blog writing, as well as other writing, have taken a back seat.

However, I have been taking photos...the camera has been in use, anyway, with the thought that I'd eventually get a post done.  See...I do think of you all...


These two photos below are from a fishing trip I went on last Sunday.  Didn't catch anything, it was more of a fish feeding exercise.  The pod of dolphins hanging round didn't help much either.  They were rounding up the fish for a good feed and wouldn't chase them our way, although it was lovely to see dolphins.


We went out onto the Broadwater from Runaway Bay down on the Gold Coast and eventually anchored just north of Couran Cove (sorry, Queenslanders will know where I mean).  On the way to this spot we passed a couple of interesting homes...have a look:

This one is built over three acres at a cost of approximately $A30 million...that's right...$30m.  Some bigwig in business is building it.  It's so long, one would need a golf buggy to go from one end to the other.  However, it  would be very handy if one had a row with one's spouse...they could disappear quite easily and wouldn't be found for a week!

Now this one belongs to the Big Kahuna of Nike Australia.  See the swoosh on the roof?  I guess that makes the house a tax write off because it's advertising.  Good thinking...

Nothing like starting 'em young...

Cooper mowing the lawn with the hand mower.  Well, he has to learn sometime...

Remember, I had previously mentioned our peculiar weather...the seasons out of whack and so on?  Check these out...
 

One of the two magpie chicks that I've been feeding lately.

A frangipani that still thinks it's summer.  These trees are deciduous and usually bare by the end of March, early April.  This photo was taken last week...as you can see, it's still flowering and has all its leaves.

A cattleya orchid with the same problem...the flowers, I mean.  They don't die down.

Another cattleya orchid...love the colours.  I've never seen one with these colours before.

I trust you're all well and enjoying your life, and if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, I hope the weather is just lovely for you...notwithstanding Icelandic volcanoes spewing dust through the atmosphere.