The weather improved enough yesterday to allow us to take a long walk and check out some new neighborhoods. Only once did we have to take shelter under the eaves of nearby building to wait out a passing squall. It felt good to give our legs a good workout.
Today the weather was spectacular. The lawn had actually dried out enough in most areas that I attempted to mow it; something it needed badly. On the front of Kaz’s mower it reads in big bold letters “The Bastard.” If this were any other country I’d think someone just put a sticker on the machine as a joke, but this being Australia I could believe that is actually the brand name. Anyway, The Bastard did fairly well, although it is clearly not made for a tall person, as my sore back will attest. Deborah had to relieve me for a spell; she said it was the first time in probably 30 years that she had mowed a lawn. We managed to get most of the extensive yard mowed but there were some areas that were still too wet. What should have been obvious to me from the start is that it is not at all easy to mow a swamp.
Deborah did a bit more pruning today as well so with the newly trimmed grass the yard looks much better. Kaz and family will be here tomorrow for the big reveal. We look forward to showing her all the changes – inside and out. She assures us she will like whatever we’ve done, but if not she can take solace in the fact that we will be out of the country in a couple of days and thereafter unable to do any more damage.
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Waiting for a flood? _
Typical, simple house.
In a new neighborhood called Cooloola Sands.
We quite like this one. It's really a couple of separate buildings with a common interior covered courtyard plus separate decks for each building plus a shared carport with its own curved cover.
More kookaburras(photo by Deborah)
Last night's rainbow.