Jumpers and Jazz and the cold weather that comes with it

The middle of July is the start of the annual Jumpers and Jazz festivities in Warwick. Every year I can remember the decorations have been put on the trees and it has not even been 24 hours, and it has rained. Well, nothing out of the ordinary this year, either, but I did get a few photos before the decorations got wet ! What a miserable day, though ! LOL This might give you an idea ...

It felt like it was going to snow any minute ... anyway I managed to get these photos ...

That is the Post Office behind the statue in the second last photo. The past mayor always gets a scarf and beanie, every year :)

The "white" items are from Leslie Park, and were taken on Monday, when it was just a little warmer, and brighter, between the clouds :)

More photos to follow , hopefully tonight, after tea ...

For now,
Deb :)

Feeling the time slipping by ...

Where has the time gone, and where have I been you ask ? Well I know we went down to the river on the 18th and saw where all the river had flooded a little bit, as the following photos show

The water came right over the path, and the Council have washed it off and cleared any debris off the trees and from the river. It was smelly though.

 

This and a few more like it, were only placed here a few weeks ago. The grass hasn't even "set" and it got an extra drink this week :)

In the middle of the photo is a cement path we usually walk along, but the small creek was flooded over it, as we saw walking on the other side of the river. We watched as a cyclist came riding along at a fairly fast speed, and heard the squeal of brakes and exclamation, as he found it it flooded. The ducks were enjoying themselves, there, though LOL

 

Here he is checking his bike. Maybe the chain dislodged. Poor fellow, because he had to turn around and go back, and down the side we were on. He was probably in a hurry to get home from work, too LOL

You can see what a mess it got into here ....

You can guess what I thought THIS was hanging in the tree !!! It was actually a water monitor, but I only saw the tail end first off, and when the hairs sat back down on my arms, I took this photo of him LOL

Next day, we got visited by some flying foxes, as they found a nice desert up the date palm tree across the road. Some are in the branches, and some on the yellow patch hanging down, that's the dates.

 

The last few days I have been doing a bit more research on my fellow digi scrapper, Marg's family. My expanded "desk" that got replaced by a door, has been handy this week.

Some of the aids you need to do the research, as you can see, plenty of drinks LOL

Aha !!! What's going on here you ask ???????  The car getting a "check-up"

We are off to Sydney and Melbourne to see some digi scrapping friends - well we are ALL friends at Nuts4Digi LOL speaking of

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I thought this an interesting view of the Banksia, so took a photo, this morning at the Family History Centre.

I don't know how many times I will be able to post here before we go, but hopefully at least once more ...

See I told you the time got away ...

Till next time

Stay Happy  !!!

Deb. :-)

Blown Away

Well, nearly ! It felt like it, anyway. Last night we had a ripper of a thunderstorm.
I had just finished two layouts for next month's Challenges over at Nuts4Digi, and decided to call it quits for the night, at about 12.15am, and have a shower, and I heard a rumbling noise ... I thought it was someone putting the Wheelie Bin out for collection, but that was not due till tonight. Then I looked out of the window and what a display !
(photo from the local newspaper The Daily News)

We got 18mm of rain, in about 20 minutes, and branches were all over the roads when we went to town this morning. Hopefully it will be cooler tonight.
Today was a busy "outside the house" day, with mowing, and a few general tidy up things that have been waiting for months. Like putting two bags of fertiliser in the two wheelie bins, and putting it in the garage, instead of outside, where the rain can get into them. That is not a good outcome.

Washing the clothes - two batches, because I didn't do half of what I was supposed to, because I had covered it up with a blanket I tossed off the bed. It had not made it's way to the clothes basket, but in a pile, in a corner, on the floor LOL
I really, really HATE coming in from my shower at night, and having to make the bed, after washing all the sheets and pillowcases etc. I always try to make it as I get the items off the line - and remember that when I am half asleep making the bed at midnight :( LOL

Well, looking forward to getting some more sorting and throwing done tomorrow ...

Have a scrappy day,
Deb.