What is it with the Weather?

The weather over the last few weeks has been great with only the odd shower here and there to settle the dust. Of course now that we are finally up the the stage where I can begin to do some of the work I need to do with the landscaping it starts to rain and I am stuck inside writing a blog instead of doing what really need to be done! Frustrated only begins to describe it!

Anyhow the pool fencing is finally complete, and I reckon it looks alright. After watching the guys install it, I realised I should have bought the fence and fittings and done it myself. Unfortunately I just needed to see it done first to give me enough confidence in my ability that I could have done it myself. Not to worry it looks great.

The view from where I will be sitting drinking my beers watching the kids.

The desired result has been achieved, I can comfortably sit on the back porch and look out over the pool into the bush - view uninterrupted!

View looking west

The position of the pool ensure we have sun shining on it until late into the afternoon, that along with the solar heating will ensure we get maximum usage out of the pool. That is the theory anyway.

In the background of the photo directly above you can see four Paw-Paw trees, we have had our first ripe fruit, it was surprisingly good. The oranges are nearly ripe, we will be picking them over he next few weeks and enjoying some freshly squeezed OJ for brekky!

Strip footings look OK - you can't pick 20mm run out by eye...

Very happy with the results.

The strip footings were completed the weekend of Emily's birthday week, we had her best friend Heidi and her mum Margeux visit us from Ballarat as a special treat for her. The concreting started at 7.30am and it was all hands on deck - Margeux and Karren both made excellent concrete labourers, all they needed was a hat made from a hanky with the four corners tied in knots and they would have been set so to speak.

The weekend trip to Movieworld was a highlight the rides were awesome and Emily really enjoyed the Superman ride after controlling her fear of dying while riding it! Rosie is still frustrated by not being tall enough for the really scary rides but she LOVED the Scooby Doo adventure ride.

What is it with Rosie giving herself rabbit ears?

I had a run in with what I believe to be a Coastal Taipan at the Brookfield Produce centre the other day. To be quite honest if I never see another snake I won't be disappointed! It gave me a scare at the time, but only when I googled images of snakes that call SEQ home and recognised what it was, that I had nearly trodden, on did a true sense of oh shit sink in. The girl that worked at the produce centre who was nearly bitten trying to pick it up should also thank her lucky stars...