The weekend rolls round again.....

.....and once again it has been a very relaxing week in which not much has been done.


We have had some lovely rain over the past few days, so much so that the river flowing through town has flooded.  No damage so far as it's only a minor flood, but the river level is well up today with muddy brown water spilling over the bank.


The rain has greened things up beautifully - before it fell everything was dry and winter brown - yesterday we had some visitors who thought the grass just outside our back fence was definitely greener.

 Two wallabies, or they could be kangaroos, I'm not sure; both are macropods.  Looked like mum and a young one - Mum is perhaps 150cm (four feet) tall.  You can see how near they came to our fence; while we have often seen kangaroos and wallabies on the hill this is the first time we have seen them so close to our yard.  They were only a few metres away and obviously enjoying eating the grass.

Then the young one hopped off, so the older one stayed in the rain looking at me for a little longer before hopping back up the hill.  We can recognise her (we're pretty sure it's a female as she seems to have a pouch) by her ears, one is a bit droopy.  The land is crown land leased by a local bloke who runs a small herd and a couple of horses on it.  At times we get a whiff of something.....rural........but it's not bad enough to be a problem.


Last weekend's lemon slice is all eaten.  It was very nice.  This morning I bought some rhubarb at the local farmer's market.....wonder what to make with it?  Rhubarb pie is good, crumble is yummy, muffins would be tasty too.  Perhaps it should be frozen while I decide.


Although the farmer's market has been held for some time this morning was our first visit.  As today is Bastille Day there was a French theme with a band playing, and staff (the market is run by a local French restaurant) dressed appropriately.  We bought some fruit and vegetables, some really really good cheese and loaf of just-out-of-the-oven bread.  Guess what we ate for lunch?


"It is the duty of parents to accustom their children, by example as well as by precept, to be attentive and polite to each other at every meal, as well as to observe proper rules of etiquette, and if they do so, they need never fear that they will be rude or awkward when they go abroad."

Our visiting macropod friends had very nice manners.  The young one was eating grass very daintily and the older one also nibbled quite delicately.  Don't you wish all children could be as well behaved when eating in public?

Enjoy your days!