1st
– Cooling off, 28 max and 23 for min, might need the light blanket
2nd - Daniel and Steve are
working on the new camper’s base. Steve is very impressed with Daniel’s welding
skills.
Queensland
are relaxing the CoVid19 restrictions and we are able to travel in a radius of
50km from our homes. Jon and Annalise are heading up to Tinaburra to take the
boat for a spin.
3rd – The camper base is
completed. The step down area is where out door for the camper will be.
I
made some fudgie wudgies for Daniel to say thank you – these are the boys
favourite cookies. He had made a comment to Steve about the Cornflake and
sultana cookies Steve had taken down for morning tea saying ‘where are the
fudgies’. So nice to think they still want their mother’s cookies.
6th
– rain early in the morning. Sounds so heavy under the trees with the big drops
falling on the van. When I checked the rain gauge we had only had a couple of
mls. Cold day – 28 degrees with a strong wind so dug out the long pants and
jumper.
7th
– more rain. CoVid restrictions starting to ease with visits to family and
friends allowed now of 5 people at a time.
10th
– Mother’s Day. Nice morning doing the usual with Mum and Dad.
In
the afternoon Daniel called in with a beautiful
rose he made for me from stainless steel then painted. What a lovely though
and with the weight of it I can use it as a weapon too!
We
were having a cuppa near the bird’s nest and Daniel heard some tweeting. He
zoomed in with his phone camera and spotted
a baby. How exciting. As his boss had a kidney transplant and Fran works in
Aged Care they are still being careful about CoVid contact so they won’t be
joining us for dinner.
Jon
and Annalise joined us for dinner and brought me chocolates and wine which was lovely. I had bought a bottle of Asti
Riccadonna to celebrate with too. Greg, Tracy and Kate came too so we had a
great night then my NoBake Cheesecake for dessert and a few games of cards.
12th
– Notified Suncorp that ‘Smokey’ is now a 6 x 4 for our insurance policy as
Steve will be trying to get to Townsville to get it certified and I want the
car fully insured.
We
are enjoying coffee outside watching Mum
and Dad bird darting back and forward feeding the babies (yes there are
two) and they taking their poo away.
13th
– Steve took the camper base off
ready for his trip down to Townsville tomorrow.
14th
– Steve headed off early to Townsville to get ‘Smokey’ checked and certified by
the chap in Townsville. All good, he was very impressed with the quality
workmanship. Steve had no problems driving down and back.
15th
– Michelle and Annette’s 60th birthday. They are having a joint
celebration with a few friends at Palm Cove for lunch tomorrow as we can have
10 people now for outdoor gatherings.
16th
– The baby birds poked their heads out when Mum flew in to feed them. So little
and just skin at the moment.
Nice
lunch with Michelle and Annette for their birthdays at Palm Cove. It was lovely
to be out and chatting with friends again.
17th
– Steve did the paperwork with Dept of Transport to change ‘Smokey’s
registration now we have the certification completed. On the way home he
noticed a sign outside a second-hand store about a back-load to Brisbane. $500
to take the camper base down to Brisbane for us which saves us a lot of trouble
as with CoVid we still aren’t allowed to be driving south yet, but as they are
a business they can travel.
18th
– Daniel turns 31 today, boy I am feeling old! Sent him a text as he is already
at work. He, Fran, Jon and Annalise are coming for dinner tonight. Luckily I
went shopping yesterday as Rochelle texted early to see if I could come in to
work. As they still only have the Year 11 and 12’s they haven’t needed me but
one of the girls is sick so I am called in. Good to get back into it before all
the kids come back next week. They have Perspex screens to protect the girls
whilst serving and we aren’t allowing anyone into the Tuckshop now, eg teachers
which is even better.
Lovely night with our boys and their
ladies and Mum and Dad. We all had a great time reminiscing and laughing about
things. So nice to feel free again and not so worried about CoVid19 now that
Cairns has only one active case now.
19th
– Very wet night and the rain continued all day. Checked the gauge at 5pm, 41ml.
20th
– more rain all night. 9am – the gauge had 82ml from 50m yesterday.
Had
our cuppas outside watching Mum and Dad sunbirds
feed their babies. They are growing quickly.
Light
rain during the day, 5pm 7ml in the gauge.
21st
– More rain overnight – 5pm to 8am another 42ml. The sky is clearing now.
After
dinner visited Valerie and Russell for a cuppa and yummy nibbles. Lovely to
catch up with them.
22nd
– Lunch with Kaylene, Wendy and Andrea though only 10 allowed in a café/restaurant
and you only have 50 minutes to order and eat so they can put more people
through so it wasn’t the nicest way of having lunch but it was great to catch
up. We went to another place for coffee and cake so we could chat some more.
23rd
– It was 23 degrees when we went to bed and 22 degrees when we got up at 8am.
Dark and gloomy. The rain started again at lunch time making it feel colder, 19
degree top today. There is a big cold front moving across the south so we are
getting a bit of it here.
6pm,
27ml in rain gauge from last night and today. At least the grass isn’t drying
out yet.
24th
– Lovely morning catching up with Wendy and Steve.
Rang
Bob and Margaret to see how they are as there is a big cyclone which came from
the north-west about to bring strong winds to WA coastline. They are ok though
it is only 9 degrees so Bob was just about to light the fire.
25th
– 14 degrees at 7am with a clear sky. I started back at work as all students
can return to schools after weeks of doing online learning due to the CoVid19
pandemic. My legs have to get used to being stood on again!
Steve
rang to say they had some excitement. He, Mum and Dad were having coffee
outside watching the babies birds when they noticed a big snake on the wire
frame out back. Mum wasn’t keen to have it around so they rang the snake catcher to remove it. It was a
lovely big python. Steve went to help the guy by picking up the bag for him
when the chap said not to open it as there was already a snake in there. That
was it for Steve as he doesn’t like snakes at all. He took some great photos
which I put on Facebook and we got lots of comments about it.
Steve
and I had our afternoon cuppa outside so I could enjoy watching the birds too. They have grown so much.
28th
– The babies have flown the coop. Mum
and Steve were heading out to watch them with their cuppas when they realised
they weren’t there. Steve heard some tweeting and managed to spot them and got
a few photos too.
31st
– nice afternoon cuppa with Kaylene and Rick. Last day of autumn and it is a
beautiful day.
