Tink and Beazley have taken up their positions again under the nest waiting for ... well, let's not think about that ... but those young birds are having a wonderful time flying around now. You can tell which they are ... they're the ones who are a bit broader in the body - probably because the parent birds have been wearing themselves out ferrying food to the nest for the last few weeks. You wouldn't think the difference would be noticeable but it absolutely is. There have been no more feathers sightings - and we're hoping there won't be. It is again reminiscent of the "circle of life" though (and why do I keep wanting to put "cycle of life") because we know in a minute the birds will fly away leaving an empty nest again. Once they do, that nest probably needs to come down. The parent birds shored up the one that was already there to be able to use it this time and there was so little room between the top of the nest and the ceiling that it did seem to present some challenges for both the parents and the chicks.
It's wonderful here at the moment ... just a little mist in the valley in the morning, and a couple of sunshowers today, but the kind of weather you could really get used to.
Even though the election is over and a minority Government is now in place, it seems that the posturing is going to continue. In the setting up of the Shadow Cabinet, ex-leader and Ozemail entrepreneur Malcolm Turnbull has been given a Communications portfolio with his task being to demolish the National Broadband system. When questioned about it, Mr Abbott said he'd appointed Malcolm because no-one else is better placed to do the job - which seems to be not so much about discrediting the system - which is currently being rolled out - but to have the Independents change their allegiance from Labor to the Coalition since the Broadband issue was largely responsible for their decision to "Vote Labor". Listening to Mr Abbott rabbit on about how detrimental a Labor Government has been and will be for the country evokes two responses for me: turn off the radio ... and to somehow find a way to become ruler of all the land and impose a silence order on politicians (how very autocratic of me!).
Today is The Great K Day and I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon to receive a text message from him confirming that he was coming, what time the plane was due to arrive, and a suggestion from him that he would text when he was here. Great inroads. I responded, asking him to phone instead ... don't know why but sometimes texts can take a while to get through and it seemed that it would be more efficient not to rely on it. The pick-up went well and we took him off to the Worongary Thai (we didn't risk finding the way there on our own ... we had Gomez the GPS help out) for dinner. It is still as good as always - and I'm sure the rest of the people there thought so as well - Tuesday night and it was nearly full!
We played "guess who" in the car on the way back up from the airport. I asked S and The Great K "Who is Stan Walker?". They, like me, failed dismally so the current offer at Gloria Jean's Coffees throughout the Gold Coast will have little meaning for them. Does it highlight what GJ's think their demographic market is? Are they right in thinking all their customers will believe that it is "the chance of a lifetime"? At least they actually did say - on the leaflet offering some lucky person the chance to win a latte with him - chances available with the purchase of a large drink - who Stan Walker is. Drum roll please ... for Stan Walker ... 2009 Australian Idol Winner.
The hunt continues for the KFC Bandit who is still reported as having fled the scene wearing black motorcycle gear and a blue scooter, which had orange trim on the seat. At this point, let me add that I had no idea where the Nerang KFC was - until S pointed out on the weekend that it was next door to Maccas. No wonder she had been a little concerned on the morning of the robbery when reports of a armed hold-up at a fast food outlet had been telecast and the images broadcast were of the general area rather than focusing directly on KFC. This could be further proof of how unobservant (or non-remembering) I am, as was my inability to provide a useful answer the auditors' question today of "is there a Subway near here?" My reply: "I know I've seen one but I can't remember where!" In my defense ... there were five of them! And they're coming back ... which means Brisbania will have to wait until Thursday - hopefully they'll be finished tomorrow.
