Thursday

It's getting colder! Today is the coldest morning in over 20 years and they are predicting that the higher parts of the Hinterland could reasonably expect a light sprinkling of snow in the coming weeks. Brrrrrrrr. I'd like to see that though - as long as I wasn't driving - bad enough going up and down the windy roads into the hills without having snow to contend with as well. Tyre chains anyone? Hmmm ... that may be a tad too optimistic. But is lovely in the sunshine! And it would be lovely for Christmas in July as mentioned by S in the last couple of days. St Bernards Hotel, at Mt Tambourine, as last visited as part of my work's team-building day, is having a Christmas in July event. It would be good to have a nice relaxing meal, maybe with a light drift of snow outside, a warm toasty fire inside ... and the prospect of not having to leave the premises until morning.
As I drove in this afternoon L and D had a nice fire blazing in the "top" paddock - which L assured us, may one day be the site for another house on their property. In the meantime it serves nicely as a horse paddock and, when the horses have been moved, a burning-off venue. There's nothing like a good fire! Although I did notice that Sweetie and her mother had taken themselves off tom the furtherest away part of their paddock while the fire was ablaze.
It was busy down the street (read: at the shopping centre) this afternoon. I called in to get a few items - which stretched to a few more - as I had a wander (and a wonder) through the supermarket. But Emma now has enough food - and then some - for our weekend away - yet another one! But this one is at least one the Coast (thanks M!) and we can pop in to see her when we start to miss her. She is quite well at the moment (touch wood) but it still being kept away from shower water - and that seems to be doing her no harm. She very much wanted to drink water other than her own yesterday and seemed to take every opportunity when S had one of the bedroom doors open to slip out and go in search of water - which was a little difficult given S was trying to get out of the house early/on time to make the meeting with A and R.
J's computer is still under the weather. It did not come back completely with the scan/repair/delete but she continues to run the scan and it seems to be a little better each time - although not yet fully recovered. I did ring the computer guy yesterday and he said he should be able to eradicate the virus and restore normal operations for a very reasonable price- so I let J know that that was an option and she is considering the option.