Wednesday

I know Lars is a car and not a thermometer but I am inclined to agree with it that it was 3 degrees this morning. I was disappointed because of the lack of a frost though - but not in some ways because looking at the grass today (this afternoon when I got home - when it is actually light enough to see the grass) it looks worse-the-wear for its experience. Does frost burn grass or do something else to it?
And speaking of burning ... the fire appears to be out today - there was no sign of the smoke this morning or this afternoon - but there was a slightly brownish-smudge look to the sky generally - but still a brilliant sunrise ... which went with the even more brilliant sunset M, Ma and H experienced in Byron Bay this afternoon. They had gone down with S for a get-together with S's family (including H-aged children) at Brunswick Heads and then on to Byron. The photographs M took are spectacular - beautiful red clouds over the bay as the sun sets behind the headland. What was even more amazing was the photo she took of H at the same time - to the east - where it was still "daylight" - the photo looks bright enough to have been taken with a flash! I'm not sure if the sunset pics were taken from the "Most Easterly Point in Australia" - but it's the photo of the group at that point which seems to include a far-off whale in the ocean background! (Which reminds me, I'll have to start doing some research into whale-watching tours here on the Gold Coast - or maybe in very northern NSW: I want to do this again and it would be good to take H along too!)
Mouse had made a big pot of soup for tonight for the adventurers and rather than sit at home alone, I went in for the company and what was a very yummy barley and vegetable soup - and some vereniki (hmmmm, the interweb says that's the right spelling but I am still dubious) and a dose of MasterChef in New York where, very surprisingly because it looked as though the couple in question would never make it to the kitchen to cook their dish - the yellow team won! The NY elimination challenge happens tomorrow but at this stage no-one will be home to watch it - just as well S thought to set it to record before she left for the South - but not the Deep South of the US which, judging from the shorts, is what the cooking style for the elimination will be. Grits.
While there was no frost on the grass at Latimers this morning, apparently there was a kangaroo with joey in the paddock below the garage. Sooz had been out there but it was Pearl who drew her attention to it - or was it M - but at least Peart didn't go bounding after it. That makes two lots of wildlife up close and personal now - Mr Python (a couple of months ago now) and Mrs Kangaroo (oops, almost called it Mr but it couldn't be if it had a pouch). Wonder what (or who) will be next.