Sunday

So who's a bit tired after staying up to photograph the lunar eclipse? It took over an hour plus much concentration to figure out and work the manual overrides on the camera so just as well I had started when the eclipse was just starting! But it was worth it ... and I can't imagine what people of yore (a time not a place) would have thought when they saw a blood-red moon appear in the darkened sky - although, would it have been the same colour then? Is the colour now to do with the materials in the atmosphere between us and it? I think I saw on QI once that the sky in ancient Roman days was pink rather than blue for just that reason.

Which brings us to "The Ides of March" - a film just released here starring George Clooney and Ryan Gosling which (from the trailers) appears to be about a US Presidential/candidate race. Of course, when I see the title it just reminds me of my birthday - but it must mean something else to other people - the attack on Julius Caeser on that day (hmmm ... triumverate - that's a nice word) - betrayal, intrigue ... that kind of thing - will this set up an expectation about what it's about (politics) and what's going to happen (murder?) ... was that the filmmaker's intention?

The Markets were good this morning although A took us all to task for being tardy. She is right, of course ... we are all shockers, and that we're always late (F:When were we ever on time?) is no reason for not to try to change our ways. Luckily she didn't hold it against us and we were all able to share the delicious cake she'd baked and brought along.

N wasn't there today - she was still en route from Canberra after overnighting at either Coffs Harbour or Port Macquarie - but she is planning to come to the Markets next week. Unfortunately we'll miss her as we'll be in Toowoomba again.

I knew it was going to be a warm one today as I sat out the front while Emma had a bit of a wander and could see heat haze on the bricks. The day didn't disappoint - it was hot, and stayed fairly warm when the thunderstorm descended this afternoon bringing with it some lightning but what didn't seem like a lot if rain - but it was fairly hard to tell about the latter because we were safely ensconced in The Big House waiting on the draw for the VW Golf Cabriolet convertible - which did not, in the end, come home with us nor, more's the pity, its cash equivalent. But there's always next time!