We're just back from the weekend at Kyogle and visiting the family to celebrate Chinese New Year (Year of the Snake). It was a quick visit but a good one, and they were all in good form. And, amazingly, we still made it back to the Markets this morning, even though we had already sent our "leave pass" request through yesterday - not the requisite 48 hours notice - but enough! And it was just as well we did make it - numbers generally were way down. That might have had something to do with the weather - it was fairly wet there and not a good day for sitting outside in the sun (what sun?). Mu and Za had managed to keep themselves busy - helped by the big bunch of helium-filled 21st birthday balloons Za had found! It was good they played with them there because there was no room in the car for them to go home with them.
After the Markets, we went off for an impromptu yum cha lunch in Broadbeach. (It's odd to think we'd been in Broadbeach only yesterday morning for breakfast. It seems like a very long time ago!). There were a few other folk there as well, which may have something to do with Chinese New Year still being in full swing!
Then it was home again - ostensibly to do some "work" but it turned out that it was actually to have a big nap. There's nothing like an afternoon nap! Especially when its raining outside and you don't feel guilty about not being out on ROM. And there is a need to keep that grass down - especially since M spotted a snake (not a big one though) between the house and the bohemia tree while we were in Kyogle. She has ordered some snake thumpers (as used by Sy and An at their place in Yamba with great success) and they should be in early this week, (Thanks M!). She's threatening to lock Tink and Maggie out during the day so they can be a "presence" in the yard - neither of them has taken over this role since we lost Beazley. I'm concerned that Tink (who I've always considered to be the more outdoorsy and adventurous one) may decide to take a snake-watching role to heart-and then want to share that interest with the Latimers' humans. Heh heh - I guess that since it is the Chinese Year of the Snake - it's probably very lucky that M saw the snake!
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