Monday

B was saying the other day that he's going to get a man to come to fix the potholes in the lane. Hopefully it's soon, because with the rain we've had, and the heavy (horse floats!!) traffic on the already damaged bitumen, we appear to have more hole than road at the moment. And the rain still doesn't look as though it wants to let up! It does try - it fines up, the clouds part, the sun comes out - and then it's back to showering again. But at least we did manage to ROM the yard on Saturday - and we're holding on tight to that - knowing it will all need to be done again this weekend - if not sooner.

M took Tinker off to the vet again this afternoon ... and ... her insulin needs to be increased again. She's now on 6 morning and night. I wish we knew what was making her so hard to control because that way she wouldn't need to be going to the vet nearly as often - because we all know how much she likes going to the Vet. Not. But she was good enough for M today and now she won't need to go back for another week! But she is having her cookies changed ... and I think the instruction from the vet is that she isn't to have as many "special" cookies as we have been giving her - although I suspect the actual instruction was that she wasn't to have any ... and that she is now on new weight-control cookies better suited to a diabetic cat. The good news is that when M put them out for Tink this afternoon, Tink did eat them! And I am sure they are better for her - and Maggie - than the green tea pumpkin seeds which Maggie seems to have taken a shine to! That shouldn't be too surprising of course, that she likes them, because she's always been a cat that's partial to green ... peas, beans, broccoli ...

M and Me did have a good time and A Night To Remember last evening - although S who had more details was saying that neither of them managed that much sleep. Me confirmed that when we saw her at the Gold Coast Arts Centre to see Dame Kiri Te Kanawa on Monday night! What a fantastic and amazing voice! This was only her second concert of the tour - and she only has two more - so it was no wonder that the place was absolutely packed!

On the way back to Latimers, just over the Crossing, we noticed a strange light at the side of the road and as we approached, we switched to high beam to see - a reflection off a vehicle - and we stopped to ask the coach driver if they were okay. It was a huge tour bus, parked at the side of the road, all of the lights out, and the driver and the passengers standing in a driveway (muddy from all the recent rain). The driver assured us they were okay ... they were just "looking at the stars" - and we could understand why you would come out our way to do it - the stars are magnificent - but they're usually much easier to see if most of the sky isn't shrouded in cloud ... but even though it was, they would have managed to see a few. S and I thought that might be a few more than they would usually see - as it did appear they were from Asian countries - and we know there are some places in Asia where the skies above are so polluted, there is little chance of ever seeing stars.