What is it about cane toads at Latimers this week? After I dropped S down to Currumbin this morning, I made my way back here and as I sat working at my desk, I noticed a small cane toad jumping near the wall. As I think about it, I realise that I had heard that cane toads cannot jump backwards and in the National Park near the Border Ranges they have fences with "drifts" of deceased cane toads stacked against them ... because they cannot go backwards. So, the cane toad near the wall wasn't going any where - so it was lucky I had noticed it, and had realised that by using a dust pan and fly swatter, I could airlift the cane toad to safety ... if you call the exposed yard "safety".
The good news is that Ashley did come back to hook all the electrics up and it appears that the bore pump is up and working again. This is actually great news because it has been months since we've been off tank water. Watch out washing! And I guess this also means that showers will definitely not cease. But it's actually good because we will have a bit more of a demand on the water - since EE and ER have arrived to stay at Latimers for a few days on their great "mobile home adventure". They've been on the road for the last three weeks - the last week of that they've had rain ... and it hasn't been as welcome as it would have been here (well, before Thursday because it wouldn't have been fun if it had rained while the trenching was happening).
EE and ER arrived just before lunch. The mobile home is big but it's also small. Their "wardrobe" space is the size of two breadboxes! No wonder they've been wearing the same sets of clothes!
We ended up having a late lunch at the Dune Cafe and just as well we were down there because S rang just as we were finishing lunch to let us know she had an early mark and was ready to be collected. Because we were just up the road, she didn't have long to wait. Then she came back to the Cafe for a drink with us before we made our way back to Latimers.
There was no time for naps - and that was a real shame because the one I had in the car while the others were in the supermarket just wasn't nearly long enough. The afternoon was fairly full and finally, while ER and I did iPad things, S and EE cooked dinner for us all - lamb steaks and spiced vegetables. It was very, very nice! It looked for a moment as if we might get a barbeque but because in the end we decided it might be too cold and there might be a squadron of mosquitoes just waiting for us to come outside, the Inside Chef graciously agreed to be in charge of the evening meal.
After dinner S, ER and EE settled in to watch the final episode of Last Tango in Halifax (the travellers missed it last week due to poor reception at the caravan park - which turns out to be not an uncommon thing). The amazing aspect of it was not that S had not yet deleted the episode, but when they all sat down, assuming their positions in front of the television, all three of them whipped out knitting! You've never seen such a contented trio!
The only down-side was that we missed out on dinner at Mouse's .... but, treasure that she is, she sent some borscht home for us. Thanks Mouse (and to M for transporting it)!
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