Thursday - cool weather and hot topics

Who would have thought it could get so cold at night? It was a one-cat and two-doona night last night ... and even then S was up in the middle of the night rearranging the bed covers so there would be no cases of hypothermia! And believe me, that was a plausible option. At one point I remember lying there, feeling very very cold indeed and not wanting to get up, knowing I wouldn't want to disturb Maggie by rearranging the covers if she was on them, and I would just get colder if I was up and about.

ROM

The main challenge of the day for me was to find a way to sit in the sun for a while - to finally thaw out - while still feeling as though I was doing something. ROM fitted the bill perfectly! It took just over an hour and a half to do the house yard and the small piece of lawn out the front and by the time I had finished mowing and cleaning off ROM, I was ready to go back inside and sit down at the computer again.

S and I had breakfast this morning at the little cafe near the Post Office. Alas, and who would have thought, their hotcakes are not as good as Maccas', which is a shame because some mornings I just want bacon and eggs, which, of course, is not a dish on the Maccas menu! Pe (from The Big House) was there again this morning and came over for a quick chat about the Millionaire draws, and saying that the person who won the chance to try the key actually had to pick the key from 190 (actually, 200) keys. Usually when you have competitions, your chances of winning increase as you go through the levels ... not this one though - to have a chance to be a Millionaire, you had to be picked out of the barrel, be there, pick the right one of the three envelopes ... then pick the key that unlocked the vault out of the 200 on offer. Pe couldn't believe it either ... but no-one can deny the promotion has generated a fair amount of talk about The Big House.

Burning off

S is making good headway on Chagall and is half-way through. The book needs to be returned on Monday (Tuesday?) so she is doing her best to finish it in the time. The pages have started to fall out again, though, so hopefully she will be able to hold it together until it's done.

The burning off in the local area continues and in the last few days there haven't been many times when we haven't been able to smell smoke. It doesn't seem to distress the animals though, which is a good thing.