Well, I looked, and while the day may have dawned bright, it was no brighter than it usually is, so I can only think that the new Liberal Coalition Government has not yet had time to work its "magic". Still, they were only reverse non-elected yesterday so there's still some time. (The usual adage is that Governments are not voted in, they are voted out.)
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| Sunset on Day One |
It was all doom and gloom in the Skype call with Tr this morning. She is of the opinion that it will not be long before, under LNP leadership, Australia finds itself in the throes of a recession. When they slash Government spending, and the multiplier effect kicks in, it will, as I understood from her explanation, slow the economy to a point where it will be too sluggish to prosper. Then, she suggested, people will look around, a little bewildered, and ask "what happened?" followed quickly by a "did we do that?" or similar statements of incredulity. Welcome to Australia!
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| Leopold's Treat |
At least the Markets were good ... and while I was craving sunshine, we didn't sit outside, but at least we didn't sit right up the back in the Food Court area, beyond the scaffolding and temporary walling (in place since last week at least) where they are preparing to continue the extensions construction. We sat in front, with the other tables of large groups ... their tables also starting to groan with coffees and refreshments. Mi was saying that in the Markets Newsletter they are now encouraging people to come and use the Markets as a meeting place, rather than just coming to shop.
There was a band playing in the Marquee out on the lawn today and when I took a photograph of them with my iPhone to send to Sy, the drummer asked me to take a couple of photographs with her iPhone, and then I offered to take some with Nik, who I went and retrieved from the car. I took a few photographas (one is on its way to Sy) and sent them through to the group.
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| Maggie - snake hole |
S and I had a quiet afternoon in - reading, washing - and a nap for S. I did some writing, watched Jodie Foster in Contact (I have been hanging out to see it again since I saw Elysium last week), took some photographs, and then walked Pearl down the lane, and then down the back to see the job Be had done on the river paddock, and to look at the fire he and Pe had left burning down there. He really loves his fires, does Be!
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| Amaryllis |
It was good that S decided to wash today ... while she was hanging the first load out, Hermes came to the fence and she went over to say hello when she noticed he was just waiting there. When she reached him, she noticed that his water was empty - except for an inch or two at the bottom. She filled it up for him - he shouldn't be without water, especially as it's starting to get hotter now, and she will let M know when she sees her.
M thinks Pearl has been back to Fox Hollow - she says she smells like it (which is a shame since M only gave her a bath the other day) and also because Pearl is eating a lot of grass and looks to be doing numerous (more so than usual) wees. M will keep an eye on her.
Maggie had a lovely sunbake in the "snake hole" this afternoon, looking as photogenic as ever. Tinka, not to be left out, left her spot under Lars and came for the walk up the back with Pearl and I - and deigned to follow me back when M arrived home and was getting all of their dinners ready.
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