Saturday 25 January

Thanks to M we had an overnight at The Big House. It was quite late by the time the lights went out - after 1 and I can honestly say I haven't stayed up that late for a long time - not even on New Year's Eve. And this morning as I crawled out of bed at 8:30 I remembered why … still very tired and feeling like a truck had reversed over me … twice! Sooz slept well though.

Leisurely breakfast

Sooz and I had a very leisurely - healthy and tasty too - breakfast at Spinners before I went off with the camera to practice with the new lens on the Eastern Water Dragons around the pool - if they were there … and they were - more than I had seen for a good while.

As I arrived a young lad, seeing the camera, asked if I was “taking a photograph of the 'little fellas'” and when I said yes, he proceeded to tell me where some were and throughout the next hour he would come out of the pool from time to time to show me were other Water Dragons were. When I came back a little while later with the other camera he asked if I filled the other one up. Yes, of course I took the opportunity to give him a lesson about SD cards (thus starting the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs on his way … and isn't it interesting that there isn't a figurehead/driving force identified with the Android operating system?).

Water dragon

One of the other children - a boy - almost knew his wildlife when he first spotted a Water Dragon and said, not quite in fear “It's an iguana!”. Close, but not gold star.

It was a leisurely day after that and M came in and we had dinner for a while before making a small contribution to the Casino so they could stay in operation, with just a little profit, for another day! It was quite late by the time it was lights out - after one - and I can honestly say I haven't stayed up that late … since last night!