Back To School Today .....

We seem to back into a very quiet lifestyle again. The long grass has 'excited' Texas Lou and I wouldn't be surprised to see her husband bring his 'baler' across from Texas and start baling that grass I showed in the previous post. She says that grass like that does not happen where she lives!

Now the Test Cricket and Australian Open Tennis has finished on television our lifestyle will revert to being very quiet. Bike riding and general duties around the house will become the major focus again, mowing lawns, cleaning the pool, caring for the garden and brewing a few cool ales.

Monday's Public Holiday for Australia Day (the actual Australia day was on Saturday) was the last day before students returned to school after the lengthy Christmas and summer holidays. That will make things even quieter than before.

Not a lot has happened, we continue to bike ride most mornings and yesterday I gave the front lawn a mow. It hadn't grown quickly at all, I guess it probably needs another 'feed' because our local soil is not very good.

Our front tree is earmarked for removal. It is currently infested with wasps and this causes it to die off. The wasps burrow into the tree and have their young. They tend to buzz around for a few days then fly off. There are quite a few buzzing around right now (not that you would really notice from this photo) and when they leave, the council workers will return and remove it. It is too close to our concrete driveway and very near two storm water drains.

I returned to the dentist today for more root canal treatment.

Last night we watched "Atonement". It was OK but I think Trish enjoyed it much more than I did!