News From Monday

Not a lot has been happening, especially following a Footy Watching weekend! The Home and Away matches are now over and from next weekend we get into the AFL Finals. My team currently sits on top of the table while Trish's team sits second! There should be some friendly rivalry over the next four weekends! We head down to Melbourne on Sept 11th and I should get to all games from that weekend onwards.

August was a very dry month here with only 5 mls being recorded in my rain gauge. Despite this low total, we are still above average in total rainfall for the year! However the forecasters are promising us a wet Thursday and Friday here in the SE corner of Queensland.

We are now into spring. This winter was the coldest we have had for the last 8 years. Today is forecast to be showery and getting to about 22 degrees. It was 15 degrees overnight! The photo to the left was taken a few minutes ago and shows how nice the day really is!

I wonder how the weather is in Sweetwater Texas with Cyclone Gustav heading towards new Orleans?

We are expecting visitors this time next week, John and Sue are heading our way from Melbourne to stay for a night before they push on to his mum's place for a couple of nights. John has a Financial Advisor's Conference on the Gold Coast late next week and uses this to drop in for a quick visit. I guess we will be going to the RSL next Monday Night! Sue is keen on the pokies (slots)!

Our palms in the backyard are growing quite tall. Trish keeps cutting the lower fronds away as they become a bit bedraggled with the wind. The palms provide great shade in summer. The shade makes getting other colorful plants difficult to grow in the back garden. The creeper on the back fence has been growing for several years now and seems to have 'stopped'. (You will need to click on the picture for a larger view to see the creeper, then click on Back to return to this page.) As you can see the gaps in the palings of our back fence don't provide 100% privacy either. I think a trip to the plant nursery is on the cards for advice on what colorful tallish plants will grow in shady conditions.