It's Wednesday!

The cricket here in Australia is all over for another summer. The cooler weather we have been experiencing recently has now reverted to be hot and steamy again.  In our little backyard it feels warmer, so though it may be 30 degrees, it is another 4 or 5 degrees warmer in the backyard.  The extra concrete has made it a little warmer too.  However the backyard gets very little breeze being so small and enclosed.  It holds the heat.

Needless to say this is exceptional in winter!

We had lunch yesterday at the Dicky Beach surf club.  It wasn't the biggest and best meal we had ever had but it was extremely pleasant.  It did mean we could clean up a few left overs from the fridge for our evening meal though.  Trish had some discount vouchers for her birthday from Dicky Beach so we utilised them yesterday.

I went around to someone's place yesterday morning to assist them with their "WordPress" website.  Our 'Community Association' website is also "WordPress" and I have learnt my way around it. I have gained a fair bit of expertise with it and it was a pleasure to help him out.

Despite being "WordPress", their website 'dashboard' (where you do all the new entries from) is very different to ours and lacks much of the flexibility that ours has.  I was able to help him and get things set up the way he wanted.

With the weather improving after a cooler than usual couple of weeks, the pool has again become a great spot for a quick swim later each afternoon.  The water temperature is around 27 degrees in the pool come the afternoon so it is very pleasant.

Trish is at Stitchers this morning while I am having a quiet day on the PC.

We have no one living next door at the moment as they left a week or so ago.  I think the lease runs out this weekend so we can expect new neighbours possibly moving in over Easter.

The original owner of the house next door was in her 70's.  She decided to plant palms in the small backyard.  She planted about 8 of them and all of them close to the fence.  As they grow it won't be long until they begin to damage all the backyard fences.  I showed an offending palm to one of the Real Estate Agents.  She took photos with her phone as she thinks it needs removing.

After absolutely nothing had happened, I sent them off an email today saying the palms are still there and any cost of damage would need to be born by the owner.  I expect there may be some action soon!

This week we are having our 'drinks' on Thursday.  It is around at our place so I have warned them that our TV will probably come on 'automatically' at 6:45pm for the AFL live from Melbourne.  It is earlier than usual because down south they have Daylight Saving and we don't.  So even though the match is due to get underway at 7:45pm local time, it will be 6:45pm our time.

I expect Daylight Saving time across Australia finishes this Sunday when everything reverts to 'normal'.