A Lazy Wind

They call it a lazy wind when it blows straight through you rather than around you.  That is what we have had the last couple of days, a lazy wind.  The sky is a gorgeous blue but the breezy conditions mean you really feel the cold.  It is around 17 or 18 degrees for a top temp today.  This morning it was around 6!

Despite waiting until after 9 am this morning before heading out for a bike ride I soon stopped and put on the 'splash jacket' I carry with me just to keep warm.

It has been quiet really.  On Monday we had a trip into Caloundra for a a jacket of some sort for me to wear at night.  Trish isn't a big fan of the flannelette shirts I love to wear so we have decided on a new a dressier outfit.  It is even warmer than the flannelette ones I love to wear.

Today I have my 'quilted' version of my flannelette shirt on to keep the cold wind out.

This morning's ride took me around the lake as usual.  The chat among early morning walkers and bike riders is all around the adult swans and their recent litter of 6 cygnets.  Today there weren't any cygnets to be seen.  People have a range of stories of what happened but the most likely is the large eels which inhabit the lake probably got them.  They seem to get them each year actually.

One of the adult swans didn't seem too keen on me taking a snapshot of it this morning.  I took the photo to put on the Community Association website.

Yesterday saw me replace screws in the side gate latch lock and mow the lawns.  Not the most exciting day at all!

We have only three episodes to go of the TV series "The Borgias".  This is the third and final series.  We also watched the movie "The Place Beyond The Pines" the other day which was OK.

We only managed to squeeze two episodes of The Borgias in last night as the soccer (Australia Vs Iraq) was on from Sydney. We will get through the final three episodes tonight.

We have almost finalized to have a structure built in the backyard on the 'new' concrete to provide shelter from the sun during summer.  I have settled on a quote with the guy.  The cash to do this won't be available to us until mid July.  We will probably do something with the pavers under the clothes line and create another area where we can sit and enjoy the winter sunshine.

At this stage there is a 6" gap between each of the pavers.  We will make these gaps smaller which will enable us to make an area on which we could fit at least four chairs and a small table.  It means we will possibly need around 9 new pavers to complete the job.

It will mean removing some of the current pavers to use for the 'area', smoothing out the river pebbles to create a level'ish' area and then relaying them.  It will just be a matter of returning the river pebbles 'in between' to hold them in place. The replacement/additional pavers will most likely be a terracotta color and would form the pathway to the shed.