Friday, October 30, 2015

Drying Out!

This morning was the first time since Tuesday I have been able to get out for a bike ride because of the recent consistent wet and very cool weather.  I got the 12k's or so completed this morning but did get the occasional spot of rain!.  As the day progresses, the grey clouds lift a little more and we even get a speck of sunshine every now and again.

The pool is down to 22°so any swim this morning was brief and refreshing!

It is still mid teens overnight and the temp outside today will get to around 25 or so.  Both Trish and I went for pullovers the other evening as we got a top temp around 23 or so.  Come 4pm it cooled right off!

Following on from Wednesday, the new brew has been bottled and stored away.  Another brew has gone 'on', this one labelled "Melbourne Blonde".  It is a brew I will put into large soft drink bottles and take with us down to Melbourne when we head that way for Christmas and to catch up with all the family.

Kate, Arj and family are flying in from Saudi Arabia for Christmas, Kim is flying over from Perth and we are heading down from Queensland.

What other news is there?  The remote sensor on the weather station has been returned via mail for a replacement, I haven't heard back from Lou Ann yet with any possible storm update and the recliner lounge chairs we ordered some time ago have been built and arrived this morning.

The new chairs are fabric covered rather than leather as the previous ones were.  One word to describe them is "comfortable".  They are more compact than the 'old' recliners which were each huge by comparison. The color seems to fit in well with the general toning of our home.  A purposely made quilt will eventually cover my chair.  I tend to perspire a fair bit and in the sub tropical climate we have here the chair will require some protection.

To remove the old chairs was a story in itself!  They were too big to take down our inside passage way so we used a trolley to get them out via the sideway.  Because of their size, we had to move bins, bikes etc just to fit them through.  The neighbour over the road will take them.  If there is a change of mind, the "Salvos" will take them.

Right now they are cluttering up the garage.

We have drinks again this afternoon at 3pm.  At this stage there will be just 4 of us but that will be OK.

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