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We have become quite conscious of where we plant trees and large shrubs to make the best of shade and provision of privacy.  As the photo left shows, the two Lilly Pilly trees planted in our small front garden sure keep the sun off the front of the house and do give us privacy!

But they also block the cooler north east breeze off the ocean which we get most afternoons in summer.  We spend $75 every year or so and a guy comes around and cuts them both right back.  Now they are so big they use all the moisture in the soil causing the lawn around the small front garden to die off the the ground there turns to something like concrete during the warmer months.

As you can see from the photo we are up for another $75 cut but we have decided to remove the two trees altogether.  The air con will do for those extra hot nights and we had new block out window tinting fitted 12 months ago.  That face of the house is toward the north east so there won't be any direct afternoon sun on the front of the house during the afternoon.

The currently blocked out cooler breeze isn't allowing the bedroom to cool off as usual and you don't want to be using the air con all the time.  For a tree removal guy it's the sort of job you do as you pass by or are in the area.

So we are waiting till a time suits him in the next week or so and he will come and do it.  When getting the quote from him I liked the way he said "$250 + GST."  In other words, $250 cash!

My recently ordered 2 Ethernet over Powerline connections are due tomorrow.

Trish broke one of the buttons on her remote control for the garage.  It has been temporarily fixed with some sticky tape which is doing the job until the $9 replacement via eBay arrives on Tuesday.  A new replacement of the original is $75 and the local key cutting guy in Caloundra wanted $45 for what seems nearly the same as what I am getting off eBay.

You can't go wrong at $9 even if it doesn't work that well.

I have been bike riding most days and clocked up around 90k's last week.  I managed around 22k's this morning.  The pool gets a work out as well though at around 23.5° this morning it was a little brisk to get in to!

The Hyundai which is over 10 years old now had a factory recall during the week for some electronic board associated with the ABS system and that was replaced during the week.

We finished watching the TV Series "Waco".  Then we checked out an easy watching series called "Burden of Truth" made up of 8 or so episodes.  Burden of Truth was the sort of series where you could nod off for 30 minutes during an episode and still not miss any of the story!

A home brew went on last week and I bottle washed earlier today.

Footy again on the telly after lunch should fill in the day nicely!

The NBN guys were in our are the last few days, checking pits and ensuring all is ready for the installation.  They are still saying late this year for us before we are connected.  But it is getting closer for us.