It's About Time

Winter is but one day away and we can sure feel the cold in the air this morning.  It was single figures this morning as we awoke to a crisp but bright sunny day.  A cold south westerly wind has arrived meaning bike riding is off the agenda until it gets to the mid teens anyway.  This usually happens around 9 am or so.

It has been some time since I last posted on the blog and really there still isn't heaps of news to relay to you.  We did have four or five days of rain overnight in a row which meant the bike was put away.  Neighbours popped in one morning I was planning to ride to have some documents signed.  This delayed the ride and gladly it did so.  While the visitors were here a very heavy shower of rain passed over head.  The document signing saved me from a drenching!

We totaled around 80mls of rain over the four days as we experienced the 'showery weather'.

Trish has booked flights to Melbourne for August and will be in town for around a week.  I'm staying here while she heads south.

We have visitors this weekend with the couple who are to be married in the Philippines in December visiting us this weekend.  Peter and Vecy live in Brisbane and are driving up to visit.  We haven't seen Peter in some time, possibly going all the way back to our days of tripping around in the caravan.  So it will be great to see him and to meet the bride to be Vecy.

As they know Manila very well, we will be depending on their advice for our AirBnB accommodation while there.  We are looking forward to it very much.

Friends June and Keith from Melbourne have a caravan and are visiting Hervey Bay around 200k's north of us.  I am guessing lawn bowls is involved as Keith is a keen bowler. Gympie is around midway between here and Hervey Bay and that is where we are catching up with them today for a get together and a meal.  I guess the Gympie RSL will be the venue.

I have a Public Meeting to Chair on Monday night for the Community Association.  One of the the presentations on that evening will be from the Caloundra Arts Centre Association of which Trish is the Secreatry and will be the major presenter.  So that meeting will be a real "Thomas Affair".

With us travelling to Gympie for lunch and it is still mighty cool outside, there won't be a bike ride this morning.  Tomorrow is a "Brew On and Bottling Day".  With visitors over the weekend it will probaby be Monday before I get back on the bike for a morning ride.

Yesterday the lawn got a mow and I dragged the pressure cleaner out to give the border stones in the front garden a tidy up and the bike a quick clean.  We are planning to remodel the front garden to hide the nasty drop which has developed between the drive and the front lawn. There is a photo above.

But I can handle that OK!