I flew back into Sydney at the crack of dawn on Tuesday morning to be greeted by bright sunshine and blue skies after a very grey and wet month in England. Although it was great to catch up with family and friends it is very nice to feel the sun on my back again. Apparently I missed some extremely hot days, over 40 degrees when everyone just sits around and sweats while talking about how hot it is. I have yet to experience this, the temperature where we are did not get above high 30s last summer but this year is supposed to be the hottest on record so watch this space.
Ian has been very busy while I have been away and has built an excellent bridge from the veranda to the street, cutting out the need to clamber down seven steps then scramble up another seven to get to the front door. This makes things much easier when coming in with shopping or even just returning from the club after a few wines and means we should be able to remain living in this house well into our dotage.
The warm weather has brought about a number of changes while I was away. The birds all seem to have babies and all kinds of trees, shrubs and flowers are in bloom including this monster which has popped up in our garden, it is like a gigantic agapanthus and looks fabulous.
Ian took me to see a discovery he had made at the Tilligerry Habitat in my absence, a Bower Bird had built this little arch (or bower) it is what they do to attract the ladies. They also steal anything they can find that is blue, if you look carefully at the photo you can see the blue contraband displayed around the bower. According to David Attenborough, if you move the blue stuff around, when the Bower Bird returns he will put it back exactly as it was.