RAINY DAYS AND CONTEMPLATIVE WEEKENDS!

This weekend has been wonderful. Perth yesterday which normally I cannot stand, (I'm not one for shopping), however this was a case of having to, the last of my decent workwear was ready to be re-classified as yard clothes and in my role I'm expected to look the professional. Myers had a huge sale so I purchased my next year or twos winter wardrobe! I truly don't know how the city slickers live in that environment, the noise and masses alone was deafening & crowding to me, however having a good friend for company made it fun! See the river to the left? That flows through our region and empties itself into the Swan River in Perth, pretty? Taken just for my readers this morning:) And heres a sample of the wildlife you can expect to see around the area, quite a variety. I noticed not all I have seen were listed though, shame really because there is a massive variety to find if you spend the time. Today was a time for family. I went down to spend the morning with my parents, caught up with an Aunt and sister too. There is nothing better than just sitting shooting the breeze with family in my books, I'm only 45 minutes from them but it seems like thousands of miles if I don't get home at least every fortnight lol. We have had some wonderful rainy days here (about 2 inches of rain over the last couple of weeks), the cockies (farmers) will be complaining there is too much soon, you never can please them LOL. The rain has allowed my newly planted out shrubs & trees to settle in well and they are all looking happy outside of their pots. I have an order from Daleys coming next month so will need to get some new ground ready next weekend for the plant out. The paddocks are greening beautifully as you can see by the pictures I took as I travelled (Yes, I did pull over and stop the car LOL). I am hoping the water along the sides of the roads will be soon filled with tadpoles, this new pond of ours when finished will need some occupants to start it off! The remainder of the day is going to be spent helping hubby remove some horrid looking home made copper rangehood and plastering up the hole to ready for the painter, a job I can't wait to have finished...talk about a monstrosity!

Hope you all have a super week ahead, will post some of the garden pics during the week

Take care of you and yours:)