Today's Photo

What a busy day! It was past time for mowing- the recent rain and humidity has turned the yard into a jungle. So the deed had to be done. It took me an hour to get ready to mow. Every time I did one thing it meant an extra job needed doing. For example, when I opened the garage door the wire that opens the latches on either side came unclamped. Then I needed petrol... and when I returned someone was in the bookshop.

So I finally got going, and the grass was so long and thick it took me twice as long as usual- over two hours. It was quite wearing.

After lunch I got up on the roof to find out why the gutters overflowed in the rain. I found they were still full because of a blocked down pipe. I fixed that and tightened some roof screws as I went past.

After that I pottered in the veggie patch. I bought some new corn seeds- my seeds from last year just did not germinate. While digging I noticed that there is a peewee nest in the gum tree there. I saw a couple of adults and three babies- well not exactly babies as they were fluttering around the branches near the nest.

Between the peewee family calling to each other, a dozen grass parrots, galahs screeching as they flew past and even top knot pigeons, our garden is a riot of bird song. Add to that the sound of willow on leather from the cricket match across the creek and it was very pleasant indeed.

Country life- you can't beat it.

Here is the peewee nest. I had to crop the photo to about half size to make the nest more visible.