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Monday 21 July 2014

First Snake for the Season


Monday, 21 July 2014

 



Saturday was a fairly quiet day, apart from a trip to Rusty’s for our fresh fruit and vegetable supplies.  Red paw-paw is now in plentiful supply – very nice and refreshing with lime juice squeezed over.  Himself spent the afternoon thinking about washing the caravan.

Sunday was also another day to catch up on some house work (the bathroom and floors do require occasional cleaning!) and to continue thinking about washing the caravan.  We have had a couple of very cool mornings, with the temperature dropping to 10 degrees, but up to 24 by 9.00 am.  This afternoon was “Sundaes on Sunday” near the caravan park swimming pool, with the owners providing the makings for ice cream sundaes.  Lots of happy faces, including a black and white one who fronted up for a serve.

Monday morning necessitated a trip to Edge Hill to arrange an appointment for a birthday gift from my son and his family – now looking forward to Thursday morning.  The caravan still hasn’t been washed.

Monday afternoon was time to feed the fish again in the creek beside the caravan park.  One of us walks up and down the bridge while the other just sits and tosses bread.  We had been there for a while, enjoying the tranquillity, when I spotted a snake in the water and loudly called out, “Snake!”  The one sitting down managed to get to his feet in half a second flat.  We watched the snake until it disappeared under a rock.  Research revealed the snake to be a slaty-grey snake, common around waterways in the Cairns region.  Needless to say, today was the first time I hadn’t taken the camera with me.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You should have taken your chicken for a walk. Snake would have loved it.