The week just gone by

A friend rang me during the weekend to see if I wanted to join her for morning tea at the local art groups' exhibition. I did and we enjoyed seeing the paintings as well as having a good

 chinwag over coffee and cake. Some of the paintings were for sale but we didn't buy anything this time. Mind you there 

were a couple I really rather liked. Really, really liked :)

There are a lot of talented people out there.

And staying with the coffe break theme, my GKB and I went over to Wal's Plantland one afternoon for tomato plants and potting mix. There's a nice cafe cunningly placed at the end of a tunnel/hothouse  and while we didn't buy any extra plants we did enjoy a late afternoon tea which meant I didn't need to cook that evening. Bliss.

Staying with plants, aren't the blossoms on this magnolia magnificent? This tree belongs to a neighbour and 

my GKB had to wander partway up their drive to 

take the photo. Spring is certainly here :)

I took this photo while out walking one day. I love the moody clouds, rain threatened but hasn't happened yet. And that was several days ago. I rather think we may have drought conditions this summer as winter has been rather mild and not a lot of rain.

This is another pic I took while out walking. I had tried to get a shot of a flock of sparrows having a peck at the dirt on the road in front of me but they didn't cooperate with me at all and flew off :) This little thrush wasn't so shy, she just sat there and let me snap away. I love thrushes, their lovely colour and speckles on the breast. So cute.

Just to finish off  we went outside one evening and found we had this little fellow visiting us. He didn't stay long once he realised he had company. It's amazing how fast hedgehogs can run when they get up on those little legs and start to move.

Joining Amy and friends for
Five on Friday
and
Friday Foto Friends

They're at it again...

The neighbours are chopping stuff down.

There is a beautiful macracarpa hedge growing 

between our property and the one next door.

Well there was up until about a week ago.

Over the years the neighbourhood kids have had a lot of fun in there.

Both boys and girls.

They had huts and hideouts and tracks through the branches,

and not necessarily at ground level either.

But as you can see there is a truck up the drive.

Behind the truck is a very nice young man with a chain saw and a mulcher.

He took down about 30 foot of the hedge in the middle.

Right opposite our bedroom window and in front of one of the neighbours'.

I just hope they're going to put up a very high fence to replace it!

Although it does reflect a lot of light back to our place - oh well you can't have it all ways/

When he feeds the mulcher a lot of very fine sawdust

 comes over our fence and leaves a fine film over everything.

Easy to clean off, just a nuisance really.

At one point I looked out the window and 

one of these wee fellows was wandering around

 in the middle of the road looking quite bewildered,

 in fact he was walking in circles.

I rescued him and put him under some bushes well away from the hedge,

and the road, and thought that all was well.

But no, a couple of minutes later he was heading out again

 but this time stopped for a drink out of a puddle

 and then headed back to the bushes. Phew.

Both our daughters  went over looking

to see if there were any of their old toys there.

there weren't, but youngest found an old Sprite can

 she took home to her collector husband.

Work seems to have come to a standstill now though 

and this is what things looks like at the moment.

Not pretty.

Well that's it for today,

keep well, keep warm if you're in the snow

 and enjoy your day.

Diana

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