Category: Daily Life

Watching our pair as we fed them this evening I reflected that one of the good things about dogs is, you can feed them the same food every night – they will always get excited about dinner!

I am helping my sister put up her website. She has been writing a book, and keen to publish, and I convinced her to publish some material online. She seems pretty enthusiastic about it.

The book is called Mrs Mopp’s Difficult Dilemma – a children’s story she has been working on for a number of years! It is with a collective sigh of relief that we watch Jo put the finishing touches to her book. She is now working on the illustrations.

While Jo is looking at publishing options, she hopes her new website will encourage feedback from interested readers.

I am also quietly hoping the experience of owning her own website will lead Jo to greater boldness on her computer and the internet. Presently her activities are restricted to her word processor!

Found this on Whirlpool:

There are 8 balls and a set of balance scales, all the balls are the same size and shape but one of them is heavier than the others.

How can we get the heaviest ball with the fewest number of weights?

First answer:

Two packs of four on the balance, discard lightest four.
Two packs of two, discard lightest two.
Two balls, discard lightest.

Second (better) answer:

Take two lots of three balls and compare them. If they are the same, compare the remaining two to see which is heavier. If one set of three is heavier, compare two of those. If they are different, take the heaviest one. Otherwise the one of the three you did not compare will be the heavier one.

Policeman friend noticed motorbike rider with large cockatoo on his head, flapping its wings. Rider was doing 70km in 60 zone so policeman pulled him over. When asked why he had the cockatoo on his head, the man replied that the bird enjoyed it. Cocky had injured wing and could no longer fly, so man let it ride with him so it could still enjoy the feeling of flight. Policeman laughed so hard he let the rider off his ticket. 🙂

We love the birdlife at our place, we get many varieties of birds including the Scaly Breasted Lorikeet or “Greenie”. We have just rescued a pre-fledgling who is determined to explore the great big world rather than remain in his nest!

His tail and wings are not yet fully formed; despite this he has made several attempts to fly after his parents. A very plucky little fellow. We found him running around on the ground after returning him to his tree several times. We have him in a cage for the moment, for his own protection and our peace of mind!

His parents are still feeding him, and he also seems to enjoy the mashed fruit mixed with lorikeet wet mix we give him. These little Greenies are quite friendly, they are fascinating to watch and it is easy to grow attached to them. They apparently adjust quite well to living in captivity, but we hope to return this one to the wild as soon as his feathers are better developed.

He is not the first, and I have a feeling he wont be the last little Greenie chick we’ll have the pleasure of helping.

FAUNA Fostercare site:
http://fauna.com.au/birds/scalybreastedlorikeet.php

Lorikeet Mix Recipes:
http://www.birdsnways.com/mowen/lories.htm

This Christmas Mum, Dad and Jo came over to our place although H. had to go into work. Pete, Jody and kids spent the day with Jody’s family.

Lunch was quiet and relaxing, with the music of Nora Jones playing softly in the background. On the menu was chicken kebabs, an assortment of salads, focacia bread and a yummy Mars Bar cheesecake provided by Mum, which pleased the sweet tooth in all of us.

Kelsie was happy to be temporarily reunited with her mum Gemma, although she wasn’t keen on sharing any doggie treats with her! All three dogs were well behaved around the table, and Dad seemed quite taken with little Sasha.

The day was very hot, however it was cool indoors and after a satisfying meal, the four of us played a rousing game of Scrabble.

Boxing Day: The next day everyone met at Mum and Dad’s place and were entertained by the sight and sounds of young kids ripping open their presents. We enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by Mum, with a tasty pasta salad by Jody.