Well, we’ve been here almost 3 weeks. Still got heaps of unpacking to do and it’s slower going now we’ve both returned back to work over the past two weeks. But we’ll get there.

Housewarming this weekend – wanted to get that in before all the Christmas events.

I go outside each day to take photos or just enjoy. This afternoon I walked the circumference of our private park which is a tree lined lawn.  There were two magpies singing to each other – beautiful.  And a kookaburra watching for worms.

The air was getting stifling and the sky dark.  I noticed that Maa, our sheep, was lying down panting heavily and I was worried about her.  I went to her in her pen but she wouldn’t get up and just sniffed me.  So I came inside and got a metal bowl and filled it with water and took it back out to her. While I was there it started thundering and then I could hear the wind rushing in the distance.  She wouldn’t take the water from the bowl or my hand but got up and walked away and did a wee and then kept walking.

Perhaps she sensed the storm – I just wanted to make sure she was ok. Anyway as I started walking back to the house it was really eery and the wind came fast amongst the trees and small branches and leaves flying everywhere. I just got back inside and the wind hit with a force and I was sweating badly – like a sudden heat rise.    The rain hit not long after and I opened the doors to let the fresh air and the scent of rain in. Love that smell.  I remember reading a story a long time ago of a child describing that smell as being God nearby.

As I sat in my office which has a window looking out the front and into the street I saw a very looooooong white stretch limo with wedding ribbons pull up.  I thought ‘oh oh’ they’re in trouble.  If you knew our street there is a 23% grade uphill ahead of the limo with bends and the two roads opposite are very windy, one quite steep.  I wondered what the limo was going to do when I saw 4 young men in wedding suits come up the hill from one of the roads opposite towards the limo. They stopped and changed their shoes – must have had walking shoes on.  Now I understood that the limo was waiting for them and wasn’t going to attempt either one of those hilly roads.  It moved forward up the steep incline instead.  Guess it might have done it before as there are some very popular wedding reception places only 5 mins from here.

It’s raining outside – probably the first rain we’ve had since we shifted in, although we had fog on our very first morning here.  Loving this area.