Happy Leap Day dear Readers..
Time flies, and the long hot Summer continues at the Red Cardinal nest.
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The other day I saw one of these beautiful blue/green tree snakes...
we startled each other as I drove out of the garage.
The snake was climbing up a geranium and disappeared into a tree.
They are non-venomous and such a pretty colour.
We have had a visit from a local tree lopper.
Our giant gum tree had become dangerously large, with branches about to grow into our deck space. The hot weather and frequent rain really contributed to a growth spurt.
I forgot to take a 'before' picture: above is how it looked after being reduced by about 50%.
The tree lopper also removed the uninvited trees along the back fenceline. These experts are amazing the way they rope themselves and climb way up into a tree the height of a three story house.
We have been to a wonderful concert at the beautiful, elegant Cathedral of St. John, with the Brisbane Chamber Choir and the Cathedral Girl Choristers.
For the Season of Lent, they sang some Poulenc Motets, Cantus Missae in E-flat Major by Josef Rheinberger, and my favourite, the gorgeous Requiem by Gabriel Faure. I loved singing 'In Paradisum' when I was in the ladies choir a few years ago.
Love this former hospital building adjacent to the Cathedral..
Boring as it is, we had another flood down the hill on the main road and in the park where I walk.
We are getting quite 'ho hum' about it all...
It only lasted one day.
I have fallen down another rabbit hole, and decided to do a bit of scrapbooking, looking at 'junk journals'.
It looks easy - just use up old paper stuff around the house, of which we have plenty. I began with tea dying a pile of papers, paper doilies, old cards etc. Then I bought some paper online which has been dyed with avocado skins. It comes out a beautiful shade of pink.
Like everything, after hours of U-tube tutorials, I soon found it is slightly more difficult than it appears, and my first effort is heavy on the glue, and rather lacking in a delicate touch.
Undeterred, I have bought a few tools and stamps, a one-hole punch. and some pretty Japanese papers. We will see how this works out as a way to declutter some paperwork and avoid housework....
Our personal Red Cardinal jungle...
My firstborn child has a Big Birthday this week.
It is sad that she is in Canada, and we are not!
It makes me feel very old, and we wish her every happiness for her birthday and the years ahead. She is a wonderful daughter, wife and mother and we love every Facetime call we have together.
Hope our parcel arrives in time....
Be well and take care..
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