Saturday, January 30, 2010

Hat

After car shopping we went to City Hatters, which has thousands of hats but EXACTLY ONE THAT FITS MY GINORMOUS MELON:







Mini

We came home empty-handed from car shopping today, but figured out a lot about what we're looking for. Here's Miss Marjorie test driving a Mini Cooper:


(which we decided is pretty sweet, but generally too small.)

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Mantis

Preying mantis in our backyard. About an inch long:



Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Jets

Australia Day jets over our backyard:



Monday, January 25, 2010

Anglesea

On the beach at Anglesea:

Ouch

Maybe I should have reapplied.



Sunday, January 24, 2010

Skim

This is my skimboard:


It's ancient. Not sure the exact year, but I know I bought in 1983 at the very latest. Lots of good memories associated with it. I just had my second skimboard session in Australia here in Lorne which was very fun. From what I've seen I'm the best skimboarder in the country. :-)

Lorne

On holiday in Lorne. The view from our hotel:


Some visitors, with eyes on the cheese plate. (One of Marjorie's coworkers happened to be staying in the same hotel with a friend so we had them over.)