HUMIDITY PLUS

PHEW it's still so warm, still but light rain, also warm and humid.  unusual weather for here but the sunset was spectacular

PHEW - HOT

A VERY HIGH overnight low of 26, my poor airbnb people - they've come for a rest and i'm sure the evaporative cooler isn't working to capacity in that room. i have to get it looked at.  they did have a fan but really it's not enough.
Today is hot too, i'm holed up sewing and drawing, they've headed off for an overnight stay in echuca.  thank god there's a cool change on the way.

i'm looking at ways to incorporate this lovely leaf print into the book

BLOBSVILLE

I DID GET OUT to walk on the island in the morning but my camera battery was flat so my purpose of getting a shot of the variegated fairy wren was thwarted!
and my day went downhill from there, post christmas fatigue.  TV, a bit of reading and not much else except fluffing up the airbnb for today's arrivals.


beautiful sunrise and sunset and 
a lovely still day

CHRISTMAS KIDDLIES

SAYAKA,CAL and MARA celebrate christmas in osaka.  unwrapping gifts from australia, mara in her new uggs

MORNING WALK ON THE ISLAND before xmas lunch with donnie, peter and penny in mildura

the icecream xmas pud was a knockout :0)  lovely lunch of prawns, cold meats and salads so we didn't overindulge. nevertheless, that
old christmas afternoon tiredness descended  - pleasantly.

   
    then home for a quiet night and long phone chats with
    vicki and denise   -  a very nice low key christmas

CHRISTMAS MORNING - it looks gorgeous out there, sunny and still, the sun's just coming up over the lock, the hoses are on and i'm back in bed for another hour or so.  looking forward to xmas lunch with donnie and peter and penny.

BEAUTIFUL MORNING

YESTERDAY EARLY - the gorgeous darter was waving his wings back and forth, so elegant

CHRISTMAS DRINKS

zLAST NIGHT - drinks and a barbie on the back verandah as the sun set over the river, a beautiful evening after the heat and the storm.

 thanks sam for doing

the snags - so organised.

beef on the left, gourmet

in the middle and kraskys

on the right - i would've

just got them all

 mixed up

happy christmas to all my blog readers,
and a rich and fulfilling new year to you all

WILD WEATHER

WE HAD CRAZY STORMS on tuesday, wild winds and rain arrived together drenching the garden and bringing horizontal rain right in under the carport and verandah.  it was short and intense, two bursts then it was over.
yesterday after thinking i'd escaped much damage i discovered a strip of lazer light roofing in the studio had been ripped off.  luckily the wind had taken it after the rain stopped. good old jayden scadding and mate have fixed it for me already. thanks guys

RESEARCH

I'M LOOKING UP pics of WW1 and WWll for my current book and came across this great pic.  it's marlene dietrich kissing a GI during a wartime tour

IT'S GOING TO BE HOT

THE EVAPORATIVE COOLER IS ON and i'm battening down for two hot ones, 38 and 42 then cooling down to low 30's for my christmas drinks on wednesday, thank goodness.
i'll be drawing or making a print under the vent in the kitchen, it's the cool spot in the house. but right now it's 7am and i'm off for a walk before it heats up.

drawings from yesterday, practising on graham clarke's face and some gorgeous kids from a book called 'children of the desert', a photographic look at aboriginal kids living in nature, probably from the 70's i think.

DINNER ON THE RIVERBANK

A BEAUTIFUL EVENING - sonja and helen came over for a barbie and we sat outside till about 11.  after a hot day it was heavenly to sit out with a breeze and talk by candlelight

sonja's mushrooms skewered onto rosemary
stalks with the leaves left on one end, yum