Feelin' Hot Hot Hot

The past couple of days have been pretty busy for us. So today was a wonderful day of relaxation.

We have finally finished up the irrigation that we needed to do for this week. We have been working in the heat...with flies that are very intrusive. But we finally wrapped it up and had the two Irish couples over last night and watched The Shawshank Redemption. They sat there and drank 24 beers between the 4 of them and seemed totally sober. I do not know how the Irish do that. I guess it could be their upbringing...But I feel that any normal person would not have been as calm and sober as them. It was a good night. We enjoy hanging out with them.

We are also babysitting Prince for the week. Catherine and her three daughters are in Tasmania for two weeks visiting their rellies (relatives). Catherine's mom dropped him off. She is a nice lady. We talked to her for about two hours and then had to shoot off back to work. Prince is a small version of Abby. But not really as playful. As soon as you reach out to him he rolls on his back sprawled out expecting you to pet him. We got a little stint of energy out of him tonight for about 10 minutes and that was it. He is now sleeping next to David on the couch.

Today was the hottest spring day that Perth has had in 30 years. It reached 37 degrees. David and I headed off to Lancelin to cool off in the ocean. (The farm has easterly winds that blow extreme winds that are hot...and the westerly winds do not reach the farm til late in the night.) It is the first time since I have been here that I have spent an hour straight in the water. It was marvelous! I spent most of the time at the beach in the water because as soon as I dried off the thousands of flies that were flying along the beach decided I would be a nice stopping point for them. It's actually 11pm right now and 20 degrees still. Apparently they weather is supposed to cool down though. Not enough to get rid of the flies though. There are spiders all over the house ...and I am determined to not get rid of any in hopes that they will reduce the number of flies that are constantly buzzing around in the house. haha.

Also, after 4 hours of patience. I have been able to upload an album of photos. They are the last photos from Sydney. I will not try to work on another album..so stay posted!

Last Week in Sydney

UPDATE: Here is another Album...This is it for a few days...

Indian Pacific...away we go!

That's all for now.

Holly and David