It's been so frustrating having to log on to E's computer and use mail2web which keeps timing out. Even more frustrating were my phone conversations with Telstra, but that's all a thing of the past now. Hope you've all been having fun while I was away. We've been very busy cleaning up after Yasi and of course, I still had to get on with my next book.
And they roost in one of our trees.
Our monthly trip back to Townsville was sobering as we had to drive through all the country devastated by Yasi. I think it's no exaggeration to say that from Innisfail to Ingham (takes about three and a half hours to drive) there's not a tree untouched.
Hope things are better in your part of the world.
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Glad you are back. It has just been a dreadful start to the year. makes me glad I live where I live!!
Oh those lucky fowls, having play dates!!
The positive thing about the tropics is that everything does grow back at lightning speed!!
Barbara, so lovely to have you back on line and with us again. We've missed you.
I know the bush regenerates, but still, it's devastating to see. I remember driving down to Lorne the Monday after the Ash Wednesday bushfires many years ago, and for most of the way everything was black, all the land, all the vegetation, just charred and lifeless-looking. The only colour was the blue of sky and sea and a thin strip of bright, clean golden sand. It made me weep to think of the lush beauty that had been destroyed.
It rained most of that week-- I was there for work -- and when I drove back on the weekend there was the thinnest, most delicate veil of green over everything. That made me cry, too.
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