Day 14 ......The tropics .......

Header Photo:    Full moon in the tropics, taken from the backyard last week.

Any post is better than no post right?  It's difficult to believe that it's been a fortnight since I arrived!! Time flies. Well I've caught a very nasty bug/cold/virus thing and this girl is not feeling too bright, but I am suffering post withdrawals and just must post!!  Missed photo opportunities abound because on numerous occasions I forgot little S.S. in the excitement (drat and darn)

The weather is kind (it can only get cooler)  My home town has changed for the better in 16 years.  More shopping centres, population has now reached 200,000 - there's a large military base here and RAAF (both of which I'll get photos of) tremendous improvements with city and suburban parklands; roads, and the beachfront areas of the Strand.  When I left I felt it was strictly an industrial working town, but now it is tourist oriented with its proximity to the Great Barrier Reef. Also I'm very impressed with many of the modern clean and beautifully laid out suburban estates .  A lot of miners and their families call Townsville home, and fly in/fly out to the mines west of Townsville. It's expanding, growing and a seemingly very prosperous city but still with a laid back lifestyle.

For the past fortnight I have done little other than immerse myself with family and enjoy some quiet time-out for me.  Having said that, and with feeling really quite under the weather today I thought I'd do a family introduction.  (photo notations under each photo)

First born daughter aka 'Home-girl'; Hubs of 'Home-girl'; and 'grandson extraordinaire' Jack almost 6 yrs, photo taken a week ago at the park just a few doors from their family home.
And below is their two young and very exuberant, very large sweet pups Jethro 8 mths and Molly 12mths.   Also 2 felines (no photos yet)  No photo of 'Home-girl' & Hubs house yet either!

       

Last born daughter aka 'Spice-girl' & Hubs. Photo taken Christmas time NYC !!

(they did not take me.......)

And below is their dear old Eddie 11 yrs (there's 2 felines here too)

He's a bit like me really, still awfully good looking just a little frayed around the edges.

And he was good enough to turn his dear old paw over for me to play MACRO FEATURE!!

(no, the novelty hasn't worn off yet ...... nothing is spared, or sacred in the quest for macro perfection)

Also at 'Spice-Girl's' is this..........

where you will have to line up and pay, to see me expertly swimming wading around

in my itsy-bitsy, teen-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini  sedate one-piece. Oh, who am I kidding

I don't own a swimsuit of any kind!  Actually I don't do swimming. Anyway there's oft snakes

having a dip.  I kid you not we found one under the outside rubbish bin only yesterday (a deadly brown)

I had walked by that bin about 6 times  twice yesterday back and forth to the washing line.

We killed it relocated it back to the bush area where the other 10,000 hang out. 

(Ooooh dear I hope I don't lose blogosphere friends through this admission, I promise it was a very sticky situation, perhaps even life and death!)

Here is 'Spice-girls' Hubs work car which he gifted to me lets me borrow because he feels sorry for me thinks I'm the greatest mother-in-law e.v.e.r and deserve such sacrifices.

and here I am doing the blog on his Mac lappie so I can practice and familiarise myself

with it before I make a decision on what I'll buy - but he will probably just gift it to me.

Now I'm just going to laze back on this comfy couch and catch up with all of your blogs.

Thank you for your kind words and I feel very humbled that I've been missed!!

I'm sure I'll be back on top very soon and will have lots of pics of the Tropics.

HAPPY BLOGGING