January - February 2009

The Taming of the Shitzu


Obtain a wild Shitzu ...



Sing soothing songs to it ...



pat it gently and smooth it's coat ...



Actually, we Shitzus come from ancient royal Tibetian stock, so forget all that wild beast stuff.



squash, beans, pumpkins and tomatoes going well



local garden and snail inspector on patrol





Still working on the posing, after the walk



Handcrafting all those shelf holes for the new pantry (only several years after the rest of the kitchen)



Australia Day 2009, Breakfast Concert



Australia Day 2009, Breakfast Concert


Great Aussie Breakfast






F-18 Flyby coming ...



Coming ...


... Gone!
pictures taken at 1 per sec.

They flew over the house on the the practice run the night before (twice) and got Bailey all shakey, as they were so low and very, very loud. each time.



Garden of Australian Dreams, National Museum



Garden meets Architecture, National Museum




view to Black Mountain from National Museum


Pantry progress (only taken a couple of years to start & finish - see Feb 2007) I seem to recall the Steep Track balcony also starting about that time and hopefully it will be finished after this several weeks of heat waves of over 35 degrees Celsius [~100F] Check below ...



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