Sunday, October 9, 2011

Holy jumping crocodiles

This past weekend us and some friends of ours, fellow Canadians from Vancouver, drove 1 hour south of Darwin to the Adelaide river to see some jumping crocs. I must admit watching them swim through the water was amazing, they are so graceful. They also are very thoughtful in what they do, which is why sometimes they just won't jump for the meat on the string. They know they won't get it so they won't try. I also got to try on some Australian fashion in a python snake (see pictures), actually snakes aren't slimy at all they don't feel all that bad really, saying that I probably won't rush out and get one to hide under L's side of the bed. Check out the video and the pictures. L got a really good one of the jumping croc.

A while back L bought a water Lilly and we put it in a pot, well after the possums eating it and being transplanted it eventually stopped growing. The other day I had a major light bulb come on, "aren't plants guaranteed ?". Well it seems they are and at Bunnings they have a lifetime guarantee, not sure who's life mine or the plants. So L got a new plant, put it in the pot and now the guppies that a friend of L's gave us, are super happy now. Hopefully it lasts, it has an beautiful flower blooming already. Not sure what killed the last one but hey lifetime guarantee if this one doesn't last they'll see us again and again.

I guess what they call the build-up is upon us, it really doesn't seem all that more humid that it would in Toronto in the dog days of summer, but maybe more is coming. Now that the wet is coming a lot of things are starting to slow or stop. Many of the markets will shut down as well as the Mindil beach market, which we really like to visit every couple of weeks.

The Christmas stuff is in the stores already, they don't really celebrate Halloween here but one store had some Halloween candies. But the price for a dozen was extortion, boy we miss Costco.