Ring...again.

Jimmy finally got off his tail and grabbed Grace another ring (actually two of them) that looks close enough to the fancy expensive jobs people buy as wedding rings. Poor Grace lost the first one back in the long distant past, pity as it cost 10 times what one of these did.

For those interested in just how frugal (or is that just plain cheap?) Jimmy is, they came from here
http://www.focalprice.com/HP0646Y/Domed_Stainless_Steel_Ring_8_Golden.html
http://www.focalprice.com/HP0647Y/Domed_Stainless_Steel_Ring_8__Golden.html

Darkness.

Our end of town lost power last night, quite surprisingly and suddenly, but a real surprise to me was work trucks shown here out after midnight apparently fixing it, I wasn't expecting that and it cheered me up.
We were in the dark for about four and a quarter hours, quite a shock when our power is usually quite reliable.

We missed out on flooding last week and I now think it'll be most unlikely till the next season, fingers crossed.

A victim of wet feet.

This tree across the road didn't enjoy the bit of rain we've had lately.

I might be wrong.

I said we wouldn't get any flooding this wet season but on the last day of summer the weather bureau has issued a warning that we may get a bit of rain this arvo. The pity is we just can't handle any more  and keep our feet dry.

Up again.

We've had a little bit of rain over the last few days, a bit more and our feet will be wet again.
I suppose if there was someone important living in our area they might make a effort to unclog the stream.

Grey sky, grey cars, but...

The shopping trolleys were out socialising in the car park today.

A bit run down.

I visited our botanical gardens this morning, and despite being neat and well tendered does look a bit sad and run down.
Not many flowers about but I took a poor one of this that I'm only posting because I noticed a spider trying to eke out an existence.

I suppose since the Tyto wetlands opened this lovely little central park is only secondary but seeing the padlock on the lavatory isn't a welcoming sign.