Filling a gap.

The Easter colouring in photo competition at Coles looks a bit threadbare so I grabbed one of their photos and Grace added some colour to it.

Now the wall looks a bit busier and since she's not entered it isn't cheating ;)
On hindsight Kirsten's photo right below Grace's may be the pick of them but I sense Kirsten may have had a bit of help.

Earthhour.

Well it's been and gone and I suppose the greenies will again claim a huge success but it doesn't look like much of a power saving in QLD in their 20:30 to 21:30 lights off hour. maybe they should rename it the Joe Lucas hour after the prince of darkness who powered our vehicles with dark beams for too many years.

The other State's power curves all seemed to follow fairly even curves, probably due to a balance between Greenies and Skeptics, QLD must be imbalanced as I detect a hint of upwardness in the graph, doubtless though I'll be proved wrong.

Dead?

I saw this Brahman like beast very close to Skara Brae in the Orkney Islands off Pommyland, and I have to wonder whether it was alive or dead, the other cattles had wandered off to the other side of the paddock so it didn't look right.

I think the famous ruins of the 5000 y/o town of Skara Brae are in the background of the capture.

I'll probably be sued for using Google's material but they should be congratulated for the superb new street view images that have recently appeared. The Orkney and Shetland Islands are really beautiful and have sparked my interest, though they'd be too close to Scotland for tourists to understand what they're saying.

Powderpuff.

Tru has a new sticker, it sort of suits my lifestyle and driving, at least it's friendlier than the angry ones the young fellas favour.

Come to think of it I should start to use a few more American spellings, favor is easier and makes enough sense logically.

The Photo

This is the photo mega mentions, Clive is under mega's right elbow.

Ului may render going to Moranbah out, but i'm still having a good think about it.

RIP Clive.

I've just found out My Dad Fred's cousin Clive Hodge died a little while back.
You'll be missed Clive.

I took this photo five years ago at the Caves hotel at Buchan, Clive is in the middle with Fred in the green shirt, the chap in the red shirt is a local, Darkie who was a lot of fun to talk with that day.

Fred now thinks he is the oldest member of his clan upon Clive's passing, and since he has ambitions of becoming the world's oldest person hopes to keep the title for a while.

Mulching trials.

I've had a bit of a test making a mulching plate to use instead of the chute on the mower, the blades appear suitable for mulching. It started out easy with me just whacking a bit of sheetmetal over the hole and two pop rivets at the front and one behind, as well as an extra plate on top to cover the hole. Instant fail.
Then I tried an extra pop rivet at the rear to strengthen it. Slightly slower fail.

Hmm thinks a bit more about it and decides to put an extra plate inside to stop clippings being wedged into the rear where the pop rivets were stressed. It seems successful now but early days yet.