Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Everybody Loves Snakes

Well, my little Tawnies have left the nest, and while I was photographing them, I heard a yell from across the road.

It was a friend asking me if I'd like to photograph a snake.

So I high-tailed it across the road to find a stunningly beautiful python in an empty garbage bin.

The man who owns the house, has a row of inter-connected aviaries in his backyard where his mother used to breed cockatiels (this is where we bought OB, the crazy bird that we got as a friend for SEB). His Mum passed away a couple of months ago and now he is continuing on with her hobby.

He wondered why the birds were disappearing. They had reduced from around 40 to just 8!

So he went searching through the aviaries today and discovered this beauty hiding up high in one corner and very well hidden.




So we took it out of town to relocate it in some bushland beside a lake.

Beautiful creature.

Tomorrow, Adoring Husband and I are travelling by train down to Brisbane to meet with a new Specialist about his Parkinson's.

We gave up on the Neurologist in Bundaberg. In two years, he hasn't provided any comfort, nor has he eased any of the symptoms. The medications that he has prescribed have been more trouble than they were worth with horrible side effects and beyond that, he has offered no other hope. Besides that, he wasn't at all friendly or encouraging and had a very abrupt bedside manner.

The Neurologist in Brisbane has a very good reputation and is, apparently, the top of his field, so we have high hopes of getting some satisfaction from him.

It's going to be a big day, so I need to get some sleep.

Nite all.

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