Waking Up on Mars

Waking Up on Mars.

I woke up for work at 5:55 am on Wednesday and through the blinds saw the strangest reddy/orange light. I opened the blinds and didn’t understand what I was looking at. A storm was predicted over night and Kay and I enjoyed watching the rain and lightening before going to bed (we sit under our patio roof, out of the rain with a glass of wine).
I called to Kay, who immediately jumped out of bed and like me couldn’t comprehend what was happening. We opened the window and couldn’t smell anything, as we were discussing the fact it might be a bush fire. As the sun rose, the colours of crimson and orange were amazing. It was as if we had woken up on another planet.
Kay was actually frightened, and the hairs on my back were all standing up.
We were at a loss as to what was actually happening outside our window.
I turned on the PC to find out what it was, and discovered we were in a dust storm some 600k wide with an estimated 500 tonne of dust in the air.
A life time experience was happening and I can say it will remain with me for ever.

Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures.
They show the Bridge, Cronulla Beach and outside our bedroom window.

ColKay

Coastal Walk

What to write about… Well, Madeleine has recovered from the oral surgery that she recently had. There is a cute picture below of Madeleine and Kay in their scrubs.

A few weeks ago I had two blonde daughters but somewhere along the line they got misplaced, and I now have two dark haired daughters, and at the same time I misplaced some money, coincidence?

As I worked last Sunday, playing a tall ship into Sydney is work! I was given Monday off, so I talked Kay into jumping in a taxi to Kurnell and walking for 3 ½ hours back to Cronulla. The views were amazing and the wildlife was stunning. We saw parrots, eagles, a Great Cormorant, an albatross and a big seabird that kept flying up a few metres then dropping a shellfish on to the rocks to crack open, just like you would see on a David Attenborough programme.

This time I didn’t squeal like a girl when I saw a large black snake slithering off the track and into the bush. Though seeing a snake a couple of meters away helps heighten your senses and Kay’s walking pace. We watched a whale blowing, though not breaching, so I am not sure what type it was, and there were countless views of them too. Yep, the weather was fantastic too.

To finish off a great day we had a late lunch in Hoggs Breath Café (it’s actually a restaurant). The waitress asked if I would like a drink, so I ordered the litre carafe of red, and then the waitress asked Kay what she would like to drink. I was shocked and Kay was stunned. Funny though!

During the week I messed about with the camera and tried taking a picture of the moon. The picture below was taken in daylight with a filter which makes it look like I took the picture at night, weird.

Hope you enjoy looking at the pictures.

ColKay