Results tagged “Floods” from Kazza the Blank One
This morning I labelled all the photos I took of all the stuff Mike is going to try and sell. Still need to get them to him..
After that alternated between sorting Lego and working on the trivia night. Although sorting became a problem because I had to make an emergency emptying of some of the cardboard boxes it came in due to flooding in our garage (which hasn't happened since we got our guttering fixed). I knew it rained on and off during the night last night but I had no idea how heavy it was. We got a couple of streams coming through the garage but fortunately no other damage. Even late this afternoon the creek at the bottom of the hill was still in full flood. Amazing, considering how low the lake has been after several weeks of no rain. Typical of Australia though - droughts and flooding rains.
So yeah, also got three rounds done for the trivia night (only another seven to go..).
This afternoon did some food shopping. Watched Enterprise over dinner then went back to Lego sorting.
And in other stories of life and death.. Chrissie hasn't popped yet. And just found out that kid killed in Palmerston the other night was the son of someone I know :(:(
So it feels like I haven't been home in days.
Saturday work most of the day, a bit of touristing, and dinner was salmon at Chrissie's. Today out all day on a massive photo project which involved thirteen locations, 261 photos and 14000+ steps. So tonight I collapsed with a couple of beers, some chicken kiev, and a bit of Survivor.
Oh, it rained a little bit on Friday night.
This jetty usually has about 15cm of air *under* it
This duck was enjoying the newly expanded Lake Ginninderra
So were these swans
Ginninderra creek is usually about a metre wide at this point
Yesterday it was more like twenty
Scrivener had one gate open today
Last Sunday morning we headed home from Sydney with a car load of crap in tow. Caught up on housework/washing etc in the afternoon.
On Monday I finished packing up and inventoring Jake's Lego.
On Tuesday I suffered from major lack of sleep. We went to the Dumpling Inn for dinner (mixed chow mein and shredded beef peking style) then did our food shopping. Came home and dismantled most of the Star Destroyer (that had also been constructed at Christmas 2009) while watching TV.
On Tuesday night I still couldn't get to sleep, so Wednesday was more misery. Watched some pretty cool rainstorms out the window at work. When I got home however, there was a small stream of water going across the garage floor. Which would have been fine, except it intersected with my old desk that I've had for thirty five or so years, and the chipboard at the bottom all swelled up :(:(:( So that was pretty annoying. My parents still have the matching beds, and I still use the matching set of drawers. I was hoping to sell/give away the things as a set one day so that's a bit of a poo. In the evening it poured with rain again, so I collected a whole heap of it and put it in the pool.
Wednesday night I finished dismantling the Star Destroyer, and started the remaining section of my Life jigsaw.
Thursday night we got pizza and watched The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which I hadn't seen since I saw it at the movies in 2005.
On Friday a bunch of us got pork knuckles from Zierholz. Omigosh they were *huge*. I got through all the meat/crackling on mine (but only just) but didn't quite finish the sides. Pretty much everyone said the experience of it was good, but noone would really be interested in having it again - simply too much food. I reckon it'd go well shared between two people. I didn't have any dinner that night.
Friday night was more jigsawing while watching Angels and Demons, which I hadn't seen.
Saturday morning I cleaned the gutters and flushed the downpipes which were all completely clogged. Then we headed out to the club, but I'll leave that for another post.
Today was catching up on housework as well as doing more jigsaw and tv show catching up.
