a laurie life: HAPPY NEW YEAR

Happy New Year everyone. I hope that 2012 is very kind to you, in all ways.

Steve and I toasted in the New Year with a glass of water and a couple of Panadol! Horrible colds caught from a loving, kissing grandchild!!

We have previously had invasions from mice, dragonflies, lizards and we're still suffering the invasion of the seed pods. Added to this, in the last few days, which have been very hot, wasps are covering the fly wire of our doors and windows and frogs are leaping around in every room. The frogs are OK but we don't want to test out those wasps.
We have a water cooling system and therefore keep the doors and windows open. The wasps are obviously enjoying the cool blast. There are 20 at a time on the fly wire. We are alternating between closing one of the two wooden doors, so that we can at least get outside. Going outside has to be an emergency as the temperature is 41C (106F)!

If you haven't seen the seed pods, or "Father Christmases", here are some photos. When we returned from Moree, they decorated the walls of our house and everything that stood still. They have come from thistles in the paddocks, which grew after the floods in January.