We now officially have a car. We paid $3,750 for a white 1994 6-cylinder Ford Futura Classic with 170,000 km on it, which is about 105,000 miles. I’ve included a photo of it.
For some reason, I just find it terribly entertaining to see people fall asleep in odd places or positions, so I’ve also included another sleep-related photo, this time of Kaylah and Jake asleep on the couch. TV obviously wasn’t very exciting that night. The other picture is of part of our Sunday morning church crowd from this past Sunday morning, enjoying morning tea on the veranda before the service. Brad Hearn heard me say I loved the slower pace of life in Brisbane. He responded that if I think the pace is slow in Brisbane, it comes to a complete, screeching halt where he lives, 8 hours into the interior of the country.
The photo that didn’t get taken is always the best, of course. Karen goes for a walk in the wooded park across the street from the house every day. Yesterday she saw a wallaby (basically a small species of kangaroo-type animal) bounding through the park ahead of her. Unfortunately, she hasn’t yet learned to use the camera function of her cell phone, which she had with her, so we’ll just have to take her word for it.
I’ve found one slight flaw in paradise. Although visually, the bird population here is just stunning, with lorikeets, cockatoos and kookaburras as common as crows or sparrows are in Dallas, not one of them can sing a note. It’s cool in that it sounds like a jungle, but it would be nice if some of them could whistle a tune. I’m obviously being picky. The weather continues to be perfect every day, with temperatures in the 70’s interrupted only occasionally be a brief, light rain.
And we continue to eat like kings. If every Australian eats like Emmy cooks, I don’t know why they don’t all weigh 300 pounds. Last night’s home-cooked-from-scratch dinner was salmon steaks, scalloped potatoes, asparagus with hollandaise sauce and chunks of sweet potato and pumpkin. For dessert we had pavlova, which is a crisp meringue filled with all kinds of fresh fruit, and then ice cream over that.
I came to make a living and start a church, but I stay for the food.
2 comments:
I took mom and dad to the Texas state fair. I rented dad a elec. cart.
He stayed up with use for six hours.
We were so tired and hot from the 95
temp. Dad was smiling and whisteling.
Dad bought a new cowboy hat there.
I want that same meal in Nov. next year.
love ya
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