Saturday, January 19, 2008

Ready for action!


Curt's all decked out in his new slashing gear. We finally bought the 'kick-ass' whipper snipper with all the 'fruit'...all kinds of blades, even a chainsaw blade for slashing down saplings. You wouldn't believe how everythings grown with all this rain we've had...it was becoming quite clear that something radical needed to be used to keep the rainforest from reclaiming itself all over our house!

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Oops



We've had weeks and weeks of rain, major flooding in the lower regions. It's starting to ease off now but still every day, rain. I love it because it keeps things cool in this summer heat. It wasn't like this last year though, or by all accounts, for the past ten years.
Anyhow, we were pretty stocked up avoiding having to go into town via the flooded areas on the really torrential rain days. But a couple of days ago, I almost drove the car off the edge of our long hillside driveway trying to avoid some vegetation that had fallen across the road, heavy with water. Two wheels were off the road! Curt came to the rescue thank heavens and mananaged to save the day, after a couple of hours of very gradual maneuvers using the jack. Phew! Three weeks to go and the men come to seal the road. That will be pure luxury!

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Nine footer!


Look what our nine foot resident python dropped yesterday! He's not really 'resident', he just likes to crawl into the ceiling to get out of the rain. Then when the weather fines up, he wanders off again...leaving his skin behind him.