Wow! Life zooms by so quick doesnt it?
I just remembered something I must have stored in the back of my head and the memory came back to me, I swear it was something like 10 years ago but when I nut out how old I was at the time then its something like 20 years ago! Man that time has just flown by!
Dot mac hey! Finally done it!
Why has it taken me so long to embrace dotmac?
It is marvelous I have backed up all my contacts, calendar, photos, movies etc. All online and it integrates so easily with many applications I have on my Mac/s.
For those who are saying the following: "What the fuck is he on about??"
Click here it's an insight of why I'm excited.
It is Kath's Birthday today!!!
Well my darling wife is celebrating her birthday with some fine weather today.
Last night I took her out to
"The Willows"to celebrate.
We both had the best meal you could ever imagine. Kath had John Dory with a crabmeat omelet, whilst I had eye fillet with bernaise sauce and parmesian mash together with some fine wine, an absolute taste sensation and food seriously to die for!
Both of us had entree beforehand Kath had smoked salmon and I had goat cheese on a pastry waffer thingy. After our mains we were way too full for any desert so we passed on that to get our coffee, and with that came an array of biscuits.
Today we had a look at
Linton's Nursery here down on the Mornington Peninsula which is about 15km from our house, to have some lunch in an old bank building that they have restored, and after that stroll through this wonderful nursery in search of some ideas for our garden.
We are back from Paradise.
Did you miss me? I bet you did! All 289,802 of you! OK, all 4 of you!! Me doing the Maxwell Smart thing again! LOL.
Kath and I had a thoroughly enjoyable time staying in Fiji, weather was amazing, its great when you can jump on a plane and go from 7ºC to something better like 29ºC within a few hours flying time and its like that all year round! Sheer paradise with crystal clear water, you can see your feet whilst you wade in the shallows and see bright blue fish dart about you, wondering 'What the heck are these lilly white things in the water!?!"
We took part in many activities such as snorkling, kayaking, coconut tasting, cocktail drinking (Pina Colatas YUM), boat cruises, market shopping, socialising with the indigenous locals as well as the many Aussies there as well, i swear Fiji is another state of Australia, nearly everyone is an Aussie apart from a few Kiwis (hey! they dont count) and a few Americans and Brits too, (Damn it! no Dutch this time!!!).
Disaster almost struck out on the reef as both of our snorkling gear was faulty (Kaths goggles had a crack and water was comimg in from the side, and my snorkle had a faulty mouthpiece.... things those Fijians dont consider important to check when they give you this equipment) and we were taken to the very deep parts of the reef. The current was very strong and we both got quite tired keeping ourseleves afloat, thankfully with the help of a fellow Aussie, she helped both Kath and I to safety. We made good friends with her and her family and hopefully we keep in touch. (if your reading this Tanya, thank you once again! Your the best!).
I did take many photographs too many to put online and I am now going through the video footage we took as well. (Wish I didnt use 16:9 format now as I am experincing some transition problems in iMovie, I'll nut out another way!)
Anyway the break was far too short, next time we go there, we may make it something like 30 years.
More posts after we come back from Fiji! Bula!!
We are busy packing our cases for our 6 days, of doing nothing but soaking up sun!
As usual I have the little case (and all my clothing is crammed up tight) and Kath gets the big case (enough to put 2 people in comfortably) and as usual I have to be the chivalrous man and drag both of our luggage about the airports, with Kath doing her womanly bit in pointing me in the right direction and making sure my footing is right as I try to negotiate 2 cases, camera gear, and 2 lots of hand luggage at once on the escallator (hmmm! Does a pack horse suit the description of what I feel like?)
"Whoooowh! #%&@# I nearly went over on that escallator! ... I am getting prepared!
Now, I have got to learn some more of the language! 'Bula: Hello and Goodbye' and 'Vanaka: Thank you'.
I wonder if that's enough to get me by? I think NOT!!!
