
The troups atop Mt Arawang.
Black Mtn. back left and Mt. Ainslie back right (near our home)
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One of the nice Irises that surprised us from the garden.
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Christmas Breakfast on Springbank Island in Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra. For some reason we kept our bouyancy vests on although the chances of a flash flood were extremely remote. A mas sive chorus of cicadas sang for us though.
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Back ashore in Yarralumba with Spinnaker Island and Black Mountain in the background.
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What, a pacage for moi?
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Skip the package the contents were delicous for about 15 minutes.
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Me and my new Christmas toy!
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Yum!
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Pleasure is a stuffed toy!
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Cute in the shining sunlight, aren't I!
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Well someone has to keep an eye on them when they are in my house.
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Painting is boring but they do have to take note of me upon exiting or entering the room!
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Too much walking and too much heat when are they going back to work to give me some peace.
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The new colour scheme, Patriot Blue and Metropolitan
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The new colour scheme, Patriot Blue and Stowe White (other three walls)
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The original grotty colour scheme
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The original scheme 
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Stop, Who goes there!
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I am watching you!
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Last year after purchase.
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Not easy to see all the pruning mulching and edging, nor herbs, or the natives or the grapevines which are still small but the central garden area below the verandah is the site of a future. |

Last year after purchase. |

Yeah, Parliment House is fine on a cool day but I have been around the lake a few times this week.
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