We flew back down to 8002 today, bringing Chloe and planning to remain for a few months. Interestingly, it looks like Chloe might be remembering her previous time down here – she seems quite settled already, she’s not gone hiding anywhere, and is already playing just like in Gloucester!
Margaret and I are also, of course, quite settled 🙂
Yes, I have no idea what the name of this beautiful bird is, but it’s visited a few times while we’ve been here, apparently hunting (Geckos?) in the gardens around 8002 …
Of course with lots of sunshine and rain, things grow here, but we really noticed it on this trip back; here’s a view of the front of 8002:
Compare the trees left and right, with this view from soon after we bought the house nearly 5 years ago:
In the back garden, plants that Margaret put in before we left earlier this year have grown well too – splindly but flowery plants by the pool, and an Orange tree – with a single Orange fruit; we’ll have to see if it ripens:
Indoors, my work test rigs have “grown” too – I have twice as many now, and we had to get new bigger (Ikea) shelving for them:
M&I / GBMINI 