Last weekend I took a day off work and flew back to SA to spend time with friends and family.
I did the rounds on Saturday - breakfast at the markets with Megan and Troy, a visit to Casey and Andrew in their new place and Megan and Clint's housewarming party in the afternoon. I then went down to Victor to spend the rest of the weekend at Mum and Dad's.
They have new neighbours...
I think the black one looks like the evil pod racer from Star Wars: Episode 1.
The agave is flowering and I think that also looks like an alien creature. The agave had fallen over at the weight of it's leaves and the flower is still growing upright. I think the flower is probably around 3.5 meters tall. It's huge.
This is what it looks like up close.
I hope Mum and Dad send me a photo of what it looks like when all the buds open up.
A few of the baby agaves that have sprouted out of the base of the main plant are also flowering. It's obviously agave breeding season.
Of course there are lots of other things in flower at Mum and Dad's. Here's the swirly-ness of a grevilia flower opening up.
And a flowering gum.
I didn't spend the whole time taking photos of the flowers in the garden. We also had a coffee with Granny and Kate on the Sunday and visited Ross and Sue at their new cottage, which is very cute. They had brought their cats down to spend time there and so I got to meet Brian and Henry, the Burmese Boys.
Brian:
Henry:
On Monday, the painters started work at Mum and Dad's house for the ultimate livingroom refurbishment, so we all had to spend time in the study. The boys (Marco and Oscar) were not amused. Marco spent time pacing and then eventually hid on top of a book case. Oscar also sought refuge up high and made sure that his disapproval was known.
Does anyone have a lolcats type phrase for this photo of Oscar??
As always the weekend went much too quickly, but it was great to spend some time relaxing with the family. I can't wait for Megs to visit us soon :)
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