Xmas at Transtrain

Work luncheon! Cool. We should do this for every public holiday!

Investiture of my OAM!

Here are all the Tasmanian recipients of the 2009 Queens Birthday honours list.

Here am I with the GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA: HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONOURABLE PETER UNDERWOOD AC
http://www.govhouse.tas.gov.au/

Miss Fish on Adventure

Jes, AKA Miss Fish at her work, came out for a paddle with me. Being a Tassie born native she had no hesitation to get wet, but for me it was still a little too cool.


The little waterproof Panasonic camera worked well (in this cold climate), apart from sun glare in the lens here and there (considering there is no lens hood this is to be expected).


Only a couple of cormorants on the rookery today, but the whiff (which I am oblivious to) was very strong according to Miss Fish who must have acute olfactory senses...

Miss Fish out of water...

CF Clinic in Burnie

As much as it is meant to be depressing, visiting the CF clinic is always a bit of an entertaining afternoon. Too bad there is no travel subsidy to travel 65kms there and same back.

Denise and James looking their best....

Doctor Reid thinking about sunny Brisbane...

Although lung function was a miraculous 52% of predicted for FEV1 last month, it is now back to a normal 46%. Considering I have dropped below 40% in the past this is pretty OK. I just had a break of the antibiotics for 2 weeks, which proably explains why I dorpped again...

Heart Foundation

Doorknocking for the Heart Foundation today after my colonoscopy! If only people knew where I was that morning they may not have answered their doors. As it was I collected $150 and had the sun shine upon me while I did it. Amazing how you get a whole month to do it in and you barely get around to doing it! This house was the oddest visit. An old russian couple took a few minutes of explaining what I wanted and then explained they were pensioners and couldn't make a donation. Maybe she knew what crawled up my bum that morning. They were cute!

Stingyspecs

Hello, this is the new me. I got new glasses in the mail. OK, so they aren't the best and most fashionable, but darn it they work! My last pair of reading glasses I drove over in my car. Mate Prickle put them back together and the optometrist gave them a final touch, and they are OK. So in any case I thought I'd check out the online glasses. Found Stingyspecs on the Internet and ordered an extra pair of distance (pictured below) and a pair of reading glasses (pictured above)! Total bill including postage was $125 and they arrived within a week! Amazing.



I know I know, the reading glasses look like shit, but hey, I misplace glasses so often and to have a pair of $60 specs in the car or at work or wherever I randomly leave them is great!

Living at Cindy's

Still living at Cindy's in Turners Beach! Working on alternatives, but looks like I might be here till into the new year. My bicycle is parked at fellow Hasher Mullet's place in Don where I drive to every weekday and from there cycle into Devonport via my favourite Don track. \

Cindy is a whirlwind of random activity, she juggles a million and one things in the few weeks she is at home before going off-shore for another few weeks. She is mulching in the backyard as we speak and never even noticed me sneaking up to take this photo! Cindy the Million Dollar woman.

Smith's Residence

Tennis buddy Millan getting ready for work. Sister Maddy is shy.

Port Sorell breaky

I took Jo on the motorbike to Port Sorell this morning. Managed to walk during the downpour... Dried out on the way back.

Jo in town for Spring

Jo came to Devonport for a few days to check jobs and realestate.

Spring has sprung, the grass is riz....

I wonders where the birdies is.