Flipper love

When I came to work this morning just before 8 AM, this mobile shredder service was standing out front. It was insanely noisy but the guy inside was not wearing any ear protection.

During lunch I wanted something else, something new. I decided to get a fresh fruit juice.

I looked at the menu and saw this. It sounded super odd but I was fascinated so I got one.

It was fantastic! Bit expensive though: $7.

Blub blub blub...

Flipper love.

So yeah, we went to the beach in the evening. The day started out nice but in the afternoon the wind changed to North-Eastern meaning from the desert. That's when it gets hot. We are keeping this wind until the morning. Apparently during the morning the wind will change to South-Western. Weird.

Good times.

V from Vincent.

The sunset was beautiful. I just keep looking for my ring. Hopeless of course but you never know!

I ate a banana at work and it looked like a flower, I thought. So I snapped it.

Walking to lawn bowls I passed the swimming pool. This was the first time I have ever seen so many cars parked here (and it's not even half full). Must have to do with the warm weather. It was only 34C today by the way, not too bad.

Bowls was fun.

I was close to your house, Luke! :-)

Nicole watching a documentary about Dominick Dunne. A writer for Vanity Fair.

I walked around the garden early morning, avoiding my computer. There was a pigeon sitting on this roof 0.4 second before I snapped.

This little dovie is sitting on two little babies. Apparently they hatched two days ago.

Water barrels in our garden.

The apricot tree.

It's bearing quite some apricots at the moment and they taste quite good.

I discovered little pots with dirt too. There should be some kind of sunflower growing out of them I believe.

These bastards shit in our garden and they make a hell of a lot of noise on the little plastic roof above our window. And also on the flat's roof. When they walk on any of these they sound like bloody Godzilla. Trust me, I'm not kidding. They are the most lead-footed animal I know.

I took a nap and when I woke up the Mase had magically appeared in our garden. I hadn't seen him for a while and he was pretty happy to see me. Sitting still for a photo is not his style.

He never hesitates showing his affection for the people he likes and he continually wants to interact with you. That's what doggies do, you know. That's how they operate. They are pack animals. We are in the same pack. That's why he'll follow you around. Because in the pack you sleep, eat, play and explore together.

Late morning we drove down to Noarlunga.

They got some kick-ass beaches there.

Their jetty ends on a small reef.

There was also a lookout-point we went to first.

Then we walked on the jetty. The water was crystal clear.

It's great for snorkling. There are lots of little fishies too.

Most people seemed to hang around the jetty. There were parts of the beach within 100 metres where there was not a soul to be seen. You could set up a little tent and hang out there all day long and have your own bit of beach.

This is the reef at the end of the jetty.

You gotta be a bit careful because sharks get spotted more and more often these days.

After Noarlunga we drove to Hahndorf for a coffee. When we left, the road was EMPTY. For almost three minutes. Unreal.

Happy birthday Ilse! :-)

Today it's my sister's birthday so everybody go over to her blog and wish her a happy birthday! :-)

I installed my new monitor stand first thing when I got to work. It looks quite nice. (Also notice my new coffee mug! ;-)

In the morning it rained a lot and I had to go out and buy us fruit.

I went to the Woolworths in Rundle mall.

I'm not buying kiwi fruit any more because nobody eats that in the office. Too messy probably. So I bought four apples, four pears, 5 mandarins and 15 bananas.

Yes, I do take pride in presenting fruit nicely.

After work we went to PJ's. There was a nice girl working behind the bar. A nice change from the usual blokes. Staff at PJ's ain't bad all together. They're all pretty good. Sofar I like the Scotsman George and this girl, Joanna I believe, the best.

The Fruit

Walking around for lunch I passed the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. I had seen their buildings before and they are surrounded by the same secrecy as the free masons etc. I did some searching online and found out that all they are is a bunch of people agreeing that there is more than just the "earthly" stuff and that they have two weekly meetings where they discuss things they find important in an atmosphere where everybody is equal and everybody gets the same respect. But it's for men only. Women have their own fraterblah organisation. In The Netherlands I found this website. In internet backwater Australia I couldn't find websites so English speakers will have to do with this wikipedia link.

City side street.

I was on a mission to buy new fruit for our fruit bowl at work. I went to the Woolworths in Rundle Mall.

I found my target and loaded up.

The result back at work, a beautiful fruit bowl full of nice fruit.

After work it was Monday-night=P.J. O'Brien's cider-night again! The daylight stays a lot longer now and it's so much more enjoyable to walk there now.

When I walked towards the entrance I passed a pisshead outside who mumbled something "you" and "the Matrix" at me. I was wearing my brown long coat and green sunglasses. Funny. So I go in and find about 20 more pissheads all over the place being VERY loud. I sit down and order my cider. While I take my first sip, pisshead nr. one found me and sat next to me. He must've thought I was Keanu Reeves.

He wanted the obligatory tough guys handshake (I hate it, I like a normal handshake as a greeting and that's it. I'm not impressed with that blokey handshaking at all) and then started to talk to me. I told him I was Dutch and he was VERY quick reminding me of the aussies beating Holland 2-1 last weekend. Thankfully I reminded him of who Australia's couch du jour (Pim Verbeek I believe) is and told him "See, Holland won after all).

I informed with the bar staff if they thought those guys were leaving soon. They replied with "Yes, because we just cut them off". Excellent, I thought. However they kept hanging around and whining for more beer. One guy started to get a little unfriendly so the barman called the coppers. By the time they arrived they were all outside already because their transport had arrived. The nice quietness of the Monday night had returned.

guys from the Munno Para soccer club celebrating whatever. They were completely off their faces and staff had just decided to cut them off.