Frogs, tractors, sunflowers and....

This tree frog normally lives inone of our downspouts, where his croaking reverberates through all things connected with it. Amplifies pretty well. Anyway, he came for a visit...











Contrary to most expectations, I haven't had an accident or injury or caused any unintended damage with the tractor yet.



Mmmm.... diesel fumes.











Sunflowers at last!

















This place, about 20 minutes from us, is actually a part of Australian folklore by virtue of a famous song by our most famous country singer (who was from this area). Anyway, the good news is that they found some beer, although Shana, being a non-beer kind of girl ordered a Bloody Mary. And do you think the bartender knew what this most simple of mixed drinks was? Nope. And do you think - when told of the challenge of adding vodka to tomato juice - that he could do it? Nope. No tomato juice. Th epub with no tomato juice doesn't quite fit the song, I suppose, though.

Here's the song:
It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the camp fire at night where the wild dingoes call,
But there's nothing so lonesome so morbid or drear
Than to stand in a bar of a pub with no beer.

Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
There's a far away lock on the face of the bum
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer.

Then the stock-man rides up with his dry dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wat from his coat,
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer,
When the bar man said sadly the pub's got no beer.

There's a dog on the 'randa-h for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer.

Old Billy the blacksmith first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife,
He walks in the kitchen, she says you're early me dear,
But he breaks down and tells her the pub's got no beer.