Incoming mail

The Koala came from Karen B and the surfboards from Liz - both for the Australia swap.

This one is from Cynthia - it's a mingle card, I guess one of the summer ones - It must have come by the slow boat - I saw that she had posted it a long time ago - unfortunately with a 42c stamp. I didn't have to pay charges - though I am sure this one has really come by snail mail.

A regular Saturday here - chores, a visit to the supermarket, the vegetable market and then down to our local town. When we came back we found the street in front of our house all dug up - finally someone had come to fix the slow leak that's been there for the last month at least. They dug up a lot of street hunting for that - a joint that was split. They also repaired part of my neighbours supply too. They did cover it all up and put a layer of cement on top (unlike the electric company who are yet to come and fill their hole - I did dump a bag of coarse sand in it so it's not that bad) Will see what it looks like in the morning - of course T1 and T2 thought it was great. Baby put on her wellies for the first time and had a stamp outside too..... good news it's fixed though as it was becoming dangerous - the mornings are really cold and the street was becoming a skating rink with a thick layer of ice running down it.