The possum in our shed that survived the roller door incident last year has settled in and is a pretty relaxed possum these days. Today I found it reclining flat on its back on a shelf in the shed with a very contented attitude. My daughter snapped this photo and then engaged in a bit of digital mischief to suggest the source of the contentedness.
Happy Australia Day weekend.
Merry Christmas from the Wetherall’s (and the cat). Also don’t miss appreciating the Escheresque reflection in the Christmas bauble.
A bit of surprise for my wife today when opening the roller door on the shed, having a possum drop at her feet, as it had been having a nap inside the coiled roller door. It promptly scampered up the wall and hid in the eaves.
She’s looking cross because she knows I’m about to remove her from what she considers to be her personal heated sleeping pad.
One of the artifacts of keeping chickens and ducks in our backyard, is that I’ve come to realise what a large number of poultry based metaphors there are in the English language, and I get to experience the following sayings in their original context …
One metaphor that I haven’t yet seen in its original form, and which I do not intend to enact is …
Welcome to the latest addition to the Wetherall menagerie – Audrey, as in Audrey Hen Bird.
For the third 
spring in a row, we have tawny frogmouth owls nesting in the gum tree in our back yard.
The nest is in such a high branch that it is impossible to get a decent picture with the camera equipment I have, but in this picture you can just make out the tail of the owl sticking out above the branch where the nest is.
Our family went to our church’s weekend away last weekend at Tahlee, Port Stephens. On Saturday afternoon as I was sitting outside our accommodation unit reading, I glanced to my left and saw this little beauty slithering by – a 2 metre diamond python!
I was pretty excited and pleased. The photo is a nice addition to the diamond python page on the SOFAR website.