Full moon and mushrooms.

Last week there was a full moon. It rose over the hills in the east and looked so big and serene. It was a lovely evening and the sunset had been very beautiful. As there weren't any clouds in the sky the colours at sunset had been very ethereal; mauve, turquoise, lemon and apricot. All very iridescent and clear.

We see the most lovely sky colours here as there isn't any pollution. Unless there is a storm in the west, then the squall line blows up the dust and we have a very heavy sky, laden with the red dust. I heard on the radio one time that thousands of truck loads of soil are displaced when there is a storm like that out in the desert.
There has been a little rain recently and in the paddock near us where I often walk the dogs, I have found bucket loads of beautiful mushrooms. One can almost see them pushing their little white bald pates up through the soil. They are so fresh and pink underneath!

We have had mushroom soup and mushroom omelettes! Yummy.

Roos, pumpkins and such!!

It is always amusing to see a number of the largest grey kangaroos bouncing along in a rather regal manner. Their front paws are held in a prayer-like way, their ears high as though they have crowns on their heads and the long tails sweeping behind them like trains. Watching some today whilst walking the dogs, I realised what it is that they remind me of; the three kings as often depicted on Christmas cards! Gently bouncing their way across the desert to Bethlehem.

We had a bumper crop of pumpkins this years -ha-ha, all of 3!!
Last year we didn't have any, the previous 2 years we had 1. May be we have a cornucopia of pumpkins! ( Don't tell Sarah, my niece) she and Adam would certainly beat me in a village veggie show.