"Picnic By The River"...

...Today, we made up some salads, bought some fish and chips from the local deli, and thought we'd go to a different place today, out in the scrub, not far from where we live, just down the road a bit, to a favorite little spot where we go to from time to time...down by the riverside amongst the many birds and ofcourse so quiet - apart from the squawking of the river birds still arguing over their catches and chasing each other just like in a 'Fire Sale' in a department store...who can get there first...when there was a 'find'...do you remember that?


...It was so peaceful watching all the birds and the occasional group (?) of pelicans surveying the area from above and sometimes landing amongst the melee on the river and causing another lot of squawking until an occasional powerboat flew past with a friendly wave to us, and altered the whole scene...for a full minute or two, then they were in and out of the water once again, amongst them, the fish hawks, darters, cormorants, and many others...

...Yes, the fish and chips and salad and a thermos of tea, and each other, was all that was needed to complete the scene..and so I am showing you today what I viewed through the old burnt-out tree amongst the scrub...

...We almost became bogged a couple of times due to the recent few droplets of rain we had had-which lies in pools along the river tracks..for weeks at a time - but it's so worth going out there we think...