14 Mar 2010

My walking alarm clock climbed onto our bed at 530 this morning. After 5 minutes of wriggling around we heard a massive bang outside and the power went off. Turns out that a high voltage breaker had tripped. The hotline said it would be fixed by 10am. MrJ had an open day at the radio club, so he took off there. I decided to take the kids on a road trip and take advantage of the overcast weather for photography.

So we headed inland to get some country shots and we ended up at Serpentine Dam where we had some morning tea! By the time we got home at 11am the power was back on. From the clocks, it looks like it came back about 1030.

I did have plans to wash bedding and vacuum the house this morning. So while the boys were chomping their lunch I zooshed the vacuum cleaner around the house. While in bed, I got to looking at the photos and tinkering around with HDR (high dynamic range)I have 5 HDR photos that I am happy with from today and think I am starting to get a handle on it. Since I have 5 that I like I am putting them all on here :-P as my PAD!!!

This afternoon I took MasterJ down the foreshore where he played with his friend MasterS on the beach and then the park. We had a BBQ kindly cooked by UncleB and the boys had a blast. I held back on taking the camera - BUT - oh the clouds at sunset were awesome :-( Oh well, I suppose there will be another day.


Sad news today - my Grandma in England passed away overnight. She has been in a nursing home for some 10 years and has had very little quality of life. It is not known how much she was actually aware of in the last few years so I have to think she is in a better place now. RIP Grandma.