Archive for January 3rd, 2008
Back in Brissie with birds and mates
January 3, 2008The birds are singing, the weather is wet and windy, there’s hope for rainfall in Brisbane’s reservoir catchment areas, fuel prices are headed up, and we talked this morning with an Australian wearing a “Don’t Mess With Texas” T-shirt he bought in Dallas without knowing the slogan’s intended meaning.
In other words, my hope that we’d welcome the new year sitting in a Qantas plane about to leave LAX was fulfilled and we’re back from our summer/Christmas vacation.
Our friend Nicola met us at the airport yesterday and we used the last of our energy for unpacking. Jet lag put us in bed by 7:30 p.m. and our internal clocks had us wide awake by 4:30 this morning.
Shortly after five, with rich and various bird sounds reminding us that we are home, we went out for an hour-plus walk that turned out to be a social occasion.
We talked weather with Peter and Shane, neighbors we often see at a bench beside the Brisbane River.
I chatted with Alicia, a woman with whom we used to ride the ferry across the river to the University of Queensland.
And we got a chance to explain to a local man that the Dallas-purchased T-shirt he was wearing Read the rest of this entry »