In Hyde Park

Each of the past three weeks have been similar in activities ie Scrabble,computers etc. 
The baby birds are out flying with their parents but whenever I get near they seem to be disturbed so I have'nt taken any photos of them yet.
John and I went to Parliment House to view a photographic exhibition and to get there we walked thru Hyde Park and then onto the Mitchell Library which had a display of Shop and Shopping.  We topped the day by having Chinese meal in Haymarket.
Theres an Aussie movie out called Red Dog and we thought it very good.  I had heard these stories about Red Dog on audio tapes and the film did deviate a bit but it still is good viewing.
Fridays walk with U3A from Macquarie Park to Thornleigh was hard with lots of ups and down steps and one of the new members just made it to the end of the trail.  Luckily a police van (with dog) was there and the guy kindly dropped two at the station as I dont think she would have made it any further.

Mamma and papa bird have been very busy feeding three chicks and here is one curious one looking up when I opened the top of the nesting box.  Today the baby birds are just over a month and it will only a couple more days before they will venture out of the box to the outside world.
It was a great week weather wise so we were able to spend some time in the garden.  Here is the hard worker preparing to plant a new shrub in the white pot.  We've planted 6 types of potatoes and divided the rhubarb, keeping two plants and will take the rest to the gardening afternoon to share.
Four out of six games at scrabble this week, so either I'm improving or they were not concentrating. 

Four of us did the prewalk from Spit Bridge to Manly.  The last time John and I did the walk, we got a bit lost but we found where we went wrong so there will be no worries next week.  It was a great day and the weather couldn't be better.

After two indoor days either paying scrabble or computers, it was nice to have a day walking with the group.  One of our walkers is a volunteer for the Botanical Gardens and she kindly took 17 of us for a tour.  We had lunch with the view shown above, one of the most photographed scenes of Sydney but what a view it is.  In the vegie garden I got close to the scarecrow and further up the paths got friendly with one on the two lions at the Lion Gate.  It was a great day.
At Norma's yesterday, we celebrated Margaret's birthday with a lunch and lots of cups of tea and coffee.  The cake was delicious.

With all the rain last week it was time spent indoors.  I finished the above 'Impossible' puzzle and enjoyed doing it.  There was a day of scrabble and another day of computers and the rest of the time was lazily spent with one thing an another.  John and I did go to the movies and saw Beautiful Lies which was excellent , not like The Tree of Life which John could have happily left after 10 mins.

Two walks this week, one with John and then with the U3A group.  John and I walked from Waverton Station to Greenwich Wharf which the guide book said was 7 k but with the hills it felt lots more.  Fridays

walk which I led from Manly wharf to almost North Head ended as the rain began to pelt down just after we had lunch and it would have been to dangerous to walk some of the tracks down to the Head.  It will be another time.

As I am leading the next walk, I had to do a prewalk to find where we will eat, toilets and making sure that the walk is within the set limits.  Four of us went on a beautiful but cold day from Manly right around North Head and back to the wharf.  Great day and am prepared for Friday.