My Sweet and Beautiful Snooziebear

What can I say about my sweet and beautiful Snooziebear. When we first met, I felt a strong connection to her. As our friendship grows, the connection become stronger and stronger. I consider her to be me best mate in the world and our friendship (or is it mateship) grows each and every day.
It has always been difficult for me to express my feelings, however with my Sweet and beautiful snooziebear, it is very easy to tell her how much love her (a heck of a lot more than yesterday and way less than i will tomorrow).
What is it that I love my Snooziebear. Well she is full of life, and even when she is not feeling well she still manages to have a smile or laugh. She is one of the few people who can laugh at her own misfortunes. I think the best example of this would be when I asked her to place a bet on horse number 3 at the Ballarat Cup.
I asked her how our horse did, and she said it lost, and that the money was gone. Of course I was curious to find out how the old nag did, only to find out that he ( Western Waters) had won. Now if the bet had been placed, we would have won over $300,000.00. This has been an ongoing joke between us and probably will be for as long as we live and longer - On my tombstone there will be an inscription - Snooziebear - Bet on Horse Number 3).

Randy the Emu

Normally I would include emus in the animal section of the Blog, however Randy the Emu is a unique individual. As we entered the Ballarat Wildlife Park, Randy the Emu greeted us. He followed us around and then demonstrated his fertilising skills on the foot path. He continued following us around, acting as our unofficial tour guide.

It seemed when we entered some of the building randy would be there waiting for us. The highlight of the Randy escapade, when Snooziebear was kneeling down feeding the Red Kangaroos when Randy leaned oveer and began to breath on her neck. She seemed to be enjoying it (she claims she thought it was me). She turned her head and when she was face to face with Randy, she jumped up and squeeled and ran to me. There is no truth to the rumour that she also fertilised the area.

As we left the park, Randy reached over and stole the bag of animal food from me..and as the song says, he can run the pants off a kangaroo.

Randy, you will never be forgotten.

Animals of Oz - The Elusive Kangaroo

When I visited Beautiful Australia, asides from Snooziebear I wanted to see a Kangaroo and a Koala Bear. I was assured that the roos are plentiful and could be found everywhere. After two weeks I had not seen one yet, although somebody ( I will not mention Snooziebear's name) tried to tell me that some kind of animal with horns was a roo. Finally at the Ballarat Wildlife Park I saw some.

One of the roos (whom I named skippy) attached himself to me. He is a friendly little bloke and became very interested in photography. After checking out my effort and giving them the OK, we bid each other farewell.

BLINKY BILLS

What is a Blinky Bill?

But The Blinky Bills that I really enjoy are from Natural Confectionery in Australia.

One of Australia´s most familiar faces features on these cute Koala shapes. Carrying his distinctive swag, Blinky Bill has always been a favourite among children and anyone with a soft spot for Australian classics. Now, thanks to The Natural Confectionery Co., he tastes great too!

They come n the following flavours: banana, blackcurrant, lemon, orange, raspberry.

Now where are my Blinky Bills?

Christmas Time

To me Christmas is a magical time of year. It is probably very politically incorrect to say that, but then I have never been one to be politically correct.I thoroughly enjoy the lights and decorations associated with Christmas. Almost every year I try to set up a small Christmas Village and ugly Christmas tree.The ugly tree tradition started when I was driving past a Christmas tree lot, and saw this lonely little tree. I bought it for a dollar, stuck it in a bucket and covered it with left over decorations. Although it was only 3 feet tall, it did look good.The next year for 10 dollars I bought a 6 foot artificial tree..and yes it was ugly. It has drop down hinged branches so set up is a breeze. I have also discovered that if you leave the tinsel on, it is less work the next time you set it up. Over the years, trains, kangaroos, koalas, emus and cats have found themselves on or under the tree. I am waiting for the day that Snooziebear is on or under the tree.A few of the branches have lost their hinges but tinsel is strong and when you tie the branch to the trunk of the tree, it can hold it up. The tree lives on......