127 Road trip Take 2 - Day 3

It started to pour as we were eating breakfast and continued to pour off and on for a couple of hours :( Around 10:30 things started to clear up and we finally made our way out to the sales south of Florence.

Wildlife saved: We rescued a turtle that was about to launch itself into four fast lanes of traffic.

Possible Jerry Garcia sighting: Imagine an old large-sized dude with really long grey hair and beard. He also looked like a hippy. Wish I had a photo.

Fellow Big Lebowski fan: Imagine a tall, skinny 30-ish dude with REALLY long straight hair, wearing a "The dude abides" t-shirt. Again, wish I had a photo.

New learning: Americans get thirsty! So much so they need a 3 L bottle of pop!

Seen: Big ass jar of marbles!

Alternative spellings:  Saw a sign for "sewer" machines as well as these below

Distance travelled: probably only 10 miles. At the most. Really.

Fun finds: Strawberry Shortcake dolls, Pacman patch, red Nintendo game, Snork, mermaid smurfette and of course more video games!  Also... an original 1966 Hot Wheels in the bargain bin for only 50 cents!

The plants they are a-bloomin'

Wow. It has definitely been awhile. End of school. Beginning of more school. Yuck. The morning glories have grown as have some of the wildflowers. Flowers on the pepper and tomato plants but since we don't have an electric toothbrush I doubt that they will pollinate :( That's ok because we got 46 - yes 46 - beans from our 3 bean plants and they were mighty tasty! Some tomato plants have found their way to the real outdoors hopefully to actually produce some fruit (the pressure is on!) Went with a friend on a run to the Brickworks today and saw a very small turtle - diametre approximately 2 inches! Check out the new poll on the right.

Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat... 

(I'm sure you all know the rest :)

From the "Wildflowers" collection.

The morning glories. So far there has been no interference with the tv signal. 

Strangely enough it has improved...

This is our dead crayfish. We are not terribly sad to see him go. 

He had a $25,000 bounty on his head as he was responsible for numerous deaths. 

Were the pellets not enough??????

Can you spot the turtle??? It's TINY. 

Thanks to my running buddy and her iphone :)