Saturday, November 23, 2024

23 November 2024 Brisbane: New Farm Market

 


We made it to the New Farm Market, with shopping trolly in tow, and room in the fridge for more veggies.  There was no rain and even a bit of sun on the walk there and we made it through the market before a shower hit.  Luckily we were under a large collection of tents at the time.  From under the tents we could see a dog park and the Frenchies were zooming all around in the rain.  We really enjoyed the dogs, some of them we could pet, and many others walking by.  After stocking up on veggies we headed home for lunch.  Then we took the bus to the Brisbane Square branch of the library and picked up a book.  After that we bought an exercise band, a surface pro computer, and a new set of Ray Ban Smart glasses.  We have some hours of unpacking, uploading and initializing in store for us.  One issue we have already identified is that Leslie's smart phone is not smart enough for the smart glasses.  Not sure if it is an older operating system issue or free space to load the app issue.  Add troubleshooting to the list of items to our to-do list.


A masked Lapwing and its chick were along the riverbank


Folks loving the sun


Class is in session


Row row row your boat


A little concert at the market


An "opera" too


We stocked up on veggies


Saw all the cute dogs


Big ones and little ones


Heading back we stopped at a bench


Australian Darter


Lapwing with its chick


Very fuzzy


So much rain that  the mushrooms are all fruiting


Other plants are blooming too


Yellows


A pollinators dream


Some sleepy lorikeets


Life bird for  the day


Australasian Swamp Hen


Down at the fishing hole


Back on the bus


In the Library


The big library at Brisbane Square


Protesting 1000 days of war in Ukraine


Queen Street is hopping


Computer shopping


Vary nice facades on the Queen Street Mall


Butterflies!


Escher like



   It has been 2 years and 171 days since we began our Migration