Missing...

With the best of intentions, after my last post, I meant to write a series of posts about our Sydney trip. I took photos of some beautiful scenery of the coastline of the Sydney area and to the south. I have photos of lovely old buildings too...and bridges...and landmarks...you know how it is when you travel...it's so easy to take lots of digital photos! So one day those posts with the Sydney photos will get written. 

This post though will be about our house guest who arrived this morning...at 6am some of our family were at the Brisbane International Airport waiting for the Qantas flight from LA.

Last year DH and I stayed once again with his cousin Adrienne who lives at Huntington Beach...Adrienne and her partner had 'spoiled us rotten'; taking us to all sorts of places.

Adrienne's mum Thelma, was a cousin of DH's mother and she  had been an Aussie War Bride, who went to live in the US after WW2. Thelma lived to the ripe old age of 98 and passed away in early 2011. Her wish was for her ashes to come back to Australia and be scattered near her childhood home at Kangaroo Point here in Brisbane. And that is the main reason that Adrienne has made this visit. 

The other things on her wish list are a trip to Taree ( in New South Wales)  to visit her grandfather's grave and to see ( and photograph a sunrise and a sunset) Stradbroke Island. ( near Brisbane) And I'm tagging along on those trips too!!!

So back to this morning...the family members who were in the welcoming committee of 6 at the airport, came back to our place for a light breakfast...before our guest of honour went to the spare bedroom to rest...jet lag. 

When she is rested...let the fun begin! She has heaps of other cousins here in Brisbane who are looking forward to catching up with her, as well as some cousins from Melbourne who are arriving on Monday afternoon...it will be a busy 16 days!!

The Good, The Bad and The Somewhat Ugly...

DH and I finished our recent holiday in Sydney last Tuesday, when we flew home. We'd had a really enjoyable time and I saw lots more of this city than I had ever done on previous trips. And even that 'tumble' I took couldn't take away any of our wonderful memories. So...back to that subject line. 

The Good...

The return of the hire car on the Tuesday morning before our flight. 

Yes the car hire company staff member couldn't have given us better service when we returned the car. And The Good continued at the airport where the Qantas staff were wonderful. Of course when we had booked our tickets weeks before, we didn't know that we would need assistance. And that's when you need to ask...not when you arrive at the airport. But that didn't phase the staff and a wheelchair was quickly found...

And DH and I got to board the plane early and get fussed over! And arrangements were made for a Qantas staffer with a wheelchair to take me off the plane at Brisbane, help DH with collecting the luggage and then take me to the pick up point...all possible problems beautifully 'ironed out'. 

The Bad...

The person who was paid to look after my veggie patch 'sorta didn't do a very good job'...hmmm very disappointing!

I hobbled around trying to save the plants...this had been my lovely mint plant..

Water every day was the request and the collage below is how I left it...especially my beautiful and healthy tomato plants...

Oh well...I can but try to save the plants.

And lastly, The Somewhat Ugly...yep! The bruising continues to appear...photos were taken on Tuesday afternoon...

And today I was really surprised to find some new bruising...it is bruising but doesn't it look like I haven't washed my feet for weeks? Lol

As requested by the Sydney hospital, I attended a local hospital here on Tuesday afternoon. More x-rays were done and according to the Brisbane doctors, they couldn't see a break...but there was obvious soft tissue damage and possible torn ligaments. I still can't put weight on it and have to continue using the moon boot when walking. But every day, the swelling gets less, as does the discomfort. Next Wednesday I have to have some more X-rays done and possibly an MRI scan if there is still pain. Even though I might have a while before it's all back to normal, it was good news that it is probably not broken. And it all happened in just a few seconds :-/.