Woohoo My Camera's Here!

Hooray! And its sooooo good! I haven't taken too many photos yet because its too bloody hot to be anywhere but in front of the air con :) But here are the few that I've taken (and sorry if I stuff up the layout - haven't added photos to blog before):

This is taken from my back door. Far off in the distance, just off the corner of the shed, you can see a sort of tower?

This is how awesome the zoom is! Zoomed in completely, it shows the water tank and broadband tower :)

Our (very hot) blue heeler, Chopper.

Our (also very hot) kelpie, Ginnie.

And Pup. Ginnie is Pup's mum, and Pup is the last one out of a litter of 9! She was born last June and we're still looking for a home for her (and she doesn't have something wrong with her nose, just has some gravel stuck to it after playing!).

No doubt I'll post more photos as I get to take them :)

Well last night's play reading went very well. I was a bit nervous to start with, but didn't miss a line, so I think it went ok. We start proper rehearsals next Monday, and will have them every Monday and Thursday night until the end of May. Its going to be hectic! But good.

After we finished the read, MIL, SFIL and I were leaving and noticed a few bolts of lightning flash around. I dropped them off, then started the 18km drive home. I only just got out of town when I chickened out and turned around! There was so much lightning!! I've never seen so much over such a large area before! I have a choice of 3 roads I can take home (2 bitumen, 1 dirt) and this lightning storm covered all of these roads (a span of over 15km). It was just huge. I've almost been struck by lightning twice in my life (stories for another day) and usually it doesn't bother me at all. But there was no way I was driving through it last night! I know nothing could've happened because the rubber tyres are insulators, so if my car got zapped, the tyres would've taken the strike, but I just couldn't do it.

So, I'm laying in bed at my in-laws and I suddenly realise how hot and dry its been and how the lightning could very well spark a fire. I was concerned for my property, but I was mostly concerned about my dogs and what would happen to them if a fire started and it took a while for someone to realise. But the night went well and I came home to happy dogs this morning and an in tact property. A fire was started about 30km away, but it was contained quickly despite the conditions, so they were lucky.