Day Seventeen

I decided that, if Layla wanted so much bloody attention in the morning, she'd get it.






Return on investment? Fluffiness. How long did it last?



Under half an hour. We returned to Morningside (which has had a good cleaning-up)



for an extended stay - and play - in the dog run.









Although Layla really didn't last all that long.



It was quite warm outside, though.

The park down on the South corner is a lot more popular on a weekend, I learned.



We saw a black squirrel in the park (still adjusting to the zoom - usually I just take a photo and then 'zoom' in Photoshop. With this many megapixels at my disposal, I'll do alright but, for now, I'm content to mess about with the camera).



Given the overrun by grey squirrels in England, serves them right if they are beaten out by black squirrels here.

Saw more flowers.






Also Morningside Park does a good line in stairs.






Non-Australians: you will already (probably) be familiar with our famed Rabbit-Proof Fence: that fence that borders some of our states. Did you know there is the activity of walking the fence? For it to remain Rabbit-proof, it's integrity must be checked and maintained. Hence the job: you walk that bloody fence (or your section thereof), looking for problems. Which begs the question of why I'm even telling you.



Speaking of fences, I've been meaning to shoot this one for a while. So there's this sign



attached to this "playground".



Yeah, I can see how there're only a couple of fencing issues left before it's a child-hood Shangri-La. Totally.

Parents: Our street (122nd) become Morningside Drive on the other side of Amsterdam Avenue, and curves South (if you return to the post with the map of the park, you'll see it). What do you do with buildings on a curvature like that? One wants to pack as many people in as possible, yet, those people will want, say, windows and ventilation. The solution is to give it to them.



(we had to take that one on the way home: Layla was tired enough to sit there while I took the photos. On the way out she's too damn anxious to get into the park).

Finally, some portraiture against the true urban fauna.