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Thanks Tina, I will check that out shortly.

Newfie, as you know its winter here. I love winter. It wasnt always the case for me, but there is something really nice about it...perhaps its the fact that I have a nice open log fire to cosy up to when its cold and wintery outside. Here we have hada lot of rain...day after day of driving rain...everything is waterlogged right now..I love the rain too and the rain drives against the windiows which I also love as its sooo cosy inside and I do all those wintery things like bake cakes and make winter soups and watch DVDs and videos and put a couple of extra doonas on the old bed. I can look up the bay from my room and its nice in the morning to watch the clouds and mist envelop the Islands and move acros the bay. At night time you can hear the sound of the waves crashing on the beaches over the hill and the stars aare clear and bright in the night sky. The [ossums come out for a bit of bread. It doesnt get as cold as where you guys live of course but when it snows down south, you sure do feel it. I think we are up to winter solstice so the days right now are as short as they are going to get.

Summer here is a different story. Hot and humid, days at the beach, burning hot steering wheels, flies and mozzies, watermelon and windows and doors left open at night because otherwise its too hot to sleep. Midnight swims are not a bad idea 9 though best not int he ocean as sharks might be looking for a midnight snack). Summers here are long and last about 5 months...the weather is getting warm around Novemeber ( melbourne Cup time) and it gets seriously hot late Jan through feb and early march.

But for now Im enjoying the change of pace...I hope to go skiing perhaps late July or August which is when the best snow is on the mountains. The scenery during a drive through the snow is something else. No pine trees of course...just lots of gum trees and tree ferns covered in blankets of the white stuff.

Hope your daughter gets better soon.