Feathertail Glider

Well Carmen just came in with what I thought at first was a mouse on her shoulder, she said it was not a mouse but a gliding Possum which after having a look on the internet found it was a Feathertail Glider.
It was so small and she had a hold of it by the tail so I was afraid it would drop it's tail, as the chipmunks did back home when caught in a no win situation. It looked like it was a baby, so I did not want to put any more stress on it by taking photos.
I have since found this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feathertail_Glider
If you have a look, it is native to this area, and the small size and lack of stripes indicated a feathertail rather than a Sugar glider, which is larger.
It was found in the bathroom near the cat food and one of the cats was eyeing it off, so it ended up some distance from the house in a tree where we hope it will stay, and stick to it's diet of bugs nectar and pollen, gliding from branch to branch.

Lichens

I liked the look of the lichens on this tree, I boosted the colour saturation on this photo, to compensate for the overcast day.

Ironfest continued

As you can see in this photo the flags are horizontal the rain is falling the blue sky is disappearing, and the tent is almost being lifted by the wind.

Ironfest Day

Well the day started ok, I was up early, so we could get an early start. I decided to make a couple of egg mcmuffins and fry up some left over mashed potato a-la-hash browns, I had just finished the potatoes, and the muffins were just about to be toasted, when I noticed a trail of blood ...............

It was coming from the freezer section of the small fridge and worked it's way down to the floor ending in a crimson pool at the foot of the fridge Oh S#%t the fridge had defrosted, all the extra or overflow from the big freezer was in there, chicken, mince, sausages, as well as all the fixings for more Turkey croquettes!
I spun around in my wheelchair to grab a sponge from the sink to clean up the bloody mess, forgetting I had placed the plate of potato patties on the shelf of the wheelchair, the combination of gravity and centrifugal force was just enough to spread the contents over a nice arc on the kitchen floor! Great! way to go! what a great start, the next two hours saw me cleaning and cooking , not only the initial breakfast (potato patties for the dogs) but the defrosted mince sausages and chicken all of this before being able to get away, consequently we did not get to Ironfest till about 2:30, entry was half price, at this stage, and the battle recreation had just finished, the Jousting was due to start in half an hour, when we were assaulted from the sky by a blustery wind and cold stinging rain, this resulted in cancellation of the jousting....
Well we still had the stalls and shops but the outside ones were not too inviting due to the weather so we ended up indoors doing the rounds of the stalls had a coffee and a kebab for lunch and then made our way home, which because of the long weekend in conjunction with the end of school holidays meant we got caught in traffic on the return trip this resulted in trip that should have been 1 1/2 hours stretched out to almost 3 1/2 - 4 hours. Needless to say I did not get any great photos, in fact due to the rain I took 3 photos.
The first is an image of a Water Resonator, this is what the plaque on the bottom left said it was. I blacked out the background and increased the colour saturation, sort of what I had in mind when I spotted it in the park. sorry no knights minstrels or maidens.