Coffee To Go

Not only do we have lights on Bergins Road, now we have a Muzz Buzz.
What was a little bush road through to Heany Park a few years ago now has cars coming through from all points East to get on to Stud road which is now called the Dandenong Valley Highway.
There was a diagonal strip of land running fro Bergins Road towards the lights on Wellington and Stud.
My wife insisted that the road would go across there making a 5 way corner at said lights. I said, "I'll bet you $100 that doesn't happen" She said "Your on".
With the Muzz Buzz placed right in the hi diddle diddle of that diagonal "road", one would have to assume that I had won the bet. I haven't seen the $100 yet!

All right all right, you want to know what a Muzz Buzz is. A menu pictured below will tell all.



I can't see that I will become a regular customer because the Muzz Buzz is so close to my abode I will either be just leaving home all coffee'd up, or nearly home again within reach of a coffee that will be a lot cheaper than the menu says

A Free Lunch

On Thursday afternoon we met Nathaniel and Alese at Central Station, Simon and Brenda had to speak at a conference in Sydney so we were baby sitting for the weekend.
On Saturday we drove around King's Way to see Mark Val and Caleb, just a few minutes in the car. We decided to walk down into South Melbourne. We set off down Bank Street and had only gone 100 metres or so when we came upon a long row of Mini Coopers. We learned that the car yard was doing a promotion and if we stopped there was a free lunch. There was games for the kids and food for me, what more could we ask
Nathaniel won a DVD player for finding fluffy Dice under the front wheel of the rows of BMWs. I was still looking for fluffy ducks! When Nathaniel came screaming out from the cars saying "I have found the fluffy dice. They had a winner


Then it was Mark's turn, he blitzed the field of people carrying balls between their upper legs and depositing them in a receptacle and won an I Pod, which he passed on to his son Caleb. He didn't go so well himself as he was wearing those pants the young fellas wear with the crotches of the pants being somewhere between his knees and his ankles. He went of and had a little dream about owning a Mini Cooper, see photo.
After a couple of hours of this we all returned back to Mark and Val's place, just back down the street with tummies full of food and our arms full of prizes and give aways. Now that's what I call serendipity, and we still had our money safely in our pockets

We returned home Saturday night in time to watch "The Bill" and I was able to catch up on some sleep before preaching at the Vineyard this morning (Sunday).
I spent Sunday avo feeling emotionally drained, must be the water.

"Stone the Crows"

Today I spotted a crow at my woodheap. I was wondering what he was doing and then he flew off, towards me and over the house with one of my sticks in his beak, the blighter. Later on there was a commotion out there and I could hear three or four of them in the pines above my wood. This was too much, I mean there are plenty of other sticks about without taking my supply. Like I said in a blog a couple of weeks ago, the birds are getting twitchy, now so am I.
I'm sure gentle reader, that you would be interested to know that there are about 6 types of crows in Australia, actually three ravens and three crows. Up in the Mallee there were lots of little crows and Australian Ravens, the Raven has hackles on his throat I guess you've heard the expression "getting his hackles up"
I think my woodheap raiders are the Little Raven, but it would take a better eye than mine to be sure. They are supposed to be clever birds, I know that they knew the difference between a broomstick and a shotgun when I was a lad. I believe they are one of the few birds who can use a twig to get a grub out of a log, and until they are at least three years of age they do not really learn this skill.
I did mention in my other blog entry that they are black, on the outside anyway, and because of that not to be trusted
Remember Noah's Raven did not come back, but the (white) dove did.
Did not the baddies in the old Westerns wear black hats and the goodies white ones, and large.? I was appalled to look up on the internet to see that Hopalong Cassidy wore a black hat, but Gene Autry hat was white and large.
Then discovered that the early Hopalong Cassidy of the Bar 20 Ranch started off being a grumpy and uncultured oaf, my premise stands
If Bar 20 days are too long ago for you, let me remind you that Darth Siddeous Darth Vader and Darth Maul all had dark head coverings and their light sabres were not the same colours the Jeddi Knights



I am talking about Adoni Bezek at the Vineyard on Sunday . He turns up in Judges chapter one and definitely made his attempt of escape on a large black stallion and wearing a black hat. (not the horse)
Adoni Bezek means Lord of lightning.
In Luke 10:18 Jesus talked to the other 70 about the real Lord of Lightning
who not only deceives individuals but the nations, and they all ride off on "The White Horse" to conquer!
How can this be? Well, the second, and real Lord of Lightning wears a black hat, but it is reversible, he turns it inside out and lo, Its a white hat.
Well, back to my message, I think it needs some work. Have a good weekend

Time and Place

I notice that there is a new fence at 4 Mulgoa. The brick fence built in 1963 is no more but that's not important, the important thing is that the little guys in the 63 photo are bigger nad better than ever. I think an enlargement would show that they are Paul and Simon.
The triple fronted house changed in about 1970 when we added a room on the garage side

Ive selected a few photos out of dozens to show some of the changes.
I often think when driving in the country, and see the ruins of an old house, "Some people spent their life in that place", and I am moved.

Twitchers Awake!

"It's Time"
For politics says Gough Whitlam
For twitching says the birdwatchers
August has started and before you realize it the birds will be getting twitchy.
The urge to build nests will become a driving force.
How many times have I come in on the tail end of things due to some sort of unawareness both in the natural and the spiritual realm.
Like the girl in the song below, I sometimes miss the moment.
Song of Songs (Which is Solomon's)
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

As I read through this song from time to time I see the girl missing special moments for one reason or another



My blogging has been interrupted by some visitors bearing wattle. I think it was one of those moments.
For every day that I am free, every day I have food on my table, every day I live in peace, every day that I am well I am thankful.





Now , something about those birds
Jesus said, "Look at the crows, they don't plant seeds, or gather a harvest, they don't have store rooms or barns, God feeds them and you are worth so much more than the birds".
Someone else has said "Birds of a feather flock together"

Here are three really common Australian birds, The magpie, Willy Wagtail and Mudlark.
They either like each others company or are attracted to the same areas.
You will often find a Willy wagtail's and a Mudlark's nest in the same tree.
You will notice that they are all in the black and white army.
One day while traveling to school in the horse and buggy I noticed two willy wagtails attacking a crow, they had the crow down on his back and were really giving him what for and no way could he get the right way up.
Maybe it was because he did not have any white on him.
Not too much different to some people!