Still still in armidale

18 January 2006

it is so easy to call Jerb and Simone's place home - we started using that word for it on about the second day we were here. yesterday we went to this awesome chapel in Gostwyck - it was covered in vines, and very peaceful and gorgeous. we spent quite a while there drawing and taking silly photos of ourselves in our tiaras - yes, of course we brought them with us.

but Ryan - we have a problem! your funky helicopter melted in the heat of the car! there was nothing we could do about it at the time, but we've worked out a way to perform helicopter first aid (a hairdryer, two sticks, and lots of gaffa tape should do it). I can't post photos today because i'm using a public computer, not my laptop, but as soon as i can i'll send you a pic or two with it.

we'll keep you updated on its progress, but if this is what happens by day 10, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the year. we're going to cover it in superglue and maybe we'll need to have photos with bits of helicopter instead of the whole thing. Even melted though, it's still very cooc. according to liz, it's now truly a surrealist decomposing structure.

2:15pm

The Red Lion Pub, Glencoe (Dead animals on the walls is the only drawback to this place - otherwise it's very cute, and actually had vegetarian food on offer).

Country op-shops rock. we bought an awesome cardigan, groovy handbag, butterfly tea towel, pillow case and 4 fantastic knitting/crochet patterns - including a whole book of hot pants patterns (my favourite being the pair with crocheted suspenders) all for $4.80. Total. That's bananas.