Ashwins first real haircut

Due to a lice in his hair from childcare, Ashwin had to go & get his hippy hair chopped off. Here he is in the salon & after with his new haircut - what a cutie!

Haircut time for the boyz...

James thought he'd get his chopped off as well as Ashwin due to nits. Here he is before and after! Cost a mere $10 - what a bargain!

Surprise 6 pack!

While we were doing the weekly shop down at the local Whole Foods (Pay) James found a surprise 6 pack of beer. There is an interesting range of beers here & if you enjoy beer there are tons of microbrews to choose from - who needs to drink yank beer?? NB. James went back for more & they weren't to be found - think they were getting rid of their ol' stash & putting in some new samples.

A cat fertiliser

Here is Mr Scrap in our herb planter box, then he used it as a litter box. He's looking quite comfy in here with his tongue hanging out!

Two of my fave things in the one ad!

How's this for a find - as I was looking though the Visit Victoria website for some inspiration images for a work presentation - I found this ad with their new promo campaign 'the red thread'. This is a great shot of Melbourne city (my home!!) and a massive ball of yarn! Watch the vid, it is excellent... well it made me homesick :)

Spare the air...

...ride the train as an alternate means of transport. Speaking of resources there were free rides on the Caltrain the other day to encourage folk to catch public transit... mmmmm think they'll have to improve it first.

For the truck lovers

Look closely at this plate & what do u see - what word was that, ohhhh trucker. When I walked past I had to look twice to see whether it said the F word?? It just says 'Ice Cold Mother Trucker'. It is a quite huge truck & there are many more that are even bigger than this one that people use as their car to get around the place - we got oil, so let's use it is their theory.

A how to of parking

If lines & signs aren't enough to assist you to park here is a diagram of how to park - you put your bumper here. 90 degress is this angle. On the way to work I found this sign & thank goodness for this the parking looked fine.

Gelati for me, mmmmmm!

As a treat for the end of a yummy lunch of a sushi roll (handroll wrapped in rice paper - delicious!) at the Ferry Building I found a gelati store, this was amaretto & butter pecan gelati I enjoyed in the sunshine of a bright summers day.

Not the last train ride!

Here is the platform where I wait for the limited express train - downtown Mtn View. The sign says to San Francisco, it is a journey of 1 hour every morning to da city. Now, I'm working 2 days a week for the next month of so, then countdown to Xmas in Oz!

Full time work is over...

Whew it has been 5 very long weeks (ending on the 31 Aug) but the time has flown by when you are back working. This is shadow of the word coffee on the building I work in in SF. Anyhow, the days were long & yes I did get a lot of knitting done on the Caltrain - I made this fab shoulder bag out of Noro yarn from Japan. Will blog it when it is finished, still have to sew it together!