The response to the weekend relaxation of restrictions was enormous, as evidenced by Leave Pass's shot of John Scott Park on Saturday. There was not a spare spot on the grass nor a spare parking space in Samford.
Let's hope that further easing is on its way and that we'll be back together in a physical sense on a not-too-far-off Sunday afternoon.
Our Zoom on, on went pretty well this Sunday, although the system was not as generous as it has been previously and cut off Leave Pass's parodic version of "The Red Flag" while he was in full flight. We'll revisit it next week.
It was very good to catch up with Footsie, Bigtop (and, briefly, Hardcore), Banger and Make an Offer. It was also good to get a peek into Superhacker's bedroom, where she'd spent the night after being granted a weekend Exeat from Rehab. She was about to return for four days in order to top up her specialists' flagging bank balances, but should be home for good by next Sunday. And she looked and sounded great!
Charcoal, Strine, B&W and Trudi Fruti were reluctant absentees due to problems with their Telstra line. Here's B&W showing off the trench he dug by hand:
They also reported a problem with a leaking water pipe. It's lucky that it wasn't anything like an environmental weed getting all the extra water:
Samford Hash members continue to get out and about. Fizza, Payback and Cashconverta ran and walked the banks of the South Pine:
Shockjock and Miss Demeanour (whose Big Birthday we celebrated on Sunday) appear to have not yet mastered the concept of taking a dog for a walk:
Having saved his energy in this way, Pablo had plenty to expend inside the house:
Floater and Scratchit went for a Hash walk in Bunya, where he captured a shot of a gravity-challenged koala:
They've also taken up the challenge of feeding themselves entirely from their own garden produce, and the results look pretty tasty. Of course, to be truly self-sufficient they would have to be growing barley and hops as well....
Le W*nk, Lax, Prattle and Loosehead joined the crowds in undertaking a 10 km walk from Southbank, and followed this up with an ice-cream and drink at Mt. Coot-tha. Doesn't the old feller look exhausted?
And while National Parks have been closed, Jamesbondage and Redbreast have been busy creating their own private one, if that makes sense....
Next Sunday we'd normally be presenting our 2020 Mother Superior award - but we might postpone this for the moment. We'll toast all mothers instead.
And finally - Payback's riff on the traditional limerick form didn't make it into last week's post. Here is the ditty:
There was a young man called Le W*nk
Making furniture that really stank.
Then he had an idea
"I will go to Ikea."
As he roamed that wondrous store
He shouted "I'll make furniture no more."
Keep sending in those run reports and pictures! Keep walking, keep running, keep drinking, keep the home fires burning, keep your distance - and we'll see you next Sunday for another virtual on, on, on....
On, on!
