Wllows

Dear Family and Friends

At the risk of being monotonous we are STILL at Willows. It is a totally different place than what it was a few weeks ago. It has become a sleepy little quiet town. Sharon and Ricki are still not wholly well yet. They seem to get a bit better and then it hits them all over again. Pottery has now closed down till next year. It becomes too hot to do it in the summer months. There are just three left attending sewing. Val, the park owner, Annette who lives near Lithgow and myself. We have continued to sew whilst Annette and I are here as it extends the time Val has company for sewing.

The local fire Brigade did a burn off last weekend and at one stage the fire got away on them. the fire actually went under a house on stilts. The owners don't live here permanently but they would have been very worried if they had. The animal life were on the move pretty quickly. We often see kangaroos in and around the streets so it wasn't a surprise to see them hoping around but I also saw Betons and little Pottaroos which I think are one and the same. Quite a few snakes have been seen lately. One chap in the caravan park had one crawl in his annex so he made lots of noise so it would leave plus there have been others seen in the park over the last few weeks. A couple of King Browns have been seen crossing the road and just today Shitty Kitty brought a small dead King Brown home minus its head. So we try and keep alert at all times.

We went out to Sharon and Ricki's dig area and brought back another three buckets of wash to do and we got lucky. No brilliant star sapphire but what is called a dog tooth. It is a part of the top of a crystal. It can't be faceted but it can be polished so we are having than done and then we will put a clasp on it and then use it as a necklace. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Barry, Ken's mate has headed home to Sydney and was quite surprised when he spoke to Ken today and found that we are still here.

We are off into Emerald tomorrow to do some shopping before we move on so that's about it from me for now

Love to one and all

Ken and Lyn