Manifesto

 

Watch Your Head!

After a great breakfast Charlie and I got an early start this morning in the botanical gardens.

We were completely amazed by the wild cockatus

flying over head and then we saw what looked like a small dog zooming

through the treetops.

They call them "flying foxes" and oh yes, they sure are bats.

HUNDREDS OF THEM!
And not the cute Baty kind from Fern Gully...

How's this for the creepiest Christmas tree you ever saw?

The crazy thing is we walked through this park yesterday

and never saw any of them right over our heads.

I'm sure they were there, we just weren't looking for 'em.

The time of day made it hard to capture a true to life picture of them

but I think Charlie did a pretty good job.
We found out they are fruit eaters and aren't even suppose to be in the gardens.

They are really considered to be pests and have just recently

moved into the area to munch the vegetation.

Ah well, we sure got a kick out of them!

Next, we took a ferry over to Watson's Bay

so we could hike the national park

(and Charlie could climb on cannons...remember, never get into a cannon unless you're a cannon ball)

Check out this awesome mohawk bird!

We also got to visit Bondi Beach!

These cute little Aussie kids were getting a surf lesson...

They are champs too because that water was COLD!

But it was gorgeous 

and so many different shades of blue.

Our handy Frisbee from Stuart and Devanee's wedding

made for great beach side fun too!

On our way back to Sydney we grabbed some of the best gelato I've ever had!

Charlie got raspberry and I got mango/strawberry mixed together...

yes my friends, it was a glorious day!

Conquistador Helmets and the Opera

Once we got all of our stuff lugged up the three flights of stairs at the hotel,

Charlie and I took off to get acquainted with Sydney.
{jet lagged? who me?}
You can climb to the very top of the Sydney Harbor bridge
and get an amazing view of the city.
Apparently, it's pretty expensive to voluntarily climb hundreds and hundreds of steps
so, our plan is to wake up early tomorrow and catch the sunrise from the bridge.
And that is A-OK with us!

We've always heard the amazing theater was suppose to resemble

shark fins looming out of the harbor.

But Charlie thinks they look more like Spanish Conquistador helmets.

We got to see three of the main theaters on the tour

and I'd love to see a play there tonight.

The tickets are 65 bones each though!

Ah, well it was Wonderful just being there!

It's such a friendly city and the weather changes pretty much as

rapidly as it does in Houston.

We were sweaty and sticky in the subway
and then the wind started getting crazy/chilly in the late afternoon.
We are having a blast and can't wait to go on more adventures tomorrow!

DFW to LAX

Even though Dallas was a winter wonderland

and our flight was cancelled

God moved in some amazing ways and we were able to make it to LA.

Amy Smart was on our plane to LAX she signed my celeb magazine next to her pic.

She's in one of our favorite movies:

"Rat Race"

"Butterfly Effect"

and

"Starsky and Hutch"

It was a pretty neat flight and best of all we were actually on it!

I CANNOT WAIT

Koala Bear (Queensland, Australia) by Impressions by Lindy via flickr

Life is meant to be lived...

Here are some things on my mind lately

{1.} STOP hesitating

{2.} Go beyond your comfort zone

{3.} SMILE...share your happiness

{4.} Let go of grudges

{5.} Live in the moment

I'm a little worried about the weather but....

This is what I keep telling myself about our drive to and flight from Dallas on Friday.

We continually lost power at the hotel today which made

assisting guests...interesting...to say as little as possible.

But I sure did get some food for thought on how crazy our travel time could be.

I'm just thinking happy thoughts!