Sunday in Sydney

Yesterday, Sunday, February 20th, was a quiet day for this crowd. After the busy, long and tiring Saturday touring the Blue Mountains people slept late and were slow to get into action. We had a great time watching the video that Bill took of the visit to Featherdale, the animal park. We also had a great time watching a long section of the journey in the Rainforest when Bill had accidentally turned on the video in his pocket. We saw people walking upside down. Was funny and we said we'd save it and tell people this was what life was like "down under."

We did lots of game playing- Headache, Backgammon, and Banana Grams- plus some time was spent by each boy playing computer games. The porch was the perfect place to hang out for the end of the day.

A beautiful cockatoo kept flying by and perching on the roof next door. We heard the Kookaburras laughing. The sounds continue to amaze us.

Ethan especially likes playing Headache so each one of us had a turn playing the game with him. Often it was so long we laughed and said we knew now why it was called "Headache." At least most of the game is enclosed so pieces were less likely to fall off the edge of the porch. He is a good game player because he knows and abides by the rules. Ethan did keep saying something he learned from Jack in response to any suggestion from any of us...."Never trust your opponent."

Jim was fascinated by the huge Flying Foxes. Night after night we have seen them fly by at dusk. We did see some up close at the animal park. They look like BIG bats with red faces that resemble the face of a fox. Jim took 72 pictures of bats as they flew by. All of a sudden the sun began to set.

Sunset Over Downtown Sydney

Sunset Over Mosman Bay

The sight was so beautiful. We sat and watched and were amazed. Since Sunday evenings we often go to the beach and watch the sunset it seemed perfectly fitting to spend this Sunday evening watching God's wonderful creation.