R2
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According to the "Guide to Recovery after heart treatment " book that I was given on leaving hospital I am at the stage where I should be increasing my social activities. So yesterday I went on the longest drive so far. The wife drove and we went to the newly acquired house of some friends. Apart from the house being so great it was its situation that really impressed me.
The house is in an "isolated development and the grounds back onto bushland reserve. It can never be built out even though it is in a very desirable area about 10 mins walk from a major shopping centre, 20 mins walk from a major hospital and 10 mins from a major arterial road. despite this the peacefullness and serenity of the place is astounding.
The trees in the reserve are lush and healthy and teeming with birdlife in particular. While I was sitting comfortably soaking up the atmosphere I was greeted by the following visitors to the yard; a couple of Butcher birds, 2 types of duck, several Crested pigeons,
a Scrub Turkey, a Willy Wagtail, several Noisy Miners, a Leatherhead (type of Honey Eater). In the bush I could hear different Warblers and Thrushes,a Whipbird and Others that my hearing and knowledge would not allow me to identify .
Should I have stayed a little longer until dusk I am sure the ranks of birds woul have increased markedly and the Flying Foxes (Fruit Bats) would have appeared along with Brushtail Possums and other creatures of the dark.
Oh that we could all live with such beauty and serenity!!
The house is in an "isolated development and the grounds back onto bushland reserve. It can never be built out even though it is in a very desirable area about 10 mins walk from a major shopping centre, 20 mins walk from a major hospital and 10 mins from a major arterial road. despite this the peacefullness and serenity of the place is astounding.
The trees in the reserve are lush and healthy and teeming with birdlife in particular. While I was sitting comfortably soaking up the atmosphere I was greeted by the following visitors to the yard; a couple of Butcher birds, 2 types of duck, several Crested pigeons,
a Scrub Turkey, a Willy Wagtail, several Noisy Miners, a Leatherhead (type of Honey Eater). In the bush I could hear different Warblers and Thrushes,a Whipbird and Others that my hearing and knowledge would not allow me to identify .
Should I have stayed a little longer until dusk I am sure the ranks of birds woul have increased markedly and the Flying Foxes (Fruit Bats) would have appeared along with Brushtail Possums and other creatures of the dark.
Oh that we could all live with such beauty and serenity!!
