The day I turned the Story Bridge Lights On

Story Bridge Lit Up in Blue and Shade of Blue by myself (for 5 mns)

The day my daughter was celebrating her 18th birthday with her friends, we left her the whole house for her party, and we went out.

 

Well, for someone who does not go out very often, this was ONE to remember.

For them, it was time for a Pièce montée de Croque-en-bouches (choux) with a few home made Vegemite scrolls ... and the rest (I don't want to know)

As for us, fun was also around the corner

We hit the City with my husband to leave them alone, and as we walked by nonchalantly, a young man asked me: 

Would you like to turn the Story Bridge On ?

I made a pause ... 'Did I understand well', 'Was my English good enough?', 'Was it wishful thinking', 'What was he on?'

I saw on his polo shirt a sign embroided Queensland Government

As he saw I was in disbelief, he added:

'and I could take a photo of you and your husband with the Story Bridge in the background with the colours YOU WILL CHOSE FOR THE BRIDGE' 

(???)

I then glanced a little cabin on top of River Side Plaza that looked like a control chamber, and I thought 'why not?' I was led to a small tent-cabin. All I had to do was to chose colours on a colour spectrum, decide in which part of the Story Bridge I wished to apply them to (about 8 spots), and then, press the GO button (on top-middle of the screen below)

Understandably, I felt hesitant for a second before pressing the GO button, I was still wondering if it was a joke, if a hidden camera was going to show up, worse, I may have misunderstood, it may have been a 'blast it all' button ... (not a good joke when we are counting the days before G20 starts)

I pressed GO

That is when it all came in blue (see Pic 1 above)

We had been so lucky, today was our city's Colour Festival and all major building were dressed up in lights, there was music everywhere, we even stumbled into Neptune!

Should definitely go out a bit more often

Feathery Friend

7:00 Sunday morning

This morning, I woke up alone in our house for once. My husband had gone to spend the night in a touristic coastal town with the children and his parents, so I seized the day ... or it seized me ...

It must have been the calm in the house. A beautiful king parrot was waiting for me outside on the balcony when I returned with sugar for my Chai Tea. 

He was simply there as if ready to have breakfast with me.

I knew him from before

This week, he had already come when I was having breakfast early with my husband, before the kids got up. We tried to feed him bread, seeds, but he did not take anything, he does not seem domesticated. When my husband went to the kitchen to fetch some cereals for himself, the parrot jumped onto the table, 30 cm from me, not intimidated the least, and he mimicked drinking from my husband's coffee cup, which was empty. I found it hilarious, amazed as to why he did that, and tried to photograph the scene, but my camera was in my bedroom and it was not possible to do it on time. 

When I returned, he was still there, but on the railings, not on the table. 

And today, he is back! ...