Balloons and Shopping

These caused some consternation on Friday morning. Not because they were here but because they were quite low and looked to be very close to buildings and The Wheel. I was watching them. and so were other people. There were lots of photos on the Docklands social pages

This yellow balloon caused real anxiety as it descended. It was all quite safe but it appeared to be VERY close to the wheel and to other buildings. In the end it landed (or so I believe) where it was supposed to land. Obviously some clever flying by the pilot

It looks fine at the moment but
it got closer and closer to buildings as it 
descended

The weather was lovely over the weekend, with the excitement of a thunder outbreak ion Saturday evening. Otherwise it was sunny and warm. I didn't do much on Saturday, other than a stroll to the supermarket in the morning and a gentle potter in the afternoon.

I was more energetic on Sunday. I met Freyja and Simon at the Alphington market in the morning and accompanied them to Ikea afterwards. I looked at some of the shelving, thinking that it could go where Tony's piano now is. I did like the shelving with the glass doors but I thought about it again once I got home and decided that I probably don't need extra storage at this point and I would rather have a reading chair in the bedroom. I seriously considered some cube shelving for the TV to sit on. I didn't buy one while I was there - too hard to get it home on the train. I have ordered one to be delivered. I bought a children's rug for the bedroom, which I did bring back with me,  and have ordered a larger rug for the lounge room. The cube and rug should come sometime today. This time I have paid extra for delivery into my flat rather than to the foyer.

Brandy approves of the new bedroom rug, which I have now moved to the side of my bed

Docklands is starting to wake up from its Christmas/New Year somnolence. The office workers are back this morning. The ferry is back to its regular weekday timetable. The commuter cars are coming back and the traffic is building up on the Bolte Bridge. Neither of these two are properly back to normal yet. They're still at school holiday levels. But definitely busier than last week