Timing

Amazing…Just as I was making a long distance phone call this morning, a really loud and ugly noise from outside started. It had been quite peaceful before then. I think it’s a truck with a large mulching device although I cannot see it well enough to be certain. It certainly sounds like a shredder of some sort.

I was on the telephone to make a booking for a short holiday at the end of July. We had had plans to visit Sri Lanka in combination with work-related business of the scientist back in February. The escalated violence, especially around Colombo, put at least a temporary halt to those plans. Instead, we are travelling to the southwest coast of Western Australia to stay in The Snug, which is located about halfway between Denmark and Albany, for three nights. Sadly, this is only our second visit down south. Our last trip, to Busselton, was nine years ago when Lego lover was only eight months old. Come to think of it, we did visit Bunbury last year as a port of call while on a short cruise. So I suppose that should count as our second visit. The ship was supposed to make a port of call in Albany, too, but bad seas prevented travel that far and the visit was cancelled. To amend the above, this will be our third visit down south.

As it turns out, I was partially correct about the shredder device. There were actually two trucks, one with a shredder and one with a cherry picker. The noisy background sounds were provided by both the shredder and a chainsaw. Both have gone now and peace has returned to the neighborhood.