25 December 2016

Christmas Day 2016



 Jana and I took the Kayaks down to Lysterfield Lake early in the morning.  The lake was dead still.  Some kangaroos were feeding as we arrived.


The water was reeealll nice to paddle on this morning. 
Later in the day Garrick's feet appeared.  He opened these presents. 
He can do both lego kits on his own, but the robot kits are a little more advanced.

The lego technic kit has a pneumatic component.


The Gundam robot is snap together but it's an advanced model with a couple hundred parts...a really nice one.  The bright colors are the actual plastic part colors, so you don't even need to paint it. Sweeeet.   It has some interesting sprues with mixed colors which I'll take photos of later.  Impressive stuff.

You can find nice reviews of the Hydraulic arm kit on youtube.



As the sun went down, Dad went up the ladder to assess a moldy corner at the gutters. 


 ...and plugged the leak with some silicone.
Then wire  brushed and sanded back some mold.  I'll let the landlord know it's temporarily fixed.   I don't have any putty or outdoor paint on me.


We had a late night walk around the local park, watched the bats fly to wherever it is they feed, then had christmas evening milkshakes. A pretty good day.

Then I did 100 chinups (not pullups) and had a shower and went to bed. Nope, not in one set...lots of small sets over 20mins.