New Barby.

Finally after a solid week of assembling stuff (Ikea mainly) we finally finished everything.
The last item on the list was the barbecue. Yes barbecues are used places other than Australia & South Africa! They are very popular here in fact. Every apartment in the city seems to have a Barbecue, outdoor setting & a push bike on the balcony. Summer time is looked forward to & they certainly make the most of the warm weather around these parts.

Caddy Shack

Anyone who has seen the movie Caddie Shack would have an idea of what these little guys are. They have a bunch of different names here, Gophers, yellow gophers, picketpins, flickertails, and tawny American marmots.

The correct name here is Richardson's Ground Squirrels.
Whatever they're called, they are prolific around here to the point of plague proportions. They're prolific diggers & you have to be careful not to roll your ankle on the entrance to their burrows. They are either very bold or very stupid because you can get very close to them before they take off.