Max and I had a busy morning. We went to the Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens to do their "hide-and-seek trail." It is a beautiful garden and Max enjoyed the trail. We stopped for morning tea during a brief rainstorm. The highlight of the outing was when we watched two crows trying to kill a young tiger snake. The crows' objective was to break the snake's back so it couldn't escape. A woman who was watching the snake and crows with us said that once the snake's back is broken, the snake will bite itself. Hard to imagine but okay. We didn't watch long enough for the crows to finish it off--a couple of Canadians couldn't help but approach the battle to take pictures. They kept scaring away the crows. Max lost interest (we stood about 10 meters away for safety so there wasn't much to watch when the crows periodically flew away at the approach of the Canadians).
After the botanical garden, we headed to the doctor where I received the swine flu vaccination then Max and I went to a cafe for a lunch date. He was so well-behaved at the doctor and at the cafe. He's usually so active that it is hard to contain him during those types of activities. What a birthday treat!
Our friend Emmanuel watched Max in the evening while Tim and I walked around the West End and had dinner at a Greek restaurant. It was so nice to have a leisurely meal with Tim. Thank you Emman and thank you Tim!
