28 days of gratitude - day 11 - early morning magpie warble

Today is the day I get to say good bye to my friend Cynthia.  Her funeral is at midday today.  We are staying in our old town and hope to catch up with some lovely friends.

I cherish the magpie's early morning greeting.  Something about living in NSW and in the Sydney sandstone area.  I thinks this is "my country".  The angophoras, the wet and dry sclerophyl bush, the sandy soil, the banksia and waxflowers. the rocks and great dividing range, both sides.