A Cautious Visitor

One day we discovered we had a visitor just under our house's eaves. It was a possum!  Being a nocturnal animal, it left after it got dark. It obviously had other homes because it only showed up every few days.

Kay tempted it with a slice of apple, known to be popular with possums.

Cautiously, the possum inspected it and then quickly devoured it.

Then we discovered it had something in its pouch - a cub!

The cub gradually got bigger. 

They shared a love for apples.

The cub also became more demanding once it had acquired a taste for the fruit.

After visiting us over a period of more than a month, they suddenly stopped coming. We missed them!

Historic Sloan Court Hotel

Anthony alerted me to the impending demise of the historic Sloan Court Hotel at Balmoral Road.  So at our the opportunity when we met up again this week, we had lunch at the hotel restaurant, The Berkeley. We had the signature pork chop and the oxtail stew. Both dishes were noteworthy. Thanks Anthony.

Pity that the building will be demolished at the end of this month (October 2017) to make way for a 12 storey condo, though the building is quite rundown and reviews had been poor. However, how historic is historic in the case of the Sloan Court building?  I could not find any precise details on the internet.