Nostalgia trip.

I found a possum! This both heartens and saddens me. I can remember when I was a kid, these animals in the trees would light up at night time with little fairy lights. Working from memory, there was a possum, koala, magpie and bat. The bat was my favourite as a kid, because it was the easiest to find. I can still remember begging my mum to drive the long way to my Uncle's house so we could see them lit up. It heartens me that they still have 3 of them in the trees, even if you do have to hunt for them a bit. Its like a piece of my childhood is still clinging to the present. It saddens me a bit that they have greatly fallen into disrepair. The bat is long gone, I can only see the koala, possum and magpie now. Occasionally bits of wire and fairy light will fall down to the lawn area as they slowly rot away. They have been up in the trees for well over 20 years that I know of, and I have no idea whether they were put there by McDonald's or the Counsel. Nobody seems to know, so nobody takes responsibility. Its a shame really, as I remember they used to make me so very happy.