We all know February as the shortest month, but it also seemed a little bit long.

Maybe because I had a very full and busy month. It seems that February has lasted longer than 28 short days. Maybe it was that 40 hour day last Thursday.

A little something new to bring the month to a close. This post includes links to all the previous posts for the month. Just look for the italicized and underlined text.I started the month by losing the first day as I took Off to Summer Down Under on January 31st and arrived in Summer Down Under on February 2nd just in time for Sunday morning services.

While in Australia for almost 3/4 of the month I was able to eat at some of my favorite restaurants: Nando’s, Go Hun, Nando’s again and Kyushu

I took pictures of the environment Around the Office and Around the Hotel. I also took a Nature Walk where I saw a Laughing Kookaburra.

On the first Saturday I took a ferry ride across Sydney Harbour to visit the Taronga Zoo. While there I took more pictures of Taronga Zoo Birds, Valentine Storks and asked Where’s Perry?

On my second weekend in Australia I took a train to the Blue Mountains. While there I visited Katoomba Falls, the Blue Mountains National Park and took pictures of several birds including a Pied Currawong.

There were also several holidays this month including Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, President’s Day and Washington’s Birthday.

In the evenings I was able to watch sports that I don’t usually see. I was able to watch Cricket, Rugby and the many different events of the Winter Olympics (especially Curling). In my post Winter Olympic Thoughts, I figured out that it has been 16 years since I have not been traveling during the Winter Olympics.

Finally it was Home to Winter? to see Bees and Blossoms and an Orchard Sunset.

Mail call had me writing about what was In the BAR, and a trip to the library found a book,  The Courage of Sarah Noble, which has an interesting family connection.

As the month drew to an end I finished posting my series of pictures showing the building of an Anker Church Building.

Finally, I bought a New Camera and am looking forward to learning some of the new features before I go on upcoming trips to Japan and Turkey.

I hope I didn’t miss any links 🙂

Has it been a Long Short Month for you?

Steven