Home, Garden and Sydney
Valentine's Day is Caryl's birthday and here is a pic of her at our evening get-together! In our garden at this time of year, I always manage to get a good collection of 'naked ladies'!! These are Amaryllis bulbs which produce a skin-
Overseas
Some years ago, Mary, myself, Michael, cousin John and his son Alex, went to NZ on a walking holiday and managed to include this exciting trip! The raft before us had overturned on a rocky protusion --so we had to wait (with some anticipation!) for them all to be rescued.
Scouting
On a day when it reached 41 Deg C in Sydney---we were invited to the 16th birthday party of one of our Venture Scouts--Sonik Patel--an Indian family. Sonik is our longest serving scout in our large group (see www.1st caringbahscouts.com) and recently did a solo
Kayaking
Deux heures sur le fleuve 'Hacking' avec les Français --Florence et bébé Mia et son frère Vincent !
Australian Holidays
Around Sydney, the tradition is to be at a barbeque or in the water--or both (but not at the same time!). We went kayaking with some friends (Mary and Carol in a kayak) and another friend -Judy-- in her single kayak at her boatramp, where all our canoes and
Kayaking
This is the boat ramp where we store and launch our double kayak and then a picture of daughter Alison's house from the water. We spent a pleasant few hours paddling to Alison's home--had lunch then sailed back using our kayak sails!!
Birthdays & Anniversaries
We went to Caryl and Will's house for a swim and barbeque. I tested my Canon Lumix for underwater function--worked very well! Caryl made a 'brown snake' cake for Tom to be reminded of the friendly creatures in Australia!
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Some pictures around the harbour foreshore at 9.00pm and some at midnight from the 'action' side of the Harbour Bridge!
Family
The 'sisters' and Mary and Jessica -- a few pics
Birthdays & Anniversaries
First time for years the kids have all been at home together! Taken Boxing Day 2010 Michael, Caryl, Jacqui, Alison
Visitors
Mike and Judith spent three days here near end of November. It was a most enjoyable time. They had been staying with carol Morris and her husband Brian in Victoria for a couple of weeks--where Mike ahd to be admitted to hospital with a strange infection--he is fully
Home, Garden and Sydney
After a mere 15 years or so we thought it would be good to expand our kitchen cupboard storage and tabletop capacity -after, all--we do have four children--wait a minute--where are they? So, with Craig's expertise and his modern drill we set to........ I can&