Home, Garden and Sydney
The front garden bed has really blossomed -in a riotous sort of way-with all the damp weather this year . Many blooms and colours all bunched together round the two ponds. There are some magnificent hollyhocks to show later and a deep red gladiola. My Californian poppies have all succeeded,
Home, Garden and Sydney
Every year the gardens look different . This year with sweet peas in the front as well as back gardens, Californian poppies, several Aquilegia and the yellow rose really blossoming, the front is crowded with over 20 different plants in bloom this week, lobelia, alyssum, hibiscus, rose, poppies, sweet peas, dianthus,
Bushwalking
A short walk in late afternoon. The south end is very different to the north (Audley) end, in flora . Mary has grown another Ginormous carrot! almost a foot long. Smells alright.
Bushwalking
Our War Memorial gardens in Cronulla look splendid. We have an orchid in bloom and a red rose We started a walk called Curra Moors in the National Park to see some wildflowers.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
The birth of Lachlan in John Hunter hospital, to Kris and Michael on Sept 11 after an epic labour for Kris, which she bore with legendary patience and effort. Lachlan weighed in at nearly 8 lbs. Covid has prevented any visiting , as with their wedding, so there's a
Family
With lock-down going on forever--there's not been any travel, but, still news. There was a Tuesday walk to Kangaroo Creek via Robertson's Roundabout in the RNP and with ith Jacqui and family here I've been able to hone my grandfather skills again.
Family
They have finally arrived from quarantine and our rooms are now full of toys and books! Yesterday we went for a kayak paddle to Grays Point and paddled upriver to Audley where we picnicced. Louis, age seven, proved very willing to help, moving kayaks and even paddled well, considering it
Bushwalking
Yes, The Delta variant has shown the weaknesses in the rollout of the vaccine. Today I had an early evening landline call which turned out to be a live Q & A session with our PM, Scomo! He lives near here and it was only local people called. I listened
Home, Garden and Sydney
Delta variant of Covid 19 has wreaked havoc recently with NSW, Victoria and now S. Australia now in lockdown. There's plenty of garden to still do as well as having a few walks when we can--but no cafe visits etc. We've also got a box
Home, Garden and Sydney
The other night we were treated to a 'Supermoon', the largest it will be for many years and before a total eclipse next month. We had our third French Market in four years today and as suspected, it was bigger and better attended than even last year. We
Home, Garden and Sydney
Yesterday, in need of exercise, we went to the coastal path and arrived just as the strongest winds arrived as well. The rain felt like bullets on the small area of exposed face skin. There were new waterfalls in places I'd never imagined. The sea was rough too.
Home, Garden and Sydney
In view of last entry and having re-read the correspondence from Christmas , I thought I'd say a bit more about our involvement with the French group. To people in the UK it might seem strange, but here, anything European or from anywhere else really, is seen as