melbourne continued

The last couple of days I spent in Melbourne were very happy ones, even if I did have some trouble getting my children to post properly for photos!!!!!
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At least I got this good one of Floss with her favourite things.....

But they did line up for this.....

 I loved catching up with Prue - no wonder a couple of extra kilos are hanging around..

 The day I was flying home, we went for a lovely walk around Studley Park - very much a blast from the past.....lots of good memories.

Thank goodness I'm not allergic to wattle as there was a very superior display of it down there by the river.

And, as they have been for the past umpty years, the boats were all lined up ready for people to take for a row.

food and friends

This lovely salad was served to us in a restaurant in carlton.  A lovely sunny day with temperatures around 15 - can't complain about that.

 And, what made it very nice was that I was lunching with to friends that I have known for 60 years!!!!

On sunday, we had brunch at a wool store in Abbotsford

and on the way there saw these chairs and the lamps in the window - more about them in the future.

 two daughters, one step daughter and me, having a very happy day

catch up

I spent the weekend in Melbourne catching up with family and friends.  I had a couple of hours in the CBD .  I had a lovely lunch with Floss and then a bit of a walk around - not really much different to home and pretty hard on the feet!

this scary photo is my brother after he came into contact with the bitumen as a result of a fall from his bike - says he's feeling a bit better now!!!!!

Tossie drove me to see b and k and received a terrarium for her troubles...plus a lovely lunch

Then back to Abbotsford where Peter had left some Haig Dimple scotch for me to taste - very nice - I had to have a couple to make sure!

Chips and pizzas for dinner.....

you've got to crack eggs to make an omelette

some parts of my garden are looking ok

but for others, it's the time of the year when you have to be a bit brutal.  I am now exposed to the world walking down the street - I wanted to post these pics so that I can see how long it takes for a euphorbia to return to normal.

Hopefully by September, the verandah will be a shaded and secluded place again!!!!

now that's enough

First it was the ironing board cover.......

Then this morning I was in the shower and heard a crash.  When I came out I found this on the floor:

Somehow, it had jumped sideways off the wall and landed in the doorway.  You can see the hook it was on just to the left and above the light switch

Anyone know a good exorcist?

perhaps these boys know something?

a weekend away

I have just spent a very nice weekend at Evans Head.  It was cold and wet and I hope that's my only real dose of winter for this year.  I think at last I have acclimatised to Briz and was very glad to see some sun when I got back.

We went for a walk along Airforce Beach but had to turn back when it started to rain......

At least there was a lovely rainbow!!

This is a very cosy spot to be - with a bottle of Chivas and some chips!

and in the morning, this was just as cosy for breakfast in bed!  Bed covering consisted of TWO donnas and a blanket!!

There's a very happy little echidna wandering around in Marina's garden.......

There's also another echidna by her front door for boots to be cleaned on!  I hope he wasn't related to the one in the garden!!

re-organisation

This weekend I had another go at re-organising my life.  There's so much stuff in my house that I think I need professional help to organise it.  Anyway, I went to K Mart on Saturday and brought this box home - note the weight - 22 KILOS!!!  An obliging young man put it in the trolley for me and then I had to manhandle it into the car and out again and then up the stairs on the wheels!!

That was not the end of it - once inside I had to unpack it and screw it all together..... but I did it!!!
Success and here's what it was:

 A shelf to put shoes in - wonderful.....I might even get another one and put it on top but it's quite nice to see the entire window - and it does make things a bit brighter.

I manhandled the chest of drawers out of the dressing room into the spare bedroom where it looks ok.  I am now looking for a new home for the small brown chest of drawers which I think needs a coat of white paint

All the sweetie boxes have been moved to the top of the chest of drawers

and that leaves this table looking for a new home - might keep it in the study for a while

 the pineapple's are looking good, and so are the flowery baskets and the garden - after all the work I've been doing in it, so it should!!!!!