Wednesday 15th August 2012

We had a big mixture of weather this last week with the wild August winds hitting at the weekend with a vengeance.

Thursday 9th August 2012 I played in the Singles Knock Out and lost at the 18th hole.  My opposition player was Kathy Small and we had a good tussle over the 18 holes.  I did not play very well in the beginning and was down 4 with 4 holes to go at the 15th.  I had picked my game up by then and won the next three holes but could only square the last hole which was not good enough to win.  We had a good day with our other two playing partners and the golf was played in good spirit.

Friday 10th August 2012 I was over at the golf club trimming some tibouchinas and tidying up the gardens at the first and 10th tees.  I need not have worried about tidying up as the August winds arrived that afternoon and created havoc all over the golf course.  Friday evening we went to the club for dinner and raffles night as Peter was on raffle duty.

Saturday 11th August 2012 the August winds were freezing and the golf course had branches and trees down everywhere.  We did the household shopping and I picked up some more bags of mulch so I can finish  weeding and mulching the gardens before we go away.  It was not a nice day to be outside.

Sunday 12th August 2012 Rod, Anne, Joel & Emily came for breakfast before we went to golf. Both Emily and Joel looked a lot better after being sick the previous week.  Emily is still having trouble with her ears and is going to a specialist for treatment.  It was too cold to go outside so we played indoor games with Joel and Emily after Peter cooked breakfast of pancakes, sausages & bacon, OJ, toast & tea.   We would have been happy to give golf a miss because it was so cold.  Peter has been fighting a chest infection all week and we would have pulled out if it had been raining.  Our playing partners were Robin & Doug Incoll & we had a nice day in spite of the bitterly cold wind and occasional showers.  Our golf scores were a bit ordinary and we were happy to get back inside the clubhouse to warm up.  We stayed for dinner at the club with our golfing friends.

Monday 13th August 2012 we were up early for F-Troop as we had two very big projects on that day.  Peter and his crew were working on erecting a new cart shed.  My crew were busy laying down new white gravel on the paths of the wedding garden after first laying down carpet weed matting.  As well as that we had to try and clean up as much as we could from the wind damage. I finished at 3 o'clock and Peter worked through until 5 o'clock so it was a huge day.

Tuesday 14th August 2012 I played golf in a Gosford/Wyong inter club day.  My playing partners were Yvonne Wilson, Yvonne Cumming and Shirley Daly.  The weather was a lot better than Sunday and by lunch time it was a very sunny pleasant day.  My golf score was barely respectable but I did get nearest the pin on the 8th hole and also scored a 4 pointer at the 17th by putting into the hole off the green which were good highlights.

Wednesday 15th August 2012 (today) it was another nice weather day so I decided to finish off the gardens at the front of the house getting all the gardens weeded, trimmed, fertilized and mulched.  I only have the back gardens to go now.  In the afternoon I went to the Post Office and got our Visa Debit Card to use while we are in the USA.  It seemed a good idea to do it now while the dollar was still good.

It is just about time to start getting organised for our holiday coming up in a couple of weeks.  Tomorrow I have a birthday to celebrate and if the weather is nice I might get a bit of gardening done in the back gardens in the morning.  The kids are coming for a baked dinner tomorrow afternoon/evening so I should have a good day.