Saturday, February 11, 2017

January 2017


Gracie and I just resting our eyes



Roses in my garden


Roses from my garden


My cactus out in flower



Cactus flower close up



Cactus flowers swarming with bees



F-Troop morning tea



Emmy loving the cup cakes


Grace and Emmy helping me with the frosting



Emmy and Gracie at Flip-Out trampolines


Joel powering up at Flip-Out


Flowers from my garden


Joel, Gracie and Emmy popcorn and movies


With Gary and Helen Smith at the 10th tee



F-Troop Morning Tea


Roses in my garden



Roses in my garden



Rose burnt off in the heatwave


Miniature Roses in my garden



Rod and family set up in the camper an
at Anna Bay


Grace, Joel, Rod and Emmy at Anna Bay



January roses in my garden



With Grant and Kerry Williams at the 10th tee


F-Troop Morning Tea


Joel's first day back to school - year 10


January Roses 


January roses


The early summer forecast said a very hot summer ahead - and they were very right! January has been very hot to the extent that some of my roses were burnt off. Some days I picked the roses to save them from the heat.

We had another busy month - entertaining the kids insuring the school holidays, playing golf and working in the gardens at the golf club and at home. 

Rod and Anne had a week at Anna Bay in the camper van and had an enjoyable week. It is good to see the van is being used.

The hot weather has kept me confined into the air conditioning on some days so I have spent time sorting old records and shredding unwanted records. It is time consuming but good to get it sorted.



Friday, February 10, 2017

December 2016


View from the coffee shop at the lighthouse lookout above
our camping area at Halifax Park


Barramundi Fush Farm at Bob's Farm


With Trevor and Margaret Andrews
Lunch at the CookaBarra Restaurant 
At Bob's Farm



At the CookaBarra Restaurant



Packing up the camper van



Holiday is over and ready to head home



Goodbye to Little Beach at Halifax Park



Roses from my garden



Emily - ready to go dancing



Roses from my garden



Emily and Grace 



Part of my rose garden


With Kevin O'Brien and Lorraine Bignall at the 1st tee


F-Troop morning tea



Darcy's first visit to Santa



Emily and Grace - face painting at the Golf Club
Children's Christmas Party


Children having fun at the Christmas party



Emily with Mrs Claus



Change with the children's balloons



With Alice Diamond and Mark Stimpson on the 1st tee



F-Troop Morning Tea



Roses from my garden



Emily, Joel and Grace with Santa 



Christmas Day - present opening time 


Christmas munchies



Darcy with her guitar - just like daddy's


Christmas Day cool off in the pool



My Christmas Gift - a family keepsake album



Roses from my garden



Ma Stimpson's 95th birthday - New Year's Eve


Last Ray's on sunshine on the last day of the year
View from Mark's balcony


December Roses in my garden

December was a very busy month - finishing off our holiday and camper van experience at Shoal Bay, back to regular golf and gardening catchup, preparation for Christmas and all the associated social days.  

We enjoyed the camper van experience and are looking forward to some more travels next year.

I finally got back to my dentist for some repair work which was on hold until we got back from holidays.

F-Troop and the home gardens have kept me busy outdoors as well as golf on Tuesday's and Sunday's. 

Christmas Day was a quiet family day - very enjoyable to watch the little ones having a great time.

We spent New Year's Eve at Mark Stimpson's where we could watch the fireworks from his balcony and helped Ma Stimpson celebrate her birthday.