I am surprised it has been a month since my last post…..I knew I had been busy but felt like it was only a couple of weeks. I am now on two weeks holidays and hope to catch up a little. Here are some photos to show you a little of what I have been doing. The dog got a haircut, :-) He was not keen on looking at the camera but I had more patience than him.
I have still been doing my 6am walks with friends on a Saturday morning. Coffee stop half way.
Visited our son and girlfriend in Townsville, this is the view from their backyard.
Our trip back home from Townsville we stopped off at the Cardwell Range Lookout and saw this amazing view of Hinchinbrook Island.
I flew to Brisbane for a weekend and spent the time with our daughter. Fun girls weekend although a little wet. Movies, food and catching up with a friend. This was taken at Roma Street Parklands.
View from our daughter's balcony. Well it was her balcony until yesterday when she moved house. Guess I will just have to do another trip now. ;-)
Yes, another Saturday morning walk. Much darker these days at 6am.
Our son and his girlfriend stayed with us before flying to London for a couple of weeks. We are enjoying the trip with them via Snapchat and occasionally a phone call via Messenger Facebook. I say it all the time but "gotta love technology."
Monday was my first day of holidays which was showery and overcast. Great time to drag out knitting needles I have not touched in about 20 years. Decided to have a try at a knitted tea cosy this year for the annual Tea Cosy Competition held by the local museum. www.mulgravesettlersmuseum.weebly.com
Later in the week now and the sun is shining the weather has cooled a little so I thought I would do a spot of trimming or rather hacking in the garden. The bushes with flowers are safe at the moment. :-)
Throw work, housework and general life in the mixture that is where I have been for the past month. I am hoping to catch up with everyones blogs soon. Hope everything is well in your part of the world. :-)
What a fab time you've had Merry, I only wish I had more 'fun' things to write about, thanks for sharing your very interesting jaunts,and what a good looker your son is too....xxxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Janette, I know I am a tad biased but I think our son is a good looking bloke too. :-)
DeleteFabulous photos Merry. I love the flowers at Rom st parklands. Is that a real live lizzard? Loz
ReplyDeleteThanks Loz, I would love to see the Roma St Parklands in Spring with all the gardens full as it was stunning during winter with only half of the gardens with plants. My favourite garden was the purple and white kale. That is a real lizard, pretty sure it is a water dragon and I saw at least five in the area the guy I took the photo of.
DeleteGreat photos TYFS. L x
ReplyDeleteStill busy I see and the tea cozy is looking good! I love those gardens where they use "food" type plants in the beds. We have a public garden southeast of us called Powell Gardens and one of their sections shows how to landscape using "food" plants. For example: they used perennial berry bushes under-planted with those ornamental cabbages. Now I wish I had thought of that back when I was landscaping the garden, although come to think of it, we used a gooseberry bush to cut off access to the back corner fence that the teenagers loved to climb over from the alley. grin! The guy behind thought it was a noxious weed and tried to kill it with a spray chemical brush killer and when I thought that my gooseberry was dead, the neighbors all heard about it, but it grew back lush and strong the following spring. Do you have only ornamentals in your garden?
ReplyDeleteToo funny about the gooseberry bush, glad it is growing strong. Yes most the plants we grow up here are colourful foliage. Bulbs don't tend grow at all. Although we do have some lillies.
DeleteYou've had a busy month, love the picture of the Roma street gardens. You've had a busy time travelling. 6 am walk that's really dedicated. I've sent you an e mail with a picture of chi chi and a bit of an explanation. Hope you son and his girlfriend like their trip to England. I think the weather there hasn't been too great though. Lesley x
ReplyDeleteLesley, the weather has been quite nice to our son and girlfriend. When they flew in there were huge thunderstorms and lightening strikes but since then they appear to have had mostly fine days. I am off to read all about chi chi, thanks for send the info.
Delete...and I thought I had a busy month. Yours so much more exciting than mine though. Enjoyed seeing your pics. Thanks for sharing with us.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your June was as crazy as mine was, Merry! Here's wishing you the best for July.
ReplyDeleteHi Merry love the array of pictures you have shared they are delightful especially the haircut, he looks very handsome
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lorraine x
Such lovely pictures and your children are so big with partners now. Time flies... The views are beautiful and that dog is so cute. I have to start walking too.
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