Out and About in March

 Finally started venturing out into the big, wide world of Canberra in March. Amy and I took Mia and Bindi out for Bind's birthday. We had a lovely lunch at Black Fire in the city. It was nice and quiet on a Tuesday afternoon!

We also went to Hard Quiz at the Canberra Centre with heaps of people- lots of laughs, was a fun night. The bubbles out the front were part of the Enlightenment Festival.

Then Amy and I went with a friend to  Van Gogh Alive- it was great. You walked through a Starry Night Display into a large area where they had classical music playing and projections of Van Gogh's life and paintings.

It was really well done, the music was great, then as you excited you came into the Sunflower Room.

Then finally you could sit in one of his paintings! 

February Catch Up

 Time to catch up on my blog. Can't believe how quickly the weeks disappear!

Luna had to have a small lump on her eye removed, lucky we did that as it turned out to be a melanoma, fortunately they got it all. She was quiet for a day or two, needed to wear the cone of shame to stop her scratching the wound. She obviously has poor spacial awareness, she would just barge her way through things. The birds were terrified of Luna with her cone!

We had some friends who had COVID. The mum had it in January and no one else in the family caught it, then as school started the eldest daughter got COVID and the whole family had to go through another week of isolation. Then after a week out of isolation the remaining 4 members of the family came down with COVID. Amy and I  decided to be COVID fairies and dropped of some goodies a number of times to help them survive isolation with young kids. Amy had fun shopping in Kmart for various games and craft kits.

Valentines Day saw Amy and I help do some heart attacks at some of her friends places, we had fun helping out.

Beau helping out with icing cup cakes- always interested in what is going on.

Out and About- Bike, Foot or Car

 

Most Tuesdays I head out for a walk with my friends Kerrie and Deb, both of whom I worked with at Southside Physio. Recently we enjoyed a trip to Queanbeyan where we walked along the river in both directions, visited the park, had a cuppa at the cafe by the river and then visited the Queanbeyan Art Society Gallery, it was a lovely morning and everything is so lovely and green.

Then I have some other friends who lead me astray on the bike. One Saturday we drove to Uriarra Crossing and then rode up Fairlight Road, to Mountain Creek Road, then along the Wee Jasper Yass Road to Taemas Bridge over the Murrumbidgee. It was quite a climb on the way back but we enjoyed our adventure.

Then a couple of weeks later Mary, Linda and I rode up to Gibraltar Falls and walked down to the lookout, which was a bit of an adventure in our bike shoes but worth the effort, the view of the falls was lovely and the sound of running water and creeks is a lovely sound.

The next outing this time was by car with Amy into the National Museum of Australia to see the Ancient Greeks Exhibition with items from the British Museum, it was well worth a visit.

Flowers in My Garden

 It is lovely watching the different flowers coming out in my garden, Enjoy walking around and checking out what is happening and clearing out some of those weeds. The side/front gate and fence has been put in, which means the dogs can wander throughout the back yard and warn us whenever anyone comes up the front drive. The last job to finish off all the work that began with the building of the granny flat.

This is my first dahlia, looks like a few more are on the way.

Not sure what this yellow plants is but it is flowering beautifully. I planted it last year and it died off over winter then just came back this summer with lots of flowers.

I keep dividing and replanting these rain lilies and I love the creamy flower they have and they make great edging.

I planted three lots of sunflowers seeds before I could get them to germinate.

My Lady O Grevilla is flowering and it is such a pretty grevilia. 

I have never had much luck with Kangaroo Paws and don't have many full sun spots left in my garden. I picked up this smaller kangaroo paw at Bunnings recently, says they are more drought and frost hardy. I figured if I planted it in a pot and moved it in winter I might have more luck. It has a little flower beginning to emerge.

Amy had a whole lot of flower seeds so we made up a mix and scattered them in the garden bed and we have some flowers- who knows what they are but it is lovely to see some results.

Christmas 2021

 

As usual we stayed in Canberra for Christmas, with the birds and the dogs it is too difficult to go away, The week before Christmas, Bindi hosted some friends and their daughters and Amy and I at her place for a gingerbread house decorating night. We had a lovely evening and there was lots of sugar consumed, lots of talking and laughing. When we arrived Bindi had the little houses all set up, lollies and icing for everyone it was time to decorate! Some of the various creations are below.                                                            

We had brought a ham at Costco and Amy decided we should have a go at glazing and baking which we  had never done before. We were surprised at how relatively easy it was, just time consuming and it tasted wonderful- definitely will do again.

We had Christmas lunch at Bindi's on Christmas Day with another family. I forgot to take any photos, the house and table were beautifully decorated, we had a lovely day. I did get a photo of the the pavlova for dessert.

And one photo of Amy giving Charlie a hug- just to annoy him!

This year with the macaws out in the aviary and the granny flat, and with some new furniture we were able to decorate- no big birds to knock them over, chew them up or mess them up. Was nice to get a bit Christmassy. 

I made Christmas puddings on New Years Day and we headed over to the Scott's house where we gathered with some other families and we introduced them to the tradition of Christmas Pudding, coins and treats, it was a fun night- but forgot to take photos!