Lockdown and Halloween to Celebrate the End of Lockdown

Amy and I got down to a couple of lockdown projects. One was making some biscuit faces and delivering them to some of our favourite families along with a kit to make up some of their own, it was a fun thing to do and we enjoyed getting photos of their creations.

Bill having a little snooze in a lockdown lunchbreak- hard work working form home!

Bill's work sent out hampers so this little box of sunshine arrived one day. After consuming the edible contents we recycled it and dropped it off to another family with our version of a little box of sunshine.

Last weekend our Lockdown was ending and we could gather in homes with groups up to 10 so we got to go to Bindi's along with the Stuart's for a fun and yummy Halloween Dinner. Amy and I were in charge of drinks so we made some frozen eyeballs and hands to put in the punch.

Mia decorated the foccacia that Bindi made- how good is that.

Emma Stuart brought along this "head" that Amy had to try on.

Table all set for our Halloween Dinner

Our lovely Halloween Pavlova that Bindi created. It was a fun night.

Around the Garden

 Have been finishing off work in the garden and just enjoying walking around most days and checking how all my plants are doing. With all the rain and warmer weather things are growing, including the weeds, but just loving the colour.

Here we are growing a little Jack! Pity we couldn't grow him some new legs, he manages to shuffle around the place, he often used to hope up on the pot plants as the soil was nice and warm when it had been in the sun.

Here is Amy doing some rock sorting- she wants the rock sizes in a particular way! Good mindfulness practice.

Amy feeding some of our friendly cockatoos. This is probably Colin, or possibly Bruce.

I planted some more Flanders poppies this year  and now they are flowering abundantly- just love these.

This was the first poppy of the season

The old veggie patch is now the Berry Patch. I have planted 3 blueberries in pots that are supposed to do well in Canberra. I have tried a number of times, this is my last attempt and this time in pots as a few friends have had more luck with growing them in pots. I have a Denise, Blue Rose and Brigatta.

 

More Lockdown Walks

 Have enjoyed discovering new walks and rediscovering previous walks I haven't done for a while. With all the rain Canberra is just so green it is lovely. We could be in England- even the sheep are sitting down and having a rest-they don't have to spend the whole day looking for food!

Have been walking along  the Murrumbidgee in various points. Here it was along Smith's Creek, with lovely views along the river and out to Mt Tennant which we often ride over. With all the rain the Murrumbidgee is looking very healthy.

Another walk I have been doing is up from Pine Island up to and along the old dry stone wall. I had done some of this a few years back, was lovely to revisit and see it so green and with lots of kangaroos and their joeys.

Another new walk was up through the Tuggeranong Pine Forest walking along the railway line that used to run between Queanbeyan and Cooma and is  the border boundary between ACT and NSW.