Marguerite
Active Member
G'day people.
It's still the Australia Day long weekend here, people are still celebrating. The weather is fabulous - enamel blue skies, a few puffs of white cloud in the distance, sea is a bit choppy with a lot of grundge in it (too many holiday-makers out in boats yesterday, I suspect, throwing rubbish overboard) but this afternoon at the beach I found a place where the waves were breaking over rocks covered with tube worm coral and cunjevoi, and turning the sand-bottomed rock pool into a cool mineral spa, every minute or so.
I didn't have the strength to chance the waves, so the rock pool was just what I needed. We'd had to find a more secluded spot away from the gridlock of parked cars at all the more popular spots. I had mother in law with me, she's too weak to swim now but wanted to sit on the beach. She could have enjoyed the rock pool with me, if only we'd known.
BF2 & easy child 2/difficult child 2 spent the day with BF2's family, his grandfather died yesterday. The old man was an Italian immigrant after WWII, BF2 said his grandfather's favourite day of the year was Australia Day because he so loved living here and becoming an Australian citizen. And he made it to Australia Day.
So they are a bit subdued, got home in time for dinner tonight.
Tomorrow is a public holiday for us, then the next day the new school year begins. Students don't go back for another couple of days, plus difficult child 3 began this year's schoolwork in the last week of school last year, so we can ease back in gently. A good thing, with all the doctor's visits and tests happening this week.
On the agenda for tomorrow? I don't know. A relax. Some cooking. gardening maybe, although husband hosed the garden tonight for me, it needed it as we've had no rain for days and the sun has been scorching.
Beach - if at all possible!
And good news today - husband was at the train track today, he got his licence! He is now licensed to drive miniature live steam trains for the public. It's a licence good anywhere in Australia and New Zealand, would be looked on favourably elsewhere in the world too. He had to pass a practical test as well as a theory test, and have a certain number of hours' experience driving a miniature steam locomotive, under supervision.
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg
It's still the Australia Day long weekend here, people are still celebrating. The weather is fabulous - enamel blue skies, a few puffs of white cloud in the distance, sea is a bit choppy with a lot of grundge in it (too many holiday-makers out in boats yesterday, I suspect, throwing rubbish overboard) but this afternoon at the beach I found a place where the waves were breaking over rocks covered with tube worm coral and cunjevoi, and turning the sand-bottomed rock pool into a cool mineral spa, every minute or so.
I didn't have the strength to chance the waves, so the rock pool was just what I needed. We'd had to find a more secluded spot away from the gridlock of parked cars at all the more popular spots. I had mother in law with me, she's too weak to swim now but wanted to sit on the beach. She could have enjoyed the rock pool with me, if only we'd known.
BF2 & easy child 2/difficult child 2 spent the day with BF2's family, his grandfather died yesterday. The old man was an Italian immigrant after WWII, BF2 said his grandfather's favourite day of the year was Australia Day because he so loved living here and becoming an Australian citizen. And he made it to Australia Day.
So they are a bit subdued, got home in time for dinner tonight.
Tomorrow is a public holiday for us, then the next day the new school year begins. Students don't go back for another couple of days, plus difficult child 3 began this year's schoolwork in the last week of school last year, so we can ease back in gently. A good thing, with all the doctor's visits and tests happening this week.
On the agenda for tomorrow? I don't know. A relax. Some cooking. gardening maybe, although husband hosed the garden tonight for me, it needed it as we've had no rain for days and the sun has been scorching.
Beach - if at all possible!
And good news today - husband was at the train track today, he got his licence! He is now licensed to drive miniature live steam trains for the public. It's a licence good anywhere in Australia and New Zealand, would be looked on favourably elsewhere in the world too. He had to pass a practical test as well as a theory test, and have a certain number of hours' experience driving a miniature steam locomotive, under supervision.
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone.
Marg