The Secret Garden!

Well, really it's not that secret..

I did have a lot of fun creating it though & the new kids from across the road gave me a bit of a hand which was nice.

Here they are with Cissy & Tia making sure it works ok.

I'll be putting a garden setting down there later & hopefully as people wonder through they'll have a sit & just enjoy.

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The Ball

Carrie may be gorgeous...she may be an excellent architect student but she's jolly hopeless at sending resized photos!!!

It looks like she had a lovely time.

I'm liking the dress too...how's it staying up!?

Kemp Beach National Park

This is something we've been meaning to do for ages & we were lucky enough to have Andrea, Katie & Alison join us on the trek. It was a surprisingly warm afternoon with a brisk wind blowing in from the East & we even spotted a couple of turtles on the Northern side splashing around near the rocks.

And you can also see we had a bit of fun with the camera!

Mother's Day

I think it's pretty self explanatory!

Winter Moon Festival

We had an unevenful trip up arriving with just enough light to set up our camp which we did with a cup of chai & a slice of cake kindly produced by Paddy who with her horse float had arrived much earlier.

Our campsite on the back of the truck kept us off the ground which I was pretty happy with but next time I'd invest in one great big green tarp that would cover not just the truck but the table as well & even though there wasn't really much rain if it had poured down we'd have been in a quandary.

The big green tent behind the subaru was our 'main' camp where we'd all congregate to play music, catch up with each other & have cups of chai tea.

There were moments of creativity drawing with henna, playing guitars, making dreamcatchers, joining the choir workshop or even banging together pieces of wood to make a go-cart.

The music was endless, starting with morning poetry to get you going & then gorgeous, sensuous, temporal music that entertained the senses till midnight, however it did continue on quietly for those her wanted more.

Is it a sign of aging...I believe all of us were usually in bed around 11 or earlier!!

Very swish...what!

On the way home we stopped into Calen.

This is a store that puts Calen on the map...it has EVERYTHING!!!

We also called in on Clairview.

What a pretty little place (except for the midges)!

Something Ali had been craving since the beginning of the trip was the 'biggest' hamburger in Australia!! What you're seeing there is just 1/2 ...I tell you, they're HUGE!!!!!

This little girl had the loveliest hairdo...we're hoping we'll be able to copy it for the Village Arts Festival in June.

The New Relatives

Here we have Tim & Amanda with their new son Finnian.
Tonia & Dean's boy Luke looking quite the little man naked or dressed!
And this is another lovely one of Finnian.

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We had Easter Sunday with the Frish's out under the carport...again, I was fashionably late, but only just!

There was a lovely feast laid out on the table & the temperature was mild to warm. As you can see it was a fine sunny day & despite colds from the Emerald folk everyone was in good spirit.

Here's what we hoed into after a half hour break from lunch...the coffee went rather well with it!