LANEWAYS

DESPITE THE WIDE ROADS

 here in wentworth there

 are lanes all around 

the town.

i walked home from my

 schoolroom studio

 yesterday via a long lane,

 collecting leaves

and 

photographing

flowers

NEW ROOM

IT'S STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE

THE ROOM opens 

onto a large verandah, there'll be a bbq there

 for outdoor cooking.

   the laundry

cabinet can be

 used for dishes as 

well as washing

clothes

I just bought these can chairs,
both have cushions, they'll
go down on the riverbank
for visitors to sit and enjoy
the Murray.

RUGS ARE HERE

WHOO HOO  i walked out yesterday afternoon to clean paintbrushes and there on the ground were the two rugs i ordered online.  and they're perfect, the colour's even better than i hoped. :0)
Still feeling not 100% but finished painting all the doors yesterday afternoon.

Did my first

 morning walk

 on the island

 in about

 two weeks

CONKED OUT

AFTER alan and meryl left monday morning i just fell in a bit of  a heap.  I think i'm still getting over that bug, so i took it easy.  the locksmith came and put a lock on the new room, another baby step :0)
More painting today, maybe it'll get finished.

AND i'm patiently waiting for the rugs to arrive for the new room, then i can really start setting it up :0)

Lunch with donnie and ruth down by the murray on a lovely sunny day was a tonic in the middle of the day.

NICE SURPRISE

ALAN and MERYL are passing thru on their way home to darwin after about three months of travelling round NSW and victoria visiting friends and camping.  They've been here for the weekend and Helen called in yesterday after rowing for brekky on the riverbank.

A nice weekend of scrabble, bbq's, crosswords, eating drinking and generally enjoying fabulous autumn weather.

 aboriginal ring tree,
the branches have
been grafted into 
a circle as a sign
to other tribes that
they can hunt
and fish at this
spot.  apparently
they're all along the
riverbank on my
side, this one's
just over the
fence

magnificent monsters - and a tree :0)

BIRTHDAY BOY

CAL IS 2 !!

VISITORS

ALAN and MERYL are here 

for two nights on their way 

home to Darwin.  

bbq on the riverbank :0)

The wood's almost

too beautiful to burn

AUTUMN

THE COLOURS HERE are spectacular, autumn in sunraysia is really beautiful

PAINTING PAINTING

THE BACK ROOM is looking big and light and fresh, almost finished, the toilet's done, now the doors and i'm finished. it's 6.30 so i'm getting up and doing a couple of hours before i meet a friend for coffee at 11.

New washing machine's installed and working beautifully, solar hot water's working again after a visit from the sparkie and wonderful friend and neighbour sam cross and his property manager justin came over to try to solve my ancient 'leak' problem in the garden. they found a tap dripping once they took the hoses off, replaced it and maybe, just maybe it's solved the problem.  i'm keeping an eye on the pump over the weekend.   People here are very helpful and kind.

Alan and Meryl are in Mildura so today, Saturday, i'm meeting them at the mildura field day. i've never been to a field day before so there'll be pics tonight. they'll stay, don't know how long but it's always good to have them here.

 DONNIE'S BIRTHDAY

was on thursday, lunch

was at 27 Deakin and 

her husband peter 

organised beautiful

flowers on the table.

OFF TO THE PUBLISHER

 VERY HAPPY to sign off on the completed pages of 'Where's Jessie'  the  book Janeen Brian and I are doing with the National Library of  Australia

RECALCITRANT

I'VE BEEN NEGLECTING my poor blog but i have been sick so that's my excuse.  the weekend was superb so i got out and trimmed all my plants, very satisfying. the garden is starting to take shape.

then on monday helen and don came up for a couple of days, one in mildura when i went in and met helen for dinner, and last night they came here for a barbie on the river bank and scrabble of course.  I did get a nice pic of them on the riverbank but my camera decided that it was a non-pic, it simply didn't come up on the computer as even existing  :0(   

Yesterday and the 
day before i spent painting the spare 
room, i worked 
from 12 to 8 pm yesterday, bedroom, toilet and little ante 
room all done, one 
more coat this 
morning then gloss 
on the doors and 
window.  it's going 
to look so fresh 
and feels much 
bigger. 

very happy, this 
room has such a good
view of the river and
a large verandah 
attached, i want
to use it as a rental.

      mad max

went to see the new

version Fury Road on

saturday.  WOW it's

just an eye-popping

heart stopping ride

from start to finish,

visually amazing, so

much to look at, 

crazy cars (designers

must have had a

ball) stunning desert

landscape and action

plus, it was exhausting
and fun

 

AUTUMN 

here in the

sunraysia

district is 

just gorgeous

- lots of red,

but the vines

are the 

richest gold

colour and

the weather

is perfect

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

SUNSHINE

JUST BACK from my first trip into town for days - it's gorgeous outside and the last of the autumn leaves are hanging on and glowing against the sky