LOOKING AT THIS BLOG  is looking at a snapshot of what i've been doing, obviously a lot of emphasis on the swimming and the Salty Bitches community.  swimming every morning and practising the tips on my style has meant that i've improved so much over this time that i now consider myself a swimmer, rather than someone who can swim and loves to be in the water.  i can swim freestyle to the pole and back, two months ago i would have been backstroking, breast stroking and freestyling with a bit of a float in between because i was using more energy, not breathing so well and not moving forward so efficiently.  it's been exciting to feel the progress. wearing goggles and having my new neoprene swimcap have also helped enormously.  what a buzz!!

GAIL STAYED LAST NIGHT and together we swam to the pole in pristine conditions in the afternoon.  this morning we did the sunrise swim with the salties. we're both feeling pretty chuffed with our efforts :0)

morning sunrises are a big part of the experience

this was a crazy day of metre high waves, no swimming but lots of whoopin' and hollerin'   😄

the morning huddle round the table before and after swimming

dogs are a big part of our morning

    the spirit of tasmania is now a familiar sight on the horizon              coming and going back to geelong,  a welcome addition to the          waterfront

One of the Salties, (aaron) let me know about a spot on the shoreline where a group of swans can regularly be found.  I drove past the other day and there was a collection of water birds, also some corellas who looking as though they didn't know what to do at the beach - 'should we or shouldn't we?'  :-)

lovely to see the familiar heron here quite often



IN THE GARDEN this unfamiliar flower has emerged from strange bulbs that are close to the surface. the honeyeater has discovered them in the last few days

it's also great

to have blue wrens

and back in the

garden, i had a group

of about five, including

the blue male but

I didn't get a

pic of him

SWALLOWS have arrived in huge numbers

I DON'T SEE THE FULL MOON as often as i did in the clear sunraysia skies but it does rise over the bay, so when i see it 

it's usually pretty gorgeous