I'VE BEEN AWAY

 A WEEK AWAY in the Grampians and Sunraysia.  Don's got a broken collar bone and has had a cataract done so the kids have been doing some relays to look after him.  I had two nights on the way up with some lovely time with Jenny K, walks to the lake and lots of talking.

then four wonderful nights with sue and derek, wandering and driving around wenty and mildura, seeing sam and di, missing sonja :0( but running into lovely mia. beautiful autumn weather, cold crisp nights and sunny clear days.

i'm back in the gramps now and really ready to be home, i'm getting a cold i think and i really want to get home and rug up.

   Don seems to be doing ok, great to see jenny :0)

     Lake Lonsdale is brimming with life

                        Harvest time at sue and derek's

The beautiful

little pardalotes

at don's

BEFORE I LEFT  nothing in particular, swimming clinic in absolutely crazy weather 

sadly the weather was so rough, 

our 'little green boat' broke up and had 

to be pulled from the water.  RIP LGB

the past week

HOME FROM QUEENSLAND and swimming in cold water again - brrr!  it took a bit of adjusting after swimming every morning in balmy seas.  i had icecream achy face the first time, but five minutes later all was fine.

we celebrated Karen's 79th birthday a few days back, she's just loving the water, she'd stay in forever if someone didn't coax her out.

  

SUNNY AND LUKE have both sent lovely pics of etta for her 4th photo book, she's just changed so much in the past month, really grown up both physically and in character.  she loves singing and is very expressive.  'Frozen' of course :0)

      happy girl :0)

    lovely light on the water and the Ozone wreck

I REALLY NOTICED the sudden autumn colour everywhere

THIS MORNING ON THE FORESHORE