Monday, December 4, 2017

69,000 visits to my blog....thanks....

Sunday, December 3, 2017

GETTING IN EARLY TO SAY : THANKS FOR CALLING BY AND A HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND FESTIVE SEASON.
Pic below: me starting to get into a festive mood before Christmas. 

Thursday, November 30, 2017

68,954 visits to my blog





Friday, November 24, 2017

Pic below: our youngest daughter Nicola recently did this airbrush after only a few lessons. 

Pic below: I photographed this fern frond in our fernery yesterday morning.





Pic below: my 11 year old beagle spaniel cross Woogie in our back garden yesterday.

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

68,829 visits to my blog

Sunday, November 19, 2017

We enjoyed a day at Seaford beach today. 



Pics below: native plants in a garden we visited in Wantirna today. The other picture with the red kangaroo paw I took this evening. They and other Australian native plants are thriving in our nature strip where we planted them several months ago. 


Saturday, November 18, 2017

Pic below: my husband's 15 y.o. New Zealand hunterway dog Bindi after a long walk this morning.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

68,676 visits to my blog
Pic below: me  today with my 11 y.o. beagle spaniel Woogie - my faithful companion.

Pics below: enjoyed the morning at Seaford beach with my husband and two of our daughters as well as our 4 y.o. grandaughter.










Wednesday, November 15, 2017

68,630 visits to my blog
Pics below: these are all aspects of a mural our youngest daughter Nicola did for us and which is installed in our back garden  with a view of it from our al fresco and from inside our kitchen, dining room and loungeroom. 




I took these recent photos at nearby Seaford.







The pic below is of our two granddaughters, born eight months apart.

Pics below: husband Mike prettied up our house with these planter boxes outside my study window.



Pics below: nearby Cranbourne bushland.



Wednesday, October 25, 2017

68,475 visits to my blog

We moved to this estate not far from the Australain Botanic Gardens Cranbourne and are enjoying its facilities.