Sue and I came runners up in the Jubilee foursomes today....

 

Isn't this a lovely photo!

 

The first of many photos of Rusty, Tash and Todd's little puppy who arrived yesterday . Here he is with Nerida and Tash talking to Jeremy on Facetime. He's quite a cutie!

 

These are two lovely photos that Todd took of his grandfather Jack and Tash when they visited him recently.  This evening Tash told us of her conversations with Jack about his experience on the Burma Railway as we were discussing the book The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. It was an excellent contribution to the discussion, so wonderful for us to hear his story.

Chris and Taryn in Daylesford at the Farmers Arms Hotel, enjoying a cold Sunday afternoon....thanks to Taryn's mum for taking the photo and Taryn for putting it on instagram.

The Hotham Valley train...in Dwellingup ....where Barb and I met Marguerite before we began our walk along the Bibbulmun Track.

 

The weather was just perfect, cool and cloudy with no breeze.

 

We walked through some really beautiful bush....our journey took us from River Road to Yarragil Form....we had a pleasant break for lunch at the Swamp Oak hut.

 

There weren't too many wildflowers about yet, possibly a little early but these caught my eye...Pimelea Suaveolens....

 

We thought the sign rather amusing!  A fun day it was...I really do enjoy walking, especially with good company and surrounded by the beautiful Australian bush.

 

Two delightful photos that Jeremy sent me this week. He and his fellow grads from Allans went to a cooking lesson (team building?). In the photos with Jeremy are Alistair and Eleni.

Two lovely photos of Tash that Todd took down south last weekend.

 

An eerie morning at the beach this morning, it reminded me of the Cornwall coast....the water was like glass and the horizon wasn't always visible.

 

 

 Some shots of the city that I took from Sir James Mitchell Park Beaches...there can't be many capital cities in the world that have such clean river beaches.

 

 

And this is looking down the river towards the construction site of the new football stadium and development at Burswood. 

 

Birthday flowers....

 

Birthday lunch today with Nat and Cathy at Aisuru Sushi Bar ...

 

Winter lights in Brookfield Place....

 

Pete's paella (tasted sensational) that he cooked tonight for Chris, Juliet, Barb and Marguerite...more celebrations for my birthday.....

 

At Mandy and Gra's tonight for a wonderful birthday dinner....delicious meal cooked by Mandy and Gra and yummy birthday cake made by Tash.

 

Frost on the grass and mist on the lake at the golf course this morning ...I think it was 1 degree when we started playing...but it warmed up soon enough and we had a glorious blue sky.

 

Our Chinese Tallow tree looking very bare....

 

Tash, Jo and I had a productive and enjoyable time today, making grey, linen napkins for the wedding...what a team we were!

 

Beautiful Lake Monger....the sun came out at just the right time....

 

Marjolijn and Maree having an hilarious time in the surf this morning, getting knocked this way and that....hard to believe they are both over 60.