...my delightful Mother's Day presents from Jeremy...He brought the wooden Japanese doll home with him from Japan, I think it's so beautiful. 

Julie joined us this morning as she is up from Albany for Margot's birthday dinner this evening. It was a cold morning so we were all very pleased when Mandy presented us with hand knitted ear warming hair bands.

More like a spa then the ocean...

What a wonderful night we had at Margot and Graeme's...this was taken before the guests arrived ...

Fun night at the club...with Shirley, Lorenz, Margaret and Pauline...and their husbands

Minding Will...

Sometimes I curse this tree, the leaves, the seed pods, the flowers, noise from the corollas in the branches....but on days like today, it is stunning.

The first Saturday in winter and already the beach has changed dramatically. The storm on Thursday had caused a lot of the sand from the dunes to wash into the sea. There was heaps of seaweed, sponges, sea animals and rubbish washed up as well.

Pauline, Mandy and I tried to pick up as much litter as we could carry.

There were so many different sorts of sponges and seaweed....

On the trip back to City Beach we were walking in the full sun...glorious morning.

Although not ideal, there is something wonderful about playing in the wind and the rain....this photos of Irene and Jenny was taken before the storm hit.

Jan, Jonnine, Pauline and Jenny....we had a little celebration as it was Jan's final day at the club. We will all miss her, she is such a lovely person and has done a lot for the club.