5/1/11
Baking with Georgia made me smile today. She’s so independent when she bakes now. She reads the recipe and gets all her supplies and does an excellent job, even sprinkling flour onto the floor to make fairy dust! I make sure I keep involved all the same!
4/1/11
Whilst sorting through more stuff, I found this wallet. I laughed when I looked through it, to find some old ‘Neighbours’ collector cards (nice hairdos), and some well-preserved receipts dated May 1988. I had bought some things, costing 21c, 29c etc from a place called ‘Shoppers WORLD’ or something. I would have been 10 years […]
Pickled Radishes
There’s nothing quite like the satisfaction you feel when you bring food from your garden to your table. Firstly, it just tastes better. Secondly, your efforts are justified and you can enjoy whole-heartedly the literal fruits and Veges of your labour! Monte and I like to spend time in the garden during the evenings. Yesterday […]
3/1/11
I walked into our pantry to see this ‘jelly box castle’ that Matty built. I laughed, despite the fact he’s not supposed to go in there, let alone play in the ‘sweets’ section! What can I say? He just loves building! And what happened to the jelly? Well, the raspberry jelly is setting in the […]
2/1/11
A pleasant evening spent with Monte, basking in the glorious sun and drinking in the views had me smiling. I enjoyed sipping some Chardonnay, knowing that I had enough expressed milk stored in the fridge for a few feeds for Elora. Very grown up and civilized indeed!
First smile moment of 2011
1/1/11 On December 31, 2007, we had just arrived at our property for the first time. It was a warm day and we walked the perimeter of our new property in great joy and excitement. It was Monte’s birthday, and at midnight we were sitting by a fire, sipping Moet and talking about our hopes […]
White Christmas
Happy New Year! On December 27th we went to the snow at Hartz Mountain. Everybody in town was raving about how it was snowing, and we thought that we would go have a look. Afterall, it was our last chance to visit the snow in 2010! Once at the mountain, Elora stayed cosy and warm […]
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