time to go to the park

Another sunny winters day and we head off to the park, the fish and chips where great (although didn't stay around long enough to be photo'd).  And a few pics from around and about the home, heres a lovely sunset captured by G through the car and by the time we had got out of the car the brightness had subsided, it was quite spectacular....

 And there is no stopping G now here he is swimming underwater and blowing bubbles as he goes, working on getting those arms moving now so he isn't under water for the whole length of the pool!

 "get me another red brick"

 "Quick here come the kids hide we've broken up the lego"

 And while the guinea pigs are having fun, mums been in the garden, ohh so many jobs to do here, firstly I have tried to kill this house plant (not intentionally) so many times - its a survivor and I really quite like it, so I have decided to give it a new lease of life and divided it up, watch it keel over now! I am hoping for plenty more of these it the division goes well.....

 and whilst propagating here are some rose, lemon and bay cuttings, if this works as I plan the garden will be BURSTING at the seams....

 dogwood seedlings that are really growing well, thanks to Gracie for taking good care of them, hoping to over winter them and have them out on the front garden.....

 our winter morning at the park, chilly in the shade but warm when moving about, and we do that well....

 caught you daddy having a play!

 on the lookout for ducks....

 there they are......

 just wanting to get in the water to catch up with the ducks....

 finding ourselves at the park...

 is that really me?

 

That's all - for now

sunny morning tea

 A good job she is a mannequin, G checking to see whats under the hat.

 Very pleased to meet you too! - outside a local cafe in Yackandandah! guess you could sit with her if you wanted to?

 Forever dancing, and now Tilly found a stage...

 Older style house in Yackandanda

 As long as there is a tree to climb G is very happy...

 a few street scenes from around the town

 Doesn't the extension to the primary school look great, a wood fired oven and bbq area, and around the other side there are chooks and a veggie garden

 lovely little old cottage....can see us comfortably living in here :), we always want to move here after we have visited....

 exploring the pretty flowers on a walk in the street....

 My lovely mothers day cards and chocolate sponge cake, which looked like a giant decorated do-nut!

And what easier way to travel than in your big sisters school bag, think Tilly wanted to go to school with Grace for the day here!!

all in the month of May....

A lovely end to the warmer months and as winter rapidly approached we certainly attempted to make the most of the warm sun and the eye-catching colours of Autumn foliage, and of course active kids. With a bit of  a panic that we'd left seed sowing too late we had lots of seedlings in the trays and planted out with lots of planning for the spring crops in the garden.

George joined a gymnastics group and its on a Fri straight after school a perfect way to run around and release the tensions from the past week.....

This is the dog grooming van that came to clip, clean and fluff up little Bella xx

A she looks perfectly pretty here....

Georges swimming lessons are going very well, its one on one with the instructor, and only two instructors in the pool, here he is at water safety week so he had to wear his PJ's (which is a bit of a trend this month!) and he actually swam his first few strokes on his own and now there is no stopping him, he reminds me of a penguin bobbing in and out of the water, and the water is around 32degs so that is why it is so easy to swim in!!!

A little bird that caught Tilly's eye at the school one afternoon when we were waiting for G G.

A few more new arrivals, Shirley had 3 pretty fluffly bubs, the are not so little now but still pretty cute...

The seeds the veggie patch is not growing much at the moment, and we are learning to be very patient with our seeds as the soil isn't as warm this time of year  so they have a slow start, be patient and it will be worth it, saved heaps of money planting seeds instead of buying seedlings

Brassica bed, a few seeds popping through

Cauliflowers, now all planted out...

Leeks all planted out now...

This is a beautiful painting that a friend has done for us of George from a photograph that I took, it is absolutely gorgeous and has captured his inquisitive nature, here he was in a lawn watching the bees gathering pollen from the flowers he was there for ages following them.

 A dress-up day at school for charity raising money for the local childrens hospital the kids where able to wear PJs for school...

 An autumn walk with Tilly

 Tilly meeting the 'girls' who belong to our lovely neighbor

 A little bit of art from me, an attempt to brighten the walls with two paintings on canvass.

A warm and sunny morning for the X country here is Grace coming over the finish line, well done Gracie xx