January 5th

The big purchase of the day:

I know, I'm a big kid at heart :-) 

As from now, I'm not just feeding pets and possums, but worms as well.

And here it is, all set up and ready to go.
My garden will be jumping out of it's skin soon.

January 4th

A lovely summer's day today, nowhere near as hot as yesterday, and therefore the beach nearly deserted even around lunchtime. 
At home, I found some little treasures in the garden, while going round doing some much needed weeding.
Now, I'm in desperate need of a well earned rest.

A single Canterbury Bell

The first of the calla lilies

The canna lilies, always a sure sign of summer

A very hardy daisy

January 3rd

Went to the beach quite early again, but plenty of other people had the same idea and turned up complete with tents and kitchen sinks. It was already quite warm and went on to go to 33 degrees C. 
I closed all the windows to keep the house reasonable cool, but baking a bread didn't help to keep it so.
Having run out of rye flour, I made a bread with quinoa flour which turned out quite nice.

Before it got too hot, I harvested my broad beans.

Guess what was for dinner tonight?

January 2nd, 2015

It is a glorious day today, and very warm too. To beat the heat and the hordes, the dogs and I went out early for some walking on a bush track, a cliff track and on two beaches.

January 1st, 2015

Our very first beach walk of the year 2015

Welcome back to my Blog after a very long sabbatical.

I wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2015.

Over time, I'll gradually fill you in on what happened in the meantime. But for the moment, I'm just starting a new book.

Day of exercise

Went to the gym for Zumba as well as Fitball today, then did some quick shopping before picking up Cameo from Club K9.

It seems he too had a big day of exercising:-)

He just livened up briefly when dinner was served.

God love him!

Springtime

Last week on my little farm I spotted these spring flowers where once upon a time a cottage must have stood

Friday was the day of the auction of the farm in NSW, but nothing came of it.

To cheer myself up, I visited the Spring Festival at the Royal Hobart Botanic Garden on Sunday. Lots of Rhododendrons and Azaleas were in flower, as well as lots of other things, of course.

Things to think about for the garden now that the weather is agreeable enough to work in it.