dog wash day



i can not thank our dog washing lady enough......
every month she comes to the house and takes
(mr) darcy for a bath.
i am so thankful.......
because it means i dont have to do it!
he is a giant bundle of muscle and playfulness...
not to mention fur.
gosh he needs a hair-cut....
stay tuned on that one.

toni & guy

just before christmas i had my hair cut short.....
i had close to 10 inches cut off.....
i knew that it meant serious hair-styling every day.....
so needless to say.....

I HAD TO GO SHOPPING

and i found these guys.......
my new best friends......



i love this stuff....

AUSTRALIA DAY

i love this day....
for so many reasons....
we are blessed with freedom, choice, opportunity and so much more in this country

i love our flag and what it stands for and represents....



i love the fact that we have favorites that are uniquely aussie....



i love that a bloke can have a beer if he wants one...



i love that an almost 12 year old can cook the b.b.q.



i love that we can be at the park and the day is perfect and then a v-line train goes rattling past



i love that it's summer and kids get to eat melted icecream and make a mess and no-one really cares, because it's not that big a deal.....



so, i love australia day.......but this year it has taken on a new significance for me as i think of ex-patriots........and wonder what they miss....and yes, this is directed at you marky,

happy australia day

It's summer......right?






What the fog?
This is what i walked out to see on my run this morning.....
Go figure

SNOW.....
i was talking with a friend in canada,who was telling me about how much snow they had last year and showing me photos.......now this friend is an australian who has lived in canada for the past 30 years, so he has seen some snow.......he also knows the australian landscape and climate well.....i told him that we had snow......

once



one day about 3 years ago we had snow and these are the photos to prove it



pretty sad really.....
but all the same.....
SNOW

HOME.....



it is getting so dry again here......
i like the way the grass dies off from the front of the block and gradually down to the house...

we've had some more rain.....



actually, only a little shower....



but it was enough to get #3 all wet from running around in it.
don't you just love kids?
maybe one day i'll run around in the rain....