September Already

Have to keep pinching myself to remember we are now well into September.   Remember when we were young and the year seemed to take an eternity, now the days are spinning by at 1000 miles an hour!!!

It is a beautiful Spring day, 23C at 4pm, and the sun has been shining all day.  We have had showers of rain lately, but it dries out very quickly, reminding me I am planning on doing some mulching.   We have spent a lot of time in the yard, and not finished yet.  I have been getting rid of all the bushes that need pruning and taking to the tip regularly, the ones that grow like the 'beanstalk'' again in no time at all.

We want to put a 'properly constructed fireplace' in the backyard too, and Barry fancies a pizza oven type thing, as we like to make our own pastries, pasta, dampers etc. so we have been googling and hoping to find something that we both like.

We had Barry's brother here, and when they left, they were going to Yamba.  The next night they were in Lightning Ridge,  up to the north west of NSW, so we will be interested to here what inspired that trip.

When they left we packed up and went to QLD to see my son and Emi.  We took the plants they left with us for safekeeping for their move from Sydney back to QLD, and thankfully we delivered them safe and sound and alive, plus a new mandarin for them as a Happy Birthday, Happy Move back to QLD gift. We have a good time there, lovely to see them, and Emi makes the most scrumptious crepes, and Barry and Rob have a jam, and I ventured to play the ukulele with them this time.

Talking of jams, a lovely friend who has a long necked mandolin has moved into town, and she has a little cabin in her yard for her spinning and music, and she invited us over to play during last week, and also made another time, so we are thrilled about that, as it is not easy to find compatible people to share music and just play along with. She has done an awesome amount of work on the home and garden they bought, her hubby can't help as he is fairly restricted in his movement, in fact they were building a ramp in the backyard for his wheelchair.

We sing again tomorrow and Friday, then I go to the North Coast Christian Womens Convention at Ballina on Saturday. Quite a few of the ladies from our church are going, in fact transport is provided in our church's school bus. Ladies from my Know Your Bible group (another church) were also invited and a few of them are coming too. There will be lots of chatter all the way, and we start early as the sessions are from 9-5. Morning and afternoon tea and lunch are provided.

That is about all the news for today.

Take care and God Bless.

PS: Pic is my Cymbidium orchid, the only one I have, my boss's wife was repotting her's when I left work in Sydney and I was lucky enough to be there to say 'yes I would love one'  at the right time. xx