a pearler!!!

today I went for the most beautiful walk with my son.

The warm afternoon sun brought with it soft winter light and big blue sky. we strolled down by the river. The river is full and running, cows along the banks, reflections of willowy branches in the water...so clear, crisp. I sucked in the air, caught views of dappled light within treed gullies and rolling slopes. We touched trees, leaves and flowers. I felt very calm and content. and love my boys very much.

Our little garden gnome

'Friar' Smith

laughter so sweet!!

we love our boy Otis so so oooooooooooo much.
He is extremely funny, has a goofey laugh and is always up for entertaining. Otis loves his food and creates a real mess. I want him to enjoy eating and not to worry about keeping clean.

Since the snow fell, the days have continued to be very cool / crisp mornings and clear cold nights. It is very beautiful our big sky. This morning we heard kookaburra's and the blossoms have bloomed. Daffodil festival is upon us in a few weeks, as the name suggests daffies are everywhere and I love them so.
They are such bright happy flowers and remind me of my child hood growing up on the daffodil farm at Cotswold, with the dogs sorting daffies in the shed at night for market. I love the fresh, earthy smell that they have.
We have had visitors and been entertaining in our humble way.
Grixti and Ali stayed a night and brought some divine wine and much merriment, Steph and Sandra delivered with love a wombat statue so loved by Josh's Nan Ina. We have him placed in a delightful posi in the garden. New local buddies lunched with us and their 1 year old daughter.
Trips to Melbourne visiting Mr Peter Journeaux in hospital, the osteopath, Mum, Mike's sister Annie from France and the Vic Market, At the neighbours for dinner, Josh's aunt and uncle from Mildura popped by, friends with bubbies, lunch at the local Pizzaria, markets, coffee in Trentham, visiting the block, amazing drives through our rugged and diverse countryside, lambs in the fields, green, green, green and 3 rainbows in one week.
And I had a baking failure !!!!!! Honey cakes that flopped and bubbled in the oven. I was devastated and baked scones instead with Mum's quince jam and cream.

AND OTIS IS CRAWLING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SCARY STUFF

He looks so tiny to be crawling but is on the go and into the kitchen, the cat food, the books, the cords, the everything...but so adorable..................


Love to all.

















my beautiful boys!





















a sunny afternoon outside on the grass





















pots of gold await us both!!!!
in the back yard


BIG LOVE