Autumn Weather

Hi!
We’ve been really lucky this week so far with the weather!
Which is a treat as Tasmania tends to turn on the doom and gloom when my parents visit!!!

I had a big disappointment… the day after my birthday my sister Rosemary was meant to arrive and spend about 5 days with us…
Some Covid19 Kerfuffle in Brisbane put them in lockdown and prompted Tasmania to impose a 14 day quarantine on anyone coming from Brissy.
So bummed. Was really looking forward to being able to catch up and do some stuff with my sister! 🙁 (Still sulking a bit haha)

Anyway, back to the lawn tea party…
Trying unsuccessfully to get a photo with my parents where we are all behaving…

Sharon took about 10 and these two were the best haha

Sharon of course was there… she took over on camera duties

Cousin Leonie (we are currently trying to plan some kind of hiking trip before winter sets in) and Margie!

My market buddy Maureen turned up unexpectedly!!! She was meant to be over west at a friends place for Easter but put that back a day to join in the tea party! I was rapt! I haven’t got a photo but she gave me a fabulous PURPLE shovel!!
On the right of me there is my lovely friend Shirley. She buys our eggs and I like to drop her in some veggies and have a cuppa and a chat! So nice she was able to be there as well

Cousin Beck and little Henry – who ate his way across the tables haha!!

And of course, Fiona!

I had the devil of a time getting the one candle lit for the cake… so funny!

And I swear I wasn’t drinking but I dropped the knife before I could cut the cake, but some fast footwork saved me from having to go in and wake my nurse!!!

Anyway, I loved my birthday and my tea party.. some of the cousins arrived later and we moved inside to catch up (Ann and Fiona did most of my dishes, bless their cotton socks!!!)

The next day we went to Fossil Bluff for Mum and Dads first walk on the Tassie beaches this trip.
I also won Lottie for the morning!

Sensible photo of my parents not pulling faces

And getting Lottie to pose!

Nice to be back at the beach

Its been great having lots of food straight from garden to plate (in a manner of speaking – I do wash and cook it)

The corn has been sensational!! So juicy and sweet!!
Generally one carrot feeds the four of us!!
Still haven’t dug up all the potatoes yet… still on my To Do List

Jeff got me these neat new moulds… bee motifs!!
So I made a batch with a honey fragrance. Smells good… but soap is soft… hope it hardens up.
Then I wanted to try a new fragrance he got me so I looked up a pretty cool design to make with it… Sandalwood & Vanilla and its scrumptious..
Attempted a gold vein! Turned out pretty fab!

I used activated charcoal for the black and worked out a more successful way to use the gold mica. Nifty!

Anyway, have been hiking in the afternoons on the Oldina Logging Trails, did beach walk with parents in morning so I’ve gotten a double whammy of sun today and feeling tired!!
I forgot my camera when we went to Sisters Beach today so I’ll pinch my Dad’s photos and share them soon!
Hope everyone has a great Easter Weekend, whatever you are up to!
Cheers!

(Not the most flattering Pip photo, but funny enough…)