Thank you

Hello dear people, thank you for the encouragement. I had a momentary blank as to how to get back to this space, but, here I am and the fingers are flying. See how many typos you can find. No prizes!
We have had a wonderful weekend around Geelong with Ray's native plant group, which I forgot to mention in the 'about me' area. We saw some fabulous gardens and had some great old fashioned country food, including the passionfruit sponges! I don't know that I will ever find my waistline again. It has been some years since I saw it, but hey..! I have been amazed by what plants have survived the drought and that are still donning their spring florals. Just wonderful! Needless to say, we purchased some more, hoping that the blessing of rain will continue to keep the earth thriving. We stayed a couple of nights with a friend at Point Lonsdale.
I ams till reading as much as I can but I think I have started on 'Claytons books' you know? - the ones you read when you are not really concentrating! Hoping to read something a bit more worthwhile in the near future.
I find I am accessing books,not necessarily of my choice, when I go to the library to select titles for my housebound lady, so my horizons are broadening in different fields. I am surprised by what I enjoy. Liz Byrski is an author I have discovered recently and I find her very enjoyable. Her stories are all about ladies of a certain age finding themselves!
Sorry about the change of typeface, I have hit a key that I shouldn't have!
Well, overseas was its usual buzz! But, I am so over London. I just couldn't cope with the crowds of people this time - and it was FREEZING cold. It actually snowed one day. Not enough to settle, but snow all the same. But London never fails to suprise with the odd enchantment, including a nightingale in the square where we stayed on our first night. (No, not Berkley) And Boston? Well, absolutely wonderful, beautiful, peaceful, and I really would like to go back. I still suspect that the plane took a wrong turning somewhere in the wild blue yonder, and landed in a 1950s Hollywood movie set. I think I mentioned 'By the light of the silvery moon' on my first post, and now I think of White Christmas, the lovely snow scene in Meet me in St. Louis, and all those old movies that feature snow and lovely old Cape Cod style houses.
Then back to Britain to tour around. We got to see a lot of East Anglia this time, and it is totally charming. Different to some of the other areas, but just as lovely in its own way.
We saw - well I don't know how many - wonderful gardens around the country. Spring in all its glory was happening everywhere, but I didn't hear a cuckoo. I did read somewhere that cuckoos are almost an endangered species. I did get to see and Enlish woodpecker though - the great spotted woodpecker. All a pristine black and white with a brilliant scarlet spot on the back of his neck, and on his rump. It was just gorgeous, pecking away at a feeder full of nuts in my cousin's back garden. It was also apple blossom time in this garden, and various other gardens around the country. I just love apple blossom, and can see why it is sometimes associated with weddings, as is orange blossom of course.
Meantime, I think I am still happy just to be at home, able to access friends whenever I wish, and just generally reclaim my own ground. I just wish I could get photos onto this blog, but Gina is working on showing me how. I guess I will get it one day!
Meantime, happy whatever to all of you! (I love to use apostrophes!)

Welcome to my new venture!

My friend is watching over my shoulder as I type this first post. I am not quite sure how to start or what to tell you. I live in Melbourne, Australia, and I am very fond of this city of ours. Our suburb is called Eltham, and was once known as the artist's colony of Melbourne. Many of the Australian impressionists painted around this area. Heidelberg, Warrandyte and Eltham itself. It is also a very heavily treed area and I get annoyed when I hear the chain saws start up, as I love my trees!


We are not long back from our latest overseas trip, to Britain and America. I finally got to meet a cousin with whom I have been corersponding for years, in Boston, and it was absolutely wonderful. Dedham, which is a suburb of Boston, is just like a 1950s movie set. I came over all Doris Day one day, it was all so beautiful. All that snow, and I could hear her singing By the light of the silvery moon as she skated around with Gordon MacCrae.