Here's Ruah beside a very confused early summer flowering poppy.
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Hello
We have had a very good spell of weather, with
sun most days from dawn till dusk, while the east was often shrouded in thick
mist. The forecast tonight is
threatening us with some wet weather – well, most of us have tidied up and
pruned in the garden, even weeded, so we cannot grumble.
Last month I was thinking that I’d get a good
bit of cleaning done, with the last guests gone. Well, the linen is all washed, bleached,
folded carefully and wrapped up, the duvets and pillows are all tucked away –
and that’s it…… Not a huge achievement
in nearly a month, but I have been busy!
I’ve been laying out the essentials for the
forthcoming trip to Australia and, much more time consuming, getting all the
Christmas presents into bundles – Plockton, Inverness, Edinburgh, New Zealand
and of course Australia. There are
little and large heaps everywhere!
Today I posted lots of little parcels and so
have one bit of carpet showing again!
Today too I’m going to marzipan three small Christmas cakes and decorate
them – I shall not ice them – I do not think they will travel well that way. They are for Moira and friends down there.
Later on I may give myself either a very good
feeling or the very opposite, when I try everything in the case and
rucksack! I think Ian is beginning to
wonder what on earth I’m planning to bring – so am I, just at this point!
Catrona and I leave Edinburgh on Dec. 6 and go
first to Melbourne, where David, my nephew, and his wife and three little
children live. That’ll be great
fun! We know David and Caroline but have
never met Matilda and Louie their four year old twins, or Archie, their younger
brother.
On December 11 we head for Brisbane, where Ian will meet
us. It is an hour and a half drive inland
to Toowoomba, where Alison will be home from the Uni. – what excitement!! Alison of course keeps the web site running
smoothly. Just today she straightened me
out – again. Thanks Alison.
I’ll write from Toowoomba and let you know what
we have been doing – and our future plans.
Till then, I hope you are all well.
Ann
