Shane came to mow the lawn

Saturday 28 March

Shane came to help Claude with the garden.

He mowed the lawn and I played with Amelia and Joshua.

Claude is not allowed to push, hold heavy load for 6 weeks.

I had some dominoes from Woolworth.

Shane worked out that we had only 2 missing

to have the set.

But the children used them as building tiles.

fun too.

Amelia ask me for a book on birds.

She was very interested with it.

I had unearth Shane old camp shirt.

I don't know who was the most pleased

Shane or Amelia!

concentration

Jo is spending the day with her friend

So Shane and the children are staying

for dinner.

I made a baked dinner and there was

some baked beetroot, Amelia loved them.

Carpet python

Wednesday 25 March

I took Claude for a walk around the new section 

of Narrabeen lakes.

On our way we saw a carpet python asleep 

in a fern. It must be digesting a good meal.

Claude Hospital stay

Claude was admitted to hospital on Tuesday the 17 of March to remove his prostate by robotic operation,
a new procedure which is less invasive.

busy, busy, busy

Monday 16 March

Jo had some training to do for a new job 

she is getting.

Claude had to stay home preparing for

tomorrow surgery.

So it was only Joshua and I.

I first picked him up at Cathy, Jo's friend

at 9.15 am.

Then we went to swimming lesson at 10.30 am.

dressed up and ready

He is so good

Today he started learning backstroke

When we came out the sky was very dark and I

did not know what to do for the rest of the day.

I was stopped at a traffic light and there was an Aldi store.

I said to Joshua, "picnic?" "yes"

So we went shopping.

We arrived at Bobbin Head to see a lot of rescue people.

I am not sure what was going on, someone mentioned

that someone was lost in the bush.

Joshua had a play in the play ground

before we ate.

(no photos, would have been the same as last week)

Improvised picnic: Bread, guacamole, cheese, strawberries,

lamington and chocolate 

then we went exploring on the boardwalk.

We saw LOT of crabs.

then we drove to Kalkari

he was very interested with the wiggly line

of the caterpillar/ moth

finely we saw some kangaroos

I am exhausted!!

Pre admission

Thursday 12 March

This morning we were up early

to go to the SAN hospital

for Claude pre admission clinic.

Boy they gave us soooo much

information we were glad that

I was there too to absorb some 

of the details. 

Claude had an ECG

He has a heart murmur, but it does not

give him any trouble.

Claude is not coping very well with his illness.

Today he was chattered, it not a dream/nightmare

He released that the operation is really going to happen.

He needed a drink.

So we went to lunch at The Deck in Dee Why.

We had a pumpkin salad

On a bed of humus, some roasted pumpkin, 

some quinoa, feta, pepitas, crispy kale, snow peas shoot.

a lot of good stuff and a large glass of wine

followed by coffee before going shopping.

Around the lake

Friday 6 March

I woke up during the night with a headache.

I still had it in the morning.

So we aborted our plan of bicycling

around the lake, now that the circle

is completed.

But I could face a walk.

As I went my headache diminished

and I enjoyed the exercise.

It took us 2 hours of walking.

We also stopped for lunch at H2O

Rosina's Birthday

Thursday 5 March

Today the aqua girls are

celebrating Rosina's birthday.

It is tomorrow.

We are eating at the Harbord hotel.

(we call it the Harbor Hilton)

Martha and I

Rosina the birthday girl

We had a pleasant time, it was good

to catch up with old friends, some

of them don't come to aqua anymore

but still come to the lunches.