Mother's day 2011

Sunday 8 May 2011

Mother Day

Claude brought me croissants,

fig jam,orange juice and coffee

in bed.

But then I had to cook lunch

as he as no clue how to make a

simple sandwich.

I made caramelised onions

and feta cheese tarts, with a tomato

and artichokes salad followed by

strawberries.

And then at 2.30pm

We went to the Diggers to meet

Shane and family for coffee.

 counting chips

 Amelia is all smile Shane gave her a very long chip

 burning up a bit of energy



Palm Beach

Saturday 7 May

In the afternoon we went for a

beach walk in Palm Beach.

The sun was out and it was very warm.

 Walking up the beach.

We are on the Pittwater bay side and

not on the ocean side.

 a jelly fish

 looking backward

Claude soaking up the sun

 on the rock was very peaceful

 a little wally wagtail came to see us

 getting late, going back, last glance backward.

we can see the island in the horizon.

Lion Island.

 It was name that because it

look like a lion laying down



Blow fish cafe

Friday 6 May

Today is Jill birthday.

Jill is English and has a flat in DY

and a house in Majorca

and a house in England.

Se arrived last week in Australia.

So we usually go to have lunch somewhere.

Today was special, it is actually her Birthday.

A shame only 6 of us could make it. But we still had a lot of fun.

I even ate a piece of the chocolate birthday cake.

Shuuuuuuut don't tell Claude.

We had a table overlooking Narrabeen lake



New pergola

Wednesday 4 May

Our new pergola is finished.

 half open

open

closed

view from the back yard.

We are very please with it.

now we have to wait and see if the sensor work.

It should close itself as soon as it start to rain.



Mont Tomah Botanic garden part three

More flowers and trees

We came across a band and singer.

So we bought a coffee at one of the stand

and sat down to listen for a while.



Mont Tomah Botanic garden part two

 our guide show us the remnant of

insects caught in the tube

 Christopher and Shane had few of these.

Like all our plants they died

They were selling seedling from the wollomi

for 95 dollars and at the end of the day

they were reducing the price by half.

I saw few people looking at them but the price

stopped them from buying. At half price

during the day they would have sold a few.

Greedy!!

 this is a tree from Tasmania

The leatherwood.

We LOVE the honey that the bees

make from this little flower, delicious.

I never saw this flower before

MontTomah Botanic Garden Part one

Saturday 30 April

We went for a big drive to test

the new car.

We went to the Blue Mountains

and visited the cool-climate

Botanic garden.

We wanted to see coloured leaves.

When we arrived at the garden we were

directed to park in an overflow parking.

We did not know but we have chosen a

Food and wine Fair

with lot of market type stalls.

Belly dancer

Then for a gold coin donation we went on a

guided walk to visit part of the garden.

We had few drizzle of rain but we had our

raincoats and it was not cold.

We were a group of ten people and the guide Dawne.