August Photo a Day Digest [1]

Since it’s been the most significant event to happen to me in the last month,  today’s photos are mostly associated with my big move. Apologies for the couple of shots I’ve used previously, but I think they’re worth another look .

Day 1 – Something beginning with N. Nuts!

Day 2 – Incomplete. My bed half-deconstructed on moving day.

Day 3 – Skyline. I enjoy this view every evening from my new abode.

Day 4 – Fresh. Flowers to welcome me here.

Day 5 – Early. Early sunshine on my street.

Day 6 – This means a lot to me. Friendship.

Day 7 – A sign.

 Di

Welcome

Hello! I’m back (did you miss me?) and I’m blogging from my new home!

It’s not very far from my old home and my friends, but there are some big and delightful differences and I’m looking forward to sharing them with you and showing you round the neighbourhood very soon.

The real estate agent delivered a welcome hamper the day after I moved in, which probably wasn’t too surprising but warmed my heart and made me feel very welcome nevertheless.

Here are just some of my wonderful girlfriends who helped me with last minute packing before just before moving day, then unpacking the essentials at this end, assembling my bed and installing the washing machine (clever Sandy), dog-sitting Chester, and cooking a hearty, welcoming casserole, along with a delicious cake and a slice.

They, and my thoughtful son, also arrived laden with flowers!

Finally, kudos galore should go to the City of Sydney Council for this official welcome pack I picked up from the local library, with information on everything from safe bike riding, to responsible pet ownership for apartment dwellers, to zumba classes for seniors.

Don’t you just love the bright hand-painted pot that came with a packet of coriander seeds from the Green Square Growers!

It’s been almost 12 months since Boak left us but with this move I’m finally feeling more positive about the future and looking forward to settling into my new home – with Chester, of course!

 Di

June Photo a Day Digest 3

Day 15 – From above

Sawn off trunk of an Australian native grass tree.

Day 16 – Family

(xxx)

Day 17 – Centred

Brass door knocker on the centre of a door in Venice, taken on holidays 3 years ago.

Day 18 – Street

(Mine)

Day 19 – Currently reading

This is the sweetest, must touching story. I recommend it!

Day 20 – Cute

Young Chester looks so cute hanging over the front stone wall waiting for passers by to stop and give him a pat.

Day 21 – Lunchtime

Lunch on the run.

 

 Di

June Photo a Day Digest 2

Day 8 – Animal

Echidna snuffling around for ants in my mother’s garden.

Day 9 – From below

Day 10 – You!

Day 11 – Something funny

The Princess pulling a silly face for the camera

 

Day 12 – 11 0’clock

At the Sydney Quilt Show with Di B

Day 13 – Kitchen

The kitchen sink.

Day 14 – Texture

The hand-picked (possibly by convicts) sandstone of the walls of my 160 year old home.

Di

May Photo a Day Digest 3

While I had my head turned with all the excitement of the Bloggers’ Quilt Festival June arrived and quietly made herself at home. I haven’t even finished sharing my May Photo a Day shots (\0/) so let’s remedy that and do a quick catch-up over the next couple of days, shall we?

Day 14 – Need

A place to call home.

Day 15 – 7 o’clock

The early morning sunshine just kissing the church steeple.

Day 16 – Mailbox

The most exciting thing that’s arrived in my mailbox this year – tickets to a craft show inside a sunglasses case handmade by Sarah, and a wine bottle stopper topped with a black labrador. Gorgeous!

Day 17 – Season

Autumn is the most colourful season!

Day 18 – Want

Day 19 – My favourite view

Rushcutters Bay, on beautiful Sydney Harbour.

Day 20 – Light

First light over the Sea of Galilee, seen from the Scots Hotel, Tiberias.

(photo taken on last year’s trip).

 Di

May Photo a Day Digest 1

(April) Day 30 – Glasses

(May) Day 1 – I bought this.

Day 2 – Morning ritual

Chester wakes up hungry, so absolutely nothing happens until he’s had his breakfast. It takes him about 20 seconds!

Day 3 – This is really good!

Regular readers will know I’m facing the prospect of moving to a new home later this year (once we find one) where I’ll need to ask permission to keep Chester.

It’s out of the question for me to sneak in my daughter Sarah’s two cats that I’ve been minding as well, so they needed to be re-homed (the younger cat) or put to sleep (the older one). After much agonising over finding new homes for Satchmo and Poodie things turned out unexpectedly well.

Satchmo, the younger cat, has found a comfortable new home with an elderly lady who loves and spoils him, and Poodie, the elderly one, was rescued from euthanasia by our vet. Poodie is now living out her remaining days as the vet clinic’s “charity cat”, enjoying pats and cuddles from all the staff and clients.

I’m loving the fact that after many years of sharing my bed with a warm, furry body sniggled up to me – and shedding hair all over the bedding – I can finally sleep under one of my special quilts, the heart quilt made for me by the English Quilt girls last year. This is really good!

 

Day 4 – In my cup – it’s me!

Day 5 – Paper

Our Marriage Certificate

Today I enjoyed happy memories and was thankful to God for 40 years of marriage to a tender, complex, devoted, irritating, beautiful, honourable, obsessive, handsome, wise, strong-willed, compassionate and loving man. Today would have been our 41st anniversary. I miss him every day and will love him always.

Day 6 – Broken

Broken car parts glinting in the sun on the side of the road.

Di