Friday, 25 December 2020

SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS..................

MERRY  CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY LOVELY BLOGPALS.


 Yesterday was spent with DD & family for our celebration as her hubby had to work today, so it was just the two of us at home today.  It dawned sunny, but very cool for this time of year (jumpers were in order for most of the day) and we decided to take a picnic lunch to our favourite spot when we are alone.

JINDIVICK CRICKET GROUND.

         The view over the cricket pitch towards the Strzelecki hills in a rather hazy distance.
            The undercover picnic tables & barbecue area with the play area in the background.
                                   Keith eating his lunch, but notice we still have warm tops on.
After eating our lunch we wandered across to the Community Garden & had a leisurely stroll around, with me taking lots of snaps, some of which I've put on this post.
                                Some very colourful large flowers residing in part of the garden.
Mosaic stepping stones with a lovely rabbit & duck & not so lovely spiders.  Note the second one, a huntsman which are quite large.  A little story following.................
This morning 2 of my magpies came for some breadcrumbs, so I went inside to get them & when I came out they were looking at something on the underside of our verandah roof.  To my horror, there was a big Huntsman spider up there & roaming around.  We then sprayed with insecticide as this is one spider that scares me.  Most smaller spiders I can deal with & the really little ones I talk too & put outside if they are in the house.  My trusty magpies do look after me.

         At the end of the community garden there is an outdoor gym & we took advantage & used it.
                 Just a little....... & have decided to try & use these more often, when we get up that way.
The view from the Community garden looking back across the cricket pitch to the clubrooms & picnic shelter.

Next we took the long way home via Blue Rock Dam.  Again a few snaps were taken.
                                          Many tree ferns among the tall trees in the forest.
                     Trying to capture the height & straightness of the trees along the roadside.
A view of the very back end of Blue Rock Dam with the Great Dividing Range looming in the                                                                                           background.
                                                 Looking down the length of Blue Rock.

Home again this afternoon & I ran around with the camera to finish off the day.
Keith's Christmas present.  A new thicknesser planer.  He'd purchased a second hand one a few years ago & it decided to die on us & the cost of having it fixed was nearly double the price of a new one on special till the end of December, so it became his present this year.
                                           Doing a quick bit of painting on the extended shed.
               I've another 2 flowers on my water lilies.  I did think they'd finished for now.
A lovely gift left on our doorstep today.  I'd given a punnet of blueberries to everyone in our court as a little gift, as we'd had such a horrible year & a couple of have thanked us with a card, some shortbread & this strawberry plant.  I've still got 2 more to catch up with as they haven't been home when I've called in.  There are only 14 houses in our court.
                                             This was my lovely gift from DD and family.
Talking of blueberries..............picked this morning & weighing in at 850gms.  Total so far is 8.5kgs with lots more to be picked & ripen.
And can you see the cheeky blackbird in the right hand corner trying to peck through the net to get a                                                                                    feed.

Well just thought I'd pop through a post wishing you a Merry Christmas & to show what 2 oldies get up to when on their own for the day.😉

Also a very Happy Birthday to our son-in-law today.  Pity you had to work.

That's all folks.  Take care, stay safe & huggles from Susan.

Posted by at
Labels: , , , , ,

15 comments:

  1. Cherie25 December 2020 at 23:02

    Merry Christmas Susan. The weather out there looks a lot nicer than here. Those stepping stones look pretty and are something I would enjoy making.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith26 December 2020 at 07:19

      Thanks Cherie. Weather here is being fickle indeed with forecast of quite warm today, then a few days heavy rain again, which could spoil the cricket afters so much hoo-ha. I've not done mosaics for years but do like the idea of stepping stones too.

      Delete
    2. Cherie26 December 2020 at 08:22

      Perhaps I should challenge you to make a mosaic for the garden.

      Delete
  2. Tigermouse26 December 2020 at 01:47

    Merry Christmas Susan, it looks like you had a nice a nice day even if the weather is a bit cooler than usual for you. I like the kangaroos pulling Santa's sleigh, certainly different to the usual reindeer. I like the shot of the tall trees along the roadside and the one looking down the length of Blue Rock, that's a gorgeous view :)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith26 December 2020 at 07:22

      Thanks Eunice. The white kangaroos are referred to in a song called Six White Boomers & you can probably get it up on the i'net to hear. I tried to put a link on once for it, but it didn't work. We do have some lovely views around the greater area of Gippsland.

      Delete
  3. Eileen H26 December 2020 at 14:54

    Merry Christmas Susan, looks like you had a wonderful day out with your family. The stepping stones are lovely, I don't like spiders either.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith26 December 2020 at 20:18

      Thanks Eileen, it was a lovely day. Hope yours was good too.

      Delete
  4. Jo26 December 2020 at 22:59

    It sounds like a lovely day, well, apart from that spider, eeek. As you know, I'm not a fan of spiders at all, I'm not sure I could cope with the ones you get over there.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith27 December 2020 at 07:59

      It was a pleasant day & Huntsman are no bigger than your barn spiders & not venomous or anything. Just a bit on the ugly side.

      Delete
  5. kjsutcliffe26 December 2020 at 23:08

    I am surprised that you had to wear jumpers in December, we did too! My friends in South Africa were wilting under 38-40 deg temperatures - funny old world (and not in a good way). That looks a lovely book x

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith27 December 2020 at 08:05

      Thanks Kate. Our weather has definitely been strange lately & is supposed to be quite warm today, then back down to 18deg tomorrow & raining. The book is gorgeous & one of the gardens in it is actually in Jindivick, though they've not had an open garden for a while & we've missed them in the past. Hopefully next year we'll get there.

      Delete
  6. jude's page27 December 2020 at 08:33

    Looks like a lovely day out, Merry Christmas to you and Keith, even though it was 2 days ago now. Comes up so quick and then it's all over.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Susan Smith27 December 2020 at 20:15

      Thanks Judy, then we can be quite flat until the New Year kicks in. Strange this year.

      Delete
  7. Lowcarb team member28 December 2020 at 07:58

    I always enjoy seeing your photographs.
    Belated Christmas Wishes.

    All the best Jan

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)