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[myrhiann]

We have been quite busy since we returned from Sydney, complicated by our birthdays which are 2 days apart. We celebrated Les' birthday last weekend, and after 2 days of celebrations were left feeling too tired to bother about mine, which we have slotted in for tomorrow. Last Sunday we went to Les' daughter's home for lunch and a family catch-up.

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great pictures!

[nancytoday]

I love this top photo! What a beautiful day. I had no idea Sydney was so pretty!

I love the little reflecting pool. I guess it's fall for you, right? But your leaves are still all green.

Do you get snow in the winter?

[nancytoday]

Happy Happy belated birthday! I'm sorry I've been so egocentric not to read your journal lately. I'm feeling much chagrined!

I'm glad you had fun in Sydney, though.

Re: great pictures!

[myrhiann]

Sydney is very beautiful, as you will find when I post some more pics soon. It is autumn here, but in Sydney you don't get the same change of seasons, the leaves fall at the end of May/early June and then the trees immediately put out new growth.They don't get snow in Sydney, but we get it here, although only very rarely in Hobart. Where I lived before, at 300 metres on the foothills of Mt. Wellington we used to have snow falling every winter, but only very occasionally did it settle.

[myrhiann]

You have been very busy with your health problems, I hardly expected you to even be aware that I was observing another year older. Yes we had fun in Sydney, although it was terribly exhausting. I'm not in a hurry for a repeat.

Garden stuff

[nancytoday]

sounds like you have lots of helpers around...folks doing the roof, folks digging the trench, folks moving the bushes. You must be one very beloved woman!

I always find when something gets dug up in the yard, the weeds move into that broken ground and take forever to fix.

I hope your trench doesn't damage your nice plants for years to come!

Re: Garden stuff

[myrhiann]

These people are being paid for their efforts, including my brother, although perhaps he is giving us a special rate.

The trench cannot damage the plants, as there is no garden to speak of, but at least having the shrubs cleared will give me a starting point for the garden I want.

Not being invisible

[nancytoday]

I'm sure we're invisible unless we do something to change it. It's one of those gray hair things.

I'm sorry you've been falling. Nothing broken, I guess. I have taken to carrying along my walking stick sometimes, too.

I think it's safer that way. Darn aging. I guess I'm really not 21 on the outside anymore!

Re: Not being invisible

[myrhiann]

Yes we still feel young on the inside, but when things start to go wrong you have to realise that you are not young anymore. Carrying a stick is a safety issue, much better than falling. I don't look forward to a walking frame though, which I suppose will be the next step.