memories

This video clip has been posted on YouTube, giving us glimpses of our dear ones at Miriam and Neville's wedding.

Human knitting machine at the Kyneton Show

We are in our new home!

Today I am logged into a computer at the Kyneton Library, where I have access to the Internet. This has become necessary because efforts to get 'connected' at our new home have so far been only minimally successful. I have just a few photos on my memory stick, so I will upload them.

#1. This is one of the views that we are becoming accustomed to.

Early morning, looking out from our living room.  If you look closely you can see a flock of large white birds (corellas) in the paddock.

In addition we see and hear parrots, magpies, kookaburras and many other birds.

Kangaroos, ducks, and occasional rabbits or hares make visits.

#2. Uncle Josh reading a story to Ame and Lucinda.

#3. Poppy, in the late afternoon.

The next two pictures were taken by one of the children - either Amelie, Evie or James.  They all love taking pictures!

#4. Granny with baby Isaac.

#5.  Grandpa

#2

I would now like to take you through our new home.

This picture is taken from a road on a ridge that we can see from our place.

This is where we sit for a cup of tea and a chat.

Kitchen, table and chairs

The little Bonsai trees are also very happy in their new home.  My friend Evelyn helped move them without any damage.

Bubbles, the cat, has made the transition to a new home well.

Ame told her own version of the Christmas story.

Grandpa read a story while Christmas lunch was being prepared.

yummy food

Ready to give thanks.

 

The children opened their gifts.

Isaac did his bit too!

Delicious desserts - Poppy's mini-pavlovas and Bec's Christmas pudding

Paul and Poppy worked on setting up the trampoline

Christmas greetings

the children opened their gifts

For our annual letter, click here

a family picnic

The first day of Spring - a lovely warm sunny day in central Victoria. Praise God from whom all blessings flow ...

our precious family

Christmas Day 2012

Here we are, after the Christmas morning service at our Church, the lunch/feast, and the children opening their presents.  Noel and I feel very blessed as we share in the lives of our young ones and their marriage partners, and their little ones.

Christmas greetings

For our Christmas 2012 greeting, please click here.

Thanks to Alistair, Rebecca and James Gray for the photo.

Blowing out 65 candles

Bec and James; Miriam and Amelie

Welcoming guests

A word from Noel

Amelie

Lighting the candles

lots of help to blow out the candles on the cake made by Annie

the two of us

Happy 2nd birthday James - and Evie, a week later

The family line-up, May 2012

Happy 8th birthday dear Poppy

posing (or not) for that family pic! 

out to lunch

oooh!

Story time

they really are darlings!

A weekend away

Beauty of form in the patterns of sand and rock deposits

London Bridge at Portsea

We don't often get the opportunity to have a weekend away. That's why it seems fitting to record, with pictures and a few notes, our visit to the Mornington Peninsula this weekend.  We had no particular plans, so after a late start we went out and walked along the beach. The weather was mild - the beaches were almost deserted.

This picture was taken from the sand dunes along the ocean beach at Sorrento.
On the horizon you can just see Melbourne.

We climbed many stairs at Point Nepean

We visited historic sites

The historic buildings of the quarantine station

Beautiful coastal wilderness - Bass Strait to the Right, and Port Phillip Bay to the Left.

The horizon is really horizontal - the camera was not! But, Noel worked out how to use the timer on the camera.