Cats

Yesterday I went to the Art Gallery and, of course, couldn't resist buying a book of cat paintings. It gave me the urge to paint again, so I'm having a look at old things I did years ago, and dug this one out. Emma has it in her room.

I did this one when Molly died in 2000. It is currently hanging in my kitchen.

The plan now is to do some of Muffy. I have hundreds of photos and will put together an album, but have never done a painting of her.

A big gap again - sorry

I don't know where time goes! It's hard to believe it's such a while since my last post. But there's been a very good reason, well for one week at least. Frank and daugher Sandra came from Newcastle (UK) to spend a week with me here in Sydney!

Here we are at Watsons Bay, after a fish n chips lunch by the harbour. The weather has been magnificent, high 30s.

Bobbin Head, on the Hawkesbury River, not far from where I live. Clear blue skies every day...

Delicious ice creams at Manly, after a ferry ride across the harbour.

The two adventurers went off to other places, leaving me to recover! Here they are tasting wine at Pokolbin, in the Hunter Valley.

One of my favourite places in Sydney, Barangaroo.

The week being a tourist in Sydney just about exhausted me, but Frank and Sandra are in Victoria now. Here's just a taste of some of the scenery on the Great Ocian Road.

Australia certainly is a beautiful country.

Easter

This is a view from North Head of the CBD (Central Business District). It was my first visit there, with a friend who lives nearby near Manly. There is so much bush in Sydney, it's hard to believe it actually is a city! We walked and walked, and my Fitbit beeped at me for the very first time, as I reached 10,000 steps! My average is about 5,000, but I reckon that's not bad for a 75-yr-old.

On Easter Sunday, Hugo went on his easter egg search in the back garden, with Daddy taking photos. (Emma was in Queensland with her mother.) He loved finding the eggs, but didn't bother to eat them, as he's not too keen on chocolates!

I'm still working on the garden for Muffy. I'm turning what used to be the herb/vegetable beds into flowers. The 'lawn' has been poisoned, ready for the landscape gardener to lay down turf. We're still having temperatures of 30 degrees, even though it's almost the middle of autumn. If I miss a single day of watering, the plants begin to wilt.