This is my second attempt at a collage - I tried making a banner collage last Wednesday when I had a day off but it didn't quite work properly; I'll give the banner another try soon. I just made this collage from some photos from today.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Dear Drewy; A Sunday Afternoon in Queensland
Hi Drewy,
I've just packed up the Christmas presents for your host family; Meg will post the parcel tomorrow. She will also post an envelope of all the newspaper clippings of the Grade 12 kids at their formals. I can't believe it's been 12 months since you had your own formal - and delivered that epic speech on that last Wednesday!
I also can't believe that it's ten months since you left Australia! How the time has flown. Sort of. Sometimes. Well occasionally.
Now it's only 30 sleeps until you take off on the biggest adventure of your 18 years! If you thought going to Canada to live for a year was an adventure, imagine what your life is going to be like for the two weeks with the Students on Ice Expedition!
When people ask me when you'll be home I can now say - "oh, in about seven weeks" and wave my hands nonchalantly!!!! SEVEN WEEKS!!!! Arrrgghh!!!
Gibbo and Meg and I (and Poofy, Coco and Chloe) went for a walk today to pick a new Christmas tree. We're going with something a little different to the norm this year. I wanted to go for the minimalist, pared down look - I thought we could do a lot with part of this:
but Meg wanted something a little more Australian so she chose this:
I think we'll compromise and go with both.
There were some interesting plants along the way. When we were kids we called this the "swan plant" because the pods reminded us of swan bodies.
You can eat the flower of the cactus plants. Carefully, of course.
The Scotch Thistle plant, beautiful but nasty.
Gibbo has to pick prickles out of his socks. He'd been to cricket; they won.
Poofy had a little swim; several actually.
The agapanthus are flowering; they're a wonderful plant and survive with a fair amount of neglect. Luckily.
Uncle Andrew came to visit. We sat around on the lawn and watched Meg bath Poofy and Coco.
No-one owns this critter; she owns us.
She wanted to brush up on her permaculture skills....
but soon got bored.
Not wanting to be left out, Peppie wandered across the yard to see what all the fuss was about!
She also wanted to check out the permaculture book. If only she could find the page that tells her how to open the gate into the permaculture garden she'd be happy......
although Meg pulling tipuana branches for her to eat also makes her happy.
Poofy is always happy, especially when he's getting a pat.
Everybody went for a little ride.
So Drewy, another scintillating Sunday at home. In eight Sundays you can do this too!!!!
Love and Miss You,
Momma
I've just packed up the Christmas presents for your host family; Meg will post the parcel tomorrow. She will also post an envelope of all the newspaper clippings of the Grade 12 kids at their formals. I can't believe it's been 12 months since you had your own formal - and delivered that epic speech on that last Wednesday!
I also can't believe that it's ten months since you left Australia! How the time has flown. Sort of. Sometimes. Well occasionally.
Now it's only 30 sleeps until you take off on the biggest adventure of your 18 years! If you thought going to Canada to live for a year was an adventure, imagine what your life is going to be like for the two weeks with the Students on Ice Expedition!
When people ask me when you'll be home I can now say - "oh, in about seven weeks" and wave my hands nonchalantly!!!! SEVEN WEEKS!!!! Arrrgghh!!!
Gibbo and Meg and I (and Poofy, Coco and Chloe) went for a walk today to pick a new Christmas tree. We're going with something a little different to the norm this year. I wanted to go for the minimalist, pared down look - I thought we could do a lot with part of this:
There were some interesting plants along the way. When we were kids we called this the "swan plant" because the pods reminded us of swan bodies.
Chloe was ever vigilant.
Andrew loves Poofy; I wonder if Poofy remembers that Andrew used to own him.
Love and Miss You,
Momma
Thursday, November 24, 2011
First Snow
As we went to bed last night to the rumble of thunder, the flash of lightning and the pounding of rain on the tin roof, Drew woke up to this - the first snow of the season, a winter wonderland - this is the view from his bedroom window. Isn't it beautiful?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Sharing the Love
Meg has been back at work for over a week. She's already embraced Samantha Wills again and trawled through her two favourite shops in town and made a purchase from each. She's incredibly organised and has just about finished her Christmas shopping.
Chris is working in the office at the feedlot until he goes back to Uni in February to do his Masters (and graduate as an Architect).
Gibbo spent last week at home but is gone all this week - I took him to Brisbane on Sunday for his flight to Melbourne; he's since been back for meetings in Brisbane and is now in CQ overseeing the final clearing out of MD.
Drew's host parents went to Florida for two weeks so he went and stayed with two different families. His internet reception was a bit patchy so we haven't caught up much lately :( He went to his second big rock concert - LMFAO, whoever they are. He cracked me up when he said he danced so hard his shoe came off!!
The letter we've been waiting on arrived from UQ to say that Drew can take up his place next year (or defer another year). Meg, Chris and I got up at midnight Sunday night to enrol him in his four courses; his Spanish class only has places for 30 students so we wanted to make sure he got in. Well, after a few dramas we got him into everything - and he was the first student enrolled in each class. Next morning when we checked again there was only one other student in three of them and still only him in the fourth. Nothing like being organised hey?
The website for the Antarctica trip went live last Thursday - www.studentsonice.com/antarctic2011. The menu on the left of the page has all the details of the trip including biographies of the students.
In other exciting news, we had the work Christmas party last Friday night. It was ok; a blow up slide for the little kids and a slam dunk bungey for the big kids kept everyone entertained and off the grog. There weren't any fights or disagreements so that was a bonus. Gibbo and I wore Canada shirts - sharing the love.
Chris is working in the office at the feedlot until he goes back to Uni in February to do his Masters (and graduate as an Architect).
Gibbo spent last week at home but is gone all this week - I took him to Brisbane on Sunday for his flight to Melbourne; he's since been back for meetings in Brisbane and is now in CQ overseeing the final clearing out of MD.
Drew's host parents went to Florida for two weeks so he went and stayed with two different families. His internet reception was a bit patchy so we haven't caught up much lately :( He went to his second big rock concert - LMFAO, whoever they are. He cracked me up when he said he danced so hard his shoe came off!!
The letter we've been waiting on arrived from UQ to say that Drew can take up his place next year (or defer another year). Meg, Chris and I got up at midnight Sunday night to enrol him in his four courses; his Spanish class only has places for 30 students so we wanted to make sure he got in. Well, after a few dramas we got him into everything - and he was the first student enrolled in each class. Next morning when we checked again there was only one other student in three of them and still only him in the fourth. Nothing like being organised hey?
The website for the Antarctica trip went live last Thursday - www.studentsonice.com/antarctic2011. The menu on the left of the page has all the details of the trip including biographies of the students.
In other exciting news, we had the work Christmas party last Friday night. It was ok; a blow up slide for the little kids and a slam dunk bungey for the big kids kept everyone entertained and off the grog. There weren't any fights or disagreements so that was a bonus. Gibbo and I wore Canada shirts - sharing the love.
At The Hockey
We shouted the kids a trip to a rocking Ice Hocky game - the Ottawa Senators played the Montreal Canadiens and lost! They had a good time though! Drew bought Meg a jersey for Christmas.
And so wraps up the adventures of Meg and Drew in Canada - unless I decide to post some of the hundreds of other pictures that they took to record their time together!!!!!!
Downtown Ottawa
Holy Big Pumpkins!!!!
Beaver Tail - looks pretty yummy hey?
Huwwoo?? Can you see me?? Huwwoo??
This looks pretty good too!
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