Halloween fun

Cedar looked SO cute in her ladybug outfit!

Two purple witches!

HE dressed up as Cherry!

pretty freeky!

All the kids Cherry took trick or treating.  They had fun!

Cedar...such a cute little bug!!

Brent...the rebel!

Scout was a little fairy.

busy watering the plants.

Jack

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lantern

Bike Ride

When I said I needed to start doing some longer rides in preparation for our France biking trip in Aug. I anticipated starting off with 30 to 40 kms. This one was 56 kms. By 40ks I had had enough...but its good to push thru whats comfortable and win!!
We rode from Homebush Bay to Botany Bay and back. As you can see a sunny-bluesky day! Being at Brighton leSands was like being in another city, or even another country! I had never been there before...lots of Greek restuarants so likely lots of Greeks. We shared a seafood platter 3 ways with our friend Julian who came with us. Delicious!! Botany Bay is right next to the airport and has a runway out into the middle of it. If you make this pic bigger you can see an airplane just about to land.

The spa tonight was very welcome....its a feel good day!

canberra riding

I love the smell of gum leaves! Mr. P and I took our bikes to Canberra where we rode around the lake that is placed in the middle of town. 26kms Coffee spots are hard to come by in Canberra ~ so this was a lucky find.

Anchors away....

Up the river.

Why does the full moon cause SUCH a high tide? We will have to look that up!! when the Earth, Sun and Moon are in line, there is greater gravitational pull - SO thats why were a little crazier then...were a body of water too!!
Sunshine, warm air, clear turquoise water and a boat...does it get better?
the lily white english folk are no longer lily white!!

making a drip castle

...this high!

What the ladies do!

That leaves Mr.P to sit on a stone!

Os thrilled to be driving the boat all by himself!

Sam went f-a-s-t---

The same old goanna, but this time full of kangaroo meat!

Just what we do!!

Its SO good to be home again, to the sunshine and big blue sky!! So fun to be on the water today! Fun playing with my little Scout!! fun to help auntie drive!

snug as a bug....its cold in the wind! Theres Sal and Lac in our little runabout.

Lac caught a fish!
peeko :)

Diamonds on the water

I love how the sunshine sparkles on the river. Such a perfect autumn day to be out on the water. After a yummy breakfast at Cottage Point we zipped over to Hallets beach. Upon getting comfortably perched on a rock in the shade, a goanna came along to see what food we had. I screamed to see him, even tho he was only small. It remined me that there could also be snakes and I felt too uncomfortable there. I found myself a rock IN the water..... This is the boat we are using at present.

Pete on a comfortable rock! - doing what he does best!

I really like my Italian leather cap! I've become a Red Hat lady!! (Thats Pete and the boat above my head!)

Lady in Red...

The QM2, the largest cruise ship on the seas, attracted lots of attention!! The city was buzzing...people on every vantage point, car chaos, and the harbour was a flurry of boats. It was quite an exciting evening out on Denis' boat. A matching pair of queens!!

Crowds of passengers on deck to see the much smaller sister ship - Queen Elizabeth 2 come into the harbour. Its was amazing for them both to be here at the same time.

The QE2 on its way to Circular Quay.

The night ended in fireworks. Was so fun, as we ended up right underneath them, quite by accident, but it gave us the best view ever. Fun fun!