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Roseanne, Glyn, Ted and Mabel are visiting us here in Australia all the way from Leigh-on-Sea in England. Floyd is home as well as Stephanie and Tim for Easter!!!

Great family night at Singleton Rugby Club on the 12th April…

A great catch up in Sydney in March with Jen, Anne and Ruth who I met at Il Sasso language school in Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy last June. Caught the ferry to Cockatoo Island for the Biennale and a drink at the bar…they must have known we were coming as they had jugs of Aperol Spritz! Back at Circular Quay we shared some prawns, oysters and prosecco before catching the iconic Manly Ferry for a cocktail at Papi Chulo followed by dinner at Criniti’s Manly (Italian of course).  Passed the Opera House on my way back to the very hip and stylish QT Hotel in Market Street. Such a great day!

Here is the pictorial evidence of Breakfast at Anns!

The girls gathered at Blackheath to celebrate Jo and Todd tying the knot at Evans Lookout, Blackheath on Saturday 15th March. Caroline, Bronwyn, Jo and I stayed at our lovely holiday house in Blackheath and we joined Ann,Richard,Karen and Ian starting the celebrations with dinner at Merediths on the Friday night which was just superb! Coffee , Lunch and shopping in Blackheath on Saturday morning of course followed by the Polecats acting the ‘bridesmaids’ as Jo prepared for her nuptials. A truly beautiful ceremony complete with storm and rain and lots of glasses of Grant Burge bubbles. Dinner was a sensation at Solitary and we rounded off the weekend with a  fabulous breakfast at Ann’s home. I feel very special to have such wonderful friends and be able to celebrate the union of two beautiful people truly in love.

Christmas came and went and had my first Woodford Folk Festival experience…enjoyed January and hosted Stephanie’s 21st Birthday party at Fig Bar and Restaurant in Port Macquarie. Started back at Melville High School and so the term has played out. 

Karen and I drove to Newcastle and stayed with Caroline for the night and of course caught up with Baz! Convoyed down to the South Coast with Caroline and Bronwyn to rendezvous with Ann, Jo and Mez to spend a wonderful weekend at John and Stella Dennis’s Kiama beach house. Lots of bubbles  and laughs accompanied Bron’s Butter Chicken for dinner.Ann excelled herself with a beautiful breakfast before we explored part of the coastal walk and braved the ‘brisk’ waters of the rock pool, sampled the flat whites, viewed the panorama from Saddleback Mountain, checked out the ‘little’ and ‘big’ blowholes and found some exceptional coffee at “The brooding Italian”. This set the scene for sharing my favourite Italian aperitivo, Aperol Spritz! Dinner was fresh and flavoursome with Vietnamese cuisine at “Hanoi on Manning”. Sunday saw a cool wet southerly change and Mez’s gourmet breakfast tarts, fruit platter and pancakes! Yes, we experience the pleasure of food a great deal on these weekends! After some shopping in the rain at Berry we had lunch at Berry Sourdough Cafe! More drinks with dinner followed by “Balderdash” for some and “Luther” on the ABC for others. These gatherings of girlfriends from Wauchope High School are very special!

My new ‘babies’ two female miniature Dachschunds are now ensconced in my home…Thelma and Louise are settling in very nicely and have even spent a weakend at Aunty Leigh and Uncle Shane’s house with cousin Womby…they seem to like the beach as well!

Great to see my 95 year old Grandmother after 8 months away!