We had to get out of the house....

because 2 year old squealing and whinging sounds less offensive in the fresh air.

So we packed up our sausages and bread rolls, and headed for Lake Tinaroo. This is actually the dam that provides irrigation to most of our regional area. And it has been re-developed, so now has a very nice foreshore, complete with playground and barbeque areas.

The sounds of grumpy Miss 2 (who had refused to have her afternoon nap) were ALMOST swallowed up by those of native birds, gently splashing water and the birthday party going on at the bbq table next to ours!

Now if only we could stay in this pleasant place all night!

Well, maybe not. It got cool and windy. And there were ants.

Sasha? Sasha who??

What a week! I received my first wholesale order for handbags and totes, from a beautiful shabby-chic style gift shop here in town... and have been madly sewing ever since! I will (hopefully) deliver the whole order tomorrow afternoon.... provided Ryan has a good long nap tomorrow morning!

My laptop has also been out of service for the past 2 days - in an effort to get organised, so my accountant isn't horrified by a shoe-box full of scruffy receipts, I went out and bought an MYOB accounting package. Which my laptop refused to load - wouldn't even recognise that there was a disk in the drive. So my friendly computer tech had my laptop overnight, and has loaded it all on for me.

Now if only I could remember my high school accounting classes!

My Gardening Triumph!

I love lavender. The perfume, the pretty blue flowers, the soft grey/green leaves. I love lavender.

Can't grow it, though. I have lost count of the number of poor little lavender plants that have come to a sad ending, under my brown thumb.

Until now! See, all I had to do was move to a less humid, cooler climate, and remember to actually water it once every couple of days -- and...........................

There are flowers on my lavender plant (calling it a 'bush' at this stage would be just a bit too ambitious, I think!).

I knew I loved small town living!! Now I had better go and water the lavender plant. It was looking a bit seedy when I walked past it this morning.

Our neighbourhood

Our neighbours over the back fence are really good. They don't have late night parties, and, on the whole, they are a pretty productive mob.

But, boy.... they get up with the crack of dawn!