Tuesday 26 December 2017

Boxing Day

Boxing Day and bottling our Berry Cider


Checking the cider


Adding the berry flavour


The Brewmeister


Bottles all sterilised


Filling the bottles.  All ready in a fortnight.

Christmas Day

All organised and ready for our visitors.


Christmas Stars


Lovely day to sit outside


Table all set


All ready for our visitors


Nearly lunchtime


Seafood platter


Yummy Christmas Cake


Cake and Christmas Bakewells

Sunday 17 December 2017

Christmas in Launceston and surrounds

Christmas decorations around Launceston, etc.


Christmas tree in the Launceston Mall


George Town 


Launceston


Santa on his bike - the wheels spin in the breeze


Santa in his Combi Van on David Street.


Enormous reindeer in Trevallyn

Christmas Decorations at home

Nearly ready for Christmas Day.  Just a few of our decorations.



Icicle lights outside


Outside view of our Christmas tree  


Decorations sparkling in the sunshine


Blue and white candy cane - bubblegum flavour.


More sparkling decorations


New silver candles


Christmas tree all decorated 


Gloog bottle candle holder


Blue and white decorations


Christmas stocking


White poinsettias and Reindeer salt and pepper shakers

Saturday 2 December 2017

Campbell Town and the Country Run

Lovely old buildings at Campbell Town


Old Wesleyan Chapel built in 1839


Solomon's Stores built in 1821


Bird feeders hanging from a tree 


Bauxite Mine near Campbell Town


Slow moving tractor


Old ruins along Isis Road


Farm sign


Views along the way


Poppy crop


Emu's along the back road.


On our way to Campbell Town

Early morning start on our way to Campbell Town


Sunny start to the day on the Midland Highway


Patches of mist along the way


Views along the way


Going through Cleveland


Irrigation working flat our.


More misty patches


Old building through the mist along the Midland Highway.

Richard's Birthday BBQ November 2017

We had a lovely family get together for Richard's birthday in November.



The birthday boy in charge of  the BBQ


Crystal & Gerrard


Grandma & Olivia


Alex


Jason


Anya


Dante


Andrew & Sue


Dad & Pam


The birthday cake

I never get tired of this view.

We moved to Blackwall 16 years ago.  And I never get tired of the ever changing views from our front window. Beautiful afternoon sunset glow...