Valentine's Day

It was a busy Valentine's Day on Friday with work, but I was delighted to receive a lovely bouquet of roses and flowers from my Valentine.  We have always exchanged small gifts to mark the occasion of Valentine's Day which is really lovely.

My beautiful roses from my Valentine.

Flowers and card with gold rose petals.

Belt buckle for my Valentine

Heart spoons to stir my cappuccino.

More photos taken a couple of days later to show my beautiful Lilium in full bloom.

My sweet little heart trinket box.

More of my heart spoons.

Quick trip to Westbury

We went to Westbury the other day, and the countryside is so dry.  It's since rained a little bit, but we still need lots more.

Cute little Echidna

Very dry along the way to Westbury

Lots of bales of hay with green paddocks in the background which are irrigated.

Potato crop.

More dry paddocks

Lovely old home is Westbury

Fitzpatrick's Inn at Westbury

The Westbury Pub

Holy Trinity Catholic Church at Westbury.

Cows in the paddock resting from the heat.

Late lunch at Miners Gold - Beaconsfield

We visited Miners Gold at Beaconsfield for a nice light lunch a couple of beers.  We had a choice of 8 beers and I chose the one called Fog on the Tamar, a nice light tropical beer for a warm summers day.

Street sign for Beaconsfield

Drink coaster for my cold beer.

As you walk into Miners Gold Brewery there are all the vats and brewing equipment.

My nice cold beer.

We chose Loaded chips with pulled pork, spicy sauce and sour cream.

The Headframe of the Beaconsfield Gold Mine.

The Beaconsfield Gold Mine Museum

A ceramic mosaic outside the Gold Mine Museum

The Miners Cottage opposite the Gold Mine Museum.

New Years Day 2020

After a few busy weeks in December at work we went out for a nice relaxing lunch on New Years Day to the Riviera Hotel at Beauty Point.  This is now my new favourite restaurant.

The Riviera Hotel at Beauty Point.  Photo taken from Redbill Point.

Views of the Tamar River from inside the Riviera Hotel

A lovely sunny day by the river.

Our seafood platter for two.  Yummo :-)

We went for a walk along the beach at Redbill Point.

Oystercatchers on the beach at Redbill Point.

Richard at Redbill Point.

Then stopped at Seahorse World for a look in the gift shop.

And the Platypus House too.

There were three tugs at the wharf at Beauty Point.

Christmas Day 2019

We had a lovely Christmas Day with family around for lunch.  Here are a few photos.

T'was the weekend before Christmas.

We had a lovely catch up with family at Sue and Andrew on the Sunday before Christmas.

Jason

Mum, Anya and Jason

Jen and Paul

Gerrard and Crystal

Andrew

Mum

Anya

Mum and Anya 

Christmas Decorations for 2019

I was organised early for Christmas as it's a busy time of year for work.  However, I didn't have time to play on the computer to put the photos on the blog, so here they are.

Christmas Wreath on the front door.

Christmas Tree all decorated.

A close up of some of the many decorations.

Blue icicle lights on the front deck.

Centre piece on the dining room table.

Santa waving from the festively lit boat on the river just along from home.