Our world continues to be quite strange - but everyone is adapting, some more easily than others of course. The news around the country continues to be positive with "the curve being very successfully flattened".
ANZAC Day (25th April) in our neighbourhood is usually HUGE with thousands attending the Dawn service just up the road at the Australian War Memorial and more thousands involved in the march down our Anzac Parade later in the morning.
This year for ANZAC Day many of us turned on our balcony lights or lit a candle at 6.00am, for the minute's silence and Last Post segments of the dawn service, which was live streamed by the ABC. Many people, in suburbs all around Australia stood in their driveways with candles and poppies and observed a minute's silence too.Those who could also played the Last Post - on all sorts of instruments apparently!
It certainly brought the country together in a moving and meaningful way this year - and hopefully some of these ways of commemorating ANZAC Day may continue when times are a bit less strange.
After our dawn start to ANZAC Day yesterday we set out extra early for our weekly walk up Mt Ainslie with our friend David. It was our first foggy morning of the season.
We're so lucky to be able to do these beautiful walks in the outdoors - even in these strange times. The bush seemed suitably moody for ANZAC Day.
It was a day of many emotions, as it always is ........ Our dear Dad was born on the day of the ill fated ANZAC landing at Gallipoli in 1915, 105 years ago. But our Dad left us, way too early, on 21 March 1981. We were also thinking of our darling Maxie who left us 5 months ago now on 25th November 2019. We miss them both so much.......
I think this pic of Mum and Dad, Maxie and me may have been taken in 1954 - probably at a family wedding.... a nice memory from a long time ago.
But on another note ........ we continue to enjoy our much quieter times with the young ones. They've been on school holidays for the last two weeks and enjoying a break from online learning. We've had a few days at our apartment - just a change of scenery for them as we can't do much. They seem very relaxed and happy though. Kids like them are so lucky in these times with their happy calm families and no pressure, although I know there must be a lot of kids out there not so lucky. I would say Ella and Abi are finding a lot to enjoy in these quieter times, although Ella is really missing her friends and can't wait for school to start again.
Rob taught them to make bread - a very successful exercise.
Ella made Za'atar bread, Abi made olive bread - both yummy!
It's back to "school" next Tuesday, and the start of term 3. Who knows how long learning at home will continue?
ANZAC Day (25th April) in our neighbourhood is usually HUGE with thousands attending the Dawn service just up the road at the Australian War Memorial and more thousands involved in the march down our Anzac Parade later in the morning.
This year for ANZAC Day many of us turned on our balcony lights or lit a candle at 6.00am, for the minute's silence and Last Post segments of the dawn service, which was live streamed by the ABC. Many people, in suburbs all around Australia stood in their driveways with candles and poppies and observed a minute's silence too.Those who could also played the Last Post - on all sorts of instruments apparently!
It certainly brought the country together in a moving and meaningful way this year - and hopefully some of these ways of commemorating ANZAC Day may continue when times are a bit less strange.
I think this pic of Mum and Dad, Maxie and me may have been taken in 1954 - probably at a family wedding.... a nice memory from a long time ago.
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