It's fair to say we're all feeling like there might be some light at the end of the tunnel, after nearly 7 weeks of pretty severe restrictions on all our social contacts and movements.. which, in turn has affected EVERYTHING!
We've heard today that restrictions are slowly being lifted in the coming weeks - with hopes that key aspects of our lives might return to the "new normal" by July-August???
Walking in our beautiful city has been a saviour for us over the past few weeks, and this week our friends Judy and Jurgen gave us a guided walk in the beautiful (and fairly wild) Stirling Park in Yarralumla - only a scant 2-3 kilometres from our city centre.
We hadn't gone far before we spied this big old man kangaroo by the side of the path - well camouflaged by the colours of the bush.
The wild park overlooks our Lake Burley Griffin so there are stunning views too in amongst the remnant bushland.
,,, over to the Arboretum on the other side of the lake ......
.. and down to Yarralumla Bay.......
... and one of Canberra's distinctive landmarks ....
We found it interesting to learn a bit about the Westlake development on the edge of Stirling Park. From the 1920s this was the site of several camps that were created to house the workers building the new nation's capital. The site wasn't cleared until 1965 when the worker's families were relocated.
Today the site has been cleared but remains undeveloped (much to the relief of the locals). There is a sign under these two magnificent gum trees: Westlake - Cocky's Tree Lookout for the SP Bookie. I bet there is an interesting story behind that sign.
I had a coffee in our Hassett Park with one of our neighbours during the week and a stroll around our building's "front garden" - something we didn't feel comfortable doing before this even though strictly speaking it fitted within the 2 person X 1.5metre apart rule.
Our "front garden" is looking particularly beautiful at the moment.
And we enjoyed a beautiful l-o-n-g lunch today at Jennie and Wayne's out at Murrumbateman. Another sign that we are coming B-A-C-K.
I was very charmed by Jennie and Wayne's young cows (they've only been weaned for 3 weeks!) who gave us a very gentle farewell at the gate to the Bush's Lane property. Aren't they beautiful!
Part of the fun of lunch today was comparing notes on our sourdough bread making progress. Rob made his first batch about 10 days ago. He's made 4 loaves now - finding it very demanding and technical but absolutely delicious outcome! He really impressed Jennie with his efforts today!
I have focussed on sorting photos, travel books and working out some new sewing projects in my quiet time in isolation. I'm also paying more attention to my indoor plants and propagating myriad Devil's Ivy plants. It's been very pleasant really - balanced by all the walking and Mt Ainslie climbing.
And just to finish off our best week in a while I got this great view of our last supermoon of the year outside our winter garden windows at about 7.00 tonight
We've heard today that restrictions are slowly being lifted in the coming weeks - with hopes that key aspects of our lives might return to the "new normal" by July-August???
Walking in our beautiful city has been a saviour for us over the past few weeks, and this week our friends Judy and Jurgen gave us a guided walk in the beautiful (and fairly wild) Stirling Park in Yarralumla - only a scant 2-3 kilometres from our city centre.
We hadn't gone far before we spied this big old man kangaroo by the side of the path - well camouflaged by the colours of the bush.
Today the site has been cleared but remains undeveloped (much to the relief of the locals). There is a sign under these two magnificent gum trees: Westlake - Cocky's Tree Lookout for the SP Bookie. I bet there is an interesting story behind that sign.
Our "front garden" is looking particularly beautiful at the moment.
I was very charmed by Jennie and Wayne's young cows (they've only been weaned for 3 weeks!) who gave us a very gentle farewell at the gate to the Bush's Lane property. Aren't they beautiful!
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