Some changes here

We've been back in Canberra a bit over a week now and we're feeling like our life has lifted a couple of notches. First of all Spring is in the air - a time of renewal and blossoms and new growth sprouting everywhere. Then there is a lot of talk about the pandemic receding as a threat to our collective well being (woohoo ???) and Sydney has opened up to us again with the departure of our Coogee tenants, enabling us to move back into that space again - for the long term.

And Canberra is looking particularly beautiful on these sunny Spring mornings ....

First blush of leaves appearing on our park trees ........

We'd only been back in Canberra 5 days before we took our first load of furniture etc up to Coogee (in a ride share van - a first for us). The public holiday to commemorate the death of QE11 had a few unintended consequences for our planning but we went ahead anyway. Hauling a Queen size mattress, new QS bed and assorted boxes of bedding and kitchen effects up three flights of stairs to our top floor apartment proved quite challenging and exhausting for us .... but we did manage to complete the job.

Our tenants had left the apartment in a clean and well cared for state - no issues there, but the place looks worn after four and a half years of constant use and the windows are definitely past their use by date. We have big renovations planned so our "move back in" will be very minimal for now - just enough furniture for us to sleep in comfort for a night or two and make a cup of tea or coffee and eat a bowl of muesli, that's about it!

But we're very happy with the new bed and mattress - definitely worth all the effort!

Overnight accommodation in Coogee was scarce and expensive due to the public holiday so we stayed overnight in a beautiful heritage listed boutique hotel in nearby Randwick - "Avonmore on the Park". It was beautiful - we couldn't believe our luck!

There's been some recent changes for the young things too - especially for Abi, who is now able to call "Harry" the Brumby pony "hers" for half the week anyhow. We met Harry for the first time today, out past Bywong, and he is just as beautiful a pony as Abi had described him to be.

It seems that wherever there are horses, there are cats .... and cats always find Rob .....

At the end of every session there's some grooming and de tacking and rugging to be done - and time for treats!

A nice profile shot of Harry and Jody, who along with Josh are just as involved with "Operation Harry" as Abi is, although it different ways!