Garden

We collected a stick that looked like a tree while we were at Ceres having lunch today. When we got home it became the centrepiece of a miniature garden.

And Scott found a tiny snail to move in.

Piano

Scott's nana's (Myra) old piano arrived this weekend. It's seen better days but it's lovely to have a piano again. It's got a great family history. Myra's mother bought it and used it to give piano lessons, it then became Myra's in her early 20s. It's been stored in a garage for the last 6 or so years. Now we've got it. We also got rid of all the excess sofas this weekend, making room for the piano and allowing access to the old bathroom again.

Lunch

A fun day at Julie and Claire's

Cycle to the park

We went for a 10km cycle on Friday to make the most of the last warm, sunny day forecast. I'm glad we did, it's been grey and cold since. We stopped halfway at the park for a quick play and Hugo had great fun being pushed on the swing by Daisy.

Artwork

Scott bought me this painting for my birthday. It's called Venus and is by Ian Bow, an Australian artist who painted this sometime in the 1960s we think. It's lovely having an original oil painting. It looks great in the lounge.

And it's given us the taste for art. We went to the affordable art show yesterday and bought this picture as an early anniversary present.

Presents

This is the ring that Scott got me for my birthday. It's silver with a pebble, from Pebble Beach in NSW. The jewellery maker used to be a geologist.
He almost bought me two because there was another one he liked by the same girl. It's also lovely so I'm buying that one as well with birthday money from my Mum and friends Andy and Lisa. A photo will follow when that one arrives.

And here's the necklace that Daisy and Hugo bought me. It's made of glass and silver. It has a lovely feel, strangely jelly-like and has a translucent look when the light catches it.

Dress ups

Hugo had a great time wearing Daisy's old fairy outfit, waving his wand and putting his babies to bed.