Today I was informed that I got the job, as Homeless Youth Nurse , based at Anglicare in Preston!!!!!!!!
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I saw this regal, gentle, ancient tree yesterday, and wanted to share it with you. One thing which was extremely hard for me when we moved from Bag End to Australia was how different the trees, the light and the aromas were here. Australian trees tend to be much more pale than their Pacific Northwest counterparts. I ached for the trees in my old back garden - the Mountain Ash, the Plum Trees, the Horse Chestnut, the Cedars, the Douglas Firs. That mourning and sorrow means it is extra significant when, here in Melbs, I feel that old surge of tree delight, as I felt yesterday when I encountered this sacred Salmon Gum!
last night, Eowyn, Coco and I pulled our orange kayak up onto that far sandy beach, having paddled down from our campsite, swam to the river mouth where the ocean's frothy waves almost spilled into the river lagoon, dune jumped, sang 'You Are My Hiding Place' as a round, ate the native dune plant 'Pig Face' (which Aboriginal People have eaten for millenia), felt the sand beneath our toes (and in our hair!), and paddled back, against the wind, to the campfire Bens had built, where he was playing guitar, surrounded by people we've been camping with the last 2 weeks, and we joined them, toasted marshmallows, sang songs and ate freddo frogs. Here are Eowyn, Grace and our kayak! Coco in the apple myrtle at our campsite The one I love to be serenaded by! Coco's tent was a favourite meeting place for her little friends - we went with a group of her classmates and their families and friends. now we are home, with clean hair!!!! i am going t...
A very merry Christmas dear hearts, and a happy twenty-eleven! We've had a simply delightful Christmas celebration, with Mum, Dad, Rachel, David, Serendipity, Jonathan, my lovely little family, Merry, Paddy, Bev, Andrew & Verity! (And skyping Sam and Becca was both wonderful, in having opportunity to interact with them, and very funny, trying to get it to work!!!!!! Off we go, in the morning, with camping gear and car Dad and Mum have VERY kindly loaned us - all we have to do before we go is pack the freezer food, the kayak, the bikes and watch Doctor Who's Christmas Carol!!! Let me see if I can find a pic of the place we are camping, so you can envisage us there! Eowyn and Coco are cracking me up, running around with the mp3 players Bens gave them for Christmas, singing really loudly, not realising we can't hear the music, just them!!! Bens gave me a Kindle. And I gave him a fishing rod, fishing knife and a fishing licence!! MUCH ...
Happy Holidays!
These cute seasonal treats are from one of my workmates - it was our Christmas party today (and I was by far the worst at pinning the tale on the donkey!) I'm feeling disappointed that this job is a maternity leave contract which is about to finish. I really like the people I have been working with, and the job. I have been busily applying for jobs and having interviews, but not with success as yet. We're in a tight spot financially, as there needs to be money in the bank for all of January's rent, leaving minimal wriggle room. It feels so much easier when there is that wriggle room. I am very thankful for the people in my life ... these three here photographed, and you, my delightful and much cherished blogging community. Happy happy holidays, and love, Megs