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Have a Great Christmas and a Hapy New Year Everyone!

Just a quickie today as I am about to head off to Perth - the FI/FO Grandma flies again! I'll just post a few pics from the last bush trip to show you how it looks in Christmas mode. Waratah, my all time favourite Myrtle and Mountain Berries Berries and Bauera Sorry, don't know the name of this one Or this. I'm hoping someone will tell me as I haven't bought the plant book yet More Myrtle Keep safe and see you next year!

Yo, Ho, Ho - It must be that time of year again

Our Postie Spreading a bit of Christmas Cheer It must be that time of the year again. There are carol singers in the mall and I had a nice chat with Mrs Claus down in the Cat and Fiddle. The real frenzy hasn't started yet, but give it another week. I'd better finish getting that Christmas mail out.

Across the Ditch* - Another Chapter in the Annals of the FI/FO** Grandma

Leaving Tasmania and No, I am not flying this one - leaving it to Virgin Translations: * What Tasmanians call  Bass Strait ** Means Fly In/Fly Out in Mining Speak Just paid my annual state visit to the National Capital to see how the other half lives.   It was a bit different this time. Previous visits to my son and his lovely wife have usually involved a hectic nightlife –drinks at the Geology Bar followed by the odd party, then maybe a 2 a.m. visit to Civic to check out the trendier pubs and clubs. Even if we didn’t go out, we would sit up late to marathon the latest movies. Now that there is an adorable new  baby in the house – the main reason for this visit, our most exciting nightime adventure was going late night grocery shopping. On the one night when we did stay up to watch a movie, we all fell asleep, which was not necessarily a reflection on the quality of the film. Not that I didn’t have an excellent time - lots of baby cuddles with that delicious new baby s