Neighbours!

The caravan park opened for the long weekend.  The thing I've missed during these Exceptional Times is the passing parade of campers nextdoor, and the first takers were first rate!  In other Tribes news, the Spring Bay Hotel is doing 'Light Bites' ie tapas style food.  They came up with the idea because of the current rule that alcohol must be served with food.  Her Majesty and I gave it a go last Friday lunch (even though it wasn't her birthday) and the food was excellent.  As was sitting in front of the blazing log fire. We both had the house-smoked salmon and prawn chowder, and then shared the pulled pork loaded fries - very wicked.  We had joked that everything is house-smoked, handmade or homemade these days and then the publican came out and told us that he smoked the salmon himself on-site.

I recently finished this book.  Highly recommended.  It's a long time since I've laughed out loud while reading.

I caught the full moon on Saturday night,

here glinting through the Eucalyptus caesia.

Here's the same Silver Princess the next morning in a pretty heavy frost.  Jilly and I went for our earlyish morning walk to the Gatehouse for a look-see.

Then back through our secretish track over 2 bridges, stopping to admire the water drops on the ends of the overhanging grasses.

Jill wore Pinky for the first time this year, but she wore it again for today's walk.  Fortunately, after very cold mornings, the days are bright and sunny and a girl can get into the garden.  I am working on a number of garden projects at the moment and can actually envisage the possibility that one day they will all be in place. Some haven't put up as much fight as I thought they would.  Still a cuppla years away, but I think it's going to work.