~ this week's snippets ~

 

1.  More gorgeous autumn colour.  Most of the leaves are gone now...winter comes...

2.  My breakfast view this morning at Bicheno.  I had a women in GP conference there this weekend talking about communication skills, end of life decision making and much more.  So inspiring - the venue and the participants.

3.  Handwriting - getting so neat.  She had a spa-party tonight - complete with cucumber eyes - so grown up.

4.  My little lioness.

5.  My new mouth guard for hockey.  $110 gap after private health insurance!! Worth it I'm sure - although I hope I never find out.

6.  Bath time puppetry.

7.  Tiny pink camellias from our front garden - so fragile that they disintegrated as they were put into the vase.

8.  The other side of the going-off-to-camp heart.  She had the most fabulous time - her eyes have not stopped shining.



I'm joining in with tinniegirl and Em to share some of  our week - the lovely and the everyday.


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~ grateful for ... a break in routine ~

We played hooky last weekend
Skipped the soccer games, ran away from our usual weekend stuff.
We headed north and east. 
To the coast.
 

We breathed ocean air and it ruffled our hair (and our stale thoughts).
We watched some proud new GPs receive their fellowships (and the children laughed at us in our  "Hogwarts" academic gowns).
We ate delicious local seafood and went hunting for fairy penguins (in the dark).
We looked for baby lambs, blossom trees and new vineyards (and then put the DVD on when the road got too long).

It wasn't long but it was long enough (to jolt us out of routine and bring us together again).

I'm very grateful for our little break (and to live in this beautiful state).

Linking up (most) weeks with Bron and the grateful gang here


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