Lovely.  And it looks like we missed a special birthday yesterday.

nice to see you back Flashie, sounds like you had a nice relaxing holiday

Joono I just had a look at the photo thread, My mother also collects elephants, she has elephants on everything, even elephant jewellery, but they have to have their trunks up

love your freesias too Flashie, i bet they smell divine- the coloured ones look nice, but nothing beats the scent of the old original  cream ones

don't forget the restoration show- it's on now ( recording it here)

Is anyone else watching 800 words.....................it reminds me of Seachange........................same story line nearly.

And...................has Erik Thompson had his eyes done?.................

Evening folks and happy belated birthday to our friend 

Good to see you home safely Flashie - what a lovely pic .... where did you go?

Deb thanks for the reminder - it is an old Italian farmhouse in Vic tonight isn't it?

j*oono - have you been affected by all the smoke and the ash these past couple of days?

No beauty parlour for LL today   Her legs gave out on her and there was no way she could stand whilst they clipped her 

j*oono - we had sushi today too - yum yum

See it advertised Flashie and it looks interesting but clashes with something else so will have to watch it on 7plus.

No idea who Erik Thompson was - so no idea about his eyes

morning all

Flashie I haven't watched it either- so no idea here.

Laney that was a lot to take on. living there as well and with a new baby- glad it wasn't me

Morning everyone.  What a day!

Laney, it has been a bit smokey at times over the last couple of days dew to the burn offs but it's looking clear right now.

It's time to test out the reticulation again.  I put it on last night and then went to cook dinner and I totally forgot about it so I'm not sure whether it was all working properly or I had geysers in the garden.  I'll have to do a quick run through on Thursday night now and see whether it needs any replacement sprinklers.