The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
John 1:9-14
The blog might go a bit quiet for a bit - it's a bit hard to say how much time we'll have around new puppy duties, socialising, cricket, beach, gardening, etc.,.
Family is already arriving, and taking some magnificent pictures along the way! Here is Mitch and Chelsea marvelling at the Great Ocean Road.
Apostles dropping like flies
Also along the way Mitch demonstrates what Chelsea calls "like father like son". Harsh! (and possibly accurate)
Fresh from the Adelaide Hills arrives Meg MKII otherwise known as Kelly, our second Gordon Setter. Meg was bought by Kym in 1991 for me to pass the inevitable "Test" which is a new bride's way of saying "are you good enough to sire my children". I passed the test (even though Meg was carried upside-down to the loo a few times) and now Jackson and Mitchell have much to thank Meg for her forbearance.
Kelly doesn't sleep a lot (as is a puppy's prerogative), and we do not understand why ageing Lotharios have babies well beyond their capacity to deal with the consequences. At the moment we have slipped back into the wonderful tag team that produced Jackson and Mitchell, but we can't say we'd like it to extend for more than a few months. For those gentlemen of a certain age with new children - we salute your confounding mix of optimism and stupidity!
To honour Meg and celebrate Kelly, here are a couple of pics.
“It had to do with how it felt to be in the wild. With what it was like to walk for miles with no reason other than to witness the accumulation of trees and meadows, mountains and deserts, streams and rocks, rivers and grasses, sunrises and sunsets. The experience was powerful and fundamental.”
Cheryl Strayed
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Driving the bus for the end of Year 9 camp was interesting - not least because the Freycinet National Park where we stayed over the three day camp is pretty impressive! Whilst the kids battled on in tents, cabins complete with en-suite showers and a full kitchen were de rigueur for teachers - nice!
After days filled with kayaking, bush walking, mountain bike riding and surfing it was sure nice to go down to the beach and play a bit of cricket during sunset. And what a sunset! Normally our blog pics are scaled down but we thought you might like this one in it's original glory - for your viewing pleasure...
God does good work
We are looking at bees at the moment - it would be nice to have some honey money maybe(e), plus they work so hard! Here are some locals foraging about and landing back at The Honey Pot in Huonville. Go you little blighters...(and thanks for the honey!)...
And finally to melt your heart here is Kelly our new Gordon Setter - joining us next weekend after a flight from Adelaide...awww...
