Last night after work we jumped on the boat with my sister and her friend Susan. We grabbed a couple of Da Angelo’s pizzas and anchored off Sandy Bay Beach.
We were home by 7 pm to tuck our little Poppy into bed! Lovely.
Month: January 2013
Yum : Homemade Raspberry Ice Cream
My Mum gave us an Ice Cream Maker for Christmas and so I have been busily whipping up a storm with the fresh fruit from her garden: Fresh Raspberry Ice Cream 3 cups fresh ripe raspberries 4 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 1 1/2 cups sugar – divided 2 3/4 cups heavy cream 1 1/2
Monday Blues
I am suffering from a severe case of the ‘Monday Blues’! I am returning back to work today after six glorious weeks off! It has been wonderful spending that amount of time with Poppy and I am going to miss her dearly today.
Our weekend has been another action-packed one. We went away on the boat on Friday night, which was very relaxing. Poppy becomes so excited when she has to put her life-jacket on to go in the dinghy with Nick.
On Saturday night, my dear school friend – Sarah and her friend Innes stayed with their daughter’s, Lucy and Beatrix from Melbourne. It was wonderful to see Sarah again after almost a year.
The next morning we took them out on the boat for a very relaxed breakfast. It was all happening on the river with sea planes taking off, two cruise ships in dock, the Aurora Australis ship cruising by and sailing competitions!
Peas in a Pod
I have grown up with peas – as Dad has grown them commercially for many, many years. He even has a great story of how he was actually sowing peas when I was born!
When I recently stayed on our family farm in Hagley, Mum gave me a big bundle of freshly grown peas before I left. Mum and Dad hand-pick their personal needs from their crop before they are harvested.
On Boxing Day we sat around Mum and Dad’s living room with my sisters and brother and ‘podded peas’. It is funny – I don’t think I have podded peas for many years, but that action of using your thumb nail to open the beautiful casing, then sliding the produce into your bucket that sits in your lap, and tossing the empty pod on the sheet spread out on the floor – came back to me very easily. Such a simple task, but one that took me back to my childhood … and all those days of shifting irrigators, picking, podding and eating peas.
Sunglasses ♥
I always thought kids sunglasses were a little cheesy but on Christmas Day Poppy kept stealing her cousin’s and would not put them down.
I finally succumbed and bought her a pink and white dotty pair yesterday. Oh my god – she LOVES them and has been wearing them constantly. I think she would have slept in them last night if she could have!
Our own little Dame Edna Everage!
Sneaky Peek : MoneySmart
One of my goals for 2013 is to be more MoneySmart and I have just downloaded the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s App – Track My Spend to keep me on target. I am a sucker for beautiful things which often results in impulse spending and rationalising the many reasons for the purchase in my head.
Bushfires Appeal
It didn’t feel right to post a frivolous ‘Lemon Tart’ recipe today, when I see haunting images like this and so many Tasmanian families have lost everything. 😦
Escape on Tagus
We have spent the weekend away on the boat, trying to find some respite from the heat and coming to terms with the devastating fires that have gripped South-Eastern Tasmania.
Friday was an incredibly eerie day, with temperatures soaring to 41.3 c with a howling wind. Even though we had planned to head down the Channel on the boat, all I really wanted to do was to stay at home with the blinds closed.
We did leave and found a beautiful place to have a swim and cool down. Poppy loved swimming with her Dad, but man-oh-man it was HOT. I am not very good in the heat!
We stayed in The Gentleman’s – Bruny Island that night and thankfully the weather did cool down in the evening. Poppy slept all night too which was a relief, as she hasn’t been away on the boat since Easter last year.
The next day we went for a beautiful swim at Conningham and then met up with Nick’s parents. In the afternoon we caught up with James, Leesa, Meg and Emily and stayed at Missionary Bay.
Yesterday we had a lovely day at our favourite spot – Little Fancy Bay. Sublime!
Happy New Year
2013 here we come! We have had a wonderful Christmas and New Year and I hope you have too? I always love this time of year. The hum of ‘holidays’ is in the air – the freedom of time; family members home from distant shores; cars loaded with bikes, kayaks and trailers; sail boats a
Social Butterfly
The Poppy Files 