Lovely Spring Weather

Happy Spring to the Aussies!

We have had to put the air conditioner on to cool down on a couple of days. Yeeeehaaa!!! I feel the heat quickly but Steve is slow to warm up. This can be a little difficult in a caravan, where we can't split up and go to different rooms, where we can adjust the temperatures to suit. Most days are around 26C at present. As soon as the frosts finished, green leaves shot up from the ground that Neville had raked over. They were helped along by an inch of rain over the weekend. The jonquils and freesias threaten to be quite stunted but the lilies and gladioli look as if they will grow normally.

Emily and Carissa haven't returned to finish the jigsaw because they became very sick. Carissa was in hospital for 3 days. When we went up to see her, she and another girl from her school were in beds side by side. Apparently some mystery virus was rampaging throughout the school.

Steve is enjoying not having to work frantically on the caravan every day. He had become quite sore from lying on concrete and working above his head or climbing up to the roof and down a few dozen times a day. He announced today, while he was soaking in the pool, that his aches and pains had disappeared. He is slowly getting bits and pieces done. The pantry was completed before we left home but we forgot to latch it on the trip and the slide broke. He bought more from the Internet and has it repaired now. I do love that pantry!! These pictures show it closed and open. You can see Steve's computer terminal at the bottom. A door matching the pantry goes over it but this isn't on yet. It holds a great deal and it is easy to see in and reach everything.

I bought a glass cutting board which pleases me very much. It has the "right" colors and the high shine makes the picture look 3D from some angles.

Steve has made the bedside drawers. They are big and deep and slide smoothly. It's a relief to be able to have clothes close at hand. Nothing is painted yet. I keep offering but Steve keeps refusing (wisely.) I'm not known for my tidy painting skills.

We've set up an eating area near the door, with folding chairs and temporary tables and are experimenting with different positions. When we are satisfied, we'll replace the folding tables with a wooden one that folds down from the wall. As we are usually eating when my favourite "Something In the Air" comes on TV, we swing the television around.

Sam has starred as Mowgli in a musical, The Jungle Book. It was disappointing that we couldn't be there to see him. We shouted Talitha, Maddy and Josh the tickets and they attended in our absence. They were full of praise for Sam's performance.

Madeleine starts secondary school next year and is enrolled at Box Hill High School. I looked it up and was quite impressed with what they offer.