the very long weekend...

our backyard blitz has started in earnest

Today, it feels a bit to me like the real first day of the year.  The traffic is back on the roads, there's a chill in the air, and I am finally getting a bit of work focus (my work efforts have been extremely sporadic thus far).

We spent the Australia Day long weekend doing two things - firstly, starting work on our backyard, which, since the arrival of Dougal the digger three years ago, has gone from lush green, to a repulsive lunar landscape.  All I can say is it's lucky he's so cute..... We tackled a quick paint job, giving the pool wall a coat of Dulux's Saphire Stone, and one very faded sun lounge a spray of Pink Flamingo.  Then we started the real work, digging and levelling the soil in order to create some new stone paths and garden beds.  I'd made a trip to Fultons on Friday to buy a heap of stones for the new path - but not quite enough so I'll be back there this week - probably twice!

Secondly we've been doing some intense nursing of Annebelle - she arrived back from her school trip as sick as a dog and has literally sweated, coughed and slept for six days.  It's back to school this week so hopefully she's on the mend!

So, I guess it's back to it!  Roll on 2013!

hx