OK, no saving the best for last today, I'm jumping right into the whales! Last weekend our friend Melbourne Rob took us out on his boat. Here is Hugh eagerly awaiting our departure from the Rosslyn Bay marina: (As an aside, the hill you can see in the backround...

Well, it's September 1 - the first day of spring in Australia. And what a truly fabulous weather weekend it's been! I wasn't out and about too much at this time last year (weird to think the cancer diagnosis and hysterectomy was just a year ago) so I'm essentially...

Well, here we are in our final weeks of winter and spring is already in the air - thank goodness! Having to wear long sleeves, long pants, and socks in my sandals was getting to be a bit much. It was nice this week to get back to my usual garb of skorts and T-shirts...