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Sharing your love of reading with your grandchildren is special and there are so many lovely picture books & childrens books out there. Hope you eventually get your reading mojo back. DH who reads the paper every day has stopped buying the newspaper now. It’s all online for him now.

I am the opposite. After reading so much more during the pandemic lockdowns here and even earlier this year, I have hit a reading slump. Not for lack of books though. Every fortnight I do “street library” walk in our local area that covers several kms and several street libraries plus our local library is always well stocked with new releases. Despite this, I’ve only read two books a month in the past two months and keep returning books to the library unfinished. I am sure I will get my mojo back in the new year. Enjoy your new reads especially Lee Child and Michael Connelly.

Had a lovely day yesterday. We had a really nice Ladies lunch for Melbourne Cup and I won a bottle of wine in the raffle. After work DD & I had a meet and greet with the gorgeous kitty we will take turns minding later this month. Then went out to dinner with DS & DD. Had a delicious beef bourguignon pie. Then the “kids” talked me into ordering a delicious dessert. After a day of good food & good company. Slept well.

Took 45 mins but I am finally able to like and post on my phone. It eventually happened automatically 😀

Nice photos.How’s the weather in Melbourne today?. I read it was supposed to be cold, wet and possible hail. We were due to have an outdoors Melbourne Cup lunch today but the gusty wind here in Sydney meant it had to be moved indoors.

Loving all the Halloween decorations and chocolates. Sorry the number of children trick or treating is down. We have “the race that stops the nation” on today. The Melbourne Cup horse race. Race goers in Melbourne normally dress up in their summery dresses but have been told by the weather bureau to rug up with a top temp of 14C and rain and possible hail forecast. We have an outdoor Race Day ladies lunch at work today but gutsy winds here in Sydney has forced it to be moved indoors which is a shame.

I would have said skeleton too. Only Spectre I know is from James Bond. Is it a gaming character? Great costume whatever the source.

Jasmine is a beauty

Sounds wonderful. Hope it you are able to organise annual get-togethers.

They are some of the best photos I’ve ever seen of Milford Sound. Just beautiful.

Happy 21st Birthday to Erin. What a beautiful memory you have of seeing & holding your granddaughter for the very first time. Erin is blessed to have such loving grandparents.

Yeah I have cruised once before and must have not signed up for VIFP. Even using my new VIFP number, I am not entitled to the super special deals but that’s ok, I don’t want to fly to Brisbane again this summer. Flight cancellations are a worry and I don’t need the stress.

Hope you have a lovely reunion with your neighbours.

Plenty of people on that social media site have snapped up the bargains. In particular the first sailing and the one to NZ. I got a decent deal when the discounting first started but it’s not as cheap as now and certainly not with the OBC unfortunately. I also never received an email. I suspect these cruises might be more of a booze cruise than usual because of how ridiculously cheap the fares are…

One of the Sydney photographers I follow had posted a spectacular photo online of the Ovation, the Opera House and the fireworks. After seeing the photo, I wondered if they were organised by Royal but no. Apparently, the fireworks were organised by the Hindu Council of Aus and in celebration of Diwali. You did well to have such gorgeous weather and bonus fireworks. Dad probably could confirm the name of his orchid. He did say it isn’t flowering as spectacularly as last year.

We have an upcoming road trip booked where they are forecasting snow this week. Hoping it won’t impact our plans but will have to wait & see.

Beans & first strawberries from Dad’s garden. He has given lots of broad beans away to neighbours and friends.

The homes in this area went big on Halloween decorations. Tried to get DH to stop and take some photos but he was hungry after our walk and needed lunch before we headed to the beach. First swim of the season for DH who said the water temp is still chilly. I was happy to do the headland walk then sit in the shade while my friend came me live house auction updates.

On Sunday, we did a gorgeous bushwalk in Middle Harbour in the morning. Camp Cove - just beautiful.

Absolutely glorious weather in Sydney in the weekend. Best weather we have had in months. Renee picked the best day for her sail into Sydney. Beautiful weather for outdoor functions for birthdays & early Christmas parties of which we had both. @ReneeFLL your sail in photos to Sydney are stunning.

My friend was lucky enough to have these two gorgeous Tawny Frogmouths (not owls) in her garden on the weekend. They are usually good at camouflage

Not sure if we are behind with our new movie releases here compared to the USA and the UK but if you are looking for a feelgood movie to see at the cinema with your mom or your sister, this heartwarming British new release is a lovely movie to see.

Happy belated birthday @grapau27. Looks like you had a lovely birthday dinner with Pauline & your Sarah.

@FromSea2ShiningSea Beautiful photos! Pleased the unexpected land holiday worked out so well for you. Have a fab cruise.

Ricky is a handsome boy. So lovely to read he has taken a shine to your grandson and bonding so well.