Thursday, August 13, 2026

Easter, Canberra, Music, HBF RFAR, Front Garden Overhaul

Just realised that it's been a while since an update!

Freo is doing so well, fingers crossed!

Easter 2026
Easter was a fun family event as usual, the oua rosi turned out fab.

Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Easter 2026
Cute photo from Mel's birthday!

Easter 2026
Cute photo from Corey's training day, patterns and grounded type workshop.

Movement Training Day
Jacinta and I worked hard on the front garden, pulling up the grass and replacing it with native plants from the city of Stirling. We learned the difference between a spade and a shovel (but I've now forgotten), and that getting rid of a huge pile of sand is probably the hardest part of a job like this (Andrew's dad's trailer to the rescue)! So happy with the result, the plants are mostly doing great but are now sharing the mulch with some weeds (oxalis is the bane of my existence).

Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Yard Work
Ginga (the old Casa Bianci) was pretty good, and so was Uncle Billy's and Rocky Ridge snuck in there too.

Ginga
Ginga
Ginga
Rocky Ridge
Electric Island was a fun dance party on the sand, it's such a fun festival! Armand van Helden and Flight Facilities were both great.

Electric Island
Electric Island
Electric Island
Electric Island
Oh there was that time Herdsman Lake caught on fire, yep, the lake.

Herdsman Lake on Fire
Herdsman Lake on Fire
Herdsman Lake on Fire
The HBF Run For A Reason, Ember, and drinks tradition is another year strrong.

HBF Run for a Reason 2026
HBF Run for a Reason 2026
HBF Run for a Reason 2026
HBF Run for a Reason 2026
HBF Run for a Reason 2026
Dry Cleaning at The Naval Store was an awesome gig.

Dry Cleaning and Walrus at The Naval Store
Dry Cleaning and Walrus at The Naval Store
A quick weekend over to Sydney and Canberra for Olga's birthday was really fun! So happy to see her, she's getting cuter and cuter, and she can hula hoop! And I think rings training together is in her future too.

Canberra July 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra June 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra July 2026
Canberra June 2026
Canberra July 2026
A Cave Yoga and Hike in Yanchep with Amy (last years' bday present) was an excellent chance to catch up and relax in nature. We were really prepared for the hike; we had all the gear, packed snacks, and were ready to go. We even bumped into Jacinta who loves hiking, and was also kitted up in all her hiking gear. When we arrived, there were 3 guides who reassured us that they would be with us the whole time, with two guides at the front, and one at the rear to help with any issues we might have, provide first aid, and they promised us that there would be some refreshing juice at the end to revive us. We started getting nervous about the difficulty of the hike, but we were still feeling positive! As we started the hike, we realised that about 10m in, we could still see the car, and hadn't left a paved path. About 20m into the "hike" (which is now starting to get some inverted commas around it), the guides pointed out some of the local wild life which included two ducks. We then visited the koala enclosure (we saw some koalas!), and we could also still see the Yanchep park pub at this point, while the guides were still reassuring us there would be juice. As we neared the end of the "hike", we started questioning what "yoga" and "cave" might mean, as we drank our end of "hike" juice (it was great juice). It turns out the cave and yoga were both pretty good representations of each of those things. Overall a fantastic day, but now we hike everywhere (including to the bathroom) and expect juice at the end.

Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Hike and Cave Yoga
Look at this beautiful flower one of our succulents made! But it broke, which was sad.

Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
And the obligatory Glamrdip dump and the end!

Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip
Glamrdip Galaxy Storm
Glamrdip Galaxy Storm
Glamrdip Confetti Birthday Glow mani
Glamrdip Confetti Birthday Glow mani