Psalm 23 at the Lake

 

This last week we have had a much-needed holiday.

Plenty of time for rest and contemplation.

And oh, the lake.

How could I help but think of Psalm 23?

Bruny

This time last year ...

Bruny Island adventures

... and yes, we did walk to the top, 

but quite without planning to ...

Hobart

This time last year ...

 Four days living in Arthurs Circus, Battery Point, Hobart

Easter Blessings

“He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, 

so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; 

“by his wounds you have been healed.”

1 Peter 2:22-25

This time last year ...

... we were in Tasmania.

And since I didn't ever post all those photos then,

you're getting a few of them now.

Cataract Gorge

There has been a lot of talk of "a year ago we were ...."

A year ago we were staying here,

Coachman's Cottage, Brickendon.

Close to the main house:

and feeling like we were living in an Austen novel.

Colours of the holidays

It's been a colourful few days.

Today the girls and I went to the Opera House for  

The Australian Ballet's Introduction to the Ballet -

watching the dancers do their daily class onstage,

and then dance part of Manon, in colourful full costume with a set.

We three sometime ballet dancers loved it.

When we came out at 1.30 the sun was still shining,

blue skies and green palm trees.

Our first fine afternoon in a long time.

It was hot, too, in the sun. The girls had icecreams

(while I sat nibbling on a dry GF/DF biscuit, wishing some things were otherwise)

Yesterday Laura went iceskating with friends

(a big adventure making their way there 

alone on public transport for the first time).

I tidied the plastics cupboard while I waited for the kettle to boil.

Emily and I spent the morning trying and comparing different brands of colouring pencils,

then went out and collected my new reading glasses.

Before I chose frames I'd decided I'd go for tortoiseshell or blue,

remarkably, I found a frame with both colours.

(The jury is still out as to whether they are helping,

I'm still adjusting to them)

Emily made the difficult decision at the art shop,

and invested in 36 Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.

I bought some cable needles, and am knitting cables for the first time.

It seems to be working, and is not as difficult as I expected.

I don't know why I waited so long.

 And just now, a gorgeous sunset,

casting a peachy glow onto Emily's bedroom walls.

I hope you are having a colourful week, too.

Sunshower

While I was tidying my craft room this afternoon,

expecting rain, the sun came out, and we had a sunshower.

Brilliant sunshine with quite heavy rain.

And a surprising number of people walking by in raincoats and with umbrellas.

It was lovely.

Also today, this last day of term, and my first truly free day
in goodness-knows-how-long,

I washed, baked, walked, and rested, watching A Room with a View.

I had some other plans, but not enough energy to carry them out.

I guess my body just needed to slow down a little and spend most of the day resting.

 Now in the late afternoon, the sunshowers continue.

The girls are home, and holidays have begun.