37 Black Swans: Countdown to Huon Show..

Had a wonderful catch up weekend with my dear siblings...thanks all.

Monday and its still pretty warm here after a day of about 21 degrees yesterday.

Beautiful roses in a front garden I pass by...

Back into the routine...doing chores, a little sewing on the dress then off to work.

There are alot of orders today so we are pretty busy.

The sky darkens and darkens during the morning and eventually the rain comes down...even one BIG clap of thunder..don't hear that very often down here for some reason.

We get through the day...then Tom arrives in.

Soon its scout time..and John kindly walks Tom to Burton's Reserve while I have a snooze...suddenly feeling VERY tired.

After dinner the boys get into the new book.....The Wizard of Earthsea trilogy bu Ursula Le Guin...an old favourite of mine!! I happily sew while listening to the reading..

Then its off to bed ..

Tuesday and it is a magic morning.

Clear blue skies ...sun shining...

A quirky window display at Lotus eaters..

Usual routines then off to school and work..

I head to Community Garden about 9.30am ..

Lots of weeding to do.

We also plant out some Tomato plants ..5 new varieties.These are part of a project with Hobart Botanical Garden to grow and save their seeds. Kate Flint runs a local seed saving group called SeedSaveUs and was approached to take assist with this project.

We have a lovely morning together..and enjoy our cuppa...even if no-one has brought cake today..its mostly nuts and dried fruit...yum.

Back at the shop, John makes a batch of Catarrh Cream and we do a few more orders..

After school, John and Tom go up to Wattle Grove to harvest some Bellis perennis..I mind the shop.

Then its off to RV for soup and bread.

I leave John and Tom to go to a Town Forum presentation by Council at the Town Hall at 6pm...

Some interesting presentations...but I didn't learn much about the council's plans.

Glad to come home and settle down for the night.

Wednesday...and its overcast...a shame as its the morning of the solar eclipse.

We do the usual chores...

Tom has a look out at the sun and notices that we could just see the filtered impression of the eclipse...(See lower left quadrant.)

There is plenty of work to keep us occupied ...with orders and John makes a Eucalyptus/Plantago cream while I finish labelling the Catarrh cream boxes..

The sun makes an appearance half way through the day..

John heads into town after lunch to sort through some more secondhand books...

Tom has Footy Skills after school today. He has a fantastic time and is all enthusiastic about it...really delightful.

I leave Tom doing his homework and go to get some salad at the Community Garden..and have a chat with Liz and Laura who are in the garden too.

John arrives in just after about 7 ish with a couple of boxes of books..

Then its reading and settling down for the night..

Thursday and the sun streams in the back windows..but the grey clouds are out the front when I set out on my walk. The rain holds off and it turns into a lovely sunny morning.

I take a look at the first rose blooms over the road..gorgeous..

The back garden looks so lovely on the sunshine..

We are busy throughout the morning with orders etc..

After lunch I go over to help in Tom's class. They are studying Astronomy...so we do some art...astronauts on the moon...using black paper tissue paper and glitter for moon and stars...then cut out drawings of astronauts..they look pretty good.

Tom has a haircut after school and we finish off in the shop...

Devour dinner tonight...John and I have the crumbed flathead and chips while Tom has his usual kid's burger...yummm...

A bit more sewing while we hear more of Sparrowhawks' adventures..

Friday and the rain comes and goes..

Sadly the Aquatic Fun Day at Huonville pool is cancelled today..too cold and wet as it is an outdoor pool.

We have a quiet morning..so John labels the Eucalyptus Plantago and I set up a new Toy/Christmas display..

We have a number of customers in today...local friends and tourists too..Nice to get positive feedback from visitors..

It's a busy afternoon of orders...you can never tell how the day will pan out.

The weather has come and gone all day...a very Tassie sort of day.

Tom arrives in from school and at 3.30pm he goes to the Town Hall for a free Puppet Show..lots of fun.

We take a short walk around town after dinner and then enjoy a quiet Friday night at home.

Saturday and it looks like a good one for the Huon Show.

We set out about 8 ish...

We delight in looking at the animals .....

and everything else there is to see..

Such a terrific day...the pictures tell the story...

John's favourite tent had info about feral cat and fox eradication... The guy said we could help ourselves to anything..(meaning brochures etc..) John said.."Anything?? looking at the cat!!"