Heading to 2013..HAPPY NEW YEAR

Sunday we have a nice easy morning...John potters with books and I do some more sewing.
John has been having coffee withdrawals as RV was closed yesterday and only opens at 12pm today.
We are first through the door at 12 and have lunch and coffee...yummy!!.

 Back Home Tom harvests a nice bowl of strawberries.

After a snooze, we go up to Wattle grove to do a bit more dead tree clearing..

 

 

 

 

Back home for a quiet evening...

NYE....and we have quite a busy day. It's a grey start...but lovely out..
Lisa Romero (one of our regular prescribing therapists) is dropping in to visit today as she is visiting Tassie. John has a lovely time showing her through the shop and his wonderful plants in the garden..
Later in the day Neil our local GP drops in an spends about 2 hours browsing and talking about his interest in Aircraft. Tom delights in showing him the telescope...
Liz drops in with a gift..her special New Years Day cake...Scottish Black Bun.

 

Ned and family call in to say hello...they have come over for lunch...
In between visitors we have a number of customers and sell some books...
After work we rest before heading to Judy's place at Ranelagh for BBQ dinner and games of Petanque. (Judy is a customer who works next door in the Town Hall)
There are only a few guests...Jan and daughter Rachel, Judy and 3 shy Japanese girls and us...so its a quiet evening. We enjoy a delightful meal and make our farewells at about 10.30pm...too tired to see in the New Year..

HAPPY NEW YEAR.....John is up and pottering while Tom and I enjoy a sleep in...
We have a wonderful slow morning... I finish my dress and make a wrap to go with it...

 

 

 

John and Tom get the Hypericum Oil filtering...
John wanders up for a coffee and I go for the walk...nice
We have some lunch and a snooze...
About 3-ish we drive into town. We have a lovely walk on the banks of the Derwent at Sandy Bay...

 

 

 

 

Tom has a long play in the great playground...while John and I are the "old folks" sitting on the park bench..

 

 

Then park at Battery Point and walk down to have dinner at Taste before going to inspect the fleet.
We are pleased to spot Maluka Kermandie the last arrival...such a little boat...

 

 

 

 

Tom enjoys a last look at Wild Oats..

 

By the time we get home we are glad to have a quiet read before bed.

Wednesday is cool and grey again..very quiet out early..

The boys read while I get some orders underway.
Tom is a great help today...typing up some labels and helping me get the medicines off the shelves.
He unpacks orders, helps me dust shelves...terrific.
John is busy in the lab with the Hypericum oil filtering and clean-up of bottles..
We sell so many books today...as there are alot of tourists coming through...really nice.
John gets to work on the Renodoron...as the flint he ordered has arrived. He grinds the flint then the gastroliths (stomach rocks from crayfish) and mixes them into solution before a filtering process..

The day passes quickly. We hear it will be hot tomorrow and a scorcher on Friday.
Tom and I head to Sydney tomorrow...so John plans to move the potted plants into the carport and keep them well watered through the day....

The temperature is record breaking for Hobart on Friday...John reports it is like a blazing hot Sydney day..The thermometer in the car registered 43 degrees as he drove though Huonville around 3.30..on the way to the airport.

We enjoyed a lovely visit to Sydney..Tom and I caught up with dear family and friends..did a final adjustment to the wedding dress..John arrived Friday evening...we saw a fabulous Opera ..La Boheme...city sights including John's favourite Dragon's Blood tree, lunch at Watson's Bay Park, Paddington ...then home..