Family times...........

My last post was finished just before I walked out the door for a drive up the highway on Saturday morning. It was a beautiful spring day, although a chilly start of 7 deg at 7am. The wattles were still flowering in places, native plants on the roadside are blossoming, the bottlebrush trees are coming into bloom and a lovely blue sky appeared as the day progressed. I had decided to take another day out and visit the members of my South Australian families. First stop was Murray Bridge to pick up my mum for the journey. 

About 3 1/2 hours later we arrived at the home of DD1 and family and enjoyed some time sitting outside under the trees with them, while enjoying some of those scones that I had baked the day before. The chorus of the birds added to our conversation.

Our next stop was about an hour's drive away at the home of DD2 and family, where the sausage rolls you saw in my previous post were put straight into the oven to heat! You might even be able to see another plate of scones!

It was only a 5 minute drive to the next stop, the home of DS and family. 

We even managed a 4 generation family pic.

 Family times have been very limited this year, and while the numbers of active covid 19 cases in our state are negligible, I decided to act. It is rather disappointing that our day could not include a visit to DD3 and family, due to the distance of course, but also that border being closed!

It was certainly a great week for family gatherings, creating memories, and photos for the blog book.

I had great plans for Sunday which involved time in the garden, and I did spend some time there before church. "They" say that all plans can be changed, and I have to admit that some of the afternoon included a nana nap in the lounge chair. Perhaps I can blame "jetlag"? After a year with a lot less highway trips that normal, perhaps having 2 in one week was a bit much?

This week I am on a mission to work my way through some of that quilting queue and pulled out some of the plastic tubs with quilts and put them in view!! (Some of those tubs have more than one quilt in them, so I do hope I am not too ambitious?)  It's Tuesday evening and so far, so good. I have a dentist appointment tomorrow, and a committee meeting on Thursday, but in between Max will be busy. 

While I am writing this post, the birds outside in the trees are singing in full voice. It must be spring time. I will be back with a post of customer quilts real soon.

Blessings, From Jude