How Time Flies

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It has been quite a busy time over the past 10 months since we arrived in Adelaide. Much like any international move it always takes time to settle in and find one’s feet. But somehow I have the feeling that this time around it has taken that little bit longer. I have no definitive reason for this and perhaps it is simply the age starting to catch up and add to that; the fact that workwise I have been rather busy doing the seven to six thing, which does mean that any spare time becomes precious.

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Anyway on the work front the project is pushing (or should I say tracking) along nicely and the first section due for completion on the 7^th May will be completed on time and handed over to the Client and the remainder are following along in a similar vein and should be completed within time. On this project I am not too worried about the budget as that is the concern of others (LOL).

We have not just been sitting back and watching the sunrises and sunsets; even though they still remain a stunning spectacle almost every day. Shortly after moving into the house in July it was time to start the vegie garden. It has turned out to be very fruitful, with bumper crops of tomatoes, cucumber, lettuce and other salad veg all through summer; to the fact that we bought no veg during summer and lived off the garden. Karin saw to it that we also had a continuous supply of flowers and combined with the success in the vegie department; gave us that enormous feeling of satisfaction sitting out on the back patio, savouring a cool beer after a hard day at work.

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We had such a good crop of tomatoes and after having dished them out at work to the point where folk were saying we cannot eat anymore we gave drying a go. It was rather successful with me knocking up a drying rack one Saturday afternoon and then spending a Sunday morning slicing; we ended up with some 2kgs of dried tomatoes which has been frozen and should take us through winter. Why waste all this glorious sunshine and they are simply divine in a risotto.

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Winter is slowly starting to make its imminent arrival known with some of the surrounding trees changing colour and the evening and mornings have a definite nip in them. Summer was rather an up and down affair, with scorching hot days around 40° C and then a couple of days around the 25°C mark often with a good bout of rain. The roller coaster weather played havoc with our minds but was brilliant for the plants as it allowed them to catch their breath and also gave us a bit of respite from watering. One of the joys of gardening is standing with a sprinkler in one hand and a beer in the other.

So much has been done since our arrival that I have split the various travels into a number of blogs and they can be read by clicking on each of the links below.

Day trip to Cleland

Victor Harbor in a Day

Seaford to Cape Jarvis

The Barossa Valley

Murray Bridge

Kangaroo Island

The Flinders Ranges

I trust that all our friends and colleagues are doing as well and please take care until a next time, and hopefully the gaps between blogs will not be as long, now that a routine of some sorts has been found (plus the wet winters are made for indoor activity).