Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Why do they call it Foster?

I don't know why they call it Forster when they say 'Foster'.




Iced chocolates and coffees for all
Brent, Maureen, Sarah, Heather, Ben, and Allan



Walking along the main beach at Forster



The sunset after our boating expedition on the lake



The view from Hawk's Nest across Port Stephens - looking towards Nelson Bay

Dave and Wendy's Royal Wedding





It was a beautiful day full of sunshine, love, and bubbles...

Progress

Our renovation plans are progressing well. Council is moving on it...what an answer to prayer! Hey, just need some money for it! Do you think the bank will give us a bit more?

We've (Allan actually) cleared out the plants beside the back steps where a lovely blue tongued lizard once resided...poor thing got upset that its home was being uprooted... so it was in the process of moving house...to the house across the road...but unfortunately got run over...horrible eh?

So Amanda made an open grave on the council strip with the kids...much to my neighbour's concern (slightly superstitious about the shrine-like structure surrounded by stones and flowers), or maybe it was the notion of a decomposing lizard that was bothering her!

I am Australian...

It's just a ceremony away. Brent and I will be Australian - how weird! But I'll still cheer for the All Blacks, get patriotic tears when I hear the haka, prefer my oysters battered, long for roast yams and kumera, and look toward the mountains.