Adelaide Fringe Festival

Always a fun place to be, the Adelaide Fringe Festival is a great mix of artists, audiences and people having a good time.



Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Swimming Carnival

How nice that I was able to attend Arran's swimming carnival.

Though I have to admit after all those swimming lessons I thought she might win something. However, I am very pleased that she is able to participate and gives it a go.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Hobbies

I fel rather refreshed this week taking up a bookbinding course and also going back to slightly better than beginners in Spanish.

Nice to think in a different way.


Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Rainy days

A day of rather tropical rain, to match this summer's humidity. The kind when you listen and wonder what might be flooding, or at least when our house used to flood, the kind that you crossed your fingers that it wasn't flooding.

We spent the day doing domestic stuff, baking cupcakes and spinach pie. Finally taking the Christmas tree down.

Don't know what happened to our bunny, he was rather poorly in the evening and off his food. He seems to have bounced back to health overnight.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Back to school

Back in the groove again and back to school.

Saxophone being practised in the background, a bit rusty after a month or so without playing.

Back at full steam with my work and wondering what I want to do next.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Camilla

Enjoying the summer holidays with a book and a glass of wine.


Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Wake up Everybody

One of my all time favourite songs. Love the lyrics.



Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

gerroa

Spent the weekend at Gerroa, which was revitalising

Caught the train down, which gave me time to read, got some great ideas on the way.

Plus found out that the Guardian actually has a great setting for reading it on mobile phones.

It was great to catch up with Perrie and Bert.

Beach was excellent at 7pm, watching the sun set and lolling in the surf.

Joanne Kee

http://www.ceressolutions.com.au/

Circus Oz

Took the family down to Tumbalong Park to see Circus Oz.

It was the three generations, grandparents, us and Arran. Seems the older and the younger generation enjoyed what they saw. Us in the middle thought it was fine, but were uninspired. However for a fun, family thing to do, it is recommended.

Its a short walk from there to Chinatown, so we caught the end of the night noodle markets.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Happy New Year

Joanne Kee
www.placesandspaces.com.au

Blue Mountains

Spent a couple of nights in the Mountains visiting some friends.

Found out it was our Uncle John and Aunty Sunny's 48th wedding anniversary on the 29th December. That was some coincidence that we happened to drop in on that day.

Hung out in expensive Leura and made an expensive toy purchase. However, now we are back in Sydney I realise that we could have bought it cheaper on the net. So we shall be converting to online shopping for the future. Therein lies another lesson!

Also reckon that lot of those restaurants and cafes are overrated and too expensive for what they provide. Tourist traps.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Merry Christmas

Christmas bus in the city

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Whatever...: Cupcake fever

Whatever...: Cupcake fever

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Cupcake fever

Visit http://thisaintnotardis.blogspot.com/ for the cupcake story.

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Santa comes to the Greyhound track

Ok, yes, here I am again, bad parent, what am I teaching my daughter? Santa arrived by ute on the greyhound track! Great Australian values.

Wentworth Park Greyhounds had free entry for families, present from Santa, bouncey castle, petting zoo and face painting all for free. All this to the background of races being called, bookies in place and of course the long TAB counter.

OK, we are unlikely to ever go back to watch the greyhound races, but was blown away with the real estate that the dogs have, how on earth do they afford that space, when there are so few people going?

Also was fascinated by that bunny zooming around the track.

Ho, ho, ho

Joanne Kee
http://www.ceressolutions.com.au/

Arran's Christmas Poem

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Flash Mob

If you are interested in a flash mob and live in sydney, check this out.





Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au

Christmas carols at Elizabeth farm

So what is it about Christmas carols, that the songs are always played so that it is very hard to sing along. Either too high, or the tempo is super fast or slow.

It must be why women singing in church always have that strained kind of thing happening.

Having said that, this was a lovely space for carols. It was a rather refreshing Christmas carols, not too big, so the kids could run around, you could see the band and the singing, there was plenty of room to spread out.

All the kids got to line up for Santa and received a gift. The setup allowed the kids to go up the front and sing along, or listen to the Night before Christmas.

Definitely one of the better carols I have been to.

Joanne

http://www.ceressolutions.com.au/

Christmas Cards

This weekend we have been busy making Christmas and other cards. Quite satisfying really and some of them actually look quite good.

If anyone fancies giving it a try, really good materials are available at Amazing paper. Plus I have seen materials at Big W and Officeworks.


Joanne Kee
http://www.ceressolutions.com.au/

Canberra

Just came back from a weekend in Canberra to face the scorching heat in Sydney. Hopefully this is not indicative of the summer to come.

Canberra was fun, we went to see Bangarra's Fire at the Canberra Theatre. Fantastic show.

Then we experienced Canberra nightlife in Civic, even managing a late meal. It was really buzzing around there.

Joanne Kee
www.ceressolutions.com.au