Such a cool mum that...

 My daughter thinks these are my earrings. I think they are kind of punk - and probably very painful to insert and wear!

The taking-it-as-it-comes school year - part 1

 Sebastian registering himself to return to in-person classes for his first "quadmester".

Delicious dining

This fine young man came over and cooked for us tonight.

A fish tajine that woud make his dad proud

 

How does our garden grow?

Well, it's a mixed bag. The tomatoes aren't ripening well and some animal comes along and eats one every few nights...

But we have harvested a few of the "better boys"

and they were delicious!

And then yesterday was the day to try our Devil's tongue hot pepper (we have 4). Seb insisted on suiting up. It is a pepper that starts at 125 000 on the scoville scale

 I am happy to say that I survived - though none of us was brave enough to eat any seeds!

Grandparent Camp 2020 - part 2

 

And now it is Sophie's turn to be pampered and feted. She has to stay on her grandparents' property for the whole 9 days but the weather is fair and the spoiling great! In fact, after the first 1.5 days, she told me that she had already had 3 weeks worth of treats!

A mighty fine afternoon tea

With a Gramps who can always make you laugh

And a Nana who is so very proud of you

A summer by / on / in the water

                                                    A little canoe camping with her dad

A version of July

I asked the younger teen to share some snaps of her July. Here you go...

Canoe camping 2020

The kids and their dad did a long weekend canoe trip --- in the rain and thunder and heat...

The sunny start