Changing Seasons : January 2023

The new year has started with us feeling the pull of the open road. January has been a month of dreaming about what we will do this year and then planning. 

A trip to New Zealand is high on the list, but the air fare prices are so high at the moment, and air travel is very unpredictable that we are waiting till later in the year for that adventure. Maybe even do a cruise…

Then the son suggests we all go for a week get away to celebrate his 50th birthday. What a good idea. So after much discussion and searching on Google, we decide on Stradbroke Island. We have booked a lovely Airbnb home right on the beach at Amity Point. That will be in April over Easter.

This weekend we will be setting off on a road trip to Sydney. The first road trip we have done for 5 years. I’m feeling excited, but also a tiny bit apprehensive. So we will be taking it very slowly, with lots of stops along the way. A 2 day stop at Port Macquarie and then on to visit another son in Cambletown. He bought a house 3 years ago and so far we haven’t seen it.

All the pot plants have been taken to James’s garden.

 

What a sense of freedom it is living here with no garden to worry about. We can just shut the door and go.

All that’s left is Buddha and a few ornaments. I’m wondering if I will bring the plants back.. The lorrikeets were very confused when they came visiting and complained quite loudly. (Click on the short video to hear them.)

We’ve still been walking and using the local busses to explore and, of course, our sketch books are always with us.

But when the storm clouds gather it is time to head home and sit on the balcony to watch the storm pass over.

But it soon passed and the next day it is back to our usual sparkling, blue outlook.

So January is now a memory and a record on my blog. If you would like to follow me on our road trip to Sydney I will be posting photos on my instagram account “pauline.carroll.92”

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Thanks to Jo-lyn and Brian keeping the “changing Seasons” monthly challenge running it prompts me to keep a record of our changing times.