Well, another week has passed. I spoke with my brother Ken this evening for his birthday (Sunday for us) Monday in Australia and he mentioned their twins are 10 weeks old already which means we have been gone for 10 weeks as they were born the day after we left! And brother Alex who is in Ontario and is born on the same day will celebrate his birthday tomorrow. Very weird!!
Monday and Tuesday I copped the flu so that slowed things down here a little. By Wednesday, I was starting to feel a bit more alive, and went out for a coffee with some ladies.
Was gezelig! It was a wet and cold day!
One morning this week (when the sun was shining), Taleesha and I had some breakfast companions. A patio was being made for the west side of the house, and the concrete needed to be laid on two different days and only when the sun was shining. So the first stage happened last week, and this week was stage 2. So early in the morning the cement track and the Faber workers were there as busy as ants spreading the concrete. It turned out really nice and we even had afternoon tea there this afternoon along with cousin John Houweling.
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| Early morning company! |
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| Before |
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| Timber edging |
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| Great entertainment! |
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| After |
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| Sitting outside Sunday afternoon |
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| Nice area to ride bikes! |
I did some baking and cooking this week using Aussie recipes. The first one was an Aussie pie but puff pastry is not easily found. Apparently you can buy it but it is in bulk so you'd want to share! So I used pie crust which is rolled and you just unroll it and lay it on the baking dish. The pie did work and tasted good!
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| Aussie meat pie |
And the second is a real Aussie beauty; the pavlova. Most people haven't heard of it except if they have had contact with an (ex) Aussie. I didn't have a big mixer just a handheld, which gets tiring after 10 minutes even when sharing the holding with Jaclyn! It turned out really nice just not very high which we thought may be due to the mixing. Thanks to the passionfruit tins couried by Jared B from his latest trip to Sydney, we all thoroughly enjoyed our pav. We shared it with Marvin and Bernice and nothing was left!
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| Pavlova |
In the city centre, Lynden has some beautiful murals painted on their walls. Here are just a few.
And Shantel lost her third tooth!
Here in the US, mailboxes are not outside everyone's home. They are usually all the same shape and are often grouped together with a few people living next to you or even opposite you. So if you live in a cul de sac, your mailbox will be on the main road. A separate plastic box is for any newspapers you subscribe to. And if you want to post mail, you have a little flag which you put up and you put your mail inside the letterbox. When the postal service comes past, they see the flag, take out your mail and take it back to the post office. Now that is service! Oh, and check out their mail cars!
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| Three letterboxes grouped together |
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| The little flag indicating there's mail inside |
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| The mail cars |
Thursday night we celebrated Tante Fien's 77th birthday. We met more cousins we'd never met before.
Not long to go before she heads down under to met her brother (Steve's dad).
On Saturday we spent most of the day doing little touch-ups to the RV. Steve even got on top and cleaned the roof. He said it was a bit cooler up there!
Today (Sunday) we met a couple from Ontario and attends Providence church (they came for the wedding). They even know Alex and Megan. So, being Al's birthday, they kindly agreed to take a parcel for him! Thanks guys!
Well, I think that's this week in a nutshell. We've had rain, wind and sunshine! We are all well and looking forward to the long weekend starting Thursday where we hope to head to Deception Pass with the RV (interior photos still coming!) We hope all goes well.
Rubbish is garbage or trash.
Passionfruit and sultanas are unheard of.
And thongs are flip flops!
Thanks for visiting!
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