The birthday weekend was wonderful – the food fabulous. Unfortunately no-one took photos! The cook is a photographer so it’s hardly surprising that she didn’t and I was busy catching up with the girls.
The weather was so brilliant that a lot of time was spent on the beach – the girls were worn out by the end of each day, as well as their Nanna, and they didn’t want to go home – in fact the youngest almost got quite stroppy about it but she was too tired to put up much of a fight and besides, she know when to cut her losses and that returning to Nanna’s house in a given.
A 360 view from the top of a sand dune close to my house (behind the next sand dune) taken on my iPhone using the DMD Panorama app. Sorry about the wonky horizon, I nearly fell off my perch!
We crossed over the stream and headed north where Jeanne set about picking up horse mussel shells, they’re about 20 centimetres or 8 inches long. The first thing she did on getting home was to create a maṇḍala on the deck.
Meg practice writing her name on the beach . . .
. . . and lunch was al fresco.
On Sunday afternoon we all worked on a line of sculptures on the beach and a sandy boat at the high tide mark – photos to come . . . I didn’t even have my phone on me but fortunately my son did.
As I packed up for the working week and left yesterday morning, I was really happy that it was going to be the last time I did it – it’s hardly surprising that I don’t want to leave here during the week is it? And it’s the school holidays next week, we have 4 10-week terms here with a fortnight off in between, so I’ll have a fine time making, playing, sewing and painting too perhaps.
Yes, blessings counted = bliss.
late start studio 
Sounds deliciously blissful – I say as I turn a shade of green!