Onion Marmalade...

Yep that time of year again. Was going to town couple of weeks ago and came across 10kg boxes for $5. So I got two boxes and ended up making 23 glass containers of onion marmalade... Started at about 10:30am and finished my last batch of water bathing at 1:30am... I was had it by the end. But so worth it. Will make great presents :)

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Climbing monkey :)

Josh loves doing this... He actually is jumping on the trampoline at the same time and 'walking' up the wall of the house. He has seen Tim do this over many years. Now he loves to do it too... Freaks out others but :) hehe

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Cherry Tomatoes galore...

Picked these yesterday :) Man they taste so darn good :)

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Reward trip to IceWorld...

Just away from the edge...

Tim flying by with Russell's ski gloves on. lol

Josh too lots of breaks. Tim only one...

Josh scored a bargain. Tim did all the hard work and he got to go along with him to IceWorld. We were there for three hours and in that time Tim only had a tiny break. He loved the time on the ice. He scored a huge blister off course. Josh listened to me and put on two pairs of socks... Tim didn't listen to me... He only had on one pair...

He ended up doing twirls even. Josh hugged the side mostly but got very brave in the end... By the end the ice was slush and I was glad to get out of there to thaw out... Even just sitting in the stand for three hours with Russell you end up a little cold... But they had a ball and that is what makes the $15 each so worth it :) Will be doing it again. Great incentive :) :) :)

Cheers Damaris

RIP Oma...

Yesterday was the 7th Anniversary of my Oma passing away... Still remembered... Never forgotten... Always treasured...

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Peaches everywhere...

Had Christine ring up earlier during the week... She had a tree full of peaches and couldn't use any more of them. She had given a heap away and water bathed a heap herself. Chutney and jams had also been made. Could I please help her out and take some... Could I??? Off course I could...

So down I drive, armed with two doz eggs, which she was running out of :) And filled up two buckets. I ended up with seven glass containers full of peaches that I halved, skinned and water bathed in a light syrup. One didn't seal so we have been having it with home made custard. Oh yummmm... Straight from the tree to the bottle. From tree at 4pm and water bathed in total by 7:30pm. Now that is what I call fresh :)

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New Playground equipment...

Been waiting for ages and finally the unveiling happened... Lesley Park in Warwick finally got it's new playground opened up. Tim has been busting to get in there and off course we had to spend a chunk of the afternoon there playing... Was lovely to watch them both on the equipment but sad to say they are getting a little big for it...

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