Week 437 “The last month”

I have been away for Easter – remembering the last Easter in Eildon with Jill was great – reliving all the great times  around the camp fire with the family and friends and doing it all over again. The boys are older and enjoyed the experience of the Egg hunt and the visit of the CFA firetruck collecting for the Royal Children’s Hospital and returning on Easter Sunday and throwing small Easter eggs into the crowd of children.

Having a coffee with Jill at Eildon

parrots join us each day at Eildon

Enjoying our camp fire

Lucas playing with their Easter present

I’ve found an Egg

CFA truck

Chris, Lucas and Pat

Riley playing Totem Tennis

Lucas sharing a coffee with his Grandma

The weather this year was much cooler with Easter falling later in the year and the camp fire was lit early in the morning and continued all day. We returned to a restaurant , Jill and I visited last year and  had another coffee with Jill.

Before Easter I went to Melbourne to baby sit the boys for a couple of days and again last week as they had both developed the flu and it was quite challenging . Lucas demanding much more attention than Riley – but we survived and the boys are back in Day Care. Lucas is now referring to me as Grand Pa and thats an improvement from a point.

The weather has changed and I figure it must be snowing somewhere as it is very cold. I went out to the farm to help Keiran and Louise collect fire wood. They left with a trailer full and me with some sore muscles. Pat is still not the best and has to stay inside for the warmth of the fire. We had a great lunch supplied by Louise and I headed home around 3  just in time to watch Geelong Cats win again although it was rather tense in the last quarter with them winning by only 5 points.

The house renovations are close to the end with some privacy screens still to be erected and the garden to be changed although it is much better than before. I have no doubt that Jill is watching every move I make and probably suggesting what should happen next.

I have joined several Facebook groups on genealogy and they are quite interesting. Also Lost places like Lost Maryborough, Lost Carisbrook, Lost Majorca and Lost Wangaratta the photos and comments being lodged bring back all sorts of memories and certainly generate family discussions. I have also met some cousins ( distant) that I didn’t know existed – One from Ireland.

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