Are we in the Colonies or what?

Yeah, yeah..I know its Autumn but really, we ARE in the colonies and its usually much warmer that this!
Last night was positively arctic!
The wind was howling and the temperature dropped to beyond cold!
The only thing for it was to sit in front of the heater and keep warm and then head off to a toasty warm bed  and dream beautiful dreams of walking through the glens and forests of Glencoe.

This morning at least the sun is out and is trying to defrost the earth in our neck of the woods but the wind is still keeping the temperatures low.
This is not helping the Lord's shoulder pain - ever since he had an injury at work he has been finding it hard to continue working without having to take regular breaks or holidays to get him through his most painful periods.
These last few weeks have been particularly difficult and the cold weather and very early starts have not helped.
This has become a big issue for him and he is slowly realizing that he just cannot continue in the same capacity as before.
So its off to see doctors and specialists yet again this week to see what can be done.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend.

The little Princess has turned Legal!

Well the wheel of life turns so quickly and often as the days and months fly past we dont even notice until we see our children walk past one day and think "who is that person and when did they get so grown up?"
And so I found myself celebrating my baby girl's 18th birthday this weekend.
When the bloody hell did that happen?
She is the last little princess I have and she is planning to leave the nest next year to head to University in the big city leaving the colonial backwater of Newcastle far behind.
I fear that she is unprepared for the harshness of city life and I do not want to think about it right now.
The festivities of the coming of age were a quiet affair as she prefers to save her pennies for her end of school year "schoolies" yet another rite of passage that frightens the bejezzels out of me.
Where is that little girl whose every centimeter of skin would be kissed on a daily basis when she was only a wee bub!
She is now all grown up and there is nothing I can do about it.

Its so cool being a LORD!

MILORD in midflight above the glorious Hunter Valley NSW..

Living the life of a Lord

For a brief moment in time the Lord and Lady of the Manor felt quite affluent this week with a few nights out at local restaurants including Spanish Tapas and German homestyle cooking ending in a weekend with the Lord taking a flight in a Albatross jet and going to see RIVERDANCE as they finally finish their world tour.
All of this amazingness makes one quite tired!
I will need a few days at home in front of the tele to bring me back to earth but first I am heading to Melbourne for a few days to do some research and study.
Wow life has been hard to bear ( NOT!!!)
How do the rich and well heeled do this?