Silver Fox and Fern

Happy Christmas

2007-12-13T17:19:00.000-08:00

Here is a Christmas Tree I created to get us into the spirit of the occasion.

We leave for Wellington on 20th Dec until 6th Jan and I can't wait to have a kiwi Christmas and meet my new nephew and catch up with friends.

Ian's sporting and intellectual prowess

2007-12-13T17:00:00.000-08:00

Ian participated in the Masters Games in November - his cricket team were all teachers/ ex teachers - despite that obvious disability they still managed a bronze medal!

He also got to dress up again for his birthday and to represent his department at the first Tafe graduation.

November activities

2007-12-13T16:43:00.000-08:00

Sophie and Sam tied the knot at Sophie's parents place - it was a beautiful ceremony and celebration! We had a very subdued 'hens night' - Sunday afternoon tea at Saldechin.

Going crazy with origami!

2007-09-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

We had been invited to lunch at Jeff and Libby's to celebrate Tony's return from Japan. He bought his girlfriend to Australia - Yoshiko (girl in kimono!). After a magical lunch - marinated sardines, capperonata, a whole snapper stuffed with prawns and a blood orange bavarois

for dessert - we were ready for Yoshiko's origami lessons. Project 1 was a crane, project 2 was a box and for the more advanced students - a project involving 2 different pieces of paper folded together to make our very own 'war weapon'.!! It was a very funny afternoon.

2007-06-24T23:59:00.000-07:00

Team Elliott and Jaggard on another walk on Arkaba Station.

2007-06-24T23:43:00.000-07:00

Attempting the climb to the top of Mt Ohlssen Bagge in the Wilpena National Park. We left Mum to rest at a few different places while we kept going. Mum made a nice bed for herself right next to a termite nest!

Mid winter break

2007-06-24T23:28:00.000-07:00

This is the view from Arkaba Station cottage of the Elder Ranges. The colours changed constantly.

2007-04-10T00:12:00.000-07:00

Here are the beach sheds on Brighton Beach. I expected to see people selling things out of them like brightly coloured beach toys and lollies.

This photo is from an exhibition at the Gallery. The 'skyscrapers' are made from lego and they are displayed inf ront of the water wall - I think it looks like a futuristic city.

Easter road trip to Melbourne

2007-04-09T23:39:00.000-07:00

We left early on Good Friday and the first stop involved Hot x buns and coffee. We decided to leave the boat at the service station and pick it up on the way back!

Another stop was at a motel in Horsham that Ian's family used to manage in the late 60s. We almost ended up staying here as the new owner wanted to show us ALL the renovations they had made since 1969! As fascinating as this was we needed to be on our way as had a footy game to attend at the MCG.

Other acitivties included relaxing in the sculpture garden of the Gallery, shopping, dining out. Ian had a visit from the Easter Bunny too!

A wedding!

2007-03-28T00:57:00.000-07:00

Ian and I went to Katie and Steves wedding last weekend. Held in Veale Gardens in Adelaide on Saturday. The Celebrant cracked a few jokes and sucessfully joined Katie and Steve in matrimonial union.
We had been shopping in the morning to complete our outfits. The dress was from Hanoi, shoes from Sydney and cardy and beads from Adelaide. With this ensemble I channelled 'Happy Days' and 'Grease'. Even Ian's tie matched my outfit!
Julia and Mark were our favourite fellow guests!

Amanda's birthday lunch

2007-03-28T00:51:00.001-07:00

This is a lunch to celebrate Amanda's 40th birthday. At the Botanic Cafe on East Tce in Adelaide - just one of Amanda's many celebrations that she held around Australia!

Womad weekend March 17th

2007-03-28T00:23:00.000-07:00

Here we are doing a spot of ecstatic dancing - we calmed down by drinking chai in the Chai tent.

A good weekend of music, sun and friends. Not a lot of dancing was done which is why we whipped ourselves into a frenzy at the last concert just to prove to ourselves that we could do it.

These photos are of me, Amanda, Greg and Sacha.

Cricket Victory

2007-01-23T14:58:00.000-08:00

Last night we went to the Adelaide Oval and watched the Black Caps beat the Pomms in an emphatic win! It was fun watching the cricketers practice at the nets and seeing Freddie up close. The Kiwis aren't very tall compared to the Poms - good that Obram got man of the match. Ian gave me a comprehensive lesson in reading and interpreting the scoreboard so it was an educational tour of a one day cricket match - I think I passed the final test with flying colours! Just like the Black Caps!