Travels
Had a great trip to the US - went to San Diego, Claremont, SLO, and SF - so pretty much covered CA! Saw lots of family and friends and enjoyed american retail and american food.
And now back in Melbourne and back to my regular routine - yoga 4xwk and water aerobics 2xwk, cheap movies on Monday, arthouse films on Weds night. Meditating every morning and the NYT crossword puzzle every day. Plus a bit of art - painting jizos and recently went to a watercolor class at the library.
We are doing some travelling within Australia - will go to Sydney for a week the end of Sept and also probably in Oct and Nov. In Dec and Jan hope to spend a month in Tasmania, maybe doing the 4 day walk on Maria Island and going to the music festival at Mona.
Just finished reading Lab Girl which I really enjoyed and now I am reading The Genius of Birds. I already have more books from the library than I can finish, which means the other books and magazines I have at home end up waiting a long time.
Our household is doing well - one housemate is on a art retreat in Spain! And staying in her room is an american from Austin TX, so that is fun. Our landlords replaced the stove that was falling apart. I roasted cauliflower today. Some of my movie friends are off on travels. Spring has arrived so I am out working in the garden for about an hour a day.
We have lived in the same place for almost a year, and have gotten very attached. It will be hard to get back to the 23 kgs moving weight! I love this house and garden and feel very grounded here. The yoga is close, great bakeries and butchers and greengrocers are close by. Libraries and art museums and arthouse cinema all just blocks away and the rent is cheap - really it has been so very good, but we also dream of driving around Australia and eventually, after we get passports, going on a round the world year long trip, hopefully including Barcelona, where my sister is living, well she is in the outskirts, but close enough for us!
I have watched some great series on SBS - Jordskott, Trapped and just now, Witnesses (Swedish, Icelandic and French, quite a world tour)
Ok time for Fat yoga!
And now back in Melbourne and back to my regular routine - yoga 4xwk and water aerobics 2xwk, cheap movies on Monday, arthouse films on Weds night. Meditating every morning and the NYT crossword puzzle every day. Plus a bit of art - painting jizos and recently went to a watercolor class at the library.
We are doing some travelling within Australia - will go to Sydney for a week the end of Sept and also probably in Oct and Nov. In Dec and Jan hope to spend a month in Tasmania, maybe doing the 4 day walk on Maria Island and going to the music festival at Mona.
Just finished reading Lab Girl which I really enjoyed and now I am reading The Genius of Birds. I already have more books from the library than I can finish, which means the other books and magazines I have at home end up waiting a long time.
Our household is doing well - one housemate is on a art retreat in Spain! And staying in her room is an american from Austin TX, so that is fun. Our landlords replaced the stove that was falling apart. I roasted cauliflower today. Some of my movie friends are off on travels. Spring has arrived so I am out working in the garden for about an hour a day.
We have lived in the same place for almost a year, and have gotten very attached. It will be hard to get back to the 23 kgs moving weight! I love this house and garden and feel very grounded here. The yoga is close, great bakeries and butchers and greengrocers are close by. Libraries and art museums and arthouse cinema all just blocks away and the rent is cheap - really it has been so very good, but we also dream of driving around Australia and eventually, after we get passports, going on a round the world year long trip, hopefully including Barcelona, where my sister is living, well she is in the outskirts, but close enough for us!
I have watched some great series on SBS - Jordskott, Trapped and just now, Witnesses (Swedish, Icelandic and French, quite a world tour)
Ok time for Fat yoga!