Gero is my oyster

Things are looking up in Gero -- I'm more contented with our new hometown and our current lifestyle--despite the fact that I'm still wanting some things to happen faster. I'm finally beginning to accept somewhat the WA="Wait Awhile' state of mind and just realise there's not a lot I can do about it. On the other hand, I love having a free hand to take on new challenges like teaching Pilates at a health and wellbeing retreat, mastering my culinary skills in the kitchen, meeting new people (online and offline) and exploring further my great passion -- photography.

Rob is posing for me during the sunset

Sunset in Drummond Cove, WA

Last week, we stepped into what is the Geraldton version of "Indian Summer" that is just a beautiful time of the year here. Still hardly any rain after the storm a few weeks ago. Warm and sunny days, and tiny bit of rain definitely helped our garden to look more greener than last week but still needs watering a couple times a week. We hope to start our first harvesting soon with bok choy but the rest of the group will take a bit longer.

Corn is doing really well

Bok choy, tomatoes and black kale

Next week, I'm looking forward to new challenges or opportunities, including the commencement of a brand new website. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!

“The world is your oyster. It's up to you to find the pearls.” 

Chris Gardner, The Pursuit of Happyness

Week 10--a taste of winter...

Resisting the temptation to plant the entire garden after watching it grow like crazy for the past few weeks. Bok Choy, Kale, corn, spinach, beetroot, carrots, rosemary, basil, rocket, and on and on...Rain came overnight, the water tank must be getting full by now. Sunsets continue unabated -- not that I get to enjoy them except on the weekends but it's worth the wait. Big storm cleared out all the bushes along the beach -- as well as the basketball court. Kinda enjoying the cooler weather this week--"down" to 21C tonight, feeling a bit "wintery".

 Yeah, we definitely had a bit of wind today...

 

Yep, windy.

Gero sunsets -- can't beat 'em!

Mmmmms

Garden. Growing.

No Basketball today

Watch yer step

Ahhh. Bit of bad design work.

Woof.

Beach hangout at the end of our street

Ditto above

Gav's and Heike's place.

Autumn is here

Autumn! Cool nights, a few showers -- well, actually, a few totally crazy storms! Half the beach washed away last week in a big swell and storm, but along with it all the ugly bushes so now we have a better view of the ocean!

The garden is growing, the farmers are happy and the rainwater tanks are filling up. And no more 45C days! The rain is actually kind of nice for a change. It never sticks around for long so the sun is never far away. The cool air is refreshing and we're even wearing our Ugg boots!  Mmmmmm!

Well, the sunsets just keep coming. Almost every day. Wow. Never get tired of those amazing red sunsets. Oh, how's this rainbow from this morning out our front door?

In the meantime, I've been trying to master the latest social media platform Google+ that is apparently not as easy to understand for women ..? By the way if anybody is going through the same learning curve as me make sure you read What the Plus? by Guy Kawasaki. I can recommend this book/ kindle to anybody who's trying to figure out what "the plus" stand for and how to use it effectively on this platform.

Last weekend, I went to the Orchid and Garden Expo where they allowed me to take some pictures of flowers (orchids) that were grown by local people .. aren't they just beautiful.