Healthy Lifestyle Week

Its healthy lifestyle this week and the end of leave your car at home month. So after an easy day of Professional Learning in Albany, I grabbed the camera and went on a walk through the local bush. The wildflowers are out in full bloom. Lots of colours everywhere.

September in Australia

by Henry Kendall

Grey Winter hath gone like a wearisome guest,
And, behold, for repayment,
September comes in with the wind from the west
And the spring in her raiment!
The ways of the frost have been filled of the flowers,
While the forest discovers
Wild wings, with the halo of hyaline hours,
And the music of lovers.

September, the maid with the swift silver feet!
She glides and she graces
The valleys of coolness, the slopes of the heat,
With her blossomy traces;
Sweet month, with a mouth that is made of a rose,
She lightens and lingers
In spots where the harp of the evening glows,
Attuned by her fingers.

We, having a secret to others unknown,
In the cool mountain mosses,
May whisper together, September alone
Of our loves and our losses.
One word for her beauty, and one for the grace
She gave to the hours;
And then we may kiss her, and suffer her face
To sleep with the flowers.

End of an Era

Ann ensured that the high standards of HideAway Haven were met and exceeded all our guests expectations.We are so sad to see her go. A heartfelt thank you to you Ann for your dedication and faithfulness to HideAway Haven. You helped make our dream and vision a reality. You have been a blessing and a treasure to HideAway Haven and to us. You will be greatly missed.

Fun at the Markets

Queen Victoria Market

is Melbourne's premier open-air market. It's a thriving and vital place pulsating with life, food, boots, hats, wine.

I'd love to be able to do my weekly shopping here. We would be eating lots of seafood and I might even give some of those strange meats like quail, duck or rabbit a go.