My friends know that although I like chocolate, I’m not a very big eater of it. I’ve been known to have Easter eggs left over in September. So I was happy to receive flowers instead. A very fine, low-calorie substitute.
Rural Easter – Cleansing
One of my favourite places to sit and contemplate is by the rainforest creek that borders the pasture. I’ve sat here many times: when the creek was dry, and when the water simply trickled. During Easter there was a rush of water due to a wet few weeks, which was a joy to the senses.
We’ve come to the end of our rural Easter. Hope the experience has been a contemplative one.
Rural Easter – New Life
But if the leaves weren’t quite turning, the flowers were putting on a show, particularly the grevilleas.
Rural Easter – Trees
Being an earlier than usual Easter this year, the leaves were only starting to turn on the long avenue.
Some of the leaves had turned.
But most hadn’t.
It of course doesn’t make it less of a treat to walk down in all weathers.
Rural Easter – Sky
Speaking of clouds, we saw some majestic cloud formations over Easter as a front moved across the escarpment. This brought a ton of rain on Saturday. Strangely, the rain was very localised – even Kiama, a mere 10km away, got hardly any rain.
Rural Easter – Cottages
I spent Easter at Jamberoo Abbey with my good friend M from Ahh… Serenity. It was really well worth driving 1.5 hours – the last half hour through rolling green hills and rainforest – to stay 3 days away from the stresses of the city.
This year we scored great rooms with views of the escarpment. I certainly enjoyed every minute of staring out at the elements, whether in sun…
Or in cloud.
Canine Interlude: Ran Ragged
I forgot another thing the beagle loves: walks. Due to the busy nature of her owner, she doesn’t have as many as would like. Hence after a long-ish walk in the middle of a hot March day she was ragged, but very happy.
Birthday Dinner – Mains
And now for the mains. BB had a lovely sirloin steak with caramelised onions.
But my slow-roasted pork belly was absolutely awesome. Perfectly seasoned and melted in my mouth. Lovely crackling too. I was in heaven.
Birthday Dinner – Entrees
BB took me out for a special birthday dinner at Pearson’s in Mortdale. I’d passed this restaurant many times when I lived around the corner, but thinking that it was a posh place, never ventured inside. It turned out to be more homely than I thought. The food was lovely, and lovingly made by the single chef in a tiny kitchen. Considering that he had what must have been 30 customers to serve, it seemed a bit of a miracle to me.
We start out the dinner with two lovely entrees. I had the wonderful scallops wrapped in bacon. The scallops were perfectly cooked, and the bacon were a tasty companion to the soft shellfish.
BB had stuffed mushrooms and was also very satisfied with his choice.
Canine Interlude – More Please
Beagles have a placid enough temperament, but one thing they do seek in quantity (apart from food) is attention. This princess has her way of letting us know exactly what she wants.
Static and Silence 