Passionfruit.

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Not only have we got elderflower growing in the garden, but our passionfruit crop has recovered from a cockatoo (bird) attack a few years ago.  It is now covered in net.  We have one fruit so far (see above).  I think that the passionfruit flower is the most amazing flower... see image.

Ginger Biscuits.

Ginger cookies baked by 11 year old daughter.  She always does things with such flare; she bundled them up in lovely bags so that each of us had a stash for a few days.  Later the children had some with caramel on them.

Making Elderflower Cordial.

I found a good recipe for making Elderflower cordial here.   It was a nice, easy recipe.  The only problem was that I went away unexpectedly and the cordial steeped for 72 hours instead of 48.  It was a mouldy mess.  I did take a teaspoon from down below to taste though and it was delicious.  We did throw it all out.

Way Too Creepy.

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We found a spider in the living room last night and were concerned that it might be a funnel web spider (see picture above).

We think though that it was only a trapdoor (see picture below).  Still, that was way too much excitement post dinner!

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The funnel web was listed in our deadly/red table while the trapdoor was listed in our mildly toxic and "friendly" green table on our spider chart!

The main difference to our eye was the difference in spinnerets.

Holidays at the Lakehouse.

Gorgeous breeze and waves on the water.  A bushfire rather close, but four fire engines put it out.
Salt, sunburn, kayaking, fish and chips, icecreams, salads, a lovely neighbour, dogs, jumping off the jetty, reading.....

Time Together.

Who would have thought that we could both sit down together at the same time?  The children must be getting older.

Happy New Year.