Yet again, at the beach

It is a whole new ball game with one kid away and the other one full of study and socialising and outdoor activity ... it is no longer a slightly guilty pleasure to wander away for the weekend. In fact I could do it every weekend if I wanted, which is nice, but strange.

Our little house was intact despite all the storms and rain, although half the beach was washed away. It meant a very interesting lumpy gutter where the water was up to your knees, then you'd take a step and it would be over your head, and a metre further on would be back to knee level. Fun, but no good for boarding. At least the water was still beautifully warm. A few people were optimistically putting fishing lines in the gutter but I don't think they were having any luck. The water was very brown from the creek after the rain, and I did step on a couple of things that wriggled. Unlikely to be edible though.

I did a lot of sewing after a few months of not sewing at all, and had some success! It is so motivating when you make something that looks half way decent, and so disheartening when you have a disaster. Then back home for Canberra Day public holiday - we had a quiet drink with a friend at a bar before facing work again today.