Rainy weekend

After the heat and sunshine of Easter last weekend was rainy and cold. Hard to believe a week can take us from air-conditioning and iced drinks through to thinking about putting the fire on. Not actually putting the fire on - just thinking about it. We made do with putting on socks. The rain was good for the garden - the leaves are just starting to turn. Grapevine and golden ash are first as usual.

Unusually both me and my husband were in Canberra and not gardening or doing anything so we turned out the kitchen! It's been four years since the new kitchen was put in and we'd done the pantry a couple of times and the cutlery drawer ... but the rest of it hadn't been emptied and cleaned so we did every cupboard and every drawer. Except the one over the fridge which we forgot about it.

We managed to throw some things out, which is excellent, and then did the outside of the all the doors and surfaces. Mostly we thought about how amazing the new kitchen is, and how much we love it, and how shitty the kitchen at the retirement house is. You certainly enjoy things more when you know you'll be losing them soon ... even though kitchens are very replaceable. We have spent every day since randomly opening drawers and admiring the sparkle.