Monday, March 9, 2009

Playing Hookey!

We enjoyed a relaxing drink here....


......and here

.......and here

.......and here!

Son #2 & girlfriend

If I didn't know better, I think MOTH was indicating that he's happy to have his boy standing along side of him!

Images Shaw and Smith

Well, the best laid plans & all that! Not as much progress as I'd hoped for this weekend, but for one very nice reason - Son #2 surprised us by arriving late Friday evening from Melbourne with his girlfriend. They'd decided to make a big weekend of it here catching lots of Adelaide Fringe shows & spending a day soaking in the sight & sounds of world music at WOMAD.

Yesterday he wanted to show his girlfriend who is Dutch the gorgeous Adelaide Hills & as it was such a beautiful day, we downed tools & went along as well. So back to it today (a public holiday in South Australia), I can hear MOTH smashing the last of the tiles from the wall in the bathroom as I do this quick post, so I'd better scoot off & start labouring for him!

17 comments:

  1. Photos look lovely and it sounded a wonderful day.
    MOTH forgot to use his spray tan around his ankles....LOL - you can tell a true labourer!!!!!

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  2. Oh Millie, sounds like you had a lovely weekend....
    I love the Adelaide Hills, so pretty and green, almost like you have stepped into a postcard.
    Enjoy your day working with MOTH today...

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  3. MOTH looks like a very proud Papa!
    What a nice weekend that must have been. Lovely cocktail spots. They do go quickly don't they?
    The weekends...not the cocktails!

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  4. I am gelous. Thank you for sharing more of your beautiful country. I am back to brousing real estate down there. Who knows what the future holds

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  5. Beautiful pictures. Is this Italy or Australia?

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  6. Love the photos and we all need to play hookey now and then - call it a mental health day someone told me, enjoy your lovely family, Mel xxx

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  7. Couldn't think of a better reason to play hookey than drinking wine & spending time with family! Looks like you had a wonderful day.

    P.S. My husband's a builder and he has the 'white socks' look too. V. cute.

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  8. Millie, you always make me laugh!
    I think I know that route in SA. We did it a few times (when we lived in Adelaide) and we had visitors from Europe. I am not surprise I don’t remember everything!! Too much tasting.
    Have a very lovely week!
    X
    V

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  9. It really sounds like the perfect weekend! Your country is so beautiful and sophisticated. I would love to visit someday!

    And, you have very handsome men!

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  10. I went to Shaw and Smith and Nepenthe about a year ago and had a great time. Such gorgeous views from each winery, makes you proud to be a South Aussie!

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  11. Wow! Beautiful, beautiful countryside! Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! What a perfectly lovely reason to take the weekend off! Such a handsome son!
    I'm excited for you that Moth is in the bath smashing! Ah, progress!
    joan

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  12. thanks for the 'peeks' inside your world.

    good looking fam.

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  13. Your men are very handsome! What a LOVELY day... sounds divinely FUN!!!
    ENJOY!
    Fifi

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  14. You must be so proud of your beautiful family. Doesn't MOTH look as proud as punch! Glad you took some time to enjoy them! A-M xx

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  15. And a perfect reason to play hookey Millie, amongst that gorgeous scenery, MOTH looking so very very proud and to top it all off a surprise visit from your Son. A perfect weekend...I love visits from my children, especially spontaneous ones like your one...Have a lovely week...Dzintra XX

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  16. What a beautiful place you live in Millie and I am so glad you could down tools and have a lovely family day out.

    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  17. I use to work at Nepenthe! Can you imagine a better job then where you get to chat to people, drink wine and gaze over that beautiful view all day!!

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Without a quickening of the heart.
For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?
~W.H. Auden