The sun is shining, the birds are singing....

.... all is bright and beautiful in Roma ... I left you yesterday heading off to have a swim at the local pool.  I was very lucky as I had it almost all to myself.  I spent a good hour swimming laps and running my own water aerobics class, just for me - lol!

 ... and I was heading back to my son's house, I saw this stunning sunset....

Which, of course, as per the old rhyme...

Red sky at night, Shepherd's delight.....

presaged a gorgeous day today.

I explored this old Anglican Church, St Paul's, it was very beautiful inside.

Then it was off to The Big Rig park, where we played on the swings and fed the ducks, amongst other things.

Imagine a family of eleven living in this three room slab hut? Amazing!

... and finally some stitching - I am currently working on Summer Stitching by LHN - getting close to a finish, I think.

(Sorry for the wrinkled effect).

hugs, 

The Rainmaker....

... maybe that is what my new profession should be.  This is because I seem to have brought the rain up to Roma from Melbourne with me - lol!

However the rain did not deter us from visiting the gorgeous Moorelands Bush Nursery for some morning tea and a browse around the plants.  I think that I have mentioned that my DDIL's mother loves plants.

 Freshly made scones....

 Say hello to a wonderful couple, Lisa and Brad, who run the nursery and the Feed shed (cafe) on weekends as a hobby from running a cattle farm during the week.  Our Aussie farmers are a tough breed - not only do Lisa and Brad have both the cattle farm and the nursery/cafe, they are also great parents to their two boys.  Busy lives but so kind and friendly. It was a real pleasure to have a good old yarn with them today.  Thank you, Lisa and Brad, it was really great to meet you today.
 

Sophia with Lisa's dad, Ross.

If you would like to see more photos of the nursery, I took plenty on my first visit there, in July.

Okay, signing off on my fourth post for the day - boy, am I on a roll!  I am going to go swim some laps at the Roma swimming pool - the Denise Spencer Memorial Pool - I have had too much good living lately - lol!

                                                   hugs, 

Travelling to Toowoomba....

Well, it was with great sadness that TraderVic and I said goodbye to DS1 and DDIL.  But all good things must come to an end and we have had to hit the road again to travel back to Brisbane to catch our flight home.  This time, we are breaking up the trip with an overnight stay in Toowoomba - Australia's 16th largest city.

Now, I must apologise on two counts.  One, there are no photos of DS1 but this is because he was teaching all week and so we spent most of our time with our DDIL.  Two, no kitty cat photos on this post - so sorry!

My DDIL has taken to knitting with a passion, so much so that after only two nights after I taught her to knit she was trying to teach the daughter of one of her friends - lol!

But don't worry, we did manage to sneak in another cross stitch lesson and I have introduced her to the wonders of Flosstube for when she needs to look up how to do something - phew!

So, this morning, it was a last coffee in a cute, Melbourne-style cafe in Roma, The Queen's Beans.

Then it was time to hit the road, Jack, back along the Mad Max Highway to Toowoomba.

(We stopped for lunch in Chinchilla and the roadhouse had this cute heater)

Below is what we call a mountain in Australia - lol!

... and here is my stitchy progress on today's road trip.

Okay, off to find a local pub for dinner.

See you later, hugs,