Update

Found some pearl tapioca today so am looking forward to doing a baked tapioca in the next few days.

The vege garden is going well -- I've planted quite a few more herbs.

Susan & I are looking forward to three weeks in Sydney looking after our 1 yr old grandson. They've just purchased a new house so we're looking forward to seeing that too.

Found a whole new exciting area to study--brain plasticity--there are some great videos around explaining how it works--basically, any learning, no matter what your age, increases your neural networks--as we've always known, "use it or lose it" & "no pain no gain" there's no short cut, lots and lots of repetition is necessary to form new & lasting networks in our brain.

Rose of a Thousand Blooms

Dad called this the "Rose of a Thousand Blooms". We always had it growing at our place and it certainly lived up to its name. Sandra was adamant a spray of this was to be placed on her coffin at her funeral. The family were in panic this week because none could be found with flowers -- only buds. Miraculously one bud opened just in time for the Tuesday service. I now have that cutting, shown here, and plan strike it and plant it in memory of Sandra.

First Grandchild

This month we celebrated the birth of our first grandchild, Robert Luke Chippendale. The photo is of myself and wife Susan holding Robert for the first time.