view from the House #2

so here i am trying to be good and set up a regular blog..thoe of you familiar with us will know that i'm great at starting things but less committed to following them through when i get a little bored. bear with me, i'll try to stick at it. so anyway, this is the view from our front verandah. i think james made it his badge of honour that for the first 5-6 weeks he had hs breakfast outside on the verandah. however, as the mornings got chillier and the rain set in, he admitted defeat and beat a retreat indoors. not that that actually made him warmer, only drier. this house is a draughty old farmhouse and is really better designed at keeping you cool in the infernal height of summer, rather than warming your toes in the slight bite in the depths of winter. i mean, it's fallen all the way to 5 at one point at night (although it prob tends to hover around 11). lacking proper insulation or a properly sealed house or central heating, we have been heavily reliant on the wood burning stove in the evenings. daytimes are still warm and reminiscent of a british summer/spring but it's certainly got cooler from when we arrived at the end of april and we were basking in temps of over 30.

anyway, that's enough weather chit chat for now...i need to get myself and Caitlin organised for a trip into Maclean with Zara and her two kids, Jacob and Matilda. it's raining and grey today (aarggh more weather chit chat) so we are all rugging up. back with more excitement later. TTFN.