Well I returned to the same station as last year.
The original plan was for us to finish in June and spend the last six months of the year traveling
.... but as usual life has other plans for us !
You may have noticed I said, " I returned ..." and no it was not a mistake.
I returned, leaving George in Sydney to recover from hip surgery after a fall at home. It was no light hearted decision as it would not normally be in my character to do something like this on my own, especially as George and I have rarely been separated in 33 years of marriage, and especially for 9 weeks. But knowing how difficult it is for families to find Home Tutors and having only two weeks before we were due to return, return I did.
Below are photos of the schoolroom this year ! Quite a different look to last years. The girls have enjoyed decorating their own space.
The weather has been particularly hot this year with the temperatures consistently in the very high 30's to 40's for all of February. We've even had a couple of days above 50, with my temperature gauge glazing over at 55 degrees celsius one day. Hottest I have ever seen, though we did drive home through Queensland on a day where friends were reporting 50 degrees last December.
On one of these days we also had a 24 hour power outage while we waited for Ergon energy to find the problem somewhere along the lines. Late in the afternoon on the second day we heard and saw the Ergon helicopter flying in circular patterns still looking for the problem and believed we were in for a second night with no power. Luckily that did not occur.
With no power for phone or internet service, the girls could not attend on air lessons, and with no airconditioning what else was there left to do but take our lessons outside ! It was a matter of devising interesting lessons for the four girls on the spot. I really do like these odd days where we are able to learn at our own enjoyable pace in a group together.
By Lynne
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