It's Biggest Granddaughter's 13th birthday today (13!!) so yesterday we had a celebratory lunch at Swanston and then walked up the hill behind the brasserie, past the old Swanston Village. It was a beautiful day.
The hills still had some snow on them, but it was quite warm on the lower slopes.
You can see how near we are to the city - no distance at all, really. Just a golf course away.
Littlest Granddaughter decided that she wanted to play the violin. We feel she may have unrealistic expectations, but Daughter 2 asked us to send her own violin down to her, and she found a second hand, half-size violin online to give Littlest a few lessons without committing to a teacher. The violins arrived together. When we were taking Daughter 2's instrument to the post office, we felt a bit like the gangsters in Bugsy Malone, concealing our machine guns. The post office chap was amused. I don't think he'd ever accepted a violin in the post before.
Happy birthday Grand daughter
ReplyDelete. Spring certainly has sprung there. We have Autumn things beginning to happen. Walnuts falling, fruit ripening and we are eating feijoa fruit ( the ones you don't grow there )
Happy 13rd Birthday to L! Wasn't she just a little girl and not a teenager? I played the violin like Daughter 1; it's a difficult instrument to learn but if L. is dedicated, it will happen. Or not. I like how your daughter and you are letting her figure that out on her own. :) Gorgeous flowers--we're not there yet but soon.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful that LG wants to play violin! My daughter surprised me with that pronouncement when she was about 8 and she took off with it playing in a Youth Orchestra as well as with school. She still plays a bit. Your garden flowers sure are bursting forth. Mine just emerged from the snow!
ReplyDeleteHappy 13th birthday to L and much joy of the violin.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photographs - what a difference the sun makes.