Jack Andrys Pictures and posts

98 Cruising the Inside Passage Day 5 - Juneau Alaska

2011-11-07T00:45:00.000-08:00

Juneau from Mt Roberts

Continuing on from post 95 on our cruise of the Inside Passage, day 5 was all about coming ashore at the Port of Juneau.

More views from Mt Roberts

Juneau was named after a gold prospector Joe Juneau in 1881 and sits at sea level at the foot of mountains that are 3,500 to 4,00 ft or 1,100 to 1,200m high.

Cruise ships must be popular in Juneau, as one left shortly after ours arrived and another arrived soon after ours.

The port is a very deep natural port and has a tidal range of around 6ft or 5m.

At one point we were able to observe surface waves rolling in through the passage as the tide came in whilst at one of the observation spots on Mt Roberts.

Reuben talks mountain
goats with one of the
locals.

View from the other side of Mt Roberts

The port is also a busy seaplane operations base due to the nature of transport in Alaska, and the isolation of Juneau.

In 1906 Juneau became the state Capital after Sitka lost the title due to a decline in its commercial importance.

Tide rolling in

We found the place very scenic and friendly although we were there on a dry day and not a normal day which is wet and cold.

Whilst travelling up on the cable car to Mt Roberts the operator made a joke about the local weather stating that it normally rained 400 days per year.

We left Juneau late that evening and felt that we would be happy to come back sometime for another look.

Stay well and see you next time.

Just before casting off from Juneau

97 Big Basin Redwoods State Park - Santa Cruz Mountains

2011-10-25T01:20:00.000-07:00

Declan hikes Big Basin Redwoods - multiplicity

Tall Redwoods

Scenic trails

Let me start of with saying that we just did not give this place enough time so we will be going back.

The Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains if a scenic old growth forest which is great to hike around on the many marked trails. (trail map)

With 80 miles of trails we only tasted a couple of miles but then that was mainly due to having a 3 year old with little legs slowing us down a little.

The hike was just great and having our own Naturalist guide; my wife Julia, meant that we had a full run down on the decomposition and breakdown process, fungus identification and many discussions relating to anything from banana slugs to the difference between old growth forests compared to logged regrowth forests.

We had scenic spots to stop at, fallen trees to climb and to go under and streams to cross.

Reuben takes the
high road

The park address is:

Big Basin Redwoods State Park
21600 Big Basin Way
Boulder Creek, California, U.S.A.
95006-9064

Google Maps location is here and the State Park website is http://www.bigbasin.org/index.html

96 The Blue Angels in San Francisco - A break in the cruise post -

2011-10-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

Blue Angels taxi for take off SFO

Fat Albert C130 on take off

The other week it was Fleet Week in San Francisco and whilst we didn't get to see much of it, we did decide to see a glimpse of the Blue Angels.

I say a glimpse because instead of fighting the crowds at the waterfront in San Francisco we decided to go the the airport instead.

Fat Albert C130 returning

Whilst the disadvantage of this was that we didn't get to see the main show. the advantages were many, including: a shorter car trip, easy parking, no crowds, and plenty of aircraft to watch taking off and landing.

The biggest advantage of going to the airport was that we did see things that the rest of the crowd didn't, such as; Fat Albert the C130 Support Aircraft do a simulated rocket assisted take off with a climb out at 45 degrees and then a simulated short landing with a similarly steep angle of decent so as to avoid small arms fire by staying as high as possible for as long as possible.

Blue Angels

We also obviously had the chance to see the Blue Angels do a formation take off and then a formation landing. We were surprised that the Blue Angels didn't stay out longer as they were only gone for about 20 minutes.

Well next year we may fight the traffic and go in to San Fran, have a great day.

Blue Angels Smoke On take off

An FA 18 returns to SFO - landing next to a taxing United 747

An F 15 Eagle landing and holding off on nose wheel touch down

Lufthansa A380 taxing SFO

95 Cruising the Inside Passage day 4 - Hubbard Glacier

2011-10-07T01:48:00.000-07:00

A wet day for Hubbard Glacier but hot chocolate and Bailys helped

Day 4 of our cruise centred around our arrival at the Hubbard Glacier which was also our most northerly point on the cruise.

Yakutat Bay

The bergs can be dirty

We arrived earlier than scheduled after departing Icy Strait Point the night before and unfortunately the rain arrived first.

As we sailed into Yakutat Bay and started to venture on deck we found it to be cold, windy, rainy, overcast but totally spectacular.

First glimpse of the Hubbard Glacier through the rain

As we continued into the bay towards the glacier we started to see ice in the water and the bergs started to increase in size.

Blue ice and milky water

The water was totally milky with ground silt from the effect of the glacier, and the icebergs in some cases were full of dirt.

Visibility was poor and the mist obscured the glacier from afar but as we slowly and carefully moved forward the mountain of ice became clearer.

The glacier was shedding bergs during our stay

Size was sometimes hard to fathom standing on deck level 11 on a 70 odd thousand tonne cruise ship with the glacier still taller than the ship.

The ship held position close to the glacier and used thrusters to rotate in position slowly allowing viewing from all parts of the ship.

Peter bought a new raincoat after
this, and one for his camera also.

The Wiki page says that the Hubbard Glacier is in the US state of Alaska but starts in the Yukon Territory of Canada and stretches 76miles (122km).

Would have loved to stay and spend the entire day and night there to catch the light, and go ashore, but not on this cruise, next stop will be Juneau on our day 5.

Cruising back south after the glacier and whilst
having dinner we sailed past Mount Logan in Canada

End of day 4

94 Cruising Inside Passage day 3 - Icy Strait Point

2011-10-04T15:18:00.000-07:00

Sailing to Icy Strait Point

Reuben on the look out for Orcas

Continuing on from my previous post we are now on day 3 of our cruise along the Inside Passage Alaska, heading to Icy Strait Point.

We arrived on schedule after more spectacular scenery along the way in the sheltered waters of the passage.

On arrival we went out on deck to a find a very chilled deck and made sure we were rugged up for the shore visit.

Shore transportation

Also on arrival we spotted another cruise ship the "Radiance of the Seas" maintaining station whilst re-boarding passages from Icy Strait Point shore excursions.

The locals at Icy Strait are apparently outnumbered by bears 3:1 and it would appear that they are outnumbered by cruise visitors by many times that.

We headed to shore using the vessels tenders and were glad that the water was calm for the trip ashore, especially when boarding the tender with children.

Beach pebbles - we brought
some home

The shore line Icy Strait Point

We booked a child friendly tour on shore and didn't do the zip line which looked frighteningly good, for information of the shore activities you can visit the Icy Strait line Point web site here - www.icystraitpoint.com

Once ashore and on our Forrest Tram Tour it was time to zone in to the local sites and stories being described by the tour guide.

Whales

On the tour we stopped at a beach location and then on the way back pulled up as a pod of whales swam past.

Tail shot - wish I had my longer lens

The place was totally amazing with the vistas, waterfalls and the colored stones and pebbles along the beach.

It was a short stop at Icy Strait Point and it is a place we would like to return to and explore further one day, but now it was getting close to dinner time so it was back to the ship with some excitement about tomorrows stop "Hubbard Glacier"

Celebrity Century at Icy Strait Point

93 Cruise to Alaska day 2 - at sea

2011-09-30T00:48:00.000-07:00

Vancouver departure Day one see post 92

Pools, hot tubs, deck chairs and bars

My previous post was all about day two of our last vacation, which was also day one of the Cruise on the Celebrity Century along the Inside Passage to Alaska.

After leaving Vancouver on day one at around 4pm and sailing through the night we moved into the next day with another day of sailing ahead.

Activities on-board meant that whilst at sea there was plenty to do with, Kids club (Fun Factory), shopping, theatre, plenty of bars and places to eat and hot tubs and pools (although the weather was OK for the hot tub but not the pool).

Julia instructs Reuben to stay
away from the guard rail.

Into the open water and away
from land, but not for long

Whilst it may have been a bit chilly for a swim, at least the rain stayed away and the ocean was calm.

One disadvantage with taking this cruise at the end of summer is shorter hours when compared with the longer summer hours.

One of the dining places on Deck 11

Saying goodnight just outside one of the
elevator areas in the aft section.

Had we had longer daylight hours we could have enjoyed the majestic vista from the ship whilst sailing the Inside Passage.

It was time for dinner and early bed whilst looking forward to the next days arrival at Icy Strait Point in Alaska.

92 Celebrity Century Cruise Alaska Hubbard Glacier Day One

2011-09-26T01:40:00.001-07:00

Vancouver skyline as we depart on the Celebrity Century

A map of Alaska in Peter's
back pocket or as Reuben
would say butt pocket

More seaplane operations this time
photographed from the ship,
Harbour Air

The seven night cruise was going to take us along the inside passage from Vancouver to Alaska with the first port of call being Icy Strait Point, followed by a visit to the Hubbard Glacier.

S76 lands at the Vancouver Heli Port
which is next to the cruise ship wharf.

A Vancouver Police escort as we
leave port.

After arriving the day before (Saturday 10th Sep), it was now day one of the cruise, which meant a 12 noon boarding of the Celebrity Century, finding staterooms, finding your way around the ship, a lifeboat drill, and departure from port at 4pm.

A Harbour Air seaplane overhead

The ship, the Celebrity Century is a 12 deck 815ft or 248m cruise ship launched in 1995, with a capacity for 1,808 passengers and 843 crew.

Julia and Reuben as we sail under
the Lions Gate Bridge

It has a displacement of 71,545 gross tons and can do 21.5 knots or 39.8 km/h, the ships Wiki page is here and the Celebrity site for the ship is here.

Another commercial vessel at
sheltered anchor in Vancouver Port

It was interesting to see the agility of a ship this size depart port without the need for Tugboats.

The ships twin main screws and three bow and two stern thrusters enable the ship to port and depart without the need to use tugs.

Point Atkinson Lighthouse

Having said that it would appear that the Vancouver Water Police did accompany and assist in traffic control, intercepting weekend sailors who were skippering their vessels too close to our departing ship.

Once we were under-way it was hard to go below deck as the scenery was riveting, sailing along a calm waterway with blue sky, blue water and lush green mountains on all sides.

The Burrard Inlet is a great waterway enjoyed by many, a funny moment occurred when we were passing Passage Island not too long past Point Atkinson Lighthouse.

Passage Island, a great place to live on a day
like this,

Peter and I were on the back deck on the upper level capturing photos when we noticed two jet skiers following the ship and looking to catch up with us.

Then as they got closer we started to take photos of them as we were fascinated that they were this far out from shore.

Then they got even closer and we started laughing as we realized they were naked and proud of it :)

I have included three photos of the naked jet skiers to show the series of stages as they approached the ship, I have only selected the safe photos so as not to embarrass you or them, (it was cold water).

Jet Skiers far from shore.

Jet skier shows his
best side.

The two ended up coming alongside the ship to the shouts and encouragement of those in the aft Bar.

After that it was time to go below and get ready for dinner with a funny photo or two to show the girls.

Making sure that they are noticed
they came along side - up close :)

After dinner I had a chance to take a few more shots and then about midnight I took a photo at very high ISO showing the ship manoeuvring through a tight point in the inside passage.

It was a shame that we didn't have longer daylight to enjoy this part of the journey.

Sunset Inside Passage Vancouver Island

The next day was going to be all at sea and the temperature was going to start to drop, but more on that on the next post.

Midnight first night sailing
a narrow part of the Inside Passage

Cruise Itinerary Celebrity Century 7 Night Alaska Hubbard Glacier

DAY	DATE	PORTSOFCALL	DOCK OR TENDER	ARRIVE	DEPART
SUN	11 SEP	VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA	D		4:30PM
MON	12 SEP	INSIDE PASSAGE (CRUISING)	C
TUE	13 SEP	ICY STRAIT POINT, ALASKA	T	3:00PM	10:00PM
WED	14 SEP	HUBBARD GLACIER (CRUISING)	C	10:30AM	2:30PM
THU	15 SEP	JUNEAU, ALASKA	D	7:30AM	8:00PM
FRI	16 SEP	KETCHIKAN, ALASKA	D	2:00PM	8:30PM
SAT	17 SEP	INSIDE PASSAGE (CRUISING)	C
SUN	18 SEP	VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA	D	7:00AM

91 A Cruise along the Inside Passage Vancouver to Alaska

2011-09-24T02:05:00.000-07:00

Seaplane landing strip and the port of Vancouver

Just returned earlier this week from our very first cruise, and I can say it will not be our last.

Just in case you don't know what
the Canadian flag looks like
didn't see any mounties.

The cabin on the last day, Ivy still
asleep everyone else is at breakfast
all the bags are packed and this
was the last photo on the ship.

I will break up the posts covering the trip due to the number of photos I want to put up, and then there is the back story to the trip and the photos.

This is the intro and short post to start things off with a few photos from the first day in Vancouver and one from our last.

Seaplane port with probably the largest number of seaplane operations on the planet.

On short final

Vancouver is a very scenic
working port.

As our first day was made up of travel from Cupertino in California to Vancouver BC where we board the ship; it meant an early start to catch a United flight to Vancouver in time for lunch, with the other members of the family whom we were cruising with.

Cousins and grandparents
Uncles and Aunts

After lunch we took the opportunity to walk around the port city and found ourselves attracted to the waterfront operations of cruise ships departing and seaplanes coming and going.

It was a brilliant day in Vancouver with warm temps and a bright blue sky against the backdrop of lush green hills and blue water.

Seaplanes play with cruise ships

A photo from our first night at sea.

Another cruise ship departs Van

A fantastic day to start a holiday :)

After sunset day one at sea Inside Passage Vancouver Island

90: Mt Diablo Contra Costa County California

2011-08-24T01:15:00.000-07:00

Mt Diablo

On Sunday 21st August we made a trip to Mt Diablo (Google Map)an isolated up-thrust peak at 3,864 ft or 1,178 m, and about a 90 minute drive from Cupertino.

The boys loved the views

Kings

Our first stop was a third of the way to the summit at a group of car parks at a camping ground full of rocky outcrops.

The kids just loved climbing and exploring this area and have asked to go back there.

Even little Ivy loved it even though she kept falling over, and we all agree that next time we will dress better for rock climbing.

Mt Diablo rock climbing

Mt Diablo - the road up

After a lot of fun climbing rocks we jumped back in the car and headed to the summit of Mt Diablo which has one of the largest viewsheds in the United States.

We drove in comfort past many cyclists struggling to get to the top, and others free wheeling down the mountain at ridiculous speeds.

Mt Diablo Summit

It was a good day and we look forward to going back :)

89 A jump in time since the last post; or bye Perth hi Cupertino

2011-08-18T01:04:00.000-07:00

Packing

On the 4th July, US Independence Day this year I published my Goodbye to Perth post and now six weeks and two days later I am finally writing another.

The container

I have a good excuse, but then I would think that, but the real issue is I am feeling a little guilty about not keeping my commitment of posting regularly.

Changi Airport

So lets see how it goes from now on and to make my life a little easier in regards to posts I am no longer committing to daily posts and instead would like to post at least a couple of times per week.

London to Dublin

Back to the excuse well it is made up of, getting visa's for the US, packing up the house, shipping to the US, selling cars, renting out our house, flying to the US via Ireland whilst waiting for furniture to ship, buying a car, finding a house to rent, and the other 100 or so things associated with such a move.

Hotel - San Jose

Now things are starting to settle down but the list is not yet complete, but at least the blog is seeing some attention.

The new car

See you soon.

Post 88 Goodbye to teachers and friends of the little ones

2011-07-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Ivy plays whilst waiting for the bell
and her brothers.

Mr Reuben says bye to
Mrs Boyes

In the weeks leading up to our departure for the US via Ireland it was time for Declan and Reuben to say goodbye to teachers and friends at school.

The boys have enjoyed their time so much at Sorrento Primary and they found saying goodbye sad, hard, and exciting all at the same time.

The teachers, assistants, and friends all did and gave so much in time, effort and presents resulting in a few tears and comments about not leaving.

Declan with Mrs Carter and the card
his class made for him with individual
personal cards inside

Ivy and Reuben also had to say bye to day care "Little Creatures" a few weeks before.

Ivy marches to day care

We departed Perth on the 28th June on our way to stay with Julia's parents in Ireland whilst we await our furniture to arrive in the US.

Skype is helping me to stay in touch with James and Kirsty and I look forward to being settled in and having them come to visit later in the year.

As to our friends, thank you for your help and support over the last few weeks, it was much appreciated and I think Julia's blog post yesterday summed it up very well, so thanks again.

Post 87 Hairy Maclary comes by for a second visit

2011-05-22T08:48:00.000-07:00

Hairy Maclary is an adventurous dog who spends a week with each member of the kindy class and this past week it was Reuben's visit.

This makes it visit number two to our house as two years ago Hairy visited Declan and Reuben remembered his visit from then.

Reuben and Hairy summarise the week

Reuben was able to spend the first night watching the last launch for the Space shuttle Endeavour on Monday.

Tuesday Hairy spent a bit of time in the car driving around with Reuben and the rest of the family as Declan was sick and Ivy stays home on Tuesdays with Reuben.

Shuttle Launch

The rest of the week Hairy went for a walk and also enjoyed riding around on the iRobot - robotic vacuum cleaner, to the great enjoyment of 3 giggling kids.

Goodnight

Hairy heads back to school tomorrow and so we wish him luck on his future adventures.

Declan with Hairy two years ago

Post 86 Last Sunday

2011-05-10T05:13:00.000-07:00

Ivy points at something in Fremantle Harbour, she needs more practice at the pointing thing :)

In celebration of Mothers day on Sunday we headed to Fremantle for breakfast followed by some time spent in the town.

Breakfast

Ivy not happy with the Latte

We then returned home prior to taking a coastal walk with a stop over for some afternoon tea.

Ouch

The walk

Declan relaxes at a cafe

Whilst it was a quiet day overall, it certainly was a great family day out with opportunities for many photos, here are a few.

Back soon with more posts, soon, no really!

Post 85 2nd May - Happy Birthday Kirsty

2011-05-01T10:52:00.000-07:00

Ship mates James
and Kirsty

Safe me Kirsty

Today is Kirsty's 16th Birthday and since my blog is heavily focussed on recording family history and adventures in photos, I thought I would dig up some of my oldest digital photos of Kirsty.

Kirsty and Julia

So Happy Birthday Kirsty and I hope you enjoy the photos I have posted here, they are my 5 oldest digital photos of you.

Speed

I am looking forward to spending the day with you today.

Photo 1 Ship mates was taken in in July 1998 with you and James on Negotiator.

Kirsty and James with mum

Photo 2 Safe me Kirsty is in Disneyland 2000.

Photo 3 Kirsty and Julia at my parents 2002.

Photo 4 Speed Julia and Kirsty hold on as Rage races from Fremantle to Garden Island.

Photo 5 Kirsty and James with my mother in 2003.

Hope you all have a great day also.

Post 84 Hi it is me - I am back

2011-05-01T10:22:00.000-07:00

My 365 project is accumulating holes and this is my first post since April the 18th, sorry to those that have been checking back daily looking for posts. Anyway actions speak louder than words so stay tuned as I am back into daily posts at least and maybe a little more.

Regards

Post 83, Reuben and Mothers day - Prince Charming

2011-04-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

Reuben and his trusty steed

Julia attended Reuben's kindy class today in early celebration of Mothers day as it will be school holidays over that time.

To her surprise Reuben was selected to play Prince Charming in the class play, and after the play there was the usual pampering, cards and hand made gifts for mum.

Beside this I have struggled with time allocation for blog updates of late, with preparation for a move to the US still underway, and involvement through investments into a couple of companies I have had little time to dedicate to blog posts.

I hope to get back on track this month, and may use Easter to help with that.

Post 82, Grade 1 train trip into Fremantle

2011-04-13T13:09:00.002-07:00

On the train it was time to look out and spot items
from the work sheet.

I had a wonderful day on Wednesday as I had the opportunity to help out with a school excursion for Declan's grade one class into Fremantle.

My group of eight where fantastic and all on their best behaviour as we rode on two buses and four trains, and visited Fremantle port and the fire station.

I am posting two photos today with a few more tomorrow on the trip.

Hope you have a great day.

Post 81, At Murdoch University for awards presentation

2011-04-12T08:46:00.002-07:00

The audience and award recipients

At the tavern

Professor David Macey
presents Julia with the Luke Pen Award

This evening I had the pleasure of observing students receive awards at Murdoch University organized by the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Amongst the recipients was my wife Julia Andrys who received the "Luke Pen Award for - The best academic performance in ENV268 Ecology plus either ENV311 Managing Wetland and Water or ENV381 Coastal and Marine Management.

Also jointly received Murdoch University Environment Science Association (MUEnSA) Prize for Management of Aquatic Systems.

Looking forward to the next awards night coming up soon. :)

Management of Aquatic Systems award shared between,
Julia Andrys and Bart Huntley

Post 80, A trip to South Perth via Ferry from North Shore

2011-04-10T10:09:00.000-07:00

Perth City as viewed from the Ferry on the return trip

Cameras at 2 paces

Today we decided to take a journey to South Perth for lunch via a Ferry trip from Perth.

The kids loved it with the Ferry trip, playgrounds and ice creams.

Julia and I also wanted to visit the place we were married but the area was fenced off and unfortunately we couldn't take the kids to the area or the board walk just next door.

I remember riding something similar to this from the back
deck of work boats onto oil rigs, back when I was a commercial diver :)

Have a great week this week, regards.

Post 79, Lila's 2nd Birthday

2011-04-10T09:37:00.000-07:00

It was a very sunny and therefore bright, reflective day for Lila's 2nd Birthday attended by us on Saturday, and whilst that didn't present any problems to the celebrations; it certainly presented much harsh and direct light for photography which needed much flash fill.

With all the party food around, it was difficult to find a clean non sticky kid face to photograph, but that is always a problem with little ones.

All the best.

Post 78, Sydney not the Capital city of Australia - officially anyway!

2011-04-07T09:37:00.000-07:00

Harbour Bridge from the Opera House

1am Sydney Harbour

Sydney is certainly the Capital city of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, and I have probably visited it more often than any other city in Australia outside of Perth.

Over two trips I made I had some night time opportunity to take waterfront shots, in particular the Harbour Bridge, and Opera House.

Unfortunately I did not have a tripod so all shots were hand held or hand supported and the release was hand operated also, with some of the shots at high ISO settings.

Sydney Opera House

Have fun and enjoy Sydney, especially when you visit it next.

Opera House texture

Full moon over the Opera House

Post 77, Trey Ratcliff | Stuck In Customs | HDR Photography Portfolio

2011-04-05T07:31:00.001-07:00

Trey Ratcliff | Stuck In Customs | HDR Photography Portfolio

I wanted to add photographers I like into my blog posts for those that read my blog and enjoy my photos, I thought it would be of interest to you to see some of the work from other photographers, who's work I like.

In respect to Trey Ratcliff, he is very well known on the web and is an expert in HDR photography, something I will still need to try for myself, beyond my one failed attempt so far.

If you don't know what HDR is, then in its simplest form it stand for High Dynamic Range and typically allows for the representation of a tonal range from the darkest to brightest part of the scene without under or over exposing.

But if you want to learn more then Trey's website is the place, to get there just click on the first line in this blog starting with Trey Ratcliff and enjoy.

Post 76, Carmen's 70s, 80s, 90s, Birthday Party

2011-04-03T10:14:00.001-07:00

Our friend Carmen, had a wonderful dress up party which we attended on Saturday and I thought I would share some of the photos.

Not really a lot to say here, although my son was using some of my photography gear to shoot a wedding. So I had to work a very small flash very hard as my regular flash was with James.

I was also committed to one prime 50mm lens, which is always good practice.

Hope you all had a great weekend.

Post 75, Walking wounded fund raiser

2011-03-30T08:19:00.001-07:00

Reuben - injured

Doctor Declan

The other week our children's school ran a coin donation fund raising event based on a dress-up day with the theme "Walking Wounded".

The idea was to come dressed as either a member of the medical profession or someone who has been injured.

The kids hopefully took to heart that at the moment and certainly this year there have been many natural disasters resulting in a large amount of suffering around the world.

Reuben was the injured party and Declan the doctor, with Reuben being lucky to by picked out by the Red Cross representatives for a prize for his costume.

I understand that the money raised was going towards those suffering at the moment.

Post 74, More on last weekend

2011-03-29T09:57:00.000-07:00

Hillarys - Seagulls

Ivy at Under the
Sorrento Stars event

A class mate from Declan's
Grade 1 class

Out side of the school function on Saturday night as posted in the last post which finished Sunday morning, we had an active Sunday also but with fewer photos from that day.

Breakfast at Hillarys Marina, and an afternoon at the beach rounded the day off.

We were all ready for a wonderful Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni before heading to bed for the kids, and to the computers for the adults.

Breakfast at
Hillarys

Ivy - simple fun on
the grass

Hope you also had a great weekend.

Dinner

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