We are just about caught up on the highlights of 2020 so far. The photos are coming from the whole family now. I replaced the camera on my phone and I just received a new camera for Varsha’s phone so we will have lots more nice pictures.
July started with Cat’s birthday. We had a lovely mad hatter’s birthday tea party together.
Hugo and his dad Stephen came to visit from Brisbane. They were the first visitors we had had from far away for a long time. We made yummy gluten free pizzas for lunch.
Maya Thiango turned 16 and there was a masked ball for her birthday. It was market day too. Varsha made a blueberry bread beetle.
John continued on his tank stand project.
Laxmi has been sleeping in her cubby house.
We have been eating more home grown produce: mustard green sauerkraut, turnip and pumpkin soup and John’s homemade sourdough.
Varsha has written out a paper and dice game game story to play with their friends. This is the cover they made for their game kit, a box with dice and pencils.
Laxmi has been enjoying her new Ohuhu markers.
Cosmo had a Zelda Breath of the Wild party that we all dressed up for.
pinata 
treasure hunt 
pin the maracas 
on Hestu 
under the jackfruit tree 
rainbow cake
John made some more biochar.
Varsha painted a fish on their shirt with bleach and made a clay fish pendant. The fish was made of clay from our garden and fired in a campfire.
We went camping at Wonga beach. It was a homeschooler’s camp but only a few of us went.
July is really citrus season. A friend brought us a box of cumquats. We made a cumpquat upside down cake. It was delicious!
Picking mandarins.
pancake breakfast
pomelo is Varsha’s favourite
Varsha made a basket from fibres in the garden.
We made vegetable tempura. Varsha loved the tempura four box so much they had to make a painting of it.
Varsha and Maya Thiango found a baby bird when we were cleaning up at Geraghty Park Hall. It was peeping and when Varsha peeped back it came towards them. We took it to a wildlife carer who said it was a baby bar shouldered dove.
It has been so cold we are happy for a little bit of sunshine to warm our toes in!
John has joined the local fire brigade.
Varsha wove sticks in the new grape arbor.
