Goodbye to Grandma Alene

We said our goodbyes to Grandma Alene yesterday as she boarded her plane for the 28 hour trip (including layovers) back home to Spokane, Washington. Our month together was fabulous, and now we have to adjust to life without Grandma once again. Marc also headed back to work after being off for 3 weeks. So its back to reality for the girls and I. The Aussie weather is helping a bit with lots of rain and gray skies matching our gloomy emotions. Actually, the rain is a welcome sight for all of Brisbane since we are in the midst of the worst drought in over 100 years. Our yard was parched and brown when we left for Tasmania, but we came home to green grass and ferns and flowers popping up everywhere. On our way home, we were bracing ourselves for some killer heat that we usually have this time of year, but the temperatures have been perfect with highs around 25 deg C. To be honest, Tasmania was a little too cold for us. How are we going to deal with the Seattle weather once we come home? :-)

We've managed to get several of our Tassie pictures uploaded to Kodak Gallery. Here's the website to view our slideshow:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=rb4s789.1sis3a79&Uy=4oek83&Ux=0

Cheers!

Marce