Friday, 11th July ....

Life is starting to get back to normal after the wedding. It's been a beautiful day and that's a great relief after the miserable weather we've been having. Nera has made the most wonderful soup for dinner; I thought it might have an exotic Tagalog name but it's simply Chicken and Macaroni soup. Apparently, it's often served for breakfast but I'd enjoy it at any time.


Nera has spent most of today filling in more forms for her application for a residency visa. It's never-ending but at least she is able to apply from within Australia. Quite a lot of money has to be handed over with the application and it's non-refundable, no matter what the outcome.

Sandy put me on to an iPad app called Pinterest. It brings together the internet scourings of people all over the world and allows you to pick up anything which interests you and 'pin' it to a board. I spent an hour today following random ideas and picked up some wonderful posters, pictures and ideas, in topics as eclectic as Dr Who, Japanese villages, bridges, Australian Impressionist art and lessons to be learned from the movie Brave.