A farm stay

During our trip through the very wet western regions to Castlemaine I received a call from Kyle. “How you doin’ Mum? Where are you?” When I explained our situation and that we were about to spend our second last night with family he said, “You can park the van up at the farm tomorrow if you like. I cook a mean roast, the fire will be going and the house will be warm.”  What an invitation, how could we resist? 

So, after accompanying Lynda to her op shop duties and then having a short wander around town Will picked me up and off we headed on our almost final leg of the journey.  It was lovely to have a go slow day and with such a short leg we managed a stop for a cuppa and then a bit later a stop to smell the sea air!  The sun had decided to grace us with its presence, the rolling green hills looked glorious and it was nice to feel close to home – how blessed to have such diverse beauty on our doorstep. 

Where's my breakfast??

There was an anxious moment as we passed the sign post to Fish Creek, poor Will, he was sorely tempted, but as our house sitters had been told we wouldn’t be home until Friday we honoured our word and arrived at the farm.  We were greeted with hugs, stories of the day and an animal or two to make us feel really welcome.  Hokey, the young calf, followed whoever feed her and Dude was happy with a pat from one and all.

To quote Will ‘a mean roast lamb’ was cooked for us, the fire was magic and the company very special.  We left Kyle and Dude and buckled down in the van for our final sleep of this adventure.  We were dry, comfortable and a little nostalgic that another wonderful holiday was coming to an end.  At the same time thoughts of home had been coming more and more often.  As I'd wandered around the different towns smelling the spring flowers I'd wondered which of my flowers would be blossoming and what would my garden look like.  So with only one more sleep I knew the answer wasn't far away.  And what a glorious answer I found!!

 A riot of spring colour

Back in time to enjoy my tulips