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Here in Hobart, May has been a month of autumn colours, frosty mornings, mild sunny days.
We have been given more freedoms as lockdown rules begin to roll back. We can go out more, travel further from our homes, more shops are open and cafes and restaurants can have up to ten people seated in addition to take away meals.
I took these photos of Hobart Waterfront. There are not usually so many fishing boats in port.
Therefore May has also been a mixed month, with a different feel today compared to the beginning of the month.
To occupy myself, I have knitted a couple of baby strawberry hats. Here is our granddaughter. When I posted this photo I had two orders so I’m still busy with red and green wool.
I saw this experiment so tried it for myself. Hot water in the middle of a circle of M&M’s creates a pretty rainbow. Yes I still ate the chocolates 🙂
And I have relaxed with this fascinating book.
As today is the last day of autumn I will close with this image of “the last leaf on the tree”.
This is my contribution to Su’s Changing Seasons challenge.
Really interesting post Ruth. I love the M&M’s experiment. I’d be eating the chocolates too. It’s an unfortunate time for many businesses. We’ve got it here too in NZ. We are a bit further through it now with bigger groups being able to meet for funerals and weddings.
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Lovely set of photos Ruth – the strawberry bonnet is so cute! We are also having restrictions relaxed here in WA and we even went out for a pub meal with the family on Friday (a pupil free day at school because of the long weekend here). Can’t believe it is officially the last day of autumn -2020 has been a somewhat surreal year! Take care xx
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Thanks Rosemary. It is certainly good to be able to get out and socialise a bit. Take to you too xx
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Loved those autumn colours in the first couple of photos Ruth. It is good to be able to get out and about a bit more. That is a very cute hat
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Definatley nice to have more freedoms now.
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It certainly is
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More beautiful weather in Hobart! The harbour looks lovely. What a lovely photo of your little granddaughter….you must miss seeing her, and also your grandson. We will be visiting our granddaughter in late June. It will be good to see her, they grow up so quickly!
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Thanks Gerrie. Still not sure when we can get to Sydney and back safely. Tassie is not keen to open borders just yet. But so much joy on FaceTime, lots of virtual hugs x Enjoy your family catch.
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Such a sweet hat! You must be dying to get over and visit your new grandchild. Are the state borders opening soon? And lovely autumn photos. This year is passing so quickly.
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Thanks Jude. Big discussions about opening state borders. Difficult balance between economy and health risk. As an island, Tassie is being cautious.
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As an island I wish we’d been a lot more cautious in the beginning! I still have the impression that the govt are going for herd immunity and only enforced a lockdown so they could resource the NHS which has been underfunded for a decade. You’d really wish that public health had been leading this.
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Gorgeous hat (and grandchild).
Your images are lovely; autumn in Hobart is something I hope to experience sometime in the next few years.
Thanks for being part of the Changing Seasons.
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Thanks Su. I’m being quite slack about posting but Changing Seasons is the one “challenge” that I enjoy and is a good way to review recent weeks. Thanks for hosting it!
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Thanks Ruth. I enjoy the discipline of having to look through my photos for the month, and I love seeing what everyone else is up to.
I did find this last month quite stressful to write; which is a first for me — but I guess the world is weird for all of us.
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Hi Ruth, I’m visiting from Su’s The Changing Seasons link up. Beautiful photos and what a cute granddaughter and bonnet you have! I’m in Ontario, Canada so we’re in spring season, heading to summer later this month.
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Hi Natalie. I love seeing the opposite seasons in the blog world. Thanks for visiting 🙂
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Heather Rose’s “Bruny”, so prescient! Love te strawberrt hats!
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