Another beach, another beach, another beach...
This week was a fun week and was topped off with a visit to a beach, then another beach, then another beach and another beach.....
This week David and I were invited to a nice dinner with David's colleagues at University of Western Sydney for a special event. It was nice chatting with people from France, Belgium, USA, Russia etc. The dinner was awesome and the view was fantastic! For 3 or 4 hours drive in any direction from where we live, it is like living in California. Mild weather (about 70 to 75 degrees every day) with green and gorgeous flowers, manicured hedges in every yard and horses and other animals looking happy and eating grass. Check out these pics of the old orchard that is now a B&B/restaurant about 25 miles down the mountain from our house.
The 19th was David's birthday so Cullen and I prepared a special dinner for him... everything chocolate! Using recipes from my favorite site...... Epicurious.com ... we found a mole sauce from scratch from San Miguel and a Stout Chocolate cake. Yummy! I loved making the mole but making this from home with the variety of chilli's to experiment with will be fun! This recipe uses about 10 different nuts and seeds that are toasted separately and when you eat the mole you can taste the separate flavors.
On Sunday we hit the road and decided to visit the beaches North of Sydney. We drove straight up to Palm Beach where there is a bay with boats and the road curls around to the beach side of this peninsula. The beach was gorgeous with beautiful sand and great waves with clear water. There was a new beach every 5 miles for about 30 miles and as we picked and choose the beaches to pull over and visit, they were all just perfect! We have new favorite beaches:) Before we headed home we sat at a surf club and had nachos and fries. Although traffic is busy, it still just a little over 1 hour to get home.
It was a great, fun day! Next week we're heading to the south beaches of Sydney.
The weather this week will be perfect... about 75 degrees. Today I'm repotting my tomatoes and basil again... growing like weeds! Miss you all!
PS - Yay! Wyoming kicked CSU's booty!
This week David and I were invited to a nice dinner with David's colleagues at University of Western Sydney for a special event. It was nice chatting with people from France, Belgium, USA, Russia etc. The dinner was awesome and the view was fantastic! For 3 or 4 hours drive in any direction from where we live, it is like living in California. Mild weather (about 70 to 75 degrees every day) with green and gorgeous flowers, manicured hedges in every yard and horses and other animals looking happy and eating grass. Check out these pics of the old orchard that is now a B&B/restaurant about 25 miles down the mountain from our house.
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| David and colleague |
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| What a view! |
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The 19th was David's birthday so Cullen and I prepared a special dinner for him... everything chocolate! Using recipes from my favorite site...... Epicurious.com ... we found a mole sauce from scratch from San Miguel and a Stout Chocolate cake. Yummy! I loved making the mole but making this from home with the variety of chilli's to experiment with will be fun! This recipe uses about 10 different nuts and seeds that are toasted separately and when you eat the mole you can taste the separate flavors.
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| Chocolate mole with black beans |
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| Birthday lunch... butternut squash and 3 cheese pizza |
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| Stout Chocolate Birthday Cake |
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| Boys goofing off |
On Sunday we hit the road and decided to visit the beaches North of Sydney. We drove straight up to Palm Beach where there is a bay with boats and the road curls around to the beach side of this peninsula. The beach was gorgeous with beautiful sand and great waves with clear water. There was a new beach every 5 miles for about 30 miles and as we picked and choose the beaches to pull over and visit, they were all just perfect! We have new favorite beaches:) Before we headed home we sat at a surf club and had nachos and fries. Although traffic is busy, it still just a little over 1 hour to get home.
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| Countryside views on the way to the beach |
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| Palm Beach bay |
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| Palm Beach |
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| Palm Beach |
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| Whale Beach |
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| Another beach |
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| Another beach |
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| South Newton beach |
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| South Newton beach |
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| Relaxing with a view |
It was a great, fun day! Next week we're heading to the south beaches of Sydney.
The weather this week will be perfect... about 75 degrees. Today I'm repotting my tomatoes and basil again... growing like weeds! Miss you all!
PS - Yay! Wyoming kicked CSU's booty!
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