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(while eating breakfast)

Dad: RJ. We’ve got a problem. We’re not drinking enough milk. We’re never going to get through all this.

RJ: I have an idea! Let’s get all the bottles out and dress them up and then put on some music and have a milky conga line! They can dance along, it’ll be great!

Dad: Yeah! And we can dance them all out of the house and down the street and all our neighbours can have their milk join in too!

RJ: …

RJ: …

RJ: …

RJ: Don’t be silly, Dad.

Dad: Sorry, mate. I got a bit carried away.

RJ: That’s okay. It’s cold today, right?

Dad: Yeah. Very wintery. They said it might hail.

RJ: Good, because today I’m going to wear TWO hoodies AND my wooly hat.

It's the dreaded double hoodie!

Each year, we invite a few friends up to the farm at Gingin to celebrate the winter solstice. After spending the day pruning the fruit trees and tending to the orchard, we fire up the pizza oven and serve a nearly endless stream of delicious homemade pizzas. We follow up by lighting a huge bonfire to brighten things up through the long night. It’s heaps of fun (despite things often going awry because of rainy weather).

Citrus is in season at the moment, and the trees are totally loaded with fruit. LR gets to work picking some mandarins. Delicious!

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During the winter nights, LR has a hot water bottle to cuddle to keep warm. It has a cute puppy cover over it and is great for snuggling up to.

I don’t think she knows that I make little yelping noises when I fill it up with boiling water at night.