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When you come home from holiday, you sometimes feel like you need another holiday to recover from the first one! This year was no exception. The first problem I had was that my heating had broken down. We had some very cold mornings, down to 3 degrees, and the coldest of every state capital in Australia. I suppose it was a shock to my system especially as I’d just come back from Broome.

The next thing, to add insult to injury, was a speeding fine in my letter box. This was from Dongara on my way up north. How could this be? I never speed? What’s more, I had been going slow in order to conserve fuel. I can only think that there is a speed trap near Dongara where they catch motorists on the Brand Highway as they come into town. JL used to shrug off speed fines, saying they were an “occupational hazard” for him. I am still annoyed, but if I managed to drive all those kilometres up north and back, I should just consider myself lucky.

Now the good news: E has celebrated a big birthday! She was born in England on the longest day. In Australia she celebrates it on the shortest day. She has taken up baking and produced a spectacular cake:

My portion

The strawberry collapsed just as I took the photo! 

On the day, we went out for lunch at a nearby Japanese restaurant:

Everything was delicious!

It's called Sumeshiya.