Well Done Melbourne.

Over the course of Melbourne Lockdown we have been tuning in to (Premier) Daniel Andrews Daily News Conference. Sunday's conference was one that everyone was eagerly awaiting. He sounded tired and very emotional as he told everyone that we could start the road back to our "New Normal".

There will still be rules and restrictions but Shops can open and yes, You can go for a Beer - or in our case Coffee.  

How Sweet was it to sit down and have a Latte in a Glass!

It's not the Coffee that I have missed but the "People Watching" - the company of strangers.  The banter at the tables.  

These people are the Friends we haven't met and we have missed them.

Sunday's announcement also removed our 5 km travel restriction - expanding it to 25 km.  We can now have that 'Spatially Distant" Coffee elsewhere.  

This is what we found at the very end of our allowed 25 km. 

Oh to see the Water and Feel the Sea breeze on my (masked) face! 

It did more for my COVID muddled brain than any therapy.

Then there WAS an added extra - 25 km happens to intersect with where our DS#1 works.

We have not seen him since they put the "Barrier of Steel" between Regional Victoria and Melbourne.

It was SO good to see him again.

We eagerly await each announcement. 

As Infection numbers fall so do the restrictions.

We have brought down our Second Wave. 0 New Infections/ 0 Deaths

 Well done Melbourne! Keep it Up.

And we Celebrate? - with Donuts!  (Of course we do.)

Flowers for My Wedding Cake

 In Australia the THREE most photographed things at a Wedding are in Order:

1.  Bride

2. Wedding Cars

3. The Cake

Our Bride to Be doesn't understand the ritual of leaving home, Chauffeured to the Church in a Glorious Car bedecked with White Ribbons. 

All that see her on her journey wish her well. Often with a Toot of Horns or a Wave. 

So there will be no Vintage Cars this time.

However - There WILL be Cake!

I have been working on the Special Flowers for their Cake over the past few weeks.  

Cake decorators are pedantic about Botanical Accuracy when making Sugar paste Flowers and this time A LOT of research has gone into these blooms so I can get them as close as possible.

The Groom wanted Australian Flowers.  

The Bride?  Well of Course it would need to be Flowers from "Home" for her.
The "Yellow Rose of Texas" (Harison's Yellow Rose) and a certain little Wildflower that is close to her heart - The Texas Bluebonnet.

They haven't seen their Flowers yet so this is all I can show you.  I am happy with how they have turned out - Just hope that they are!

Life in Lockdown - Continues...

My Grandfather used to say that there was "No Rest for the Wicked - and Precious little for the Righteous".  Those that know me can wonder about which category I fit into - nevertheless I don't think my feet have touched the ground since my last post.

Back in an alternate Timeline (AKA - 2019) we were planning a Wedding.  Everything was falling into place nicely.  

Big ticket items were being Crossed off the List.  

Venue - Tick  
Mother of the Bride, 

Airfares and Accommodation - Tick

Wedding Dress - Tick

Florist, Photographer - Tick Tick

Celebrant - BIG Tick

and then the one thing that would really muck EVERYTHING up

 - A Global Pandemic.  

Back to Square ONE.

The Reception Venue closing down was bad enough.

But Closing Our International Borders means the Bride's Mother and Friends can't come.

We have watched restrictions bounce over the last 6 months from 

NO Weddings Permitted at all, 

through "Just the Minimum Five", 

to Ten allowed - including the Celebrant.  

We wait and Pray 

for Just a Little more wriggle room...

* * *

25th October UPDATE:

We can now plan for "Celebrant, Photographer, Couple 

and "No more than 10 Guests." 

That JUST scrapes in the immediate Family, 

2 Friends and a Bridesmaid.

A new Wedding Venue has been booked and we are almost back on track. 

Almost - there are a few other Issues we have had to deal with but I will cover those in another Post!