Libby Withnall – Page 40 – Life is a Journey

Family Day at Cordeaux Dam

Posted on July 28, 2015October 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

For this weeks family day Kevin chose to have a picnic at Cordeaux Dam. We haven’t been here since the kids were young. Since Athena’s girlfriend and Christy’s friend were joining us, we decided to take two cars. The dam is only about 30 mins away and we were treated to a very nice Winters day. It was cool and crisp with bright blue skies. After parking we walked across the dam, with numerous stops for photos.

After our stroll we found a great spot to have our picnic. I imagine in Summer you would have to get here very early in the day to grab this spot.

We were treated to an awesome Mexican salad that Athena had made at home.

And after lunch there were some games (and I read a magazine while enjoying some warmth from the sun)

You can check out my vlog if you’d like to see more of the day. We all had a fabulous time and I think we’ll be visiting another nearby dam very soon.

A day in my life – 14th July, 2015

Posted on July 18, 2015October 15, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Silly me didn’t do the journaling for this post within a day or two of taking the photos, so now I’m hard pressed to remember the details. Of course, being July, the day started with me watching about 4 hours of the Tour de France, that I recorded during the night.

Bailey is my cycling buddy and lies beside me. When I get up, usually for another cup of tea, I cover him up with the blanket.

When the cycling finishes – usually around 9am, I head upstairs to make the bed and have a shower.

I was feeling ok today so decide to take the dogs on a walk – but only a short one (wheew I drive down to the lake rather than walk the whole way).

Such a gorgeous Winters Day.

Back home I finally had some breakfast of overnight oats.

Since I wasn’t feeling well enough to do a job like decluttering or cleaning I worked on finishing my family photobook for last year. My laptop is dying and I wanted to make sure it was finished and uploaded in case it was lost forever.

About 12.15pm I headed out, first to the shops, where I bought did a spot of browsing and got a subway wrap for lunch, then to my beauticians for a eyelash and eyebrow tinting and a lovely facial.

I then picked up Christy from school and headed home, where I watched some youtube before Athena made us tacos for dinner.

After dinner I watched some TV with Kevin and we headed up to bed around 9pm.

The dogs don’t come up on the bed every night but it was nice getting to have some cuddles with them as I read.

Winter visit to the temple

Posted on July 12, 2015October 18, 2026 by Libby Withnall

For my choice of family day I decided on a visit to the Nan Tien Temple for lunch and a walk around. We’ve been having some gorgeous Winter weather but with a cold change due on Sunday, we decided to have day out on Saturday for a change. Athena friend Tara also joined us and both she and Athena had fun taking photos as well.

It always seems weird seeing ponsettias turning red in the Winter. I know they are Winter plants but since they are always sold here at Christmas time, I associate them with Summer rather than Winter.

Most of the leaves are gone from the desiduous trees.

First up we went to the Dew Drop Inn for lunch.

I ordered this soup but it was actually a little bland and was really the first thing I’ve ordered here that I didn’t love.

With full tummies it was time for our walk around the grounds and take LOTS of photos. Enjoy….

June in Photos

Posted on June 30, 2015October 16, 2026 by Libby Withnall

June was a mixed month as far as my health and I suffered a lot of migraines. But I did celebrate my birthday and was luckily well for Supanova. We had a few cold days but for the most part the month was very mild.