Post-Christmas

Boxing Day was spent enjoying a couple of traditional activities, eating leftovers and watching sport on tv. The start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was followed by turkey brie rolls, then there was the start of the five day cricket test match between between Australia and India, followed by turkey with salad for dinner. The pepperberry salad dressing made by Red Kellys which we tried for the first time was declared a success. The pepperberry tree is native to Tasmania.

Some stores were open for post-Christmas sales but we didn't really feel like dealing with the crowds. After encountering inferior quality goods brought in specially, items normally sold together like cups and saucers or salt and pepper shakers each having a price on them making them twice as expensive as you'd assume, markdowns that were only just marked up before they were marked down, confusing signage giving the impression that everything on a rack or in a particular area is marked down when it isn't, and so on, I'm a little cynical about sales these days anyway.

Today I raced around photographing the hebes as the rain threatened to come down. All this rain seems to have done them a lot of good, I haven't seen so many of them flowering so well for a long time and the ones that usually struggle a little in the heat of summer are still looking lush and producing wonderfully large flowers.