Wow a lot has happened since I last posted on this blog.
I’m now a mum! 
On 9th of June 2011 I became the proud mother of our twin girls – Jessica and Belinda. 
They were born one minute apart 7.39pm and 7.40pm. First came Jessica Angela at 3.2kg then Belinda Josaphine much smaller at 2.3kg. We spent quite a while recovering in hospital at King Eddy then Peel. We finally came home for the longest night of the year (the winter solstice) and we survived.
They are now 4 1/2 months old and a bit of hard work but such a joy. We are very fortunate to have happy healthy babies. 
We have an apricot tree down in the orchard but unfortunately this season we were not able to keep up with the preventative spray to discourage fruit fly. The result is that most of our apricots near the end of this season, have larvae in them. Luckily there were a few good fruit at the start and I was able to make one small batch of jam (2 small jars) and we ate a few with that delicious flavour we remembered from years past.
after they have been sitting in the sun for a while. The maggies are quite funny how they come in and quickly grab an apricot and run a little way then stab it to break it up and eat the contents only leaving the seed. This is a great way to clean up the bad apricots.
would need to keep an eye on it and determine what species it was when it flowered next. Well last October we were able to check during the day at the spot where it grew and we were able to see it flower and I could take a photo. The photo helped confirm that the orchid was what we suspected, indeed it was a sun orchid Thelymitra vulgaris (‘vulgar’ meaning common) or the Common Sun Orchid only opens each flower for one day when the conditions are right and of course only if it is a warm sunny day.
