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We've been back home 5 days now. Just did the last lot of washing. The first day back we had rain and the 2nd wasn't much better. 

When we left it was still summer but now there's a chill in the air, more rain on the horizon.  Definitely autumn going on winter. We had already ordered the first load of firewood. K gave our woodman a call and told him to get it here this week. 

I've been feeling 'off' but hopefully today is turn-around day.  There's work to done. The house has to be 'wintered' though we did start that before Poppi left.  Heavy curtains have been put up.  

Here are the last photos of the beautiful park at our holiday resort. 

Canna lily

A grove of Eucalyptus trees

This one was a giant. It's been around quite a few years.

Still trying to find the name of the tree with the big hard brown seed casings.  An Australian bottle tree was suggested.  I can see why it's called a bottle tree. 

But this is the tree where I collected the seed casings. The seeds look similar but the tree does not have that bottle shape. 

A greek hibiscus, so I'm told. It does look like a hibiscus but the flowers are so much smaller than the ones I know from NZ. 

October is going to be a busy month. We have more visitors this month than we had all summer.  Tavernas and cafeterias should all remain open till the 28th which is a National Holiday and, weather permitting, all the island will be out celebrating. 

I hope it stays dry. Temps have dropped to 22o.  That's a big difference from a month ago. Enjoyable though for those from colder climates.