I’ve been busy since I got home, but thought I’d squeeze in a little update with the first half of my August gratitudes.

• 1/8/2026: A PB at Noosa Parkrun. A little walk up that last hill but obviously less than last time.
• 2/8/2026: My last run at Noosa for this year and I was treated to a double rainbow
  
  
  
• 2/8/2026: We made it to one of our favourite roadtrip stops, Cubbyhouse Bakery, before it closed. We had Chicken schnitty sandwiches and picked up these decadent cookies for our dessert that night.
  
  
  
• 2/8/2026 Sunset walk along Yamba beach and up to the lighthouse.
  
  
  
• 3/8/2026 A lovely morning walk on the beach at Yamba
• 3/8/2026 Seeing and photographing a couple of kookaburras
  
  
  
• 4/8/2026 Beautiful morning for my photowalk
  
  
  
• 4/8/2026 Watching a Brahminy Kite
  
  
  
• 4/8/2026 Settling into a good rhythm on my 5 min intervals. Felt good!
• 5/8/2026 Catching up with Mel
• 6/8/2026 Eating our brekkie roll at Kincare, watching the waves roll in
  
  
  
• 7/8/2026 Our friend recovering from RSV to join us in Sydney
• 7/8/2026 Managing to find a free carpark not too far from our apartment in Bondi
• 8/8/2026 Big cookup of pasta. Eating around the table with friends.
• 8/8/2026 After dinner games of bannaagrams
• 8/8/2026 Meeting up with Mel down at Bondi during her patrols.
• 9/8/2026 PB on the City2Surf
  
  
  
• 9/8/2026 Leftovers pasta for dinner. No cooking or going out.
• 10/8/2026 Being home
• 10/8/2026 Pats with Riley
• 10/8/2026 Family dinner with Hayley
• 10/8/2026 Postcard from Nicole waiting for me
  
  
  
• 11/8/2026 Taking Riley around our regular route. He walked fine.
• 12/8/2026 Getting the first run done after a race. Harder than usual but good to tick it off.
• 12/8/2026 Black cockatoos in our street trees, they made a huge mess, but it is so good to see them in the city.
  
  
  
• 13/8/2026 Back at music practice and it went well. My hands have remembered what they’re supposed to be doing.
• 14/8/2026 Catching up with our friends over dinner at a new-to-us Argentinian restaurant in the city.
• 15/8/2026 Trying a New Chinese takeaway which was good
• 15/8/2026 Catching up with running group after being away