A post for October

I have decided that I should hurry and write at least one post in all of October, because I haven't yet.

I could write some commentary on the world, but instead I think I'll just post a bunch of photos.

Batch one: Pictures from Cape Shanck, where I had a work retreat. We sat in a hotel conference room for two and a half days attending meetings. Then when it was all over, I caught a ride with a group going to see the nearby lighthouse -- because we'd been there for two and a half days without seeing anything....

Batch two: The Melbourne Marathon! No one in the family ran the marathon, or the half marathon, or the 10K, or the 5K. We didn't run any of it. I forgot all about it, in fact, until I dragged Jonathan out to walk to the art museum, to get the two of us out of the house. And there they were. Thousands of runners all through my neighbourhood. These photos don't do a good job of showing how many people there were. They just kept coming and coming and coming. And on the plus side, all the roads were closed to traffic, so our walk to the art museum was extra pleasant.

Batch three: Jonathan received his certificate for passing the French Diplome National du brevet, from the Ambassade de France en Australie. Some sort of French dignitary presented the certificates. He is there in the front in the middle. Jonathan is there in the back in the middle. The red blazers are the students. The others are teachers. Go Jonathan.

And that's it. It's almost like October never happened, it has gone so quickly.

Looking forward to November, when the weather should be even warmer.