Ducks in Canberra

I have arrived back in Darwin after spending two and a bit weeks in Canberra, ostensibly to make curtains for downstairs at my daughter and son-in-law's house, but of course to travel with a duck and take photos with the Canberra cousin - Chris.  

100% Gorgeous travelled with me and liked hanging out upstairs with Chris Duck. They both enjoyed coming downstairs and watching three very good games of mahjong and then there was some time spent hanging out in the garden.

My son-in-law has worked very hard to keep the garden alive during the drought conditions that Canberra is still under, as this quite large pumpkin will testify to.  It still is one of the great pleasures in life to prepare a meal with vegetables and herbs picked fresh from the garden - zucchini, apple cucumbers, tomatoes, figs, oregano, rosemary, basil etc.  Pasta with a sauce of fresh tomatoes roughly chopped and cooked with grated zucchini and fresh herbs - wonderful