Though we had disposed of some old furniture, we still had a lot of things to move out from the Fox. With this in mind, we started first with moving Jen's things across Canberra. The ute pictured, so kindly loaned to us for our move, was invaluable. I'm shown below on the Monday morning, 16 August, and obviously making light of the job ahead.
So for a few days there, we had only the most rudimentry of furniture. (Good practice for the way I have "furnished" my apartment in the US now.)
Jenny made the tough decision to sell her motorcycle before we departed for our post-doc jobs in the States. This was Jen's first motorcycle and she learnt to ride with it. I was a bit attached to it and then it wouldn't start for the prospective buyers! I imagined that it was for show, so that we would keep it. I persevered and now it lives out near Belconnen. I'll hope to see it around town again (and probably still with an L-plate on it) in 12 months. Jenny rode this bike all the way to Eden with me at one stage and took it to Newcastle and back another time.
Friday, August 20, 2010, was our last day at The Fox. It was going to the biggest day of packing and cleaning, so we started early. In the next post, I will show you how we managed it all. Before I finish though, I point out the daffodil in the photograph below. This daffodil is descended from one of a number of bulbs that were given to Jen along with some tulip bulbs. We planted these here in preference to the problematic Jerusalem artichokes that we had tried previously. Every spring, we saw that these bulbs were multiplying and were gratified that some of the daffodils bloomed in time for us on our last days in our old home. I bet that the tulips are in full bloom now and trust that they are again brightening people's days.
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