Our Treasure Boxes
Since the last post, we've acquired a BIG treasure box...our house at 41 Sturt Avenue, Narrabundah. We bought it on the 14th January, 2021, much to our surprise and, dare I say, horror. Leighton, Beatrix and I travelled to Canberra from Mallacoota on the morning of the auction, leaving the boys behind with Nana and Wonga. I don't know what we thought was going to happen, but shock set in when we won it, and I had the onset of a terrible headache that lasted a couple of days. It was a relatively hot, dry day for a La Nina summer, and I opted to remain at Nimbin Street rather than attend the auction, probably due to the combination of nerves, anticipation and the thought of having to keep Bea occupied and quiet (we had been at a previous auction where she picked ornamental plums and gave them out to people mid-auction!). Apparently the auction was relatively long and slow, starting at around $700,000 and going up and up in fits and bursts until Leighton called $905,000, at which