Tired

I’m exhausted at the moment. I don’t know if I should even bother to write about the surprise visit of the toxic, poison in a pigtail, relative who is by some unfortunate quirk of genetic hoodoo, a part of G’s extended family. It might be good therapy though so I will keep typing and see [...]

Yikes a Meme

There is something about this house – found in Coburg.
Well, I have been tagged by the fabulous This Devil’s Workday to answer a few questions about myself so here goes…
1. What were you doing ten years ago?
Let me think. Ah, yes 1998 was a year of changes for me. I started a new Uni course [...]

I’m coming to eat that chip

Ok, what does this kind of thing mean?
Last week I was nearly hit on the head by a superb looking parrot. I saw her and her mates take off like I have seen many times before. They were making that great, high chattering noise. I seem to remember thinking, gee they are getting close, then [...]

Is it because I am hungry or just…

Bacchus Marsh market garden. Healthy greens.
In the interests of getting back into the swing of regular blogging I have been wondering what could be a handy way to knock some more rust off the blogging part of my brain. Ahh, I know. I could do the old 10 food things about me chestnut. Yes, [...]

Anzac day

Yesterday was Anzac day. Anzac day falls each year on the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing – a tragic episode among many during WW1. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
Anzac day is the day we remember the people who have gone to war, fallen or returned. We also remember that [...]

Washing the dishes

Well, today I was doing the dishes. Looking out the window. A good time to let the mind wander around. It’s no use fighting the job and feeling annoyed at the time it takes. We do have a dishwasher and I don’t use it. So how can I complain?
There is a rose outside my [...]

Oh Easter sweet tooth why me?

G’s Sudoku
It wouldn’t be a weekend without G doing the Sudoku. Often he draws the puzzle up on any available piece of paper and writes in possible number combinations in the corners. I never do the sudoku but I should start.
So, being the Easter long weekend he found a somewhat significant piece of paper [...]

On heat and how I didn’t cope with it

Well, obviously it’s hot today. I should have booked tickets to the South Pole before this unseasonable, abominable heatwave got started. We are just getting into Autumn, and things should be starting to look like this. Points to picture below.

Autumn in Bright, Victoria
Why is it 38 degrees (100.4 F) today? I have been up [...]

Vale, my beautiful

I have been trying to decide whether to post today. It is a sad day for me. It is the 2nd anniversary of the passing away of my darling dog. I must warn you that this is my catharsis and it could be a bit hard to read.
He was diagnosed with lymphoma at 6 and [...]

Summer Rain

It’s humid and stormy in Melbourne at the moment. Everyone here, I think, is happy to receive the rain. In fact we obsess about it: when is it coming, how much and when will it come back again. Australia, like many parts of the world, has been experiencing a long and devastating drought so now [...]