• The Bush

    A bush christening

    The Little Woman got baptised yesterday – a bush christening. If you know the Banjo Paterson poem of this title, you will understand the potential for romantic settings and possible disaster. My cousin had decided to have her two little…

  • All posts

    Sleep like a babe…

    OK, this is the most self-indulgent post you will ever see… forgive me. … It’s just that I happen to believe I have given birth to the two most gorgeous kids on the planet (OK, I know yours are pretty…

  • Language

    Quote of the Day # 2

    “La La La… Wipstick!” Quotee: The Little Woman Explanation: With some coaxing from her mother, this is the Little Woman’s attempt to get her mouth around the name of one of her favourite things in the world (and in mummy’s…

  • The Bush

    Branded!

    Why we brand and how it smells!(Not a story for the faint-hearted, or weak-stomached vegetarians) But where do I belong? It’s one of those facts of life, that on cattle properties, calves get branded. Otherwise, other less-scrupulous people would help…

  • The Bush

    Old Stuff #1

    I love Old Stuff. My husband, when given the chance, would joke that that’s because I can identify with it (that’s what happens when you marry a toy-boy – you get reminded about your age forever. Lucky he’s so cute…

  • Weather

    But first the clouds…

    We have just started the branding here, and I am exhausted. I should be sleeping. But I need to post (a sudden addiction I cannot explain as my previous life was blog-free and no need-to-post affliction affected me at all.…

  • Language,  The Bush

    Quote of the Day #1

    “Your blood is worth bottling” Quotee: Bush Babe’s Dad Alternate version: You little bottler! Translation: “You are a top person” or “Job well done!” Mighty praise (especially when uttered by old bushies) NB Is quotee even a word?