The Great Hobby Horse Fiasco
Earlier this week I shared a little of our Melbourne Cup day – the finery and fashion. And the cuteness with which I am bombarded. But I kind of missed out on one of the more spectacular of the events.…
Bush Cup Details: heat, hats and hobby horses
Yesterday was Melbourne Cup Day… A day to throw on some glad rags Fill up the esky with beer, wine and finger food And head west in search of Race Day, Bush style! … We found it. Sixty kilometres from…
Shrek and the Swamp
You know how we have a pool? A pool my father built when he was just a teenager? A pool that provides some serious relief from the Aussie heat in the summer months? And you know how (despite many, many…
Camouflage
Sometimes, you know, I feel exactly like I did three years ago. Sure my kids are older, but really I run around and do grocery shopping and household chores pretty much the same. I cook. I take photos. I avoid…
Deadlines and (bovine) bonuses…
This last couple of days have been spent away from Granite Glen – if you have been checking my twitters at all, then you might know the lengths to which I went to avoid packing properly til the last minute.…
Wee Little Worlds
I am supposed to be getting organised for a humungous week of action. I am supposed to be folding and labelling and cleaning. And packing for a whole week away from Granite Glen. … Instead I am here sharing some…
Friends, forgetfulness (and whips)…
Once upon a time A girl called Bush Babe went to work in a newspaper office near the beach in Sunny Queensland. It was a very male-dominated workplace, and while the boys were mostly nice blokes it was a young…
New month, new header, no new weather!
Thought I’d sneak a little peak into the making of a blog header for y’all… no idea if anyone is remotely interested in how I come up with my bizarre ‘doorway’ into the Bush Babe blog, but thought I’d share…
Weather and Wedge-ies
Life is kinda crowding me at the moment … in the nicest possible way! I completely missed Weather Wednesday last week (cannot even keep to my OWN rules!).…I am so freaking busy I can hardly keep track of what day…
Game for anything…
I adore tennis… love watching it anyway! My favourite players were Mats Wilander (yummy cool Swede), Evonne Goolagong (met her, just divine!) and Ken Rosewall (saw him play in our local town when I was little… awesome!). These days, I…