Wordless Saturday…
I know. There’s no such thing as ‘wordless Saturday’ – and the Good Lord knows I can’t keep my trap shut for a whole day!! So while I am away from the office supervising a little outing of Mr Incredible’s…
Favourite Things: Filthy Rear View
I snapped this photo as we drove home from our trip last week. The ingredients are kind of ordinary: Dusty road. Blurry green grass. Peeling old horse float. Dirty car. And yet… This shot makes my heart sing!I know not…
Strange and beautiful…
We went for a drive last weekend. To a ‘nearby’* town for a party. (*Interpretation: only 2 1/2 hour drive away) We do this in the country – drive for hours for some social action. Actually, I would. Mr Incredible…
Cattlework – crushes and cradles
The first week of school was a hectic time round the ridges here… not only were Dash and his Mum getting used to the routine of breakfast-lunch preparation-dressed-hunt for shoes-toothbrushing-ABC Kids OFF-bag packing-schoolbus again, but the stud branding was also…
Holding tight, heroes…and helping
This past week in Australia has been devastating. The effects of the firestorms and floods have been widespread and earth-shattering. Even those, like us, who are safely out of harm’s way, feel the reverberating pain of these tragedies – estimates…
Damnation…
When I tapped out yesterday’s post asking y’all to keep in mind the terrible conditions in the south of our great nation, I had no idea of the enormity of what was happening. Of what would happen. No idea at…
Hellfire…
My thoughts tonight are with Gem and all those experiencing horrendous temperatures (I have heard reports of almost 50 degree Celsius) and terrible bushfires down in the southern part of this country: New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria. To…
Amphibian Graffiti
I love nice cars. In another life, I might have been a bit of a rev head. I love the latest Land Cruisers and Lexus and Audi convertibles, as a girl I had posters of Lamborghinis plastered on my bedroom…
The Most Dangerous Thing on Granite Glen…
There are many creatures around this neck of Australia that can give you pause. Some that can make your heart go pitter pat. And not always in a nice way. There are animals that it always pays to avoid, or…
Favourite Things: Clouds of imagination…
On our flying trip to the semi-Big Smoke last week, Violet and I played games. We have managed (so far) to resist the whole portable DVD players for the kids – although we aren’t exactly techno-phobes. The i-pod does get…