Six White Boomers
I feel the need… the need for … a spot of Festive explanation. . I put up a new header for December with a bit of a bush Christmas twist. But I realise that for those who aren’t .. well……
Of hats, horses and gutter conversations…
Guess what we’ve been up to over the weekend? Besides me taking too many photos … And Dash advising his Dad … …to make sure he ‘digs him in the gutters’ to make his horse go faster! (I smiled in…
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…
Changes… Incredible Changes!
I’ve been thinking… and watching movies with my daughter while I fold a MOUNTAIN of clothes. It’s a dangerous combination of chores. . Someone mentioned to me the other day that the names I have chosen for the Cast of…
Conversations with Dash: the wedding photos
I was going through my wedding snaps last night. I wanted to send a couple to my sister to remind her what a lovely day her wedding had been, how much fun everyone had had, and how beautiful she is.…
Snapshots of our minds
I had the most amazing conversation with Dash on the way home from a friends … it was just he and I in the car, at night. We were both tired and mostly silent on the drive towards Granite Glen…
Language Lesson: acceptable swearing
In response to Kate’s fabulous response to my Mystery Photo on Friday – in particular her question over the use of the word “bugger” – I decided to share an ad which illustrates the perceived “acceptability” of this particular word…
Oi, Oi, Oi!!!
This is wattle – it’s an Aussie bush currently in bloom around Granite Glen… Now, in a seeminly unrelated question: Are you watching the Olympics? Even if you are not a sports nut, the six-ring circus that is the World…
Fairytale Dash-style: Snow White
Yesterday, The Little Woman was “reading” to Dash in the back seat of the Prado.This was a lovely change from bickering, and poking toes over the imaginary centre line of the bench seat. We were enchanted as our three-year-old entertained…
Speakin’ the Lingo – Strine Users’ Guide
The Great Aussie tongue… It has come to my attention (almost daily!) that there is a fair gap between the Aussie language and that spoken in the good ol’ US of A. And probably the rest of the English-speaking world……