Favourite Things: Rain and Friends
Two of my favourite things happened to me today… Rain fell. On my windscreen. Fat droplets sliding into sweet patterns. It fell on my side window too,while I was visiting a friend… My darling friend Lil. Her epitaph reads: “She…
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…
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…
Weather wishes: join the dots
One thing I try not to do here on this blog is whinge too much…It’s an unattractive look on me. I know this… … But I have to say that the heat and the dryness of the summer season has…
Steaming, swimming and see ya!
To say today was a bit warm would be a serious understatement. It was so freaking knee-bucklingly hot there was steam from my sweat beads. And not only was the mercury hovering around 40 degrees (centigrade) for the majority of…
Sober and stormy thoughts…
Just a quick note to send my thoughts to those who live in my old hometown, BrisVegas… Terrible storms have ripped through the city three times this week, and I ache for those who have lost so much in the…
Rainy day blues, reds and roos
It’s sometimes hard to drive around the roads here… especially when I am in a bit of a hurry. (And if you are up to speed at all, you’ll know this is pretty much always!). … You see, I have…
Winter Weather at Granite Glen…
One of the changes that one must undergo when one (or all!) move from the city to the bush is being very much closer to nature… and by extention, the weather. Sure the air is cleaner, the atmosphere clearer and…
I love (Happy) Damp Endings…
Things have been a little full-on here at Granite Glen over the last week. It’s school holidays here in Queensland and we have had visitors galore. I adore having people to stay, but drive myself to a standstill preparing to…
Winter woes…
It’s winter here at Granite Glen… We’ve had frosts already. Amazingly, I’ve not been up early enough to capture one with the Nikon yet. Myself, I’m not so keen on the cold. In my experience, one needs lots of doonas…