Having a Heart (and a cuppa)…
As many of you know, our Dash is a heartkid. This means he was born with heart defects – just like another six babies born today in Australia. And as you may already have learned, he needed two heart surgeries…
BB and the City…
We visited Brisbane on the weekend… Our visit was 72 hours of full-on action, gastronomic over-indulgence and a salient reminder for me in many ways of something you might not have necessarily picked up if you don’t know me outside…
Moments like these…
Today was a momentous day for the Granite Glen household. There was a little milestone achieved by a particular member of the family, which I feel compelled to share with the world (or at least the 17 or so of…
Seeking a sepia series…or not?
Ever just messed with something, decided that you loved it,and then (feeling rather chuffed with yourself) attempted to recreate it,and just couldn’t quite remember how you did it? Happens to me all the time… This is a shot I took…
A Big Day Out…
I packed the kids in the car very early this morning… they were a little resistant despite the siren call of seeing their biggest cousin (and the incentive of our plan to kidnap her – and her blooming mother –…
Happy (Hairy) Holidays!!
On Friday, Dash’s school had a ‘Crazy Hair Day’ which basically means that kids get to wear casual clothes and get high on hairspray fumes as they endeavour to outdo each other in the freaky hair department. All in the…
Bathing in the late afternoon sun
Feeling a little blue today… too many people leaving this earth: Michael Jackson A lot mixed up but insanely talented – who didn’t mimic his dance moves? Farrah Fawcett THE Angel… what little girl DIDN’t want that hair, that figure?…
Swing high, sweet chariot!
Mr Incredible had a bit of a construction frenzy on the weekend. We have been so busy with Beef Week and then weaning all the calves here that there has been no time for ‘around the house’ stuff. It’s the…
Handling the General
It’s been a while since I shared anything on Admiral’s son… the one you guys named various things but we ended up calling General. (Sorry – I have no real control over anything here at Granite Glen!) We said a…
Giddy-Up Little Red
The below series of pics are of the little piece of bovine brilliance who we ‘helped’ arrive into the world last week… for want of something better to call him, he is being referred to as Little Red. As you…