Food, Food, Glorious Food (& Sausage Roll Recipe)
I have always enjoyed my food. My family loves food – Mum makes a mean spag bol and tuna mornay, my Dad is game for anything (as long a red meat is an ingredient somewhere along the line) and both…
STRINE RULE #1: Laughing at ourselves
Given my recent encounters with translations from the American vernacular (‘hiney’ I have discovered, refers to your rear end, and a bit more), I thought I would trim down a popular email doing the rounds and share it with you.…
The Baked Beans Verse…
OK. I have been Zen. I have been un-Zen. I have been upbeat and downcast. Now its time to be silly. … The following verse is a favourite of my SSB (for the uninitiated, these letters can stand for Strong…
Not so Zen…
Were you around yesterday when I was feeling all calm, and soothed, and Zen? It was nice – it was peaceful and very non-confronting… That was yesterday. Today was more… sharp-edged and IN YOUR FACE. Note the absence of the…
A moment…
Ever stopped for a moment, stopped and listened? Really listened? To the clouds. To the wind. To the moment? It’s a soul soothing thing That can silently bring Salve to your aches Let the world stand still For this moment.…
Breakfast at Bush Babes…
Our household was a bit slow out of the blocks this morning. It was overcast and the soft grey light encouraged us all to slumber a little longer… SSB was up with the alarm at 5.30am of course, but I…
Whale of a Time…
We don’t take too many holidays here at Granite Glen – well, we didn’t as kids but in the 16 months since we moved back here, we have managed a few days away. One of the most memorable so far…
Who the heck are you?
You might notice a new box on the right of this lil’ ol’ blog. I had nothing to do with putting it there – my amazingly clever, HTML literate, brainy sister is visiting me and popped it there for me.…
A (worm) picture is worth a 1000 words…
I thought about going through long and tedious explanations about why we chose to up sticks and head for the bush almost 18 months ago. Why we gave up a seaside home and a good salary and weekends off, for…
Coz you can never have too much Great Dane
I have had very few pets in my life… oh, I’ve had LOTS of animals around – horses, cattle, working dogs, even a sheep (called Mary Jane – that’s definitely a post all on its own!). All have been useful…