When old Footballers Make Bad Decisions – Long Story Short
Last entry I told you (at length) about my husband’s re-entry into the world of football. They say “a picture paints a thousand words”… Two should be worth a novel… Nuff said. Bush Babe PS how is it possible that…
When old footballers make bad decisions – short story long
My darling husband is an ex-footy player. I met him after his first-grade league rugby career was finished by an untimely collapsed lung. He doesn’t talk much about this stage of his life – he is a big guy (6’2”)…
DEFINITIONS: ‘Strine Vernacular’ & ‘Bush Babe Speak’
To assist those who are having issues with some Aussie terminology sometimes used unwittingly in this blog. (Bonus: handy for dealing with any bloke from the bush!) Bush – this does not refer to an American President or the nether…
Red, white and blue… and verde (the colours of my day)
Today was Australia Day – a proud public holiday in the best of Aussie traditions. Around us here at Granite Glen, neighbours traveled over red dirt roads to various small towns to attend Australia Day breakfasts and award presentations. Bad…
Why I live where I live
Okay… time to let the words take a back seat folks… Here are some of the reasons I live where I live. It’s the freedom… It’s the contentment… It’s the heart-wrending storyline… It’s the drama and the colour… It’s the…
A Better Woman…
You know how you have a day when you think you’re doing OK? Then you are reminded just how incredibly normal and unremarkable you really are… and it’s alright. Well today is one of those days. I often read the…
Ageing (dis) Gracefully…
I’m not the sort to make New Year resolutions. Not usually. But I was given a photo of myself this week – it was among a number of photos handed to me by a generous (skinny) friend. Special photos, of…
Let it rain…
It’s been raining at Granite Glen… not the dam-busting, flooding deluges of out west, where friends have been forced to evacuate their homes and take shelter in the corner of a shed, all their worldly belongings stacked high and hopefully…
Weird Creatures and bitumen…
One of the fabulous things about living in the bush is “going for a drive” – where the constantly changing “movie guide” of Granite Glen offers better vision that any Jacques Cousteau TV feature. Today I took Dash (5) and…
beginnings…
Hello to the wild wide world of web!! To be honest, I am not sure what I hope to convey in my little ‘blog’… perhaps some of the images I have taken around my beautiful part of the world, perhaps…