Punters, Elections and Winners in General
It seems that races are commanding attention from one end of this world to the other. As America hurtles towards it historic elections (Tuesday their time) we threw down our (proverbial) tools to pay attention to that most Australian of…
Goodwill and the Games…
Things have been busy round here… and not just with our boys doing their thing in the paddock here on the property.… The local ladies (OK the boys have helped too, but it’s been mostly the girls) of the Parents…
Friends and sunsets
I have just arrived home from a wonderful dinner… a night out in the bush.…It was an impromptu gathering of three families – neighbours around our age here near Granite Glen.…My darling friend Elle – a gorgeous bubbling well of…
How to Blow the Budget and Terrorize the Teenage Porter
I mentioned a few posts ago, that I had run away from Granite Glen. Temporarily, anyway. And it wasn’t that the piles of laundry had finally gotten to me, or the frosts that have started becoming regular visitors to my…
Girls Weekend: the Vital Statistics
Important Statistics from the Girls Weekend Away: # participants – 6 average age – 30 (*ahem!*) time away – 50 hours # kilometres travelled – over 1600km (2 cars)# husbands left at home looking after kids – 6# children left…
Sheeeee’s Baaaackkk!!!
This post (I’m afraid) is just a teaser… all froth and bubble and no substance at all! … But I have been off researching some really important subjects for this blog. The things I’ve had to immerse myself in (purely…
City goes Country…
We have had visitors here at Granite Glen these past few days… … It’s a wonderful thing, sharing our corner of the Bush with our friends. We have only been (back) here for 18 months and already a great many…