Flower confession time
I have to admit it… I have a strange flower fetish. It’s to do with bunches of flowers… I cannot leave them mixed. Our Small Town only offers mixed bunches of flowers – either lilies-and-gerberas or native-banksias-and-waratahs – which I…
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…
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…
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…
THAT’s not an icicle…
Do you remember that 1980’s movie Crocodile Dundee?When Paul Hogan was an Aussie and pre-plastic surgery? And remember that line where Mick says: ‘THAT’s not a knife… THIS is a knife!’… And remember how I showed you this: This amazing…
Birthday blooms…
Some blooms for Jean-Jeanie today… Whose birthday we finally celebrated this weekend… With a couple of bunches of tulips nabbed from Woolies,and a loud gathering of family and pasta and wine and carrot cake… It was a rich and delicious…
Talk-free Tuesday… change of season
Happy Autumn everyone!
BB classroom: What’s real? .
I have been doing a spot of teaching lately.Not that I am any sort of professional teacher. I have the utmost respect for teachers, and the importance they play in our lives. Plus they have to be the most patient…
Encounter of the (much-needed) wild kind
I went to Mum’s “town” place yesterday, after visiting my friend Lil. I wasn’t feeling down exactly, but my mood was kinda flat I guess. (Anyone hanging around this blog of late will know what I mean! BB’s version of…