Faces of the week that was…
I've been a bad BAD blogger. And the list of excuses is excruciatingly long. But I do have pictures...
Competitive streak
I need to remove any kind of halo I might have accidently built up here on this blog. Before my friends all 'out' me! It's about feeling blue... and the conflict between goodwill and the need for speed. And what…
The Warmth of Goodwill
With its emphasis on good sportsmanship and goodwill, the warmth of the camaraderie of our little schools' sports day tends to make up for the physical chill in the air. That and the hot pies and sausage rolls!
Rocked by her lyric logic…
Violet and I had some 'us' time in the car this week - not that it was all quality time. A blog post that delves into detail of sorry sickness and some twisted Abba lyrics...
Cute Capers – a Trilogy
Whenever there is a gathering around these parts, my camera lense is (naturally) drawn to the kids. ~~~ Sweet, unselfconscious,smiling, sullen,silly,madcap,darling. Three vignettes of cuteness....
Monotones and My Girl
One of my favourite bloggers is holding a little contest on her blog at the moment. It’s calling for black-and-white images from bloggy photographers, and while I don’t tend to do the ‘who has the best photo’ thing too often…
The Mail Run – by BB and Violet
We get mail twice a week here at Granite Glen. Our lovely mail lady (who travels hundreds of kilometres each run) pokes our bundle of bills and papers into this old red cream can about one kilometre from the house.…
You know your kid is a real BUSH kid when…
They do this kind of thing… Unsure whether I should be impressed at the ability of these kids to amuse themselveswithout the need for electronic equipment…or whether to bejust a little bit… DISTURBED?
Shrek and the Swamp
You know how we have a pool? A pool my father built when he was just a teenager? A pool that provides some serious relief from the Aussie heat in the summer months? And you know how (despite many, many…
What just happened?
It seems like only yesterday, I gave birth to the sweetest little cherub of a girl…My Little Woman of the Fearsome Dimples And yet today… Just a day later in my mind, yet almost five years on… She happily waved…