Category Archives: Life

Morning frost

Gordon’s away for a couple of days, so I’m on morning dog-feeding and walking duty. This morning we recorded a temperature of -4 degrees Celsius on the front porch – and there was definitely a frost coating the paddocks! Here’s … Continue reading

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Catching up

In between travelling, work, and illness, I’ve neglected the blog this past couple of weeks! My apologies to my regular readers. So, here’s a summary catch-up! The rest of our outback trip went well. We had planned to spend two … Continue reading

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Afternoon Light

It’s been a very busy few days, racing to meet my deadline to finish the copy edits on Dark Country, and preparing teaching materials, a lecture, and marking assignments in my uni job. Yesterday afternoon, though, on my way home … Continue reading

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Simple pleasures

A day working at home today, the first in almost two weeks, filled with many small pleasures: the spinebills on the red flowers of the pineapple sage outside the kitchen window – it flowers in autumn and through early winter, … Continue reading

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Confessions of a Bookaholic

One of the problems with being flat-out busy for the last three months or so, is that I haven’t done much reading. And one of the ‘problems’ about spending time on reading blogs and communities is that you hear about … Continue reading

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