Category Archives: Life

“Lovin’ an’ fightin'”

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, our national day of remembrance. Today is the 95th anniversary of the landing of Allied troops, including the ANZACs (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps), on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey … Continue reading

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Home again – finally!

It’s been a roller-coaster couple of weeks since Gordon posted about me getting through the procedure fine. Although I was discharged from hospital on the Thursday just before Easter, and had a couple of pleasant days with Gordon and my … Continue reading

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Sydney

Here I am in Sydney again – so different to the peace and quiet of home in the bush, but vibrant and fun in small doses! I flew in at lunchtime, caught a cab to the serviced apartment we booked, … Continue reading

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New England green

It’s now 22 years since I first moved up to this part of the world. It’s referred to as New England, apparently because the early explorers/settlers thought it looked like England’s green fields – which always kind of puzzled me, … Continue reading

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The Long Paddock

While many areas in the state are still in drought, we’ve been lucky this past couple of months to have had a reasonable amount of rain. Not quite enough to fill the dams, but the tanks are full, and the … Continue reading

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