( Seven happy things from my week )

Sorry for the late travel post - I'm having a hard week re-writing my thesis conclusion and introduction! Please take this as an excuse for the image reliant post as well.

( Darwin and Kakadu )

Inspired by Jen Robinson's list of memorable places she has read I thought I would belatedly do the same.

( Warning: nostalgia under this cut )

John Green (author of the excellent Looking for Alaska - I should have had a best first book category and then he could have won it - and An abundance of Katherines, which sounds great but isn't out here yet) and his brother Hank have kindly provided me with an additional blog to watch when I want to procrastinate. That's right, watch. They are ( Read more... )

One unanticipated problem with the chicken gift giving from Oxfam Unwrapped - one (elderly) relative thought it was a program like adopting a child and we had signed her up for monthly payments to keep the chicken alive ( Read more... )

talisen and I went to Moreton Island for a long weekend away, with the same group as last April namely my mum and sister and various hanger ons. All the stuff I said last time was true this time too, there was wetland appreciation, bird watching, fishing, $15/night accommodation, novel reading, relaxing and chatting over wine and nibblies. This time there ( Read more... )

Wow, long time since the last entry. Despite, or perhaps because of, the copious amounts of public holidays recently I’ve been busy!

( Easter in Rockhampton )

One of my sisters has recently acquired a kitten, which makes him my nephew cat I suppose. We are all having fun playing with Charlie (I can't actually remember the human guests at her house from the last couple of visits) and I thought some of you cat lovers might like some piccies.

( Ridiculously cute kitten )

Last night I went with my sisters and our various significant others to see The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. It only came out on Boxing Day here in Australia, so the session was still pretty busy. Although I'm sure the numbers were boosted by the desperate hordes of people seeking to escape the heat ( Read more... )

We've been enjoying a fairly lazy Christmas break this year. Lots of time for nice things like lying on the couch reading. Christmas was spent with our two families, across the road from each other, which allowed for much eating and drinking and wandering back and forth. Everyone liked their pressies, piles of prawns, crabs, bugs and crayfish were ( Read more... )