So let me think... Saturday... Ah yes. I had 2 measures to do locally before we met up with a friend for an early lunch in Surry Hills & she handed over our South Coast cheeses order/hoard we'd tasked her with collecting for us, before we came home & had a bit of a domestic afternoon, which also involved me drawing up plans & dropping them at the ( Read more... )

A low-key day off, really. Just L-SP, her Mother & I on a little driving trip out to the south western suburbs, then back to the Sydney Fish Market for a light, early lunch. We then bought an absolute shit tonne (okay, only about 3 kilos) of fresh mussels, took them back to Mother's place & probably ate about a kilo each. Which isn't as bad as it ( Read more... )

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An adventure out in the world today... to "just have a look" at new stoves at one of the whitegood appliance stores nearby... our new stove will be installed on Friday. I suppose we got off lightly this time - the last time we went to "just have a look" at something, we bought a new car ( Read more... )

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I forgot to mention that, in March, I did another photography morning with the Canon Collective... a very early morning walk in Sydney's Bicentennial Park to the wetlands where the swans, waders, pelicans, egrets & ducks were just waking up. Lucky little buggers, I'd been up since 4.30am to be ready to make the drive from the Northern Beaches to ( Read more... )

Who wrote this stuff??!!



Neil Gaiman did...!!

We went to see him last night, as part of the Sydney writers Festival. He read extracts from his latest book & performed pieces with the criminally under-rated string quartet Fourplay

A wonderful writer, a captivating reader & he even sings... kind of...

Nick Cave & (most of) the Bad Seeds - State Theatre, 14th December 2014

Well, what a weekend

First week back at work after a mid-month hiatus, with a new employer, but the same kind of job & work... but enough of that - something far more important happened...

( King Crimson Was Here... )

Another productive day at work... this could become a habit

Back to Trivia tonight & I don't know if it's the venue, the crowd, or members of our own team... but it's the second time I've had a thumping headache by 8.30pm & can't wait to GTFO

Nurofen... Aspirin...