Remember last year when we went Olympic mad? When my mother was down and hosted what can only be described as a truly awesome Olympic-themed party? The children have not forgotten. Oh, no, and when mum was down they demanded a repeat, could just not wait another three years (or one year if you count…
Well, three don’t belong, but I’m thinking of one in particular!
My mother has been visiting us since Wednesday. She is still in school holidays and I asked her if she wouldn’t mind coming down to give me a bit of a hand as I’ve got to get some proper work in before the deadline of a pretty big writing program I’m applying for closes on…
I have just heard that the father of a very good friend of mine died this morning. They are very good friends of ours, their children are best friends with ours, and everything is echoing quite loudly in my head at the moment. Takes me back five months. Almost five months exactly. So forgive me if…
My New Years Resolution to watch more classic movies has been put on hold for a little while, for no better reason than the fact I forgot about it (oops). Then the other week at the library there was a horde, a horde! I tells ya. These are but some I got. Thoughts: 12 Angry Men:…
Our holidays revolved around a routine of nothingness. We didn’t get out to visit any number of amazing museums, galleries or events specifically designed for holiday time in the city. Frankly, there is nothing that turns me off more than the prospect of lines, impatient, whiney children and the thought that any second my own…
Riley came up to me yesterday, held up this DVD: …and asked, “Is this Michael Jackson?”
I took this shot coming down the mountain back into Marysville, a town ravaged by the Black Saturday bushfires. As you can see, it was a gorgeous day. As you can also see, the tell-tale signs of damage are still very plain. This is taken from the hill on the back road out of Yarra…
Yesterday we went away on one of our few spontaneous family outings together. Of course I say the word “spontaneous” loosely, for as anyone knows who’s gone to the snow there is a lot of gear and oh are we wearing enough layers? talk. But we were up at Lake Mountain a little before 9.30am,…
