Going North
Well we are in Queensland. I know that conjures up images of palm trees and balmy winter days for some. But, in all honesty, it is unseasonably cold and miserable. We are, naturally, being blamed for...
View ArticleMusic, rain drops, muffins
Perhaps I’ve gone crazy, crazy, crazy…like a rug salesman. Or it is just as I’m on holiday. But instead of posting a recipe today I am going to share some more holiday moments with you. It is still...
View ArticleFinding rainbows
The Gurus are constantly on the look out for rainbows. We see a fair few where we come from due to the fact it is almost always raining, even when slightly sunny. It is one of the many little pieces...
View ArticleMamma finds peace in the forest
So I’m here – and yes that is the reason for this rather surprise post (I don’t usually post on the weekends). Mamma’s rest. This is the view from the tub. As I checked in the two women behind the...
View ArticleBathing by moonlight
So part of this break is getting my head sorted out. Sometimes the simplest think-outs can be tangled beyond all belief just because you never get a moment to think things out properly. My thoughts...
View ArticleThe last day
Last night here – I’m going to miss this place but I miss my babies more It will be so good to hug them. I hope that the husband has as relaxing a time so that we are both relaxed when returning. I’ve...
View ArticleThump
Back to reality. I decided as I posted on sunday I’d skip yesterday as I felt a bit blue having to come down from the hills. It was so good to snuggle my Gurus. Weird as it sounds your kids smell so...
View ArticleDull-as-a-fence post
The clouds rolled back over today and waved threatening grey fists at my washing. But there was still enough sun to doze in or kick the ball with the kids. We went for another ramble/bike ride and...
View ArticleWe flu back home
Ugh, aaaarrrgh, cztchpt….. Flu talk. Sorry. So, we’ve traded in the lush subtropics for the flat swamps again. No, that is not our house – it is one of the many old stone cottages left to the sheep and...
View ArticleWaiting for the bus
This afternoon I will be out at the farm gate an hour early. Watching the road for the tell-tale sign of limestone dust. Before seeing the little bus. And then it will begin. Summer holidays are the...
View ArticleMonday
Ove r the weekend TFG had another melt down – demanded to move back to WA or up to QLD to be near my family. Despite my best efforts to explain that, in the essentials, life is pretty much the same old...
View ArticleYelling out your name
Those children of the eighties will remember vividly the climatic point in the movie ‘Neverending Story’ where he screams his mother’s name into the tempest to name the Princess. Anyone who has...
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