Well, here we are getting ready for a General Election and I will tell you right at the start that I have a cynical political leaning. Been here so long that I think I have virtually seen it all in politics and the only way I am going to be able to survive the next [...]
‘Dog’s Breakfast’
This Particular Time of the Cycle
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Sunday, August 1st, 2010I Like This Time of the Year
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Thursday, July 1st, 2010The heat has gone but the sun is still very warming around lunch time on the back verandah. When the temperature started to drop a few weeks ago we were lighting the combustion heater as soon as we got out of bed but now our blood must be thickening and the heater does not go [...]
Shoulder Pads
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010I have read that shoulder pads are making a come back this winter and they were a fashion fad from the 80′s. Well, I have news for you. They were “Modern” in the 50′s or 60′s, can not quite remember but I know I was a lot younger then than I was in the 80′s. [...]
The Highs and Lows of April
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Saturday, May 1st, 2010HIGH POINT For the first time ever I have had my twin, not quite 11 year old, granddaughters to myself, totally. Had to share with Hennie but that’s OK. Since they were born I have shared them with my daughter and son-in-law (they are darlings), the other grandparents (also delightful) various uncles, aunts etc etc. [...]
The Big Wet
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010Here in my corner of South East Queensland, not quite in the city but almost in the bush, we are experiencing a Big Wet and it is wonderful. Unlike further north and out west where the floods have been greeted by some with sorrow and others with real joy, we have enjoyed a good soaking [...]
What is Lurking Around the Corner
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Monday, February 1st, 2010by Margaret Kendrick I think it was Bill Bryson who wrote “There are more things that can kill you in Australia than anywhere else in the world and the worlds 10 most poisonous snakes are all there too”. Various reports over the holiday season of a bull shark caught in shallow water 15km upstream from [...]
Love
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, December 1st, 2009by Margaret Kendrick LOVE IS WONDERFUL We attended a Wedding last Saturday on the beach at Currumbin on the Gold Coast. A shower or two in the morning but by 3.30pm the sky and water were bright blue and not a cloud or white horse in view. It was a very personal service planned by [...]
Contrasts
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Sunday, November 1st, 2009by Margaret Kendrick I have just returned from three weeks in New Zealand. It was school holidays there and a great time to catch up with my daughter and three grandaughters. Spring in NZ is always lovely, so October is the month to go to see lovely gardens, trees full of buds and tiny pale [...]
Living in a Small Town
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Thursday, October 1st, 2009by Margaret Kendrick I live in Beaudesert, a country town just over one hour South West of Brisbane. It is “the Heart of the Scenic Rim” an area stretching from Ipswich and Logan down to the NSW Border. It is an area well known for National Parks e.g. Mt. Barney, Mt. Lindesay, Lamington and Main [...]
A Clucky Woman Remembers – Part 2
Click the title above to read the complete post. Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009by Margaret Kendrick Vivian was a Cockatiel and was named, by my son, after a character in the BBC comedy The Young Ones. That line tells you it was a long time ago. We already had two dogs, several cats and a bird was not my idea of a pet. Anyway I was beaten into [...]