John’s mouse
Tagged along with H. today, he had promised to drop in on his good friends and colleagues Troy and Mary. Their toddler son John phoned last week to invite H. to see his “mouse”. Turns out the mouse was the second hand on a little wrist watch! He is a delightful kid, bright and a […]
Values that are me
At last psych session Carrie gave me a chart containing several boxes labelled with areas of life such as work, hobbies, parenting, family, social relationships. Called the “life compass” its function is to help me decide which values in each of these areas are important to me, to prioritise the importance of each area and […]
Dinner and Clint
Paul invited us to dinner at his place on Saturday evening. He’s done a lot of work on his house, and we dined out on the newly refurbished front veranda. Paul’s good friend John manned the barbecue and cooked up some juicy steaks while Paul prepared the salads; and H and I chatted with John’s […]
Swan River Daisy
Everything in the “lettuce barrow” went to seed so yesterday I stripped them out and sowed some pretty wildflowers in their place. Swan River Daisy. Blue star-like flowers with a sweet, light scent appear above mounds of feathery foliage. Ideal subjects for containers and bedding. Annual. Height 30cm. Location: Prefers a well-drained sunny situation Sow: […]
Feb holidays
I’m on the third day of some annual leave from work and it has been very HOT. There is the massive cyclone Yasi happening up north and flood recovery every where else. It is nice to be spending extra time with hubby. I love when he does little thoughtful things for me, like offering to […]
Ukelele ladies
Was trying to remember the name of the artist work colleague Karen told me about. This female musician was from Darwin and played the ukele. I was unprepared for the number of references on Google after I typed in the search terms “ukelele” and “Darwin”. Seems that the instrument is very popular up north, and there is a group of people who call themselves […]