*Warning – post contains a photo of a fairly large spider* I almost walked into this going down the front path this morning. It’s been there, right on the edge of the path for about a week now, sometimes just a little too far over and whoever is first out the door of a morning cops a face full of web. At least it was easy to see today. Pretty raindrops. Here’s the owner. Continue reading Pretty raindrops (and spider pic)
Bushfire rages out of control from the Bunyip State Park. Photo: Jason South My heart aches for the people, the communities, the wildlife and livestock, the farmland and bushland that have fallen victim to the horror of the bushfires in Victoria. The death toll stands at 84 people. Hundreds of homes have been lost. At least 200,000 hectares of land has been burnt out in over 400 fires all over the state. Donations can be made via the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal – online or phone 1800 811 700. Continue reading My heart aches
Some time ago Liz posted a piece titled Love You With Food, it ends with these lines: There is a legacy of love and food and cooking in my family. I’m so glad to be part of it and so glad it doesn’t end with me. I wish I could say the same thing about my family. It’s not that there was any lack of love, or indeed of good food, in my childhood – far from it! But somewhere along the way food became a problem instead of an uncomplicated celebration and the legacy I inherited could be better … Continue reading Food and love (Part 1)
Freaky! I’ve been exploring the Coraline movie website, so much awesome! I particularly like the clip showing the miniature knitting (it’s in the top drawer under the mirror in Coraline’s bedroom). I’m extremely peeved that here in Australia we have to wait till MAY for the cinema release *grumbles* I have to confess I haven’t read the book yet, but I did read an excerpt from it in the Nebula Awards Showcase anthology for 2003, the year in which Coraline won the novella category. Oh well, at least I’ve got plenty of time to grab myself a copy of the … Continue reading Other Mother is here
Caitlin’s a total drama queen so, yeah, she did have a bit of a difficult day but she gets over these things pretty quickly too. Thanks everyone for the kind words 🙂 The hat reappeared the next day, as I knew it would, I’m well trained in the clear labeling of kids clothes. Working in the Uniform shop at the school taught me that much, at the end of each year we’d get the unclaimed stuff from Lost Property to resell through the shop – so many things with no names in them! Lost Property is a peculiar repository in … Continue reading Snippets revisited
This month’s carnival is hosted at The Hand Mirror. As always, lots of great reading to be done – perfect for a too-bloody-hot-to-go-outside weekend! Continue reading The 9th Down Under Feminists Carnival is up.
In the morning on the day the kids were placed in their classes David was pale-faced and anxious, dreading getting the deputy principal as his teacher. This very likely result did indeed eventuate which was not at all surprising as I had had conversations with the teachers at the end of last year in which we agreed that Mr M (who is a lovely person and, from what I’ve heard, a great teacher) would be the best option for Dave this year. David mock scowls at me, knowing I’ve had a hand in his fate. When I came to pick … Continue reading Snippets from the first week back at school
In September of 1988, one month shy of my 18th birthday I went to a party I had not been invited to. My best mate’s girlfriend had been invited so we figured that was close enough. I knew a fair few of the people there, well, their faces and names at any rate, they were people who had been 2 years ahead of me at high school. It was a pretty good party, we danced and were silly and there may have been some booze involved (ok, there was definitely half a bottle of vodka involved but SHHH don’t tell … Continue reading Seventeen years
Remember our brush turkey neighbours and the enormous nest mound they built? It worked. This evening there were three juvenile brush turkeys wandering around in our backyard. They look even less interesting without the bright red heads and brilliant yellow necks of the adults and they really didn’t want me getting too close but I managed to grab a few photos. Continue reading All that nest building paid off
Hmph! I wanted to embed the Weezer vid but You Tube has embedding disabled for it. Oh well, you all know it anyway don’t you? Moving along…. I was going to take it easy on the culinary front this evening and whip up some couscous with onion, capsicum, peas and corn to serve with grilled pork loin medallions…and then discovered I didn’t have any couscous. Oh bugger. So I had to improvise and it ended up turning into another Nanny Ogg type cooking adventure, here’s what I came up with: Mim’s Pork and Beans (as christened by Tom, Adam wanted … Continue reading Pork and beans?
Mim's Muddle 