Pingaring
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
It can seem so isolated, so far away from it all, This place where the salmon gums grow proud and tall, But to most who live here and have done so for years, Amid the frustration, the anger and tears, To sell up and shift would be utter madness, The good times somehow override all
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Out with the old in with the new
Saturday, 27 March 2010
I loved growing up and spending time in my dad’s shed as he worked fixing trucks, utes, and build things (when I wasn’t running from the noise of the drop saw!). Here are my kids checking out how their Pop is going building his new speedway car. His old yellow one he’s hoping to sell
Bookclub
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
Another great night out with the girls at bookclub. This months book was The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas. We picked this book because it had won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and ABIA book of the year.It is about the outcome after an adult slaps a nearly four year old at a BBQ. So we thought
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The Golden Orb Spider
Monday, 22 March 2010
As I went to feed my chooks, something strong brushed me and I looked up to see this beauty (and then cringed, stepped away quickly and then felt like I had spiders crawling all over me!) Their webs are so thick it’s like walking into strong cotton. When we play golf there are heaps in
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