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It is a beautiful autumn afternoon in Melbourne (des[ite the constant mosquito buzz of the F1 cars), part of which I have spent tending to our little garden. I have potted and pruned, and sown strawberry and lettuce seeds. And now hubby is sitting on our balcony soaking up the sun and reading the paper. I think I'll join him ( Read more... ) -
Bernard's Birthday
Bernard Carroll, my beloved father-in-law, was born on 7 March 1932 in Manchester, England. During the war he and his siblings were evacuated from Manchester to the countryside village of Ramsbottom (aka Sheep’s arse), where their mother later joined them.
In about the 1950’s the family came to Australia as 10-pound Poms. His youngest sister ( Read more... ) -
Reading list 2012
Does anyone have a copy of Truman Capote's novel Breakfast at Tiffany's I may borrow? I wnanted a kindle version but amazon dot com did not have one.
For Christmas Sam bought me a book about the film adaptation of the novel, which I am enjoying greatly, and now I'd like to read the novel. -
Inspired
Inspired by The Everyday Minimalist blog, and with Spring in the air (some days - I live in Melbourne after all) I'm doing some decluttering and streamlining my stuff. I doubt I'll ever achieve anything recognisable as 'minimalism' having been a dedicated maximalist most of my life; its nice, however, to have things in order ( Read more... ) -
a little LJ told me
Happy birthday Mrs Brown -
Can you help a bunny in need?
From the Facebook page of the rabbit orphanage ( Read more... ) -
Bunny Talk
I am slowly becoming more fluent in bunny speak.
Tonight I knew that hopping over to the hay tray then into the corner of the enclosure meant "this hay is old and stale, please bring me more"
If only all life's problems could be fixed with the application of a hand-full of hay. -
Friday!
Really, that's it.