Whether the weather be cold Whether the weather be hot We’ll weather the weath Whatever the weather We’ll weather it like it or not. Rained last night… very welcome it was too. Saves me standing around with a hose just for starters! I planted a load of stuff yesterday. Zucchini, Begonias, Parsley, Basil, dropped a … More Whether the weather…

Strange how the ongoing war in Iraq is attracting fewer and fewer headlines. Now the day to day slog of trying to maintain order and just stay alive has become the norm the media are dropping the day to day horror from the headlines. Who cares if two million Iraqis are dead, dying or maimed … More Iraq war… all but forgotten

Hot on the heels of the sanctions imposed on North Korea for daring to do what larger nations have done and create a nuclearweapon, comes old news about the treatment of the general population. In Australia at least we’re being regaled with horrendous stories of infanticide, forced abortion and the like. According to the news … More North Korean Infanticide.

Beatle boy Paul McCartney is set to try to register his name a a trademark. This sounds a but ‘iffy’ to me since this will (as far as I know) give him exclusive rights to use the name McCartney on goods ranging from clothing to food. I wonder how his daughter clothes designer Stella McCartney … More From me to you – to court?

Can’t say I’m for it… but then I’ve never been a great lover of it… ever. I think it should be banned. I clearly recall being taken to a match in my home town when I was a small child. Watching grown men giving each other brain damage was bad enough, but what really made … More Womens Boxing

The oldies will be over here again in a few weeks. This time they’re coming to stayt from December to February then going home with the possibility of coming back to attempt a permanent stay *next* December. Those who’ve read this rambling blog will remember I almost stopped totally while they were here last time, … More Oldies ahoy!

A few months ago we were on the verge of a pandemic and countries everywhere were preparing for the worst assault on human life since the Black Death. I wonder what happened to it?

Temperature hit 39ºC this arvo. Currently at 5:30 p.m. it’s 36ºC and cooling slolwy… I’m off to dunk in the pool soon… we spent the arvo selling hotdogs at the Guides sausage sizzle so it’s time for a cooling dip. The pool is currently 31ºC… so will be just about right . Just time for … More Talking of weather

Temperature hit 37ºC today… a bit high for early Spring – nice though. Kids went to the skating rink to try out their new skates and I say around whinging because of a *really* painful ulcer on the side of my tongue… I’m off to the doctor tomorrow ao I’ll ask him about it while … More Nice day today.

Police have caught six people allegedly setting some of the fires in the Hunter Valley this week. Amongst them, they’ve charged two… one of them a 14 year old boy. With the weather situation in Australia so volatile and the drought so desperate it agan makes me wonder just what goes through these kids minds … More Firebugs are a low form of life.