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The Indian Summer has stalled after all. The promised storms didn’t eventuate it’s true, but it *has* been gently raining for an hour or so and the temperature has finally dropped to 24ºC. Basically it’s ‘bank holiday weather’ in true UK Style! 🙂 Made no difference to us tho, we have been hard at work … More And then the rain came!
The daughter asked if a friend from Girl Guides could sleepover tonight so of course we agreed. Her bedroom needed some attention so she was told to clear up… or no friend sleeping over! After some grumbling, away she went. She picked up clothes, books and toys etc and vacuumed the floor. While this was … More Pleasant days
While there has been no sign of a frost… it hardly ever gets cold enough even in the depths of winter to claim we’ve been ‘freezing’… I think we might claim the last week or two to represent an ‘Indian Summer, albeit with an Australian edge to it! The weather has been very warm, especially … More Our Indian Summer?
Up at 4:45 a.m. to get the youngest ready for her lesson. Wake up the eldest, the wife surfaces… and off we go. We drop the wife off at the bus stop (too hard to get to the train station and then back to the main road) and away we go… again. Didn’t take as … More Kids – who'd have them?
This morning I received a long ‘essay’ via a third party. The request was that I print a ‘rebuttal’ by the relatives we told would have to leave after they’d lived here rent free for four months. So I read it… and re-read it with a growing sense of incredulity which rapidly turned into anger … More End of the line.
Arthur C Clarke was one of the best Science-Fiction writers ever. He has finally died at age 90, at his home in Sri Lanka early this morning after suffering from breathing difficulties. He was credited with a range of conceptual suggestions that later became reality, one such was the idea of geostationary satellites which he … More Vale Arthur C Clarke
I’m not allowed chocolate according to my diet sheet but I doubt this will stop me having *some* of that black seductive 70% cocoa butter variety made by Lindt. I like ‘dark chocolate’ and think maybe the odd piece of two won’t hurt much. Kids love chocolate of course and the ‘Easter Bunny’ regularly leaves … More Soon be Easter – let's have some eggs.
Seems I’m not the only one to have been attracted by the work of the Golden Orb spider. This article from the Sydney Morning Herald talks about the frantic activity the spiders are undertaking now the weather has improved. On a theme, and off the subject of the post, I almost ran over a possum … More Arachnids playing possum?
Was out last night at the AGM of the local Girl Guide Unit. Both my kids are Guides and as I carry them up and back my visibility is higher than most of the fathers so I tend to be on call to do small stuff for them. I don’t do any of the carpentry, … More Guidance.
The youngest daughter had her skating lesson yesterday as usual and afterwards the coach invited her to an extended off-ice session of stretches and skills practice (jumping, twisting, spins, lunges etc). When they’d finished, the coach suggested her rapid improvement indicated it might be time to extend her coaching and practice sessions to develop her … More Skating rules oh yeah!
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