Had a laugh this morning at an article about a tourist pamphlet issued in the UK which has on the cover a picture of a young girl picking her nose. I suppose it shows the picture was ‘real’ and not posed… though in this case maybe it *should* have been?? 🙂

Despite me being all bar crippled with my back, all of us are off to the Blue Mountains for the day. The picnic is made… dishes are packed… water is in the bottles… and away we go. I did none of the preparation because last night I finally came down with the cold that’s been … More A blue day ahead.

Sitting in my driveway after coming home from the gym I saw something ‘odd’ in the park opposite. My first thought was it looked like a long necked turtle but since we don’t have any ponds within reach I figured I was wrong and worked through all sorts of creatures ranging from stalking birds through … More So I spies this turtle…

Obviously chucking handfuls of Rosemary over your lamb is a way of using up some… but I have *buckets* of it! Thing is what *else* can I do with it?? The damn thing is taking over the garden! Yes it’s pretty… sort of… but it’s so big… and so… useless! Any ideas to what useful … More Rosemary? What do I do with it?

Pouring here again today. The streetsd are flooded… and my car has changed colour from dark blue to a muddy white. Still not complaining… if some of this rain is helping fill the dams while reducing water use – well it cant be bad!!

Yes indeedy. The Leonid Meteor Shower will hit earth once again on November 17th – 18th (give or take a week) about 11:00 p.m. At least that’s when it’ll hit the Northern hemisphere. I’m afraid I’ve not yet worked out when those of us in Australia will be able to see it properly. Either way, … More Leonids are coming again!

Well ok this one *isn’t* quite as horizontal as the one we saw was, but it’s damn close!! This one was supplied by a friend in the AO forum. It was taken up on the Gold Coast… the lights are on the highway. Ours was also far lower on the horizon and so appeared far … More Horizontal Crescent Moon

Out in the depths of darkest Hungary, at the bottom of an open cast coal mine, the remains of an ancient forest have been uncovered. How many trees were originally preserved is unknown, but scientists have determined there are 16 specimens left for them to study. The eight million year old ‘stumps’ are 2 – … More Put things in perspective.

Stephen King has written a review of the JKR Harry Potter phenomenon which I found quite interesting. You can read it here. Not going to pass on details, but he seems quite pleased with the books and the way they were written… can’t argue with that can you? 🙂 By the way, on the same … More Stephen King reviews Harry Potter

Seems the UK is being visited by a rather large shark which might be yet another sign of global warming? Could be that soon the UK will be getting regular visits from some of these monsters and you’ll be getting the reports of people vanishing out of the sea with no trace being found. Might … More G'Day Bruce!