Random thoughts and observations
We returned to Mount Gambier today after a lovely two-week holiday in the Alpine Shire region of North East Victoria, where we used to live. The video shows the kids jumping into the Ovens River at Porepunkah. We stayed in a four-bedroom holiday house on the Buffalo Creek Road, south of Myrtleford. It was a [...]
We were curious when we returned to Porepunkah to see if Dude’s oak tree was still there. When he was three or four years old, about 10 years ago, my parents gave Michael and Kathleen each an acorn, which they planted in pot plants. Kathleen’s failed to grow, while Michael’s thrived. He planted it in [...]
Happy Christmas to all readers! The twins were slow off the mark this morning after having trouble getting to sleep last night. Once they were settled in bed I crept outside their bedroom window and called out “Ho ho ho, merry Christmas”. Juliet went to check on them and they told her they had just [...]
I went to the weekly school assembly today after we had a tip off that Maggie would be presented with an award. It turned out to be the “Persistent Percy” award for “persistently having a go at writing her own stories”. The assembly was cute. With only about 90 children in the school they all [...]
I can’t dance. The cliche is that I have two left feet. I just don’t have rhythm. I’m musical in a clinical way. I can play tunes on the recorder, clarinet and piano, but I can’t dance. I tried learning; I partnered a young lady on her debut when we were both in Year 11 [...]
