Juliet fears losing her “baby” now that James is sleeping in a bed. He switched successfully from a cot to a single bed last night. He actually seemed rather pleased with himself. The catalyst was Kathleen wanting to separate the bunk bed in her room to a single, with half being transferred to the nursery [...]
First day of our local summer
I generally say that summer in North East Victoria runs from November 1 to Dude’s birthday (March 21). As if on cue, the mercury nudged 30 degrees today for the first time since April and the chirping cicada choir arrived. The blowflies are buzzing, mozzies are menacing and multiple bugs of all shapes and sizes [...]
Sydney highlights
There were some nice highlights today to give me good memories of my weekend in the big smoke. Up early, I discovered "the city that never sleeps" has a quiet spell between 5am and 6am. I went for a run/walk, skirting the edges of The Domain and following the foreshore (it’s hard to run contiguously [...]
Crashed in Sydney
This post might just as well be an obituary for my party animal days. It’s 4.30am on Saturday morning. I’m in a Sydney hotel room, just 20 minutes walk from the city, Kings Cross and Darling Harbour. Normal readers will assume that I just returned from a night on the town. The fact is that [...]
Margaret stuck in a tree
We knew it was inevitable that one of the toddlers would soon get stuck in a tree. It happened to Dude when he was two, and before Kathleen was walking we once found her asleep at the top of the stairs after following a trail of abandoned plastic fish. It was Margaret’s turn today. She [...]
