Year: 2025

Some of you may recall my post about my very active Butcher Bird. Here is La Familia-( slightly dynastic I know ) he is second in line from the left. This young and rather large upstart was branded Trump for his anti social behaviour but since then, maybe because he heard about it, he has…

I have never experienced a cyclone before. It is stressful and of course we have no idea what damage it might cause. At least we are better informed these days and today at the radio there were half hourly emergency notices from the Bureau of Meteorology. So we have prepared. C has cleaned the gutters…

Two young ones have recently joined the menagerie. One is a goofy, fluffy chick which has taken to living near our compost in the hope of catching a worm or three. Here is the goofy brush turkey chick. It seems to have been abandoned by its parents. I hear it scuttling in the rainforest garden…

I start this blog with a memory. When I announced to George that we were planning to move to Australia he answered” What the hell mum, that means I am going to see you 10 times in the next 10 years.” He was not happy. I was stunned. I had not thought of it in…

Its not often you come across a tree which has everything all at once. ‘Wasn’t that the name of an Oscar winning film? – This one is much more interesting. They are typically found in dry parts of Africa where they dominate the landscape and reveal the presence of a watercourse. They absorb water and…

Its that time of year again. The annual Kerbside Collection of Brisbane neighbourhoods. The Municipality generously sends out a Collection Team to take away all your unwanted items. People have a big clear out and it all goes on the kerbside a few days before the allotted collection day. And now the fun begins. Leisurely…

Lets start with something humble but so loved. Our own clay efforts at Xmas now on display. Today I had the opportunity to admire something a little more … polished. It is called earth.water.fire. ‘Feminine Facets of Form’ showcase ceramics, photography and textile-based works by Queensland artists Stacey Morrison, Leila Davis, Julie Martin, Maggie Lipinska,…

It is 7 years to this day that C and I became Aussie citizens. However it was not until yesterday at Bunnings in Newstead that I received the official baptism of the Sausage Sizzle. Not just eating them but being part of an amazing team of volunteers at Reading Radio who had the hot and…