This would be my daughter. She is currently in the middle of a drama festival at the school and we are hosting three girls from the French International School in Hong Kong. It is an interesting experience. They are very sweet girls. Very polite. Fun. I’ve never hosted before so it has been a learning [...]
Extracurricular
Hasn’t it been hot?! 43 degrees on Sunday – and Groover and I in an non air-conditioned hall doing a Theatresports workshop – great fun but you know… hot. Afterwards we sank gratefully into our pool which, in the nearly 12 years since we’ve lived in this house, has never been used so much. No. Not [...]
If you see me commuting by train this week – oh yes, I’m a train commuter now – you’ll spot me reading an ancient book my mother owned. Billabong’s Daughter by Mary Grant Bruce. I love the Billabong books but these days they are a bit politically incorrect. Make that very non PC and I [...]
It’s the first day of my holidays and to make it feel like a holiday and not just a weekend, instead of a walk by the beach I insisted we swim around the Cottesloe pylon. I needed to feel sand between my toes and have the sharp bite* of the Indian Ocean wake me up. [...]
Finally. For the first time EVER in all the years I’ve gone to quiz nights. There has been a question about bridge. And I knew the answer. And we came second overall. No. It wasn’t one answer that got us second place but gee it sure felt good. Thanks for inviting us Feline… But here’s [...]
Just back from Europe Groover and I ventured down to Clancy’s to catch up with some friends who are freshly returned from their first trip to Europe. I thought they had been rather carefree and adventurous by not planning every step of their journey. It seemed to me romantic to head off, backpacks at the [...]
A lot of people go diving off Blackwell Reach – or at least they used to – it’s very deep. There are rumours of large river sharks that live down there. I imagine the visibility is a little “confronting”, but maybe that just means ignorance is bliss. Anyway my morning walk meandered down to Chidley [...]
We wandered around the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition, too early to buy a program, which, if I’m honest I wouldn’t have bought anyway because it cost $8 and that seems a bit rich, wondering which piece the council were going to buy. I love walking past the sculptures from earlier years and it feels [...]
It wasn’t that long ago that Perth was surrounded by bushfires – or at least it felt that way. The sky was overcast with smoke. And yet I still didn’t “get it” when I saw the sign until I was well past it on my morning walk. Which is why I took this next photo: [...]
Seems the Town of Cottesloe read my post about the Michael Jackson litter campaign and decided to update their signage. Hope it works although I will miss having a giggle at the old posters. The weather this Christmas break has been beautiful. High 20s to low 30s. Crystal clear days. Not what I’d call shark weather. [...]
