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VERY low flying planes. It has been quite hot here over the last few days and I spent two hours exhausting myself oiling the railings on the top deck after lunch today.  Then I thought I’d have a nap, so … Continue reading →

So, after about 6 months of planning to go to Sydney and get these tests done, it finally happened in early January and I got the results back today. As follows: NK cells: normal at 12% (High is over 18%)CD69 … Continue reading →

The drama is over and we are all safe.  A dear friend of ours lost his property, car and work equipment but saved his shed and house.  There were a few other close calls, but no lives lost. Fires continue … Continue reading →

The fire rages out of control in Hester Cascades Close up of Bridgetown with a pall of smoke beyond Nestled in here you can see why we’re nervous Creepy sky No closer than this, thanks

Bridgetown Town Hall 10am Saturday 17th January 2009. Concerned looks. Agitation. Fingers held up to mouths. Nervous chatter. Information exchange flying back and forth as rumours are updated. The noise grows as the Hall fills. Stacks of chairs are brought … Continue reading →

This was going to be entitled homecoming or somesuch, but events intervened. The cobbing workshop was great, catching up with old friends was lovely, Sydney kept us busy for a few days, seeing movies, specialists, eating too much cheap great … Continue reading →

To continue in the positive vein I have set myself for 2009, I want to end this year with a quick round up of all my/our achievements.  Making a list with DH this morning as we lay in bed trying … Continue reading →

The steady rapid beat of a cicada thrums outside my windows and I can hear DH with his power drill, continuously constructing the shade house, piece by piece.  It is hot out there and he must be dedicated to his … Continue reading →

Oh dear.  Long time no write.  I seem to have all the best of intentions and then somehow sabotage myself.  Looking back on all my old posts to choose one for ‘Creme’, I felt rather like I had let myself … Continue reading →

Apparently I don’t need them after all.  The hand outstretched thing seems to be ‘normal’ (for my age) and although I have one eye slightly short-sighted and the other slightly long-sighted, my current (reading) glasses prescription, according to Mr B, … Continue reading →