Is that a wee leprechaun I see? Some of our Muscovy ducks (the ducklings joined them yesterday) Our bamboo forest (some would call it a windbreak ) A leprechaun house that fell out of a tree! Our new Silkie rooster (Edgar Allen Poe) enjoying the company of his ladies (Snowy – the main gal, Vegemite, […]
Just seems like yesterday she was a bubba. Here’s a reposted poem as we are very busy at the moment (I’ve promised to write her another poem ). Baby Tessa On the 12th day of November Baby Tessa arrives in style. She is different to her brother, an alertness in her eyes. Our gorgy, porgy, […]
If you can’t dodge them dodgems bumper to bumper action. If you can’t dodge them birthdays he’s 12, I’m 12 plus whatever! If you can’t beat them, join them, If you can’t let your hair down for a day then you’re in the wrong lane, move over, I’m with the birthday kid, If you can’t […]
Kids as Captive Audience School holidays are upon us! I don’t mind at all. I can sleep in; there are no lunches to make and no mad running around morning routine to get the kids prepared for school. There’s no homework to be negotiated (wrestled is the more apt descriptor) and the kids can relax […]
Andy the Great to the Rescue (Sheba goes missing) Yesterday was a shocker of a day! Stomach churning anxiety, fear, tears and constricting heart muscles were the order of the day for our family, including the dogs. Sheba the chocolate (going grey) Labradoodle dandy dog went missing in action. This action is defined as an […]
A boy and a dog called Jazzy Best friends can be short or tall bright or quiet booky or sporty anything at all mine just happens to be a goofy, woolly poodly, woodly labradoodley type beastie with a coat of gold soft as marshmallows melting in the camp fire pinkest tongue cool wet nose that […]
The Eyes Have It: The Autism Files Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty with eye contact. They often don’t like looking directly into eyes or maintaining eye contact in order to share experiences with others. Looking into a face, and particularly the eyes, gives us information about what people are thinking and […]
A Creative Vision: A Solar Field of Dreams It’s my birthday today! For those who are under the impression I am a young thing (guffaw) I will reveal that I was born in the sixties. Hmm – I just had a thought – that might explain my strange brain That’s my brother Daniel on the […]
Now you see it Now you don’t! Another year been and gone, as quick as a gingerbread house in a household of kiddliewinks Wishing you all the very best for 2012 HAPPY NEW YEAR
I’ve just finished reading ‘Grafton Elliot Smith, Egyptology & the Diffusion of Culture: A Biographical Perspective’ by Professor Emeritus Paul Crook. It was a gift from my father, the author Paul Crook describes Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (1871-1937) as a ‘great forgotten Australian’. He was an Australian medical doctor who rose to the top of […]
