The smug victoriousness of having made it through Winter relatively intact continues to simmer gently. Nights are frequently clear and cold; days switch between extreme winds, sporadic showers and hopeful sunshine. The earth is warming – every plant and tree that can bud or blossom is going for it. As I type this, the sun …
Parenting highlights from yesterday: Me: I have to take this frypan back to the LBT, can you wash up the lunch dishes Zoe?DB: [pulling off her headphones] Wha?Me: I have to take this frypan back to the LBT, can you wash up the lunch dishes DB?DB: But you said Zoe.Z: But you never wash up. …
About a thousand years ago or more* M and I were in discussion with another couple, our besties who we were sharing a house with. The male members of the conversation were in despair at the opinions of the females. “You’re a freak,” the guy who was not M told his girlfriend. M gave me …
Ah – M had wondrous plans to explore the islands further, until I told him it was Friday (not Thursday), and that the market at Airlie Beach was on the following day – the only place to buy B-A-S-I-L for $2 a bunch. His plans switched, and we left Border Island for Airlie Beach. It …
It’s a bit of a tug to drop in at beautiful places like Refuge Bay and then leave after a night, but we are comforting ourselves that we will have time to explore when we noodle our way back down the coast. And I mean NOODLE. Once we got out to sea, leaving Pittwater behind …