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20th Mar 202220th Mar 2022 G Uncategorized

Visit to Tin Can Bay

S and I had a week long break and decided to go somewhere different. Looking around we decided on the village of Tin Can Bay. We were lucky to not be affected by the recent floods and did set up in a dog friendly caravan park called Kingfisher Caravan Park. It is a nice little … Continue reading Visit to Tin Can Bay

15th Mar 2022 Sharon Uncategorized

Help Peggy and Molly.

Just a quick post to share the story and current plight of Peggy, Molly, Ruby and their human family. Peggy is a little staffy who formed an unlikely bond with an abandoned magpie chick who came to be called Molly, it turns out Molly is actually a male magpie but at the time that was … Continue reading Help Peggy and Molly.

12th Mar 2022 Sharon books, environment

Friendship and Devotion

Those of us who have barnacled ourselves to inhospitable places may be trying to avoid people not because we do not like people, but because we love the things that people destroyed. Wild things. Horizons. Trolls. - Catherine Raven, Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship. Catherine Raven's reflective Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship was … Continue reading Friendship and Devotion

6th Mar 2022 Sharon books, environment

The Lighthouse, kids, creativity and nature books.

The first two months of 2022 are gone, one-sixth of the year, history already. Time for an update on the Gaia/nature reading challenge and to properly introduce The Lighthouse a new literacy and creativity centre in Toowoomba. I promised to donate a nature-related book to The Lighthouse for every post on the Gaia challenge in … Continue reading The Lighthouse, kids, creativity and nature books.

24th Feb 2022 Sharon books, environment

Bin Chickens and nature reading

Firstly just want to share a link to Brizzy May's Gaia/nature read post on Black Summer the ABC book about the 2019-2020 fire season, another great post from May and a great book, one that is on my to read list. When I was a kid the Australian white ibis or sacred ibis, (really a … Continue reading Bin Chickens and nature reading

13th Feb 2022 Sharon books

Aussie trees and Wanderlands

Just a quick update post on my reading for the Gaia/nature reading challenge. One Adult nature memoir Wanderlands: A search for the magic in the landscape by Jini Reddy and a younger reader, nature non-fiction; The Book of Australian Trees by Inga Simpson illustrated by Alicia Rogerson. Billed as a "love song to Australian trees", … Continue reading Aussie trees and Wanderlands

8th Feb 2022 G Travel

Sunday Drive with extras

S and I originally had planned to go camping last weekend, unfortunately, due to all our favourite campsites being booked out, this did not happen. Instead, we took a Sunday drive to visit a nursery to buy some fruit trees. As we were driving into Gatton, passing Lake Apex, we happened onto the Heritage Village … Continue reading Sunday Drive with extras

6th Feb 2022 Sharon books

January reading challenge summary

“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.”― E. B. White, Letters of E. B. White Just a quick post to update on the Gaia/nature reading challenge now the first month of the … Continue reading January reading challenge summary

30th Jan 2022 Sharon books, environment

Slow living with wombats

Another update for the Gaia/nature challenge. Check out Brizzy May's post on Kailas Wild's account of the wildlife rescue operation on Kangaroo Island after the fires; The 99th Koala This week I also read Jackie French's delightful A year in the Valley: seasons of content which is another great nature-themed read about Jackie's life in … Continue reading Slow living with wombats

23rd Jan 202223rd Jan 2022 Sharon books

“The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”

“The first was that if one did not master one’s circumstances, one was bound to be mastered by them; and the second was Montaigne’s maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow. Just a bit of a quick update. Wanted to give a shout out to those who are … Continue reading “The surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.”

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A chilly night camped right on the river, so needed some wild time. Gorgeous sundown reflection. #granitebelt #Stanthorpe #AussieBush #Sunset
My current read: #JessieGreengrass The High House, a compelling cli-fi novel, bloody depressing really, all too plausible, all too real. Nice writing, character driven, bolting through it at the moment. #climatechange #NatureReading #NatureWriting #BooksAndCoffee #Books #NatureReadingChallenge #Bookstagram
Something magical about sunflowers. The wet weather has impacted the flower farm so they had an open field day, for $10 you could come and wander and pick as many as you could carry. Now the house is full of cheerful yellow! #sunflower #sunflowers🌻 #SunflowerDarlingDowns #Toowoomba
Breakfast at #deDutchcafe lovely ginger chai and lemon pancake, lovely staff even bought out a doggy bag for the girls since they got left in the car on this visit, bit cold for outside today, the hounds are spoilt. De Dutch cafe is a gem of a cafe in Newtown, one of my favourite cafes! A perfect spot for a coffee and a break with a good book. #pancakes #coffeeandbooks
Last Saturday had pleasure of attending the inaugural Warm Words in Winter at the #LighthouseToowoomba as part of Toowoomba's #Wordfest what a fantastic event that was! Got to listen to the very impressive DrSarahPye speak about the importance of narrative in getting the nature science message out. Currently reading Sarah's Saving Sunbears the story of Malaysian ecologist Dr Wong Siew Te' s mission to save the #SunBear. Also bought and read 3 of Sarah's books for kids, I only meant to try one but glad I bought 3 will check out all of her Wildlife Wong series for kids, great balance of narrative, science and practical engagement with experiments for kids included. Great books for the junior ecologist. Check out Sarah on Instagram @author_sarahrpye left #Wordfest last Saturday feeling inspired and motivated, hope they include sessions on nature or environmental writing at future events. Sarah was fantastic, inspiring. #NatureReading #NatureWriting #KidsNature #Books #Bookstagram
Who else has mulled wine instead of birthday cake? Also got the flu or some bug for my birthday so just keeping up fluids. 😁 Mulled wine and a big bowl of pho can't think of a better birthday dinner. Bron despite being sick got up and made the mulled wine and ordered the pho, none of us were up to cooking or going out, but I think this is the best birthday dinner I have ever had. Surprised rest of family is talking to me since I bought the bug into our household. #mulledwine #birthdaydinner #sharingiscaring
Pre-work coffee and books. Bony at Bermagui was another interlibrary loan, thankfully so, it is only 110 pages and a bit repetitive so not really worth purchasing. Has curiosity value, one for the die hard Upfield fans, contains a couple of essays about sports fishing at Bermagui, a short story, not Upfield' s best and a chapter from The mystery at swordfish reef. A quick read for the Upfield fan or anyone curious at sports fishing at Bermagui. #Bermagui is an incredible place, had hoped to visit the Sapphire coast this year but that is probably on hold for a bit. Incredibly beautiful piece of Australia.
The weather is ridiculous, bucketing down rain, flooding again down the range. Nothing to do but stay inside and read, besides it's been a while since I posted an Ada book buddy pic. Catching up on some Ukrainian history with Red Famine. #Bookstagram #Books #RescueDogs #RescueDogsofInstagram #DogsAndBooks
It's raining but I am in the bush so couldn't be happier. Went for a walk to the creek took Wendell Berry with me but a bit damp for reading. Still I did indeed rest in the grace of the world. Blissful solitude, back to camp, G will have a fire going. #CrowsnestFalls #Nature #NationalPark #NatureWriting #NatureReading #Bookstagram #Books #WendellBerry

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