It has been an absolutely appalling week in regards to blogging, not only have I been failing to post, I have been really slack about checking in and reading other blogs, something I normally love doing but apathy and lockdown blues seem to have really taken hold over the last week BUT not any more! … Continue reading Inspiration – #BookSnapSunday
A classic for #BookSnapSunday
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bui08FVvP/ A bit of a lazy #BookSnapSunday. I started dipping back into an old classic when I could not get to sleep and just could not seem to get into any of the new titles I have stacked up. Being unable to lose yourself in a book when you really want to, is just so … Continue reading A classic for #BookSnapSunday
Going batty for Earth Day
I celebrated earth day by going for a walk at Kearney Springs and visiting the bat (Flying fox), colony that calls the park home. It is to the Toowoomba councils credit that they eventually decided to protect this significant colony, despite attempts to have the colony either moved or destroyed, a few years back. The … Continue reading Going batty for Earth Day
Silvereyes in the backyard
Being stuck at home I only have the local wildlife to appreciate. I have been watching a small group of Silvereyes, up to five individual birds, visit the elderberry bush in our backyard. They seem quite fond of the little black berries. All parts of the elderberry is supposed to contain cyanide-inducing glycosides? I wonder … Continue reading Silvereyes in the backyard
Fairies at the bottom of the garden #BookSnapSunday
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_JJpA1J_WS/ This week's BookSnap is really just an excuse to feature my new paperblank journal. For many years I just used ordinary exercise books or notebooks as journals, I would tart them up a bit with adding covers of either fabric or decorative paper but they were still cheap notebooks. Then a few years ago … Continue reading Fairies at the bottom of the garden #BookSnapSunday
So how is everyone coping with our pandemic year?
So not a productive week blog wise. I did start drafting a couple of posts but for the time being, they are abandoned. Work has felt surprisingly busy this week, normally that would be a good thing. Not sure what it is, but it feels like there is just this pervasive miasma of anxiety over … Continue reading So how is everyone coping with our pandemic year?
BookSnapSunday – Into the Forest
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-3DngNJWvr/ A few weeks ago I picked up a copy of Qing Li's Into the Forest. While on a short adventure to Wooyung we did go for a trip inland to Mullumbimby a great little town to stock up on groceries and enjoy a coffee or lunch. They also had a fantastic little bookshop and … Continue reading BookSnapSunday – Into the Forest
March reading, – nature reading
“She had so deep a kinship with the trees, so intuitive a sympathy with leaf and flower, that it seemed as if the blood in her veins was not slow-moving human blood, but volatile sap.” ― Mary Webb, Gone to Earth March has been a pretty bad month for reading for me, effectively I only finished … Continue reading March reading, – nature reading
Going to the Source
A while back, in an effort to live a bit greener I went looking for our nearest supplier of bulk foods. I discovered we do have a Source Bulk foods in Toowoomba, bit surprised that I had not realized we had one sooner but then it is in a non-descript building near The Spotted Cow … Continue reading Going to the Source
Munro Tramway – History Walk
S and I go for walks regularly and on occasion go to places that are not well known. There are lots of historical sites locally and most of them are maintained by the local civic authority. We are lucky as it provides a chance to apply "social distancing" in the outdoors and get some fresh … Continue reading Munro Tramway – History Walk
