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Yesteryear - Caro Claire Burke
Yesterday's read, ironically enough, was called Yesteryear, and I finished it by 5pm. I did skim a lot of it as it was thick and I would have been bored with the excruciating detail of the narrator...
I Have Been Eating Some Oranges off Some Mighty Fine Trees πππ
The death of Wendell Berry this week infused my algorithm with his poems, set to animation, superimposed over photographs, or simply the poem, black times new roman over white, letting the words sp...
Double Lavender, Kangaroos & More Garden
In the midst of my blackest depression last week I was barely putting one foot in front of the other. Seeing that, my darling husband put his bike plans on hold and got me into the garden. Bowerbir...
You Get Less for Murder - Now Isn't that Frozen Bananas? πππ
We missed our August 20th wedding anniversary a few weeks ago, by the time I got to finishing this post off in my drafts. We're terrible at dates and just forgot. It didn't matter. We don't need a ...
Lentil Rissoles, '70's Veggo Style
When I was young Mum taught herself how to cook vegetarian meals. She went to a few classes and that was it - Dad didn't touch meat til the day he died and she's still staunchly vegetarian. Dad lov...
Wild Orchids & Testing Out Dad's FE 400 mm F2.5G Sony Lens
It's been a while since I've got out my camera, mainly as I find it hard because usually I'd talk to Dad about it, and Dad would always be talking to me about photography. But the orchids are out i...
Everyone Needs a Whale to Love
I don't buy art often. It's so expensive - and justifiably so. But I kinda knew I'd splash our on one of these whales when an exhibition opened up at the local art house. I'd seen them online for a...
Blame it On The Moon
My husband would roll his eyes at this, but fuck this has been a strong moon. @haveyoumetellie called my attention to it the other day - like many of us on Hive, the last few weeks have been a bit ...
Backyard Anxieties & Garden Update
It seems even that the backyard can be a site of anxiety these days. I'm reading stories of the drought in the northern hemisphere and freaking out a little about my own garden in what will be, the...
Angels are Singing in My Bathroom π π π
When we first saw our bathroom it was a bit of a mess - it needed a paint and it looked very tired. The taps were from the '80's, as were the handles, and the tiles seemed old fashioned and ugly. T...
Stick Me With Needles, Please
For weeks now I've been feeling really depressed. It's not a usual state for me - I usually shake things off quickly. This time I've been as close to wanting antidepressants as anything, but as usu...
Sunday Flying
If there's any better way to wake up than a mate texting you and saying 'are you coming flying', I'd like to hear it. I've known this guy for 18 years and it's the first time I've been up - mainly ...
Zaatar & Spring Onion Foccacia
The best thing about making foccacia are that toppings are only limited by your imagination. Apples and cinnamon? Sure. Pesto? Yep. Fried mushroom and garlic? Why not? It's also very tactile - squi...
In Which We Actually Go and See Some Live Music
Realising I was a bad mother for not seeing my son's band live in ten years - to be fair, they don't play a lot and are terrible at self promotion, and I don't stay up late anymore - we decided to ...
Cycling with Wolves πΊπΊ
The wolf scratches at the wall of my early morning dreams. I have to get up to ease her. She's the flighty one that needs to move. As much as I breath to settle her down she won't hear of it and wh...