Wattle on my morning walk

Beautiful blossom.  I always think of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. This is a piece of artwork by May Gibbs, the author of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. If you don’t know of the book it is an old-fashioned favourite of children in Australia. There is a link here to information and illustrations by May Gibbs.  Well worth a…

It isn’t summer but I have passionfruit

I have posted previously about how we had difficulty in finding a passionfruit plant that would grow in our garden but we eventually succeeded with Norfolk Island Black. During the summer months we had flowers that did eventually turn into fruit but we are still waiting for them to ripen.  As you can see from…

Some serious garden renovation

We have two vegetable garden beds and they have not been producing as well as they should and we had finally decided that the reason for that is the invasion of roots from the pittosporum hedge. I have completely dug up one bed and am now in the process of doing the same to the…

Tartan and Tweed

One of my recent borrowings from the local library was this wonderful book entitled Tartan and Tweed. Tartan and Tweed, a well illustrated book, gives the history of tartan and tweed from their beginnings in the Scottish Highlands to their popularity and use in contemporary fashion design, music, art and film. When they were talking…

Tuesday Travels. . . A Canberra attraction that is often missed by tourists

Canberra, as our nation’s capital, has many attractions for the tourists but one which is perhaps not as well known as the others is the National Archives. . . . “We are the nation’s memory – a living collection of government records illuminating our history and identity.” It is an unprepossessing building which in its…

Dancing dolphins

It is a miserable winter’s day here in Metung today but the dolphins dancing made up for it.