When I started blogging back in 2014, I was living in a beautiful spot in the Adelaide foothills. The nine years I lived there was the longest I have ever lived in one house and I felt established, with a sense of place and belonging. It was a wrench leaving. Fast forward seven years and […]
Or more accurately, where the bloody hell were you? I know, I know! My first post in over a year was about a tree in the garden of my rental with not so much as a “cooee, remember me?” No explanation for my absence – nothing! So where the bloody hell are you? was an […]
For the past four months, I have been renting a little cottage east of Adelaide’s city centre in the suburb of Dulwich. Much of the suburb’s residential properties date back to the 19th century and are heritage-listed. The streets are shaded by avenues of jacaranda trees making it a rather pleasant place to live. My […]
The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead unknown 2021 saw some pivotal changes for me and although I had been sharing plenty of family dramas and triumphs with you over the last few years, it is now time for me to press the reboot button. Waking the Wombat was born back in 2014: […]
I’ve been feeling out of sorts, since Monday the 1st of February 2016 to be precise. That’s 1,862 days – I worked it out. The day Chief and I left Adelaide for a new life in Brisbane – the day I checked out of being a hands-on Mum and the day I became not me. […]
As I reflect on this ill-tempered year that is screeching to the finishing line, the most joyous of days for me was my daughter’s long-awaited wedding. There was a delay – not a Covid one. Something far more exciting – a little-bundle-of-baby-boy delay. Born in early November last year, and just four months before his […]
After a series of winter storms, and on a perfectly calm day, a huge gum tree uprooted itself and thumped across the footpath by the lake. It’s a good job nonone was underneath it at the time. I was reminded of a poem by Shirley Hughes; one I mentioned before back in 2017. A big […]
For this week’s challenge I’ve taken a dip into the archives as I’m currently in a COVID-19 lockdown and confined to barracks. I attended a photography workshop on this very topic back in 2019 hosted by the Brisbane Photography Group and here are a couple of my experimental shots. This shop front shows the designer […]
It has been several weeks (some might say months) since I posted anything on my site (thanks for sticking by me). You see, this wombat is going through some significant change in her life so has been keeping a low profile. I thought I’d use the theme of this week’s challenge to ease back into […]
Australia has been spared the COVID-19 impact felt by the rest of the world. We are extremely fortunate although that is no comfort to the families of the 910 people who have lost their lives to this terrible virus. If you are a regular follow (thank you) you will have read that our family experienced […]
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