Category Archives: friends

An Early Morning Visitor….Come back later, around midday, okay?

Over the past few months we’ve had a regular visitor to our back garden, or to be more precise, to our swimming pool. A duck must have mistaken our pool for a nice relaxing pond, in which to float around … Continue reading

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Farewell, 2011.

“Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instil in us.”  ~ Hal Borland “We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a … Continue reading

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Revisiting Ghosts of the Past

“The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts”. ~ Italo Calvino When I had the chance to wander freely around the home and garden of one of my best friends from my childhood, I did not … Continue reading

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Revisiting Homes of the Past

During my recent visit to the Blue Mountains, the area in which I spent my earliest years, I paid a visit to a number of homes throughout the area that had played a significant role in my childhood days. At … Continue reading

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Enough Love for Every Day

“A birthday is just the first day of another 365 day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip”. ~ Author Unknown. It was my birthday a couple of day ago. I don’t like to think of how old I am … Continue reading

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