13 years ago give or take a month,
I got on a bus in rural Nepal.
Bumped my head on the roof,
a small and shaven headed girl laughed.
We got talking three days later.
Life has never been the same

6am Saturday morning.
-6am in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania. Bronte Lagoon.
The 15ft aluminium dinghy cut through the mirror calm water.
The trout season has been open 6 hours and it is my turn.
Crunching through the ice at the lake edge had been a warnng about what was to come.
Every ten casts I had to unclog […]

11pm into bed, dog tired but serves myself right for getting hooked on a late night foreign film.
1am dog needs to go out for a wee.
3:30am woken by the sound of a tap going full belt
3:40 discover the kitchen flooded as our hot water cylinder had decided to give up the ghost.
My latest boy toy […]

Hamish and Jenny headed off way up north to Brisbane (half way up the mainland on the east coast) to celebrate her grandfathers 95th birthday. I flew up later to join them. Hamish’s first flight was taken with all aplomb a 3 year old could muster, especially one with “Gastro” as the Aussies call it. […]

For aroung two week he’s been asking “Is it my party today?” then crying when we had to say “no not yet.”
Today we had about 15 little friends and their parents around for brunch.
Luckily the sun shone and everyone ended up outside laughing at the kids running rampage.
The coffee machine got a massive workout and […]

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5am:
Squeals of delight as presents were unwrapped at the foor of our bed:
Ugg boots as slippers, immediately put on the sheepskin boot were a huge hit.
Sticker books full of trucks and diggers
A head torch all of his own although no “included batteries as the pack asaid there would be.
A Bob the Builder Space Hopper (not […]

Evening to myself.
J out with friends and H in bed.
Caught Elvis Costello with a bunch of musicians including Jesse Winchester.
What a great voice:

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Maura has been complaining that I haven’t blogged for a month.
A combination of a temporary promotion and a new wood turning lathe have kept me busy in the evenings.
Why no pictures?
We seem to have the greatest difficulty keeping the batteries charged in the camers so whenever we want to take a picture it is dead.
I […]