i counted the sleeps

Till he came back. I didn’t want to sound like a love-sick puppy so I decided not to mention that he’d gone. He headed to Melbourne for 8 days to watch the tennis…it was the [...]

it’s here

So many breezes wander through my summer room: but never enough It reached 41degrees here today. The cool change breezed through our windows about two hours ago. I smiled and exhaled and knew we [...]

here comes the sun

And it’s beating bright. I feel wilted…like the roses whose petals fell days ago. It’s unending and fierce, this heat. The fan whirls all day, it’s constant rhythm lulling [...]

phone home

I do like a good chat on the phone. That’s me in the photo, chatting away on a public phone in Hawaii. That dress is still safe and sound in my cupboard. Still as cute as ever (those little [...]

dada got a mo-ha-ka

Yep, Che is speaking three-syllable words. And his Dada’s pride is palpable. Why? Because after saying the usual Muma, Dada, bubba, hello, no…he can say motorbike (mo-ha-ka). I [...]

it’s been lovely

Doing nothing. After a busy and joyous Christmas we have spent our days just lazing about. Which only makes me realise how important it is to be still and quiet for a while – because it [...]