You might remember Seth, he’s been living in and out of hospital for a while.  He’s been having chemo therapy and fighting hard to beat leukemia.  I’ve blogged about him a few weeks ago and asked you to register for bone marrow donation.  That’s what he needs.

So what do you do when you’re loved one goes away?  In my case I clean the house from top to toe in an effort to keep busy. Yes, I know coming from the ultimate independent woman.  I too can be touched by loneliness.  Thank goodness I had the bassets to keep me company.  And [...]

Today I screeched my brakes bringing the traffic to a halt.  All this in honour of a family of ducks.  The cutest, fluffiest, most chaotic family of ducks. I can tell I wasn’t popular with the drivers in the vehicles behind me.  Screeching to a halt, hazard lights on.  Probably from their point of view [...]

I thought this picture summed up well how things are around here right now.  Wet, muddy and ducks have arrived.  Yes, it’s raining again.  Really raining. Some parts of New Zealand have had 3 months rain in two days.  That’s pretty wet in anyone’s book.

Our water table flowed over again today.  Yes, frankly a miserable cloudy rainy day.  I have however come to accept that there is no point pining for a long walk with the dogs in the spring or for the gorse to have dried out sufficiently to burn.  Nor that it’s always better outside. You just [...]

I was contemplating a post about the Olympics which has been capturing our attention for the last two weeks.  Forming thoughts about the medal winners, the ceremonies, the spectacles, the glories. Every time I think of the Olympics, I also recall the nightmare of my assignment in my degree on the “Five Ring Circus” politics [...]