2 SEPTEMBER 2011 : Only fools want to travel all the time. Sensible men want to arrive. Metternick
Tonight I am tied up getting ahead with my Daily Calendar called THE GEM COLLECTION. It gets the lowest number of hits of all my blogs and yet – I go on with it. I am posting one of the entries here On the Bench tonight and I shall continue building up a reservoir of … Read more
5 AUGUST 2011 : ESTAP: JABIRUS AND OTHER BIRDS ON BROKEN DAY 5.
This morning there was a jabiru down at our dam. Only happens now and then and I don’t actually know what the pattern is. Today is a Wall Street Collapse type day but I am more interested in the Jabiru and Ice Cream and the Family gathering for a birthday. At the moment we have … Read more
3 AUGUST 2011 : ESTAP : BROKEN DAY NO 3
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/broken 3. Having been violated: a broken promise. 9.47 am. had intended sitting here for a bit but instead I am going up the South Arm Road to have lunch with the Girls in the Bush. I shall do some thinking about Broken Promises while I am away. I put up this pic from the … Read more
2 AUGUST 2011 :ESTAP: BROKEN DAY 2 AND SUNDERED
2. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents MICHAEL AND MY TYRE IN MURWILLUMBAH. TORN ASUNDER. Well, lets take a look at this 2nd definition of BROKEN. The dictionary was talking about divorce and separation and then when I started looking through the shoebox of pics, I was attracted not by … Read more
LAST DAY OF JULY 2011: RELAXING: FIREWORKS
Evening, All. That’s the end of one difficult month. I took it out with the Bellingen fireworks. That was rather splendid. I could tell you some anecdotes about tonight but I am way too weary. Sleep well. Bed for me.
29 JULY 2011 : OOOOH. SUCH A DAY
A PERFECT DAY CAN COME IN MANY GUISES. Okay then. True eBENCH sitting times. I don’t think that resilience is my forte. I seem to be taking body blows this year. Now the MOB from Armidale tell me they are moving way South. 1000kms South. I thought that was going to happen. Bugger … Read more
27 JULY 2011 : RELAXING : FAERIE’S GARDEN
THE ENTRANCE TO THE FAERIE’S GARDEN. Ah. Night time. A much happier day for me. The Baby was up walking about with one leg still in plaster and I took a drive up South Arm Road which is one of my favourite roads. It follows the river almost all the way. In the 1800s and … Read more
25 JULY 2011: RELAXING: SMALL THINKING
GRADUALISM Gradualism is the belief in or the policy of advancing toward a goal by gradual, often slow stages. I am not actually interested in the proper theory of gradualism at the moment. I am simply in a situation where I cannot determine what to do and am deciding to take the Small Way. … Read more
24 JULY 2011 : RELAXING : DRIFTING BY
RALEIGH RACEWAY I was going to include Norway and Cadel Evans and Amy Whitehouse in today’s Yaan due to their appearing all over the Net this morning but I have decided to leave them alone and only add the A.W. video that my niece sent me. I found that I was venturing into the world … Read more
22 JULY 2011 : RELAXING : AND GOING BUSH
Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 – 1954), Tuesday 25 December 1934. “Beware the barrenness of a busy life.” Socrates. We have been relaxing. Visiting and doing all the little daily doings of life. I have been back in this area since April 2010 and routines are still in formation. I … Read more



















