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Dougie
Nov 197 min read
If a tree falls in a forest ...
It can be odd the ways in which one's mind plays tricks on us. My mind certainly. Today is the 25th anniversary of my arrival in Australia.
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Dougie
Oct 303 min read
Time for a change
I've made no plans which is simultaneously liberating and -- possibly -- the daftest-plan-ever in a long life of Dougie's daft plans.
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Dougie
Oct 191 min read
Looking for the fourth leaf
They grant us power to see the fairies ... allegedly.
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Dougie
Oct 121 min read
Saturday morning. Spike Deane's garden.
I resist the impulse to offer advice. I know my limits.
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Dougie
May 262 min read
Small town on a cold autumn morning.
Birthday lunch for Spike Deane from 7° in the car park to a table next to the open fire at Grazing, Gundaroo. As if going back in time.
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Dougie
Apr 142 min read
After breakfast at Some Café
Brunch with Spike Deane in country New South Wales. Off the beaten track. Happy man.
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Dougie
Apr 11 min read
The law of ... a quiet suburban garden!
Thistle the Cat takes charge.
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Dougie
Mar 316 min read
Give me the child until he is seven ...
In the immortal words of John Lennon ... love is all we need.
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Dougie
Feb 232 min read
Of red-haired mice and (this) old man
The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
Gang aft agley,
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Dougie
Jan 131 min read
Storm on a summer's day
Chance of a shower ... said the weather forecast.
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Dougie
Jan 21 min read
Not the deadliest of nightshades by any measure ...
Solanum nigrum, Solanum americanum ... to be all Latin and botanical about it.
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Dougie
Jan 1, 20240 min read
Happy New Year
Canberra cancels the Midnight fireworks. We have our own. At home.
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Dougie
Dec 31, 20231 min read
Traditional Hogmanay Homemade Laksa
The final meal of 2024. At home with Spike Deane.
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Dougie
Dec 30, 20230 min read
Living the dream ... or what?
Spike Deane has a new coffee machine. And a surprisingly stylish $3 mug from K-Mart. Living the dream or what?
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Dougie
Nov 10, 20232 min read
Here we go again
Traveling on Australia's 20th Century train service between the nation's capital and Sydney then on to Glasgow with Spike Deane
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Dougie
Oct 2, 20230 min read
Summer beckons
Spike and Thistle The Cat enjoying the dappled shade in Spike Deane's garden.
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Dougie
Sep 30, 20231 min read
A long hot summer?
We are told to expect a long, hot summer. Already I cannot remember the last time it rained. This may be as green as it gets.
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Dougie
Sep 30, 20231 min read
Apple blossom time
Thistle The Cat inspects the apple tree blooming in Spike Deane's garden.
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