How can a whole day go by so quickly? It’s been more painting and patching today, with two visits to the building supplies emporium down the road. I won’t go into the gory details, but today we needed a ladder, a garden fork and spade, some wood glue, and sandpaper. I was in the garden, …
It’s been a weekend of bits and bobs and dabbling about at Corner Cottage. No grand designs, no magnificent triumphs, but the satisfaction of getting some niggling tasks out of the way. Let’s call them odd jobs. First up – the bathroom door. Although now freshly painted and boasting a new glass shower screen instead …
I was thinking of doing a blog about how to speak Australian – you know the kind of thing: how it’s English but not quite as pommies know it, with a few examples of amusing differences and strange usages for us all to marvel at and laugh condescendingly. But this is the kind of thing …
You know, all that hoarding of toilet paper that went on in the early stages of the COVID crisis was bizarre and reflected badly on our fellow human beings – but it’s not the most important thing about toilet paper. And no, I’m not referring to its most obvious usage, but rather what it exemplifies …
As I mentioned before, we’re really here in Braidwood because of COVID-19. It’s a lovely sunny Tuesday here – if a little windy – and it’s hard to imagine the outside world still locked in a struggle with the virus. Although we’re not really that isolated, the pandemic seems to be the preserve of news …
It’s not the purpose of this blog to go on rants about life’s little frustrations. After all, its stated purpose is to ‘embrace’ life in the country and I really believe that’s the way to go. No-one wants to read a whole lot of negative, bellyaching posts about petty everyday frustrations. These tend to tell …
It’s been a busy week at Corner Cottage, although somehow it doesn’t feel as if we’ve achieved as much as in previous weeks. Maybe after all the stress and drama of moving out of Canberra, we were due a bit of a slump – just to recover and regroup. Anyway, given that it’s Saturday evening, …
I was toying with the idea that Fridays should be ‘foodie Fridays’, where we share a recipe or stories about the sumptuous meals we’re consuming here in Braidwood. But after a knackering day involving a dash into Canberra and back, we’re not up for the effort. So what’s afoot? Well, it’s getting chilly here in …
Today it’s time to get serious and look back at what Braidwood’s been through in the last few months. Think about it: fires, storms, pestilence and the prospect of economic depression – pretty much three of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, give or take. Let’s not speculate about the fourth – I think we …
Did you ever see The Lion King? I did. I wasn’t a fan – in fact, I was the boring guy in the tenth row going, “aw no way! Lions would never be friends with warthogs – they’d eat them!” I know, I know – it’s a charming fable (borrowing heavily from Hamlet) about fathers …
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