Life at Corner Cottage, Braidwood
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I know I promised philosophical insights and deep musings in this blog, but a man’s gotta eat. The amount he needs to eat goes up in direct proportion to the amount of work he’s doing – and I’m not just talking about physical work: even mental exertion burns a surprising amount of energy. Living the …
Back to painting the bathroom today – when you’re spending most of your waking hours on one task, there’s not much scope for getting out and encountering exciting blog subjects, so those planned posts about composting, beekeeping and the bond between man and dog will have to wait a little longer. Instead of ranging far …
Continue reading The agony and the ecstasy (bathroom edition)
The problem with embarking on projects like painting bathrooms is that they persist long after you’ve blogged about them. It’s progressing nicely but any literary value has been wrung out of it and what remains is repetitious and dull. So while I get on with the sugar soap and paint, here are some photos of …
Today’s post was going to be about Daniela’s delicious Anzac biscuits but we ate them all before I could take a photo. Still, I’m doing a few jobs around the house at the moment – nothing too complicated, just painting the bathroom and sticking up a rather cheap and cheerful post box from Bunnings (these …
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