Being deposited far away from your comfort zone and getting to grips with a brand new life forces you to re-look at things you’ve long taken as read. Stuff that seemed obvious and set in stone suddenly won’t make sense in a new context, and in a way it’s adapt or die – a spot …
These are finials. Nice word, isn’t it? Finniiaallls. Before moving to Corner Cottage, I was vaguely aware of finials as something to do with the banisters on a staircase, but as with so many things from worms to weeds to utes, hadn’t ever been compelled to consider them in any particular detail. But this cottage, …
Being here in country New South Wales, it can sometimes feel like we’re a million miles away from the worries of the world, and that can be a good thing. It certainly made dealing with social distancing easier – a small town, a small community, and (for us) a lot to do around the house. …
It’s time we talked food again – it’s been a while but rest assured, we have continued to eat. Now, with winter coming on, our thoughts turn naturally to hearty, nutritious soups. There’s nothing quite like a big pot bubbling on the stove to add a note of cosy domesticity to the place – and …
OK I admit it -- yesterday's post was a cop-out. Just whacking a photo up there with a lame joke attached was worse than just phoning it in. Or maybe it was just phoning it in. Let's just say I was just really tuckered out from the killing frenzy the day before. Plus we had …
We were tired of buying bags of overpriced firewood from servos but although there are plenty of ads for bulk orders of the stuff, it's taken a while for anyone to get back to us. Today we got through to a local supplier. "Do you think half a load is enough?" we said . . …
With all the thrilling stuff we’ve been getting up to since moving here, there’s one remainder of Corner Cottage’s year hosting tenants that’s been weighing on my mind. There’s still lots to be done around the place, from fixing the finials to painting the portico, but all the while, silently increasing their sinister hold on …
Anyone notice how often rainbows appear in my pics of Braidwood? It really is quite uncanny – they seem to pop up a lot around here. I’m not sure whether it’s just the season for rainbows, or if there’s something about the area itself, but there they are, every few days. Judeo-Christian lore tells us …
All over the country, people are taking advantage of the newly-relaxed lockdown laws to do that thing we do as a social species – eating together. Although it’s now possible to go to a restaurant or pub if we conform to some quite stringent rules, eating at home with friends and family seems to be …
Off to the bustling megalopolis of Canberra today. Various tasks called, and as we’d also faffed around quite a lot in the morning, we only hit the road at about midday. Even worse, such was the haste of our departure that we neglected our morning coffee before setting out. Now this is a complicated matter. …
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