Category: birds

Week 23/2025: Creative and critical

This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. Week of 2 June 2025 An interesting week. This happened in Parliament. ISLAND The Menzies Institute for Medical Research, which...

Week 21/2025: The battle with the ongoing health issues

Week of 19 May 2025 This post is wholly researched and written by me. I do not use AI in my writing. I will always bring you my stories in my real human voice. The ongoing health issues Physio Since I hurt my back, things were slowly improving, but...

Week 15/2025: I love autumn

Week of 7 April 2025 This week’s highlight was Kramstable coming home for a few days to receive an award from his college. It was so good to see him. And, of course, I was very proud and excited that his school recognised him for his amazing achievements (including...

Week 11/2025: Eclipsed

Week of 10 March 2025 This week continued a bit like last week but without all the art exhibitions. I watched the moon instead. Eclipsed: the partial lunar eclipse I took some time to go to the beach and experiment with long exposures, which was fun. I’m limited in...

Week 52/2024: The last week of the year

Week of 23 December 2024 The last (full) week of 2024. This involves finishing up at work, getting ready for Christmas, doing Christmas, recovering from Christmas. Kramstable got some very exciting news, which isn’t mine to talk about, but will involve some massive changes in 2025. The last week...

Week 51/2024: Long exposures

Week of 16 December 2024 My last full week of work for 2024. I was desperately trying to get a piece of work finished by Friday. It didn’t happen. Long exposures Morning walks I met up with the photographer Andy Hatton to pick up my Dorney House print from...

Week 50/2024: Acting and art

Week of 9 December 2024 This was a much better week than the last two weeks have been. My sore back has settled, and I saw some wonderful art and some amazing theatre. Oh yeah, and I was in a play. Acting and art Uncensored I must start with...

Week 44/2024: Art and food

Week of 28 October 2024 The last public holiday before Christmas has gone, and we’re into the final two weeks of school for my Year 12 student. There are hints of warmer weather too. If I were a proper gardener, I’d be thinking about tomato plants. Weekend wanderings in...

Week 41/2024: Recovery and plovers

Week of 7 October 2024 We were in Western Australia until Tuesday night but I’ll leave those updates for my travel blog posts, which will come sporadically over the next few weeks as I sort through my photos and notes from the trip. Recovery . . . and plovers...

Week 32/2024: Returning to exercise

Week of 5 August 2024 Nerding and exercising This was another quiet week. I caught up with a friend on Saturday, and we went to an event at the Beaker Street festival. That was fun. Returning to exercise This week, we return to my disjointed account of attempting to...