Lightspeed

Time seems to go by very quickly. My life is busy with work, travel, and study.

Most days feel like this..


and really I would prefer this...

Idiosyncratic Glass

We all have our little idiosyncrasies. One of mine is that I worry that one day most people in the world will die and only a few of us will be left - think an scenario like in Stephen King's The Stand.

I worry that if this happens no one will know how to do anything, like grow food, build houses etc because most of the world's population aren't engaged in those sorts of earthy jobs. There seem to be a lot of us who work in offices and make no obvious contribution to the day to day survival of the species.

Today I decided that should everyone else die I would really like to be able to make glass. I like glass and I think I would miss windows if I didn't have any. So I googled "glass making" and now understand the theory behind how to make glass.

My glass making knowledge will also be helpful if I ever get transported back to 16th centenary England and have to win over the royal family by helping them refurbish their castle.

You might call it odd. I prefer the term idiosyncratic.

Beauty where you find it

Here are a couple of photos I have taken in my work travels.

The first is a photo of a church in Melbourne. I took this photo on my phone from my hotel room.


I love staying in Melbourne. It is a lovely city. The shopping is great. The dining is great. And people dress nicely. And I get to wear coats (something that doesn't happen often in BrisVegas).

The second is a photo from the window of my hotel in Canberra.
Canberra may have terrible weather but it sure is pretty in the morning.

Antique Newbies

As promised, a photo of my birthday china. What a great gift.

Bed

Traveling so much with work makes me really appreciate my bed. There is really nothing better than sleeping in my own bed. I sleep better, get to sleep quicker and sleep for longer in my bed. It seems simple but it makes a big difference to how I feel when I wake up in the morning.

Longing

I long to drive this sunburnt country,
to cruise the sweeping plains,
to climb the mountain ranges
through the current drought and sporadic rains.


I love the open road,
My hair blowing in the breeze,
My hubby and my Navman,
a long road trip for me!


I have annual leave soon - in mid November. That seems like it is soon, but let me tell you it is not soon enough!

Garden Tuesday - Pet Poinsettia

Although quite pretty I really dislike my pet poinsettia.


We have a ritual, my pet poinsettia and I. It involves me cutting it back savagely and hoping that it will not recover. After that my part is done. Next the poinsettia flourishes and grows back twice and big and twice as healthy as before.

Perhaps this "tough love" treatment would work on my herbs?

new china

In helping my Gran last weekend to spring clean her china cupboard I ended up with some more china. Tom gets much kudos for doing all the actual work washing up every cup, plate and bowl in Grandma's hutch while she and I discussed the origins of each piece.

Grandma was kind enough to give me the tea set her parents were given as a wedding gift when they married in 1906. I insisted that she make this my birthday present this year which she reluctantly agreed to.

For me this is a wonderful gift. It has huge sentimental value to me because of it's history. As a lover of antique fine bone china I think the set is truly delightful. I will take some photos and post them soon.