Get well soon, little Koala

We have a lovely gum tree just outside our front door.  Today, as I glanced out of the window, I saw a small koala sitting on the grass, just under the tree.  Immediately, I thought this was unusual.  We get a fair few koalas around the place, but they’re normally snuggled on a branch, either sleeping happily [...]

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Thank heavens for little girls….

I knew there was a good reason I had kids.  They come in quite handy at times.  Like this morning, when something out of the corner of my eye grabbed my attention.  It was a spider.  A BIG, dark brown, hairy, ugly, designed-to-scare-the-living-daylights out of me, spider.   I don’t like spiders.  They don’t like me.  Why [...]

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