Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Currawong

We were back at Currawong for our annual weekend away. It's getting harder to fill the homestead and a flurry of last minute cancels meant we were rattling around in it. So next November, we'll be in one of the smaller cottages, and give that a try.
 

Even though the clouds ruined the sunrises and sunsets, it was still a gloriously relaxing weekend with early morning paddleboarding, golf and finska.
A little swimming and just generally relaxing and good times in the sunshine with friends.
So wins all round for the humans this time.

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Beach Season

 

It is the start of the beach season, the crowds are beginning to grow on weekends. 










A few weeks back I flew up to Sawtell to stay with friends (husband drove up while I was still in Auckland).

It was glorious to have a swim and warm up in the sunshine.

Here's hoping it's a warm but not firey summer.

(Link back to other Street art in the area here)


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Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Sydney Tower


This was just sitting on my camera - taken one afternoon as the late afternoon sun was making the Sydney tower gleam.

The simplest of pleasures bring great joy, if you really look.

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Jacaranda Season


 We are again in Jacaranda season and the purple snow is beginning to fall....but for now Sydney is adorned in splashes of lilac where ever you look.

It's a brief beautiful season....




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Saturday, 2 November 2024

October Reading

Linking with #WaterThursday

With all the travels, it's been a slow reading month, however, I am thoroughly enjoying Humpback Highway. As did my husband. It's science (and Marine Biology) but in a chatty, interesting and accessible way. I think even teens would find it interesting and at their level. I ended up with a burning question so shot it to the author who responded. You can tell she loves whales, and shares her love with her readers. Her genuine interest is contagious, so it's a delight to read. Great book!







Note she just won an award - congratulations! 








Because I was driving around a lot in New Zealand, I went with a Ngaio March book to listen to in the car. Very similar to Agatha Christie, it's a murder in a country manor (so to speak) a house party set to play a game of MURDER that becomes a little too real...If you like those old crime mysteries, Ngaio Marsh is bound to please. I had only read one before as a teen, so it was nice to revisit.







Another New Zealand author I listened to was Katherine Mansfield. This is a collection of short stories (read by Dame Peggy Ashcroft) and it was funny and entertaining, more modern (feeling) than I expected. I really enjoyed it.














I really loved Station Eleven, and while initially it took me a bit of time to get into it, I found this fun and entertaining as the story arc wound in on itself.  I thought I'd give her new book a try soon to, when I get the chance.






I picked this book because the author is speaking at the library and I thought I'd try to go along. I am probably not the target market, and some of the essays I just feel a little too old for (the Liv Tyler one for example). I am however really enjoying the essays on social work and on the difficulty of coming out nonbinary to their mother. There is also psychology and feminism thrown in, and other ideas on parent child relationships. I really am learning a lot and keen to learn more about Harriet Lerner, one of the psychologists mentioned and quoted.  There are also some charming essays, like the one on buying a house. So worth a read, and you'll possibly learn something too.






So very short on the reading this month but a lot of interesting genres and writing styles. What's been on your bookshelf this month?