hiss...

As we rode through North Melbourne today, Lankwood almost fell off his bike when he saw a guy picking up a long, long, long snake from the grass of a small median strip.

'Pish!' I said. 'You were imagining it. He was just holding a long stick ... or a hose.'

'Posh!' Lankwood said. 'I will prove it.'

And he did. As we cycled back we saw the man had not one, but two long, long, long snakes that he appeared to be 'walking' (or sliding?). Turns out he does so twice a week. He lets them get some sun, lets them have a little slither in the grass and lets them scare the crap out of passing inner-city cyclists.

this just makes me feel good

Created by Tom DesLonchamp

spied

Our street just keeps giving this week. On my way to the op shop I spied an old man, dressed neatly in shades of brown, carrying a very large chess set into the community centre.

why?

Left the house this morning in time to see a schoolgirl pick her way from the front door of her house, to the middle of the street to retrieve a single shoe. Did her little brother, watching from the door, throw it there? Did she throw it out in a raging protest against the prospect of another miserable day in a classroom? Does she just keep her shoes on the road? My questions go unanswered.

jenny

when it wasn't so warm

hi-diddly-ho neighbour-roonie

Just hit that 'Next Blog>>' button at the top of the page for the first time. Weird. It's like looking into your neighbours' windows at night. Turns out I'm blogging next door to lady who has made floral cake decorations her life's work.

baby, it's hot outside

I'm sitting in darkness at our dining room table, trying to escape the heat. But I can feel it pressing in against the windows and on our tin roof. It's 10 am and 32 degrees. This summer is going to burn.

scribble me

fairy bread and burger rings

Got thrown a party by a bunch of 10 and 11 year olds today. It was awesome. We ate fairy bread, homemade mint slice and popcorn. Then we all got a little hyperactive and ran around in circles. Then we tried to calm down. Then one kid stuck a Burger Ring up his nose. I think he might have eaten it afterwards. Then we went outside and rested. It was a good day.

two for a dollar