I was in a play once

Sydney, 2000

It was called Cowboy Behave.

hey Dad

Germany, 2005

Visiting me in Germany.
Not stern at all,
Just doesn't like photographs.

I walked past these

Elwood, 2005

once I took a boat from Germany to Denmark

This happened too

Somewhere in Europe, 2005

Somewhere in Europe, 2005

I saw a house with a red roof from a train window.
Seeing things by train is my favourite kind of seeing.

Another time I saw another house that looked more like a painting.

This happened

Copenhagen, 2005

I saw ice on a lake in Denmark.
Ducks walked on water.
And down at the ocean's edge, the North Sea froze on the rocks.

once

St Kilda, 2004

We had a party in our crumbling old flat in St Kilda.

It was a going away party for a friend.

She was moving to England.

Then

St Kilda, 2001

Visiting Melbourne.
Drinking beer, dancing stupidly to a bad funk band.
The only person we knew here.
Moustaches added anonymously much later.

lately

things from today that make me smile

Flowers and Pigeon letters in my basket.

A letter from my dad.

anticipation

Is there anything more exciting than a parcel from overseas?

wondering...

Since when did films begin to 'drop'? I always thought that they 'opened'.

But then again, maybe it is a better description given the mushroom cloud of marketing we endure when they do.

daily good

A poppyseed bagel for breakfast that was still warm from the oven.

hi ho, hi ho,

Makin' pigeons packs
Makin' pigeons packs
Gettin' ready to pigeon
Makin' pigeons packs

relief

I was very happy to find that I am too young to enjoy Its Complicated.

sunday scatergories

Last night was the beginning of Sunday Roast Night, a new tradition that is completely ours and has never, ever been done by anyone else. How could it? Roast on a Sunday? How perfectly original.

But anyway.

It turns out that roasting is no quick cook meal. It takes awhile.

*sigh*

So while we waited for the oven to work it's magic we started another new tradition, playing Scatergories While Waiting for Things to Cook. Here is my award winning* answer sheet. It disturbs me that I knew more sports than books.

Despite a bitter defeat, Nicky decided she hadn't had enough of word games and created a little table poetry.

Rumour has it that next month's Sunday Roast Night will actually be homemade Nutloaf roast. I'm not sure of the cooking time on nutloaf but I do hope I'll be able to improve my Scategories game.

*I did not actually win an award. In fact I did not even win.
** The Warren Zevon LP served as a classy place mat when I discovered I had no Traditional Sunday Roast place mats. He was joined by Bette Midler and Tom Jones.

crime scene

the dubious use of 3 words I now know

nonjuror - someone who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.
'The Scoutmaster swore quietly under his breath when the young boy turned out to be a nonjuror and would not make the Scout Promise.'

occipital - of or relating to the back of the head.
'Sparks flew when the woman discovered he had an occipital fetish as she had just gotten an undercut.'

malediction - a curse; the utterance of a curse.
'The Scoutmaster's malediction was much louder when some of the older boys proved to be drunk on sherry.'

why?

Why is the sun perfectly sunny and the air perfectly warm but my list of things to do imperfectly long?

pancake makeup