"...it's reported that more than 100,000* healthy pets are being killed in pounds across Australia every year without ever even being offered the chance to be adopted." PetRescue Abandoned domestic animals are a problem here in Australia, just as they are a problem everywhere I guess, thankfully here we have a number or groups involved in rescue … Continue reading Rescue
My daily dose of humour and accidental wisdom
This week is a little sad as my daily dose of a favourite web comic has come to an end. The author, Howard Taylor, has been providing a three panel humourous scifi comic each day for a little over twenty years and last week was the last post for these characters. Although he does say … Continue reading My daily dose of humour and accidental wisdom
Cassandra Calliope
Guess what the best solution to the hyper active, high drive challenge that is Ada is? Another dog. We have become a two dog family, although technically the new resident canine is not ours but Bronte's. Bronte has taken on a dog of her own, a truly beautiful, approximately eight month old bull arab, Bron … Continue reading Cassandra Calliope
Imaginative Pejoratives is “Karen” okay?
Photo by Thom Holmes on Unsplash Okay I have been in a bit of rut of late but no more. It is funny how you can let the big things in the world drag you down, although I wonder if that is a bit of a chicken and egg scenario; do I feel down, so I succumb to … Continue reading Imaginative Pejoratives is “Karen” okay?
Fascism for #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! Afraid I am a bit late … Continue reading Fascism for #BookSnapSunday
Mammoth #BookSnapSunday
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CCz2aJSgjA9/ Really loving Chris Flynn's Mammoth, … Continue reading Mammoth #BookSnapSunday
Show me the Way to go Home
Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is currently holding a retrospective of the vibrant Aboriginal artist Mavis Ngallametta. The exhibition; Show me the way to go home, is not to be missed, Ngallametta is one of Queensland's most important contemporary Aboriginal artists, her passing in 2019 was truly a great loss to the Australian art world. Ngallametta … Continue reading Show me the Way to go Home
#BookSnapSunday – Show me the way to Go Home
#BookSnapSunday is a weekly bookish Instagram meme hosted here at Gum trees and Galaxies.com, if you would like to join in please feel free to leave a link to your post in the comments below. All you have to do is post an image of a book. Happy reading! https://www.instagram.com/p/CCh9aWnpUOz/ Today's book snap is the … Continue reading #BookSnapSunday – Show me the way to Go Home
Deception Bay and the historic Bancroft Baths
So a couple of weeks ago we decided to do a day trip to Deception Bay. I was mainly just looking for somewhere new to go for the day and take Ada. Deception Bay, named in 1832 by John Oxley for the unusual shallowness of the bay is Gubbi Gubbi land. The first Europeans in … Continue reading Deception Bay and the historic Bancroft Baths
A Dickensian #BookSnapSunday
Wow weekends get away from me, just quickly posting this weeks #BookSnapSunday. I really didn't know what I would post today but Bronte came home with a copy of David Copperfield. Bronte and her friends have a; 'books we have lied about reading' book club going and David Copperfield is her current choice. #BookSnapSunday is … Continue reading A Dickensian #BookSnapSunday
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