Tag Archives: kids

A Bird by any other Name

Posted on December 12, 2019 by Petit Paradis

Dabakan Koorliny is Noongar for ‘go slowly, walk slowly’. The very best way to see birdlife and other fauna if you are moving through the bush. I have been teaching the Little Fellas how to walk in the bush without … Continue reading →

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Gran Re-Booted (& Magpie Mimicry)

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Petit Paradis

At the start of November, Gran took ill. Really ill. My wife made phone calls to nursing staff and after no change in Grans condition, an ambulance. Much to the entertainment of the Little Fellas, it took four ambulance volunteers … Continue reading →

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In Reverence of The Rusty Nail

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Petit Paradis

I have busied myself with carpentry projects around the house. Not that I need to really busy myself, but that the aspiration to learn to put things together in more of a coherent and concrete sense than I have managed … Continue reading →

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Reclaimed Timber, Bananas & Cubbies

Posted on April 13, 2019 by Petit Paradis

Today I began the task of sorting through the stored wood from the renovation. I had kind of started some weeks back, putting aside certain lengths of structural timber of certain dimensions for the trellis along the retaining wall. The … Continue reading →

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Pisces

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Petit Paradis

I am born under the star sign of Pisces. At a sub-conscious depth it is as though this zodiac has only ever deemed me fit for feeding fish, rather than catching them myself. I am changing this. I have been … Continue reading →

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January Update 2019

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Petit Paradis

A bright, shiny, new Year. So much has occurred. So much continues to occur. Somewhere in the middle of the month we crossed over into our first year of living here in Tillellan. Firstly, in the garden. I have concentrated … Continue reading →

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Family, Feet & Friends

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Petit Paradis

Gran requested a family photo for Christmas – to send to friends and family. Unfortunately for Gran, these things need a bit of planning and getting everyone together at the same time with a little bit of coordinating of attire. … Continue reading →

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