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The Last of March
The rains have come and I am grateful. Mostly because the days are sunny and delightfully warm and those overnight showers or early morning drops are ideal for the young seedlings and newly planted trees. I have also been re-potting … Continue reading
Lessons from Our First Week of Home Schooling
Gran – despite her robust diet of packaged meals, meat pies, toast & jam, dry biscuits and Promite, fizzy drinks, milk chocolates and prescription medicine – still has a fairly tenuous grip on life. Especially after her near dead experience … Continue reading
Posted in People care, Produce No Waste
Tagged Albany WA 6330, COVID 19, home schooling, observations, permaculture, Petit Paradis, Tillellan
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Birds
Whilst I have been working out in the garden I have had visitors. Though I have been reminded that we are ‘Social Distancing’, ‘in self-quarantine or self-isolation’ or my pet dislike, ‘Lock-down’ – the visitors still come. The Wattlebird swoops … Continue reading
Coastal Views, The STS Leeuwin & Boulders
By pure chance Mrs PP managed to get a glimpse of the sail training ship STS Leeuwin II out in the bay on our way back from school pick-up today. So, off we went to the lookout to check it … Continue reading
Posted in Observe & Interact, Uncategorized
Tagged Albany WA 6330, environment, observations
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A New Bird: Spotted Pardalote
It’s 1:30 am and Gran is talking in her sleep. “Don’t do that Jenny!” she hisses sternly. Soon enough she shifts pitch and her voice is sounding anxious and moving from muffled mumbling to clear and raised and alarmed. I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Observe & Interact, Tillellan Bird Life
Tagged Albany WA 6330, birds, environment, Gran, observations, Petit Paradis, Tillellan
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